Marlon Brando
Blu-Ray Review – Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
No war has focused the minds of American film-makers quite like Vietnam. It’s a conflict which split American society; polarising a nation. Given the controversy surrounding events within the region, it’s a subject which has produced some of the greatest modern war films. Including the likes of Jacob’s Ladder, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and Hamburger …
Blu-Ray Review: Julius Caesar
During the 1950s and 1960s Hollywood couldn’t get enough of big budget historical epics. The likes of Spartacus, Cleopatra, Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments proved incredibly popular as well as being critical acclaimed. Whilst Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Julius Caesar is slightly different owing to its Shakespearean heritage, it still contains all the elements you’d expect …
Blu-Ray Review: One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando was one of a kind. As an actor, no one else possessed the talent, charisma and sheer presence of the man. Along with James Dean and Montgomery Clift, he made up a posse of 1950s American actors who exuded a mix of sensitivity and raw violent emotion. His performances in On the Waterfront, …