31 October 2018
31 December 2018
A Review of the Year with Nick Clement
REVIEW OF THE YEAR IN FILM. 2018 is almost done. So we went to the Best Man in the Biz to Give us a Reminder of quite how Good it was as a year in movies. Welcome back, Nick Clement! (notice to Trolls: we asked Nick; he said yes....
27 December 2018
The REAL Reason it’s IMPOSSIBLE to Update Agatha Christie’s Works for Today’s world..
As The BBC Give us a new take on ABC Murders..Let’s consider the Possibilities for a Full on Modern Version of the Classic Writer’s Works..and why that MIGHT pose some fiendish Problems.. Are you all watching John Malkovich as Poirot on BBC 1? Good for you. ‘c’est bon pour...
03 December 2018
ROBIN HOOD! PETERLOO! FAHRENHEIT 11/9: What do These Films have in Common? And What Sets Them Apart? Political Cinema vs Cinematic Politics..
Three Movies. All Very Different. Or ARE they? Let’s Take a Closer Look.. How does one ‘do’ politics on film? I think George Clooney once put it nicely: ‘I want the audience to ask questions’. IE: You don’t answer anything; never dictate, didactically, the messages that an audience ought...
29 November 2018
Movie Heroes that Gamble Sensibly: From James Bond to Danny Ocean via Ethan Hunt and Han Solo
They Set the Ladies’ Hearts all a Flutter. Speaking of which? These guys love a..flutter! Let’s look at Cinema’s Coolest Gambling Men.. Gambling is like any hobby, not to say ‘habit’. Done in moderation, with style and class: it is cool, provided you win and /or know how to...
29 November 2018
SUPERMAN was RETARDED?
#TBT/SUPERMAN RETURNS The Screen Saga of SUPERMAN continues! This Week: Our Hero’s Progress gets RETARDED. Yep. ‘retarded’. As in the VERB. NOT THE NOUN /ADJECTIVE/pejorative connotation. Superman was SLOWED by the bizarre lack of clarity in vision for HOW to somehow make him popular / cool whilst honouring the...
