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Having gone from studying law at Wadham to writing screenplays for the BBC, Abby Ajayi can attest to the full range of opportunities opened up by an Oxford degree. She chatted with me from London via Skype and recounted her unique journey into the world of film and television. She has written episodes of Eastenders, […]
Continue ReadingThirteen years is a long time in filmmaking; in 1960, Psycho so shocked audiences that the Observer’s film critic resigned for good in protest. 1973 saw The Exorcist, a film that reignited mainstream horror and had its fair share of gore along the way. By 1986, George A. Romero had completed his trio of zombie films, […]
Continue ReadingThe release of Adam Sandler’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ marks a new chapter in the history of comedy horror; time will tell whether these contemporary movies represent the spark of life or the kiss of death for the flaccid corpse of this well-worn genre. But the very nature of comedy horror clashes with […]
Continue ReadingThere is a running joke in Robert Altman’s The Player about a director who approaches a Hollywood producer with an idea for his next movie. His film is a hard-hitting prison drama, and his big idea is to make a mainstream feature with no happy ending and no stars. At the end we finally get […]
Continue ReadingDear world, welcome to the official OxStu Oscars liveblog. Tonight, the OxStu film team will be pulling out all the stops to give you a glorious extravaganza of an evening. Sit back, relax and enjoy as OxStu film’s very own three wise men take you through the coverage, from bad dresses to minor upsets. Refresh […]
Continue ReadingBest Actor? Best Film? Nope. (It is unfair to put incorrect answers into your mouth without even asking the question) The2012 Oscars category which is easiest to predict is Best Original Song. Bret McKenzie’s ‘Man or Muppet’, a barnstorming power-ballad in the style of Harry Nilsson, is comfortably the best song nominated and will definitely […]
Continue ReadingIn 1994 and 95, Tom Hanks became only the second person to win and subsequently retain the Oscar for best actor. Not only that but he is one of Steven Spielberg’s favourite performers, has appeared in a number of the most successful films ever made and even has an asteroid named after him. That would […]
Continue ReadingMichael Bay, director of Pearl Harbor and Armageddon, has admitted that his claim to have dropped the Transformers franchise — one of the most financially successful franchises ever — was a downright lie. Come 2014, Bay will be treating us to a fourth helping of supermassive mechanical mayhem. “Steven Spielberg and I are working on a whole […]
Continue ReadingA low-budget independent film from Finland has become the talk of the prestigious Berlin Film Festival this year. Sigh, I hear you all say, what’s it about? Love? Politics? The unbearable lightness of being? Er, not quite. Iron Sky imagines that, as World War 2 came to an end, a remnant Nazi government, using secret […]
Continue ReadingFrançois Truffaut — filmmaker, actor and controversial critic — was born in in 1932. This year, had he not died prematurely of a tumour, he would have been eighty years old. On 6 February, Google marked the occasion with a doodle. It showed three slides, one for each of three Truaffat films: The 400 Blows, […]
Continue ReadingAlex Lynchehaun finds that perfect gift for your film-loving parents/sibling/friend.
Continue ReadingJonathan Looms interviews Roland Emmerich about film school, special effects and his apparent love of dialogue.
Continue ReadingVicky Fryer on how Hollywood isn’t just churning out sequels left right and centre but actually commissioning them even faster.
Continue ReadingSam Collingwood writes on the continuing attempts to get Stephen King’s much loved novel onto the screen.
Continue ReadingIf you think that motion capture technology is the way forward Alexander Lynchehaun is here to tell you why you are wrong.
Continue ReadingSamantha Shannon-Jones on the music behind the trailers.
Continue ReadingRoss Jones-Morris thinks that the word ‘sexism’ is thrown around a little too much these days…
Continue ReadingRoss Jones-Morris seems to think so.
Continue ReadingSam Poppleton on how Frank Sinatra and John McClane caused Conan the Barbarian to flop at the box-office this summer.
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