Tom Hardy is a terrific physical actor. His characters look, act, move and behave as they should. His Mad Max, almost feral, scrabbles in the dirt and communicates through grunts and stares; in Locke, every […]
Review: The Revenant – Di Caprio’s Oscar hopes back from the dead?
The Revenant has had much excitement circling around it, ever since it was announced following writer/director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s 2015 Academy Awards success with his previous film Birdman. Set in the 1820’s American Rockies, featuring […]
Nominations for Oscars 2016 Announced
With the awards season in full swing it’s time to get ready for the most prominent of them all, the Academy Awards. The nominations were announced Thursday and speculation around who are going to be this […]
Beloved Actor and Director Alan Rickman: In Memoriam
Alan Rickman, star of stage and screen and a giant among the British creative industries, has passed away at the age of 69 in London, his family confirmed Thursday. The much-loved actor and director had […]
Alan Rickman dies aged 69
Film star Alan Rickman has died aged 69 after a battle with cancer, his family have confirmed. The actor was much loved, known for playing Hans Gruber in Die Hard and gaining the attention of […]
BAFTA Nominations: Who made the cut?
The past 12 months have been full of fantastic films, most of which have had us all waiting eagerly for awards season. Bridge of Spies and Carol are really taking it home in the nominations […]
Golden Globes: The Winners and Losers
Broadcast live from the Beverly Hills Hilton, Los Angeles, last night, the 73rd Golden Globes celebrates the best in film and TV, both domestic and international. The awards are often hailed as the Oscars’ drunken aunt; […]
Film: The Big 2016 Franchise Preview
If, like me, you have spent the early part of the New Year browsing through Netflix and your Christmas DVD haul, only to be disappointed by the same films you’ve already watched twice when you […]
Review: In The Heart of the Sea – A shallow epic
In the Heart of the Sea tells the tale that inspired the American epic, Moby Dick. Herman Melville (played by Ben Whishaw) visits an elderly Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson) who recounts the story of the […]
Review: Joy – Embattled, uplifting, disappointing
‘Joy’ is the embattled but uplifting tale of Joy Mangano and her Miracle Mop, arguably not the most glamorous device, but a game-changer for homemakers at the time; today, the woman is an entrepreneurial legend. […]
Object Lessons at The Henry Moore Institute
An ‘object lesson’ is a style of teaching popularised in British schools during the early nineteenth century. The idea is that students were presented with an object lesson box that acted as a sort of […]
Review: The Rise and Fall of Mel Gibson – Café 164 (Munro House)
Mel Gibson, a man of many talents and perhaps even more troubles. Heroic lead on stage or crazed religious nut off it, here’s a person who certainly knows how to divide critical opinion through his […]