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#9 Small Axe: BBC/Amazon Prime - Bleeding Cool TV Top 10 of 2020
So with that in mind, our year-end countdown continues with BBC One and Amazon Prime Video's Small Axe. Small Axe from BBC and Amazon Prime (Image: Amazon screencap) Created and directed by Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Widows), the award-winning, critically-acclaimed British anthology film Small Axe tells five distinct, powerful, and thought-provoking stories highlighting what life[...]
Letitia Wright & John Boyega have a "Small Axe" to Grind for BBC
Director Steve McQueen will be bringing his series Small Axe to the BBC in 2020 The series will follow London's West Indian community as it developed between the 1960's through the 1980's, and winding down around 2014 Amazon has picked up rights to broadcast Small Axe in the United States John Boyega and Letitia Wright[...]
5 Hubcaps and a Movie: Fathom Events Brings 'Bullitt' Back to Theaters
Fathom Events sure gets us sometimes: for the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Steve McQueen film Bullitt, we're getting the green mustang-chase of our dreams returning to theaters on Sunday, October 7th and Tuesday, October 9th. Bullitt really did change filmmaking when it was originally released, namely one of the most incredible car chases in cinema to this day[...]
The Blob 1958 poster
We discuss the 1958 film The Blob, often cited as the film debut of Steve McQueen What is it about this independent film about a strange visitor from another planet — one that immediately starts growing and consuming every living thing it encounters — that continues to command attention today? We discuss Steve McQueen (27[...]
Simon West To Helm A Remake Of The Blob
The most notable thing about the Paramount production was it starred a young Steve McQueen. This is not the first time The Blob story was revisited There was a sequel in 1972 called Beware! The Blob and a full on remake in 1988 Neither has garnered the same following as the original. Perhaps the producers should look[...]