“There are some great female voices around now, but I’m not one of them. I wish I was!” says Shirley Collins, First Lady of Folk and widely seen as the best female British folk singer of the 20th century. Shirley lost her voice in uncertain circumstances in 1980, and though even now in her 80s… The Ballad of Shirley Collins Read More
London Has Fallen 3 stars
“It’s what I do” says Mike Banning, as he prepares once more to get American President Benjamin Asher in a shit-load of trouble, I mean protect him on his official trip to the funeral of the British Prime Minister, who has died unexpectedly. To give Banning credit he does later get the president out of… London Has Fallen Read More
The Party 3.5 stars
The Party is apparently Brexit-related, though it reminded me most of the Blairite years in the mid-1990s, before the 1997 general election swept them to power – those heady days when Labour supporters were in the main prepared to suppress their true political natures in order to get elected. Not so much out of cynicism… The Party Read More
Louder Than Bombs 3.5 stars
I’ve met a few men like Jonah. First telling his wife not to swear in front of their just-delivered baby daughter in case she hears, later sleeping with an ex he has accidentally left with the impression that his wife has cancer. Jonah doesn’t have a problem misdirecting people, accidentally or deliberately, to create a… Louder Than Bombs Read More
New York’s Stunt World – Training, Hustling… Oscars?
I spent four EXHAUSTING hours in a comfy chair in Breakfall Studios’ Manhattan gym, watching superfit stunt performers training: backflips, cartwheels, throwing themselves to the ground and practicing disarming each other with prop weapons. Everyone was lovely and if I ever need to be thrown out of a window, or have a bottle smashed over… New York’s Stunt World – Training, Hustling… Oscars? Read More
Ilyana Eberhardt – stuntwoman
“Stunt coordinators are so creative – they are given new things and they just have to figure it out for themselves how to make it work… and still find a safe way to do it.” Ilyana Eberhardt, 24 1, What was your first experience performing a stunt on screen and what other shows have you… Ilyana Eberhardt – stuntwoman Read More
Jared Blake DiCroce – stuntman, director, producer
“We try to hide our faces just so we can be recycled and work again!” Jared B DiCroce, 34 1, How did you get into stunt performing? I had a long journey. I started as an actor, I’ve been in SAG (Screen Actors Guild) for years. I worked on The Sopranos and I did a… Jared Blake DiCroce – stuntman, director, producer Read More
Noah Schultz – stuntman
“You’d never want to lie in this industry because it could kill you” Noah Schultz, 35 1, I hear you were in Baby Driver? I loved that film! What were you doing? Yes I doubled for Academy Award winning musician Paul Williams (Rainbow Connection) who was playing The Butcher, so it was the warehouse scene where… Noah Schultz – stuntman Read More
The Mountain Between Us 3 stars
I’m not going to lie, my first thought when Alex and Ben survived the plane crash high up in the wintry mountains, with only a nameless dog and a dead pilot called Walter for company, was who’ll be eaten first: Walter or the labrador. My second thought was, how on earth are they going to… The Mountain Between Us Read More
Blade Runner: The Final Cut 4.5 stars
This is Ridley Scott’s final cut, and amazingly for directors’ cuts – which usually go on for about four days and leave you thinking “what, if anything, has actually been cut?” – this comes in at a nifty two hours. Off to see the Blade Runner 2049 sequel and worried you’ll be completely lost? Whether… Blade Runner: The Final Cut Read More
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer Is Here In Case You Don’t Want To Watch It
I’m not going to say whether there are spoilers on the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer, as what makes a spoiler? But I know lots of you are huge fans and will be having an internal battle with your Dark Side as to whether you should watch it or not. If you want… Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer Is Here In Case You Don’t Want To Watch It Read More
Oslo, August 31st 4.5 stars
This is a beautiful film. Following 34 year old Anders, a drug addict venturing into the world towards the end of a live-in treatment programme outside Oslo, the dialogue is extraordinarily realistic – not because characters’ comments and responses fit together so well, but because they don’t. But it is one of those films where… Oslo, August 31st Read More
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