robert zemeckis

Podcast – Episode 31: A L Katz Talks The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast & Tales From The Crypt

Running on HBO for seven seasons and 93 episodes from 1989 to 1996, Tales From The Crypt was a wonderfully ghoulish show that was based on Bill Gaines’ EC Comics imprint of the same name. Executive produced by Joel Silver, Richard Donner, Robert [...]

March 15, 2023

Notebook Reviews: ROMANCING THE STONE

Robert Zemeckis – 1984. Romancing The Stone is a rollicking good adventure movie with great turns from Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. How often do you get three star-making performances in one movie? Originally seen as an [...]

January 16, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner On The Set Of ROMANCING THE STONE

Romancing the Stone is a wonderful adventure/romantic comedy from director Robert Zemeckis. The 1984 film sees romantic novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) travelling to South America in search of her missing sister. Along the way she teams up [...]

September 25, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Walter Hill’s TRESPASS

In 1992 Walter Hill took a dusty old script written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis and transformed it into an action-packed contemporary version of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. That script was called The Looters, but a post Rodney King world [...]

August 12, 2021

Notebook Reviews: CONTACT

Robert Zemeckis – 1997 Robert Zemeckis‘ Contact is a stylish and thoughtful slice of adult science-fiction. The film features some wonderfully realistic special effects and Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey really sell the more [...]

December 17, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE JEWEL OF THE NILE

Lewis Teague – 1985 The Jewel Of The Nile is an enjoyable follow-up to 1984’s Romancing The Stone. It might not be as good as Robert Zemeckis’ original, but it still has a lot of charm. The script features some witty lines and the [...]

October 10, 2020

Trailer & Poster: Robert Zemeckis’ Film Version Of Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES Starring Anne Hathaway

Robert Zemeckis had a great 20 year run as a director: 1980-2000. Any filmmaker would be proud if they delivered a fraction of the films Zemeckis did in that time: Used Cars, Romancing The Stone, Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Back To [...]

October 3, 2020

Remembering Jan De Bont’s THE HAUNTING

Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson, Catherine Zeta Jones and Lili Taylor top-lined Jan De Bont’s expensive clunker The Haunting in 1999. The film is an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House and and updated version [...]

August 14, 2020

The Wild, The Innocent & The Release Date Shuffle

Hold on to your hats because it’s going to be a bumpy ride! If you thought that you had your summer movie schedule all planned out as a way of getting over the Coronavirus pandemic, then think again! Warner Bros has shifted the release of [...]

June 13, 2020

Eric Stoltz As Marty McFly In BACK TO THE FUTURE

One of the great all-time casting switcheroos was when Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz a few weeks into the shoot of Robert Zemeckis‘ Back To The Future. This image shows Stoltz as Marty McFly alongside Christopher Lloyd‘s Doc [...]

April 18, 2020

Notebook Reviews: CASTAWAY

Robert Zemeckis – 2001 An amazing cinematic feat, Castaway captivates throughout its entire running time. Tom Hanks is excellent in the lead, going through a gruelling transformation and commanding the screen alone for the majority of the [...]

April 10, 2020

Notebook Reviews: WHAT LIES BENEATH

Robert Zemeckis – 2000 Boy, does What Lies Beneath work. Zemeckis has crafted a fine supernatural thriller, with great performances from Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. The pair play to their strengths as Zemeckis riffs on the work of [...]

March 26, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Walter Hill’s Forgotten Actioner TRESPASS Gets Fully Loaded

October 2, 2018

Brad Pitt Romances Marion Cotillard In The Trailer For WWII Thriller ALLIED

Things might be a tabled tornado around the demise of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s marriage, but movie marketing never stops – so here’s a new TV spot for Allied, Pitt’s WWII thriller from Robert Zebecks. Marion Cotillard [...]

September 22, 2016

Denis Villeneuve’s ARRIVAL Is Giving Off A Strong Contact/Sphere Vibe

Movies In Focus is getting a really strong late 1990s Warner Bros. sci-fi vibe from Denis Villeneuve‘s Arrival. I’m getting hints of Robert Zemeckis’ Contact and notes of Barry Levinson’s Sphere. I really dig both [...]

August 16, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Peter Jackson Returns To Middle-Earth With THE HOBBIT Trilogy Extended Edition

In retrospect it was never going to be easy for Peter Jackson to replicate the success of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Jackson’s epic adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s masterwork was a mammoth undertaking and a risky gamble that managed to pay off [...]

December 5, 2015

Book Review: Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY

Back To The Future fans will want to rush out at 88mph to buy their copy of Back to the Future The Ultimate Visual History. This book by Michael Klastorin and Randal Atamaniuk looks at the making of Robert Zemeckis’ classic time-travelling trilogy [...]

November 18, 2015

Weekend Box Office Lowdown: 5th November, 2012

Wreck It Ralph will score the top spot at the box office, grossing an impressive $49 million. That puts it in a good position to score some serious bank over the holiday season. Not that I care. Robert Zemeckis’ return to live action filmmaking, [...]

November 5, 2012