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Category Archives: Film
Can you believe the movie Hook is now twenty years old? Happening upon it recently we noticed that the eyewear appears to have been supplied by Anglo American Optical. Take a look at the various round frames on a grown … Continue reading
Looking for a feel good film that will take you back to the sights and sounds of the 70s? Try recently released Hunky Dory in which enthusiastic drama teacher (Minnie Driver) Vivienne tries to engage her students by putting on … Continue reading
Michael Fassbender is the man of the moment following on from the success of Inglorious Basterds, Jane Eyre, X-Men:First Class and most notably Steve McQueen’s Shame. You can see him currently as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method with Keira … Continue reading
That’s right, it’s the time of year when we are inundated with awards ceremonies: the BAFTAs, the Grammies, the Brits, the Oscars. As we anticiapte the Oscars this weekend Roope Vintage takes a look back at this year’s BAFTAs and … Continue reading
W.E. is a romantic drama on two levels. The first focuses on the love affair between Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D’Arcy). The second contemporary story is about the troubled realationship of a New York housewife … Continue reading
Going to the cinema this evening? Everyone is talking about The Iron Lady, a biopic of Margaret Thatcher starring Meryl Streep. Jim Broadbent plays her husband Denis Thatcher (Harry Lloyd as a young Denis) and is featured in some fantastic … Continue reading
French director and specs wearer Michel Hazanavicius brings us the film The Artist. Black and white and silent the film’s star Jean Dujardin picked up the Best Actor award at Cannes and The Artist has been tipped for further nominations … Continue reading
Have you ever noticed the theme of eyewear in the fantastically kooky films of Wes Anderson? With a penchant for glasses and sunglasses of the 1970s we take a look at the role specs play in a few of his … Continue reading
On December 13th and 14th Christie’s auctioned the legendary jewels of Elizabeth Taylor. This collection truly presents the crown jewels of Hollywood many of which were collected by Taylor or given to her as gifts by her husband, the actor … Continue reading
Billed as the movie to see this Christmas Martin Scorcese’s adaptation of the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a heart warming story of an orphan boy’s quest to solve the mystery rregarding the death of his father and … Continue reading
