One of my mantras has been when working in the theatre: “The writer is God.” I have always held the writer in the highest esteem, especially the playwright, and in my working as an actor, director or teacher of acting, I have always applied a kind of ‘forensic fanaticism’ to the writer’s words and clues,…
Gerard Butler, as US Secret Service Agent Mike Banning, is clearly trying to outmuscle and outgun Bruce Willis, as NYDP police officer John McClane (Die Hard), if his latest high-octane thriller, London Has Fallen, is anything to go by. The intent is no let up in the action or in the suspense from go to…
Spielberg returns to the history of war long after War Horse, the story of a stallion with a Lassie attitude during WWI, but not with heroic images of the battlefield as in Saving Private Ryan. Bridge of Spies takes place during the Cold War, a period during which espionage was commonplace and super powers completely…
War may still be hell, but it’s changed remarkably as illustrated by Gavin Hood’s tense drama, Eye in the Sky. If your idea of warfare comes from Saving Private Ryan, Platoon or even Three Kings, this film will open your mind to some new – and quite frightening – ways in which nations project military…
So what was the last all female rock record you took for a spin that almost knocked you down? Some of you have already yelled out, Sleater-Kinney’s excellent No Cities To Love from last year. For me, that is a solid answer but how many more can you name? My guess is, not that many…
Faith is put to the test in this tearjerker based upon a true story about a Christian family. It was Albert Einstein who said there are two ways to live your life – one as if nothing is a miracle and the other as though everything is. Many of us reach a crucial moment in…
High on a hill in the peaks of my childhood memories, live many viewings of The Sound of Music. Catchy tunes, a dramatic wedding dress, adorable children and a nanny we all wish we could spend the day with – what’s not to love? And theatre-goers clearly feel the same, with sold out productions around…
An erotic psychological drama starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash is a loose remake of Jacques Deray’s seductive 1969 film called La Picerne, which starred Alain Delon. Director Luca Guadagnino (better known for the gorgeous and visually sumptuous I Am Love) and writer David Kajganich (the dire Nicole Kidman sci-fi…
The whole brash and bold Portokalos family is back for more of the larger than life hijinks in a world where everyone has a little bit of Greek in them. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, released in 2002, became the highest grossing romantic comedy of all time. Nia Vardalos wrote the screenplay for the film…
Confusing, convoluted and spectacular are three words I would use to describe Batman vs Superman, the showdown between two comic powerhouses. Fearing the actions of a God-like superhero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante Batman takes on Metropolis’ most revered modern day saviour, Superman. But with the pair at war, a new threat…
