Category: Films
‘Not many people know what happened’: covered up London Blitz tragedy is inspiration for Steve McQueen’s new film
The Oscar-winning British film director, Sir Steve McQueen, who is most famous for bringing the horror of the slave trade to cinema screens, has turned [more…]
‘We can be violent to ourselves. Brutal’: Demi Moore on body image, reinvention and her most shocking role yet
I first catch sight of Demi Moore crouching on the floor in a hotel corridor, coal-black hair fanned across her back. She’s talking in a [more…]
The British are coming, again! Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Craig and Hugh Grant set for Oscars face-off
On Sunday, the Toronto film festival will hand out its prizes and roll up its red carpet, a week after the Venice film festival did [more…]
Uglies review – Netflix’s drab and dated YA dystopian mess is not pretty
It’s been a few years since Hollywood’s rush for young adult dystopian franchises, from The Hunger Games to Divergent to The Maze Runner. Which makes [more…]
Will The Hunt for Gollum really be two movies? That’s got to be a stretch
Sir Ian McKellen dropped a stinker on the British talkshow This Morning earlier in the week so putrid that even Gollum himself might steer clear [more…]
Speak No Evil review – James McAvoy gives roaring life to red-blooded holiday horror
Tolstoy famously suggested in barnstorming infidelity classic Anna Karenina that all happy families are alike, while the unhappy ones are unhappy in their own way [more…]
Saturday Night review – tedious SNL origins tale is an unfunny misfire
The current sorry state of Saturday Night Live, a weekly comedy show so consistently, maddeningly absent of laughs that it now borders on avant garde [more…]
‘It was a true privilege to witness his talent firsthand’: readers on James Earl Jones
‘So kind and gentle’ I got to meet James Earl Jones in 2010 for a moment after seeing the play Cat on a Hot Tin [more…]
Jude Law: ‘Playing Henry VIII messed up my back. I’m still trying to sort it out’
Why did the paps used to call you “Celebrity Dave”? peter1234I didn’t know the paps call me Celebrity Dave! If they do, it’s probably because [more…]
‘Do you have contempt for my views?’ How a leftwing film-maker and a Republican came together
“Donald Trump is a weak man pretending to be strong. He is a small man pretending to be big. He’s a faithless man pretending to [more…]
