Stanley Kubrick

Starring Steve Coogan as four different characters, tickets are on sale now. Due to various global developments, a feeling of nuclear anxiety is in the air and it’s already being represented in the arts. This specific, pervading sense of dread was at the heart of Christopher Nolan’s recent Oscar Best Picture winner Oppenheimer. Just this […]

Starring Steve Coogan as four different characters, tickets are on sale now. Due to various global developments, a feeling of nuclear anxiety is in the air and it’s already being represented in the arts. This specific, pervading sense of dread was at the heart of Christopher Nolan’s recent Oscar Best Picture winner Oppenheimer. Just this […]

1 year ago

‘The second best war movie’ of all time is on TV tonight

‘Do you maggots understand that?!’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 23 May) is Full Metal Jacket, which was recently named the “second best war movie of all time”. Co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining) – widely considered the greatest filmmaker ever – the 1987 film […]

‘Do you maggots understand that?!’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 23 May) is Full Metal Jacket, which was recently named the “second best war movie of all time”. Co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining) – widely considered the greatest filmmaker ever – the 1987 film […]

1 year ago

One of Stanley Kubrick’s best movies is being turned into a play

The celebrated comedy is set to be adapted for the stage. One of Stanley Kubrick’s best ever movies has been given the green light for its proposed stage adaption. Kubrick’s family have given their blessing for his 1964 cold-war comedy Dr. Strangelove to be reimagined by Armando Iannucci. The Scottish director is best known for […]

The celebrated comedy is set to be adapted for the stage. One of Stanley Kubrick’s best ever movies has been given the green light for its proposed stage adaption. Kubrick’s family have given their blessing for his 1964 cold-war comedy Dr. Strangelove to be reimagined by Armando Iannucci. The Scottish director is best known for […]

2 years ago

Spielberg has just announced arguably the biggest project of his career

We can only imagine how much this might cost to make… Steven Spielberg’s last two movies, West Side Story and The Fabelmans, are considered some of his very best work, with both projects garnering huge Oscar attention… but both winding up as big box office flops. Never a man to allow his creativity to be […]

We can only imagine how much this might cost to make… Steven Spielberg’s last two movies, West Side Story and The Fabelmans, are considered some of his very best work, with both projects garnering huge Oscar attention… but both winding up as big box office flops. Never a man to allow his creativity to be […]

3 years ago

Stanley Kubrick’s wartime epic is among the movies on TV tonight

“You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?” Monday has rolled around again. If you’re anything like us, you’re counting down the days to next week’s bank holiday. But alas, we can’t get a lie-in yet, but we can still chill out in the evenings with a good film. Here’s JOE’s top picks for […]

“You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?” Monday has rolled around again. If you’re anything like us, you’re counting down the days to next week’s bank holiday. But alas, we can’t get a lie-in yet, but we can still chill out in the evenings with a good film. Here’s JOE’s top picks for […]

4 years ago

25 years ago today, Stephen King released his version of The Shining because he hated Stanley Kubrick’s

King had a very interesting set of actors he wanted to play the role of Jack Torrance. Released in 1980 to (almost) unanimous praise and still considered to this day to be one of – if not THE – greatest horror movie of all time, Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining was truly something special. […]

King had a very interesting set of actors he wanted to play the role of Jack Torrance. Released in 1980 to (almost) unanimous praise and still considered to this day to be one of – if not THE – greatest horror movie of all time, Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining was truly something special. […]

4 years ago