24 April 2022
12 October 2021
What’s Wrong with this Picture? Part 2
An ongoing new series. In which I chart the decline of modern storytelling.. To be fair, it’s not just Hollywood. The slow death of culture is not even restricted to film. Case in point? Think British television. American readers, stay with me. It is all relevant or ‘connected’. This...
24 September 2021
#FLEMINGFRIDAY: It’s TIME to give DANIEL CRAIG a KNIGHTHOOD!
SIR DANIEL CRAIG. Kinda has a ring to it, right? I think every actor who plays Bond should be given a knighthood. Sean Connery and Roger Moore both earned the honour, albeit late in life and as nods to charitable endeavour as much as services to film. But the...
18 September 2021
#FLEMINGFRIDAY: Where does Bond go from here?
Yes I know it’s Saturday. So what? Bond breaks rules. So do I! WHERE DOES JAMES BOND ‘GO’ AFTER THE DANIEL CRAIG ERA? When you see BEING JAMES BOND, it’s easy to feel a sense of finality. The producers love Daniel Craig and his era has a self...
10 September 2021
#FLEMINGFRIDAY: Being James Bond Review
Daniel Craig gets his very own farewell film. Is it any good? Yes. Of course it is! Well done to SPECIAL TREATS PRODUCTIONS (they do all the making of movies for Bond). You will have to use /download/navigate I-Tunes /APPLE TV to view the film. That was very...
06 September 2021
Michael Keaton. Idris Elba. Only Fools and Horses. What is the Connection?
Prima Facie? Nothing. Second look? Birthdays! Keaton = 70. Idris = 49. Fools n Horses = 40. But it’s SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS AND BIRTHDAYS. Allow me to explain.. Keaton and Elba are model craftspeople. They act in a prolific. polished, professional manner, always....
