Film and TV - Sabina Begum

Focus Features, Universal Pictures Age Certificate:   15 IMDb:   7.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes:   84/100 Cast Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding Emma Corrin as Anna Harding Willem Dafoe as Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz Ralph Ineson as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers Simon McBurney as Herr Knock Plot (Spoilers) Ellen longs for love and submits herself to Count Orlok. Years go by and she marries Thomas, forgetting that she has already committed herself to Nosferatu (vampire). When Thomas is given the opportunity of meeting a client to sell a house; he learns that the client is Count Orlok. He meets the infuriated Count Orlok on his work travel as it was all orchestrated by the Count's servant, Knock, who is also Thomas Hutter's boss. The Count deceives Thomas into signing a contract that nullifies his marriage to Ellen. Ellen then has 3 days ...

Planet of the Apes returns to the big screen with the film 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes'. It becomes apparent that the franchise is heading towards a sequel trilogy after the commercial success of the reboot series. The film was expected to be as successful as Andy Serkis' Apes films and it sure delivers - both visually and narratively. It may not be a strong comeback to the Caesar trilogy however the film manages to portray its characters in the same way and the storyline flows through. Andy Serkis' performance as the character 'Caesar' was on an Academy Award level of acting, that newcomer Owen Teague's portrayal of new lead protagonist 'Noa' was not expected to do any better. You could not name anyone else who could portray Caesar or any other ape better than Andy Serkis. Serkis' performance as Caesar was so perfect that he raised the bar too high for newcomers to surpass and this may come as a warning to newcomers that it ma...

After developing an idea for a space fantasy film since 1971, George Lucas presented 'Star Wars' to United Artists who were first impressed with the "innocence of the story, plus the sophistication of the world", however, refused to fund the film. Many production companies were sceptical of the success of the film and whether Lucas could pull off directing the film. Walt Disney had also turned down the offer (Disney, the same company that would later buy the rights to Star Wars for $4.05 billion in years to come). It was Fox that agreed to distribute the film and 'Star Wars' was released in the US on May 25th 1977. The rest was history. 'Star Wars' is an epic space opera (sci-fi, action and adventure) franchise created by George Lucas. The success of the original trilogy led to a set of films including prequels, sequels, standalone films, and animated films as well as novels, comics, TV shows, video games and merchandise. Star Wars is considered to...