It’s time to venture back 40 years as we look at the best movies of 1984… The 80s were a glorious era for movies and music. As the years drift on, the kids born and raised in the decade such as me, suddenly find themselves in their 40s, careering headlong to the big 5-0. When […]
Cinema and the End of the World As We Know It
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at cinema’s end of the world fascination… As we sit in the age of Trump (currently unfazed by the plight of climate change, and skating on a sheet of thin ice as far as North Korean relations) and Brexit, aforementioned climate issues, and a general sense that democratic systems aren’t […]
Six More Great Performances That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)
Graeme Robertson on six great performances which deserved to be Oscar-nominated… The Oscars are almost upon us in what will surely be, given the state of the world, a very unusual ceremony. The acting nominations for this year are a strong line-up of Oscar veterans, first-time nominees and, of course, the late great Chadwick Boseman […]
Six British Movies & TV Shows to Get You in the Mood for the General Election
Kirsty Capes with six British movies and TV shows to get you in the mood for the General Election… Despite being a lover of all things available on the big and small screens, Jeremy Paxman and Dimbleby don’t really do it for me as entertaining television. Many of us are sick to the back teeth of […]
Paul Greengrass to adapt George Orwell’s 1984
Paul Greengrass, the director of politically-charged films like The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93, and Green Zone has set his sights on the mmack daddy of them all: George Orwell’s seminal dystopian novel 1984. According to Deadline, Greengrass is attached to direct the film, which is taking shape at Sony from producers Scott Rudin and Gina Rosenbaum. The […]
