The Social Network, 2010. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer and Max Minghella. SYNOPSIS: A drama about the creation of social networking website Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. It’s 3am or a similarly ridiculous hour. The sane and the content are asleep in […]
54th BFI London Film Festival: West is West (2010)
West is West, 2010. Directed by Andy DeEmmony. Starring Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Robert Pugh, Emil Marwa and Jimi Mistry. SYNOPSIS: The dysfunctional Khan family continues to struggle for survival in the North of England during the 1970s. Under heavy assault from his father’s tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, 15-year-old Sajid is packed […]
World Cinema: The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Swedish: Flickan som lekte med elden), 2009. Directed by Daniel Alfredson. Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist. SYNOPSIS: When hacker Lisbeth Sanders (Noomi Rapace) goes on the run after being accused of three murders, journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) sets out to track her down and uncover the truth. […]
Thoughts on… ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, 2009. Directed by Kevin Hamedani. Starring Janette Armand, Doug Fahl, Russell Hodgkinson, Cooper Hopkins, Bill Johns, James Mesher and Cornelia Moore. SYNOPSIS: The idyllic island town of Port Gamble comes under attack by a horde of flesh-eating zombies, leaving a rag-tag band of rebel stereotypes to fight for their survival. […]
The Hobbit is a go… for now
Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth will be breathing a sigh of relief this weekend with the news that the financially beleaguered MGM have finally reached a deal with New Line and Warner Bros. to cover the estimated $500m needed to bring The Hobbit to the big-screen, as reported by TheWrap last night. The […]
Five Essential… Sylvester Stallone Films
Tom Jolliffe selects his Five Essential Sylvester Stallone films… From the moment he brought us Rocky, through to giving us Rambo, until his most recent gift, The Expendables, Sly Stallone has been a hero to many a red blooded male. Be it the bygone days of childhood, sneaking Stallone viewings from the video collection of […]
54th BFI London Film Festival: Africa United (2010)
Africa United, 2010. Directed by Debs Gardner-Paterson. Starring Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva and Sanyu Joanita Kintu. SYNOPSIS: Three Rwandan children set out on an extraordinary journey across seven countries to achieve their ultimate dream of taking part in the 2010 Football World Cup opening ceremony. Africa United has been dubbed this year’s Slumdog Millionaire and […]
54th BFI London Film Festival: Let Me In (2010)
Let Me In, 2010. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas and Cara Buono. SYNOPSIS: A lonely twelve-year old boy befriends his new neighbour and soon has to confront the reality that the seemingly innocent young girl is actually a savage vampire responsible for a string of murders in […]
54th BFI London Film Festival: Another Year (2010)
Another Year, 2010. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Peter Wright, Oliver Maltman and Imelda Staunton. SYNOPSIS: An intimate portrait of a year in the lives of an aging but happily-married couple and their dysfunctional friends. Another Year is Mike Leigh’s eleventh feature film, an interesting multi character drama doused […]
The Unsung Heroes of Film: The Editor
James Ellis on the unsung heroes of film… Most people don’t realise what goes into making the films we love and adore. There is pre-production – all the writing of scripts and getting everything and everybody together. Then there is the production – all the shooting and explosions and arty bits. Finally there is the […]