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BOB HOSKINS (1942 - 2014)

Posted on 01 May 2014

British actor Bob Hoskins, who was best known for his role as detective Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. Hoskins' agent said he died on Tuesday in hospital, surrounded by family. He announced he was retiring from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Though the veteran actor has never won an Oscar in his care ...

BONG JOON-HO'S 'PARASITE' WINS THE PALME D'OR

Posted on 26 May 2019

Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or tonight with PARASITE, a powerful dramedy about the collision of two families from very different socio-economic classes that leads all of them to become entangled in an unexpected incident. The win marks Bong’s first major prize in Cannes. In his remarks onstage tonight inside the Lumiè ...

BOOK REVIEW #10: JACKIE CHAN: NEVER GROW UP, ONLY GET OLDER (成龙：还没长大就老了)

Posted on 11 May 2015

Kind of strange reviewing a Chinese book on an English site but here goes, a brief review of Jackie Chan’s latest autobiography, “成龙：还没长大就老了”, loosely translated as “Never Grow Up, Only Get Older”. Written by one of Chan’s close friends, Zhu Mo (a former marketing staff at Huayi Brothe ...

BOOK REVIEW #11: THE ART OF DREAMWORKS ANIMATION

Posted on 22 Jun 2015

This smartly assembled coffee table book is published to commemorate DreamWorks Animation twentieth anniversary. Wow seriously twenty? Of course, comparing DreamWorks Animation to Disney, the former is still a pretty young company but you can’t deny it has already a part of pop culture over the two decades. The 324 pages book covers practically every title DreamWorks Animation has pro ...

BOOK REVIEW #12: SLEEPLESS IN HOLLYWOOD - TALES FROM THE NEW ABNORMAL IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS

Posted on 04 Jul 2015

It takes an insider to take us on an inside journey of how the current movie business works. And the person is none other than Lynda Obst, a veteran producer of movies such as Sleepless in Seattle and The Siege. The New Abnormal as Obst coined it in her book refers to the cultural change of Hollywood in recent years. When it comes to pitching, casting and friending, it’s a vast change ...

BOOK REVIEW #13: THE WES ANDERSON COLLECTION - THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Posted on 05 Sep 2015

Dear MX readers, It is my pleasure to bring to your attention this handsomely packaged hardcover book, The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel. Written by American film critic Matt Zoller Seitz, this book takes a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at Anderson’s eighth film. By comprehensive, it contains detailed, in-depth discussions with Anderson and the topics ra ...

BOOK REVIEW #14: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY

Posted on 30 Dec 2015

This is the official making of book which fans of the beloved movie series of all time has been waiting for 30 years! Written by production publicist Michael Klastorin and BTTF uberfan Randal Atamaniuk, this 224 pages hardcover, coffee table size book is as what the book title proclaimed – The Ultimate Visual History. It’s packed with generous anecdotes mostly from the key f ...

BOOK REVIEW #15: GHOSTBUSTERS: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY

Posted on 15 Jul 2016

Before you watch the reboot in theaters this week, do yourself a favour by reading Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History. Published by Insight Editions (the same publisher who also gave you the fantastic Back to the Future visual history), this 224 hardcover book written by Daniel Wallace takes an in-depth look at the original 1984 Ghostbusters and its sequel set five years later. 1 ...

BOOK REVIEW #16: THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE: THE MAKING OF THE MOVIE

Posted on 31 Mar 2017

In recent years, UK publisher DK has been releasing Lego related books that often comes with exclusive minifigures or building parts. So how can DK miss this lucrative chance when Lego and Warner released yet another Lego theme movie, The Lego Batman Movie. The Lego Batman Movie: The Making of the Movieis a 200 pages hardcover book that will definitely appeal to both kids and adults. Wonde ...

BOOK REVIEW #17: THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO

Posted on 15 Apr 2017

Stand up comedian Amy Schumer might not be a household name in this part of the world but she is gaining quite a reputation with her successful Inside Amy Schumer television series and her rather well received movie debut, Trainwreck. The 36-year-old comedian has no qualms making fun of people such as her father, her sis and many more but most importantly herself. In her first autobiograph ...

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