If you remember the 90s then, well, we’ve probably met before. Watching Oasis at Maine Road (I was definitely there). Watching Oasis at Knebworth (I think I was there). Watching Oasis at the Riverside in Newcastle when they stormed offstage after a “brawl” (technically I wasn’t there at all but I tell everyone I was)…. First look at Ewen Bremner as Alan McGee in “Creation Stories” movie Read More
Gwen trailer: scenic spine-chiller set in 19th century Snowdonia
Starring Maxine Peake and Eleanor Worthington-Cox (who has been receiving rave reviews for her performance), Gwen is set in Wales during the Industrial Revolution. A small family lives on the last remaining farm in their valley, but something strange is happening outside. Cox plays the 17-year-old Gwen, with Peake as her mother Elen and Jodie… Gwen trailer: scenic spine-chiller set in 19th century Snowdonia Read More
COMPETITIONS! Your chance to win films…
I’ve got two great competition prizes for you – a blu-ray of super-tense (and super-chilly) Mads Mikkelsen survival thriller Arctic, and a DVD of Steven Spielberg classic Saving Private Ryan, which was re-released this month. Entering is easy; just email your name and address to [email protected] with the film title in the subject line. Full… COMPETITIONS! Your chance to win films… Read More
The “Bait” trailer is here, and I will be carping on about it all summer
Okay that’s the only fish pun as I used them up in my review of Fisherman’s Friends. I saw Bait last week and I can confirm it is just as extraordinary (in a good way) as the quotes on the trailer say it is. There’s a magic to writer-director Mark Jenkin’s stunning film, combined with grittiness,… The “Bait” trailer is here, and I will be carping on about it all summer Read More
Director-producer Rita Osei on her journey to bring Bliss! to the big screen
“A boy at the end of the Seville screening came up and said ‘I want to be a dad now. A real dad’.” Rita Osei is the director-producer of Bliss!, set in North East England and Norway. Bliss! follows Tasha, a 16 year old girl with a seemingly indifferent mother and a violent stepdad, who… Director-producer Rita Osei on her journey to bring Bliss! to the big screen Read More
“Sometimes, Always, Never” director Carl Hunter on mods, muzjiks and his Merseyside movie
“Scrabble as a motif, order can be created, things can be put right. But you’ve just got to know the rules and be willing to play.” Carl Hunter, director of Sometimes, Always, Never. Film director Carl Hunter used to play in Liverpool band The Farm, part of the soundtrack to my 90s youth – and he was in a… “Sometimes, Always, Never” director Carl Hunter on mods, muzjiks and his Merseyside movie Read More
Banning battles to clear his name in Angel Has Fallen’s NEW international trailer
“There are moments of struggle that define us” says President Allan Trumbull to Mike Banning, a bit like me trying to get some poor sucker to look after my unruly kids in August when this is released (bang in the middle of the school holidays!) This is the third instalment of the franchise about the… Banning battles to clear his name in Angel Has Fallen’s NEW international trailer Read More
INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum
“The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!” Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter parallel universe that carries on around us, occasionally bumping our lives. John Wick 3, as well… INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More
Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience
“Kubrick says it in the film, it’s an abstraction and people don’t process it. How do you deal with the idea that the world could end?” Matt Wells has just made his second short film about Stanley Kubrick: Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb. You can see it in cinemas with the new 4k restoration of Dr Strangelove or:… Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience Read More
INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor
“During the preparation of it I thought I’ll never work again. This is never ever going to happen, this is never going to be ready…” Costume director Michael O’Connor on his Oscar-winning work for The Duchess. Hearing first-hand from award-winning costume designer Michael O’Connor about the level of detail that typifies his work – from opulent Regency… INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor Read More
Surfacing Now – Six Submarine Movies To Dive Into
The red posters. The blue boilersuits. A tagline with a water-related pun. The phrase “cat and mouse”. The seawater squirting into the missile room when the boat suffers a mild tap. You can’t beat a good submarine movie. I’ll admit I’m conflicted now. On the one hand you’re isolated and no one can get to… Surfacing Now – Six Submarine Movies To Dive Into Read More
Cannes 2018: Lost In Film, Lost In France
I partied in a medieval turret over the bay. I was serenaded with a traditional song by an actor from Uzbekistan. I got an illegal red carpet selfie. I stood outside the Palais begging for a premiere ticket. I consumed more cheese than a ’70s gameshow addict. Oh and I saw some FILMS. This is… Cannes 2018: Lost In Film, Lost In France Read More