Coriolanus in the streets, Aufidius in the sheets. That’s our decision and we’re sticking to it. Fascinating, cultured, and sometimes a little too scratchy — me, and also my Gerrystorm podcast episode on CORIOLANUS. This is episode 5, and while my guest Paula and I have gone all Shakespearean I can assure you there isn’t… CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Cancel culture! Rip-off sequels! God! And what actually happens when you’re swallowed by a whale! Just some of the insights my guest – 9 year old Cassian – offered up when together we explored Nim’s Island. I am pretty good at knowing the limits of my own knowledge, so it was only right that I… NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
While PS I Love You is often trite, it’s also sometimes touched by genius*, both deliberate and accidental. *Not Gerard Butler’s Irish accent. Talking me through the glories and disasters of our favourite post-millennial, post-mortem romcom, is PS I Love You expert and all-round Gerard Butler fan Kate Hudson – a woman who, if Oxford University actually knew anything… PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
I literally had to fly in from outer space, edit out 8,274 “umms”, and battle some light drizzle and unseasonably mild temperatures to bring you episode 2 of GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Weatherman, I mean Scotsman – Gerard Butler. This time I took on the ultimate challenge, aided… GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
GREENLAND: episode 1 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
People stepping up in a crisis. A system you have no idea how to navigate, yet must. The constant threat of everything disappearing in an instant. A particularly hot lead. No not Greenland, actually yes Greenland, but also me trying to edit the first episode of Gerrystorm. Listen to all episodes here or check out… GREENLAND: episode 1 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
The Gerrystorm podcast: from Banning to Beowulf and beyond
Welcome to GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Scotsman, Gerard Butler. Scroll down for more on all GERRYSTORM episodes, and how to listen, or check out the latest episode below. Warning: all GERRYSTORM podcast episodes are very spoilery (there’s also a synopsis at the start of each episode if you… The Gerrystorm podcast: from Banning to Beowulf and beyond Read More
Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now
Finally Gerard Butler’s excellent disasteroid / cometastrophe film Greenland has a UK release date. The Amazon Exclusive is out on Prime Video on 5 February – and it’s the perfect pandemic distraction, if like me your first movie watch when Lockdown 1.0 loomed last spring was Contagion. The film follows John Garrity (Butler), his wife… Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now Read More
2020: That Was The Year That Wasn’t…
…but also so long they named it twice. One pandemic. Two national lockdowns. Three release dates for No Time To Die. It’s quite fitting that my first and last reviews of 2020 were about family: Little Women, a story about holding on to yourself and your identity, whatever life throws at you; and The Midnight… 2020: That Was The Year That Wasn’t… Read More
The Midnight Sky: it’s written in the stars
I never expected to be comparing George Clooney’s cerebral offering The Midnight Sky to Gerard Butler’s fellow cataclysmic doom-movie Greenland, but we are where we are: in the middle of a pandemic, seeking solace in End Times drama. I talk about the implications of The Midnight Sky spoiler at the start, so you can stop… The Midnight Sky: it’s written in the stars Read More
Greenland: how it ends
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but how does everybody feel? This article is about who stepped up (or not) in Greenland and why, and it’s naturally very spoilery up to and including the ending, so if you’re just after my 4-star review it’s here. Is Greenland a disaster movie? A… Greenland: how it ends Read More
Greenland interviews: “It wasn’t your typical hero who’s going up there to punch a comet in the face”
Wait, what? Is this a Gerard Butler film or isn’t it? Disasteroid flick Greenland – out in the US on 18 December online, and in the UK early in 2021 [UPDATE: 5 FEB] – is not, it turns out, your typical disaster film. Read my 4-star review and article here Director Ric Roman Waugh sees… Greenland interviews: “It wasn’t your typical hero who’s going up there to punch a comet in the face” Read More
Gerard Butler is BACK as Banning: fourth installment announced
Is 2020 finally cutting us some slack? They say good things come in threes, and what a week this has been. First Biden / Harris win the US election. Then a COVID-19 vaccine is announced. And now… there’s a new Has Fallen film. Okay so not always in threes, as this is Gerard Butler’s fourth… Gerard Butler is BACK as Banning: fourth installment announced Read More
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