Arise Sir Steve McQueen, as the director and artist has been given a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to art and film. In 2014 McQueen became the first black filmmaker to win the Best Picture Oscar, for 12 Years A Slave. He has also directed Hunger, Shame, and Widows, and won… The New Year Honours List at the movies Read More
Your Song – Taron Egerton and Elton John
Taron Egerton, who plays Elton John in Rocketman, the “true fantasy” about the singer’s life, joined Elton last night (9 June) on stage in Hove during Elton’s farewell tour and they dueted on Your Song. Check out this clip, below. You don’t have to be crying because I’m crying for you all. I just love… Your Song – Taron Egerton and Elton John Read More
Rocketman 4.5 stars
Several times during Rocketman young Reggie Dwight reappears in Elton John’s life, even as the singer-songwriter is trying to escape him, before he realises that little Reggie is the anchor for everything. Elton’s childhood was often bleak. Yet despite this film’s honest depictions of loneliness, addiction and despair, Rocketman is a joyous and boisterous fantasy grounded in… Rocketman Read More
Elton & Taron – singing together! Rocketman clips and vids
Rocketman has premiered at the Cannes film Festival to great acclaim – it’s released this week in the UK, and on 31 May in the US. They’re released a few clips to keep us going: check out Taron Egerton singing Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting and Rocketman from the film. From Cannes watch Taron and… Elton & Taron – singing together! Rocketman clips and vids Read More
Rocketman featurettes: feathers, spangles and 50 pairs of shoes
“”When I do a show… 20 minutes before I go on I choose my outfit. And until then I don’t become Elton John.” Elton John on “true fantasy” Rocketman (check out my 4.5/5 review here.) Julian Day was the costume designer for Rocketman, and unsurprisingly the outfits were an integral part of the film. The… Rocketman featurettes: feathers, spangles and 50 pairs of shoes Read More
NEW! Rocketman second trailer, plus featurette – and they sparkle
And it’s a trailer that’ll make you laugh, cry, order a million sequins then swear a lot trying to sew them on to your donkey jacket. The song in the featurette is Tiny Dancer, which I know you’ll all be delighted about, what with it being the BEST Elton John song. And it turns out that… NEW! Rocketman second trailer, plus featurette – and they sparkle Read More
Rocketman Teaser: More Spangles Than A Misremembered ’70s Sweetshop
UPDATE 21 Feb 2019: Watch the second Rocketman trailer and featurette And rejoice (while singing Tiny Dancer) as for once a movie life story doesn’t have to lead to a Twitter pile-on about how to pronounce biopic. (Bio-pic? By-OHH-pic?) Because the upcoming Elton John film is being billed as a “true fantasy”. So instead let’s… Rocketman Teaser: More Spangles Than A Misremembered ’70s Sweetshop Read More