Tag Archive for Leonardo DiCaprio

Appian Way Productions Signs First Look Deal With Sony Pictures

Appian Way Productions – the film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and co-run by Jennifer Davisson – has closed a multi-picture, multi-year first look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce scripted feature films. The companies are already in development on two projects. “For over three decades in the business, Tom has…

10th Anniversary re-release of Inception

Warner Bros. Pictures is partnering with exhibitors to invite audiences around the world to celebrate the 10th Anniversary re-release of Christopher Nolan’s critically acclaimed box office sensation “Inception” on July 17. This special anniversary theatrical event will also give audiences a never-before-seen look at footage from Nolan’s highly anticipated film “Tenet,” which will debut worldwide…

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie Rated MA Score 5/6 A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. I meant to go and see this in the cinema…

Romeo and Juliet Retrospective

Romeo and Juliet Released in 1936 Director George Cukor Starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore Rated G Score 3/6 Romeo and Juliet Released in 1968 Director Franco Zeffirelli Starring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery Rated PG Score 5/6 Romeo and Juliet Released in 1996 Director Baz Luhrmann Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John…

MIFF Announces Record-Breaking Program

Celebrating its 68th year, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled its 2019 program – the largest in its history. Featuring 259 feature films, 123 shorts and 16 virtual reality experiences, MIFF 2019 will include 31 world premieres and 160 Australian premieres over 18 electrifying days of cinema. Unveiling his first program as MIFF’s…

The Great Gatsby

Director Baz Luhrman Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire & Joel Edgerton Rated M Score 6/6 Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby’s circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. I…

Django Unchained

Director Quentin Tarantino Staring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington Rating MA Score 6/6 With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Ok, it has been a few days since I saw Django Unchained,…

Body of Lies

Directed by Ridley Scott Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice Van Houten, Vince Colosimo Rating MA Score 6/6 A C.I.A operative who had uncovered intelligence on a notorious terrorist leader, plans to trap him by establishing a fake terrorist cell Mr. Ridley Scott is a legend when it comes to visual story telling. Ridley Scott…

Blood Diamond

Directed by Edward Zwick Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou & Jennifer Connelly Rating MA Score 5/6 Set against the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 90’s a South African mercenary Danny Archer and a Mende fisherman Solomon Vandy join in a quest to recover a rare pink diamond. Blood Diamond is a brilliant Movie…

Inception

Directed by Christopher Nolan Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy & Michael Caine Rated M Score 6/6 Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the…