Threads, 1984. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, and David Brierly. SYNOPSIS: Sheffield, England in the 1980s. Several people try to survive post-nuclear devastation, suffering from the effects of nuclear war between Russia and the United States. While the world isn’t exactly the same as it was back when this film was produced, […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 28 – Threads (1984)
Threads, 1984. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Reece Dinsdale, David Brierley, Rita May, Nicolas Lane, and Jane Hazlegrove. SYNOPSIS: As the Cold War between the superpowers erupts into a full-scale war, the English city of Sheffield finds itself at the centre of a nuclear attack that forever changes the lives of its inhabitants for decades […]
Movie Review – Denial (2016)
Denial, 2016. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Harriet Walter and Mark Gatiss. SYNOPSIS: American academic Deborah Lipstadt is accused of libel by historian David Irving when she declares him a Holocaust denier. In a battle for historical truth, she and her legal team have to prove that […]
Movie Review – Denial (2016)
Denial, 2016. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s legal battle for historical truth against David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him […]