If you are at all interested in what was going on in the Wikileaks saga, go watch this. It comes out on 12th July in the UK. But Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, however well intentioned intially, doesn’t come out of it well. But what… Continue Reading…
Festivals • film reviews • Uncategorized
April 13, 2013
I remember buying The Lorax , the book that is, way back in the 1970s I think it was. Though it was a kids book and I was an adult the Lorax made a big impression on me. I think… Continue Reading…
Festivals • Film Distribution • film reviews • The Film Industry
April 28, 2013
A beautifully paced film directed with great assurance by Ryan Redford, about a lonely war veteran, who 7 years after the war arrives at the family home of a fellow soldier. He’s been brain damaged, still carries his bayonet, has… Continue Reading…
Festivals • Film Distribution • film reviews • The Film Industry
April 28, 2013
Early morning breakfast on the first day of the Edinburgh festival for Ken, Graham and myself was a croissant and a coffee, gulped down en route to the delegates centre in order to catch the first film at 9am. This… Continue Reading…
April 13, 2013
Ishiguro’s film forces us to consider the inevitabilty of our mortality and how we chose to pass the time before completion. I saw two film recently over two days. One was the preview of Never Let me Go and the… Continue Reading…
January 30, 2011
Just saw this on a preview. A film about a couple who’ve lost their son. This sounds like it could be a cue for a maudlin over-the-top emotional tearjerker. …and it is a Hollywood movie, so the signs aren’t good…. Continue Reading…
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