Searching for philosophical nuggets on internet Comments boards can feel a bit like that notorious scene in Trainspotting in which Renton emerges from the foul depths of Edinburgh’s filthiest public convenience. A while ago I had some harsh words to… Continue Reading →
Seeing a heartless billionaire get his comeuppance should be enough to send you home whistling La Marseillaise. When they met, it was murder! We’ve seen plenty of mad, bad and dangerous criminal duos rampaging across the big screen, but the gender-bending… Continue Reading →
Like Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss, A Marine Story casts a highly critical eye over the US Military’s treatment of its own personnel during the Iraq War. Peirce’s film was about the practice of shipping soldiers back to Iraq against their will… Continue Reading →
The Queen is dead. Elizabeth Taylor, who died today aged 79, was officially a Dame of the British Empire. She was also Hollywood royalty. That phrase is wheeled out regularly by unimaginative broadcasters every time a Hollywood octogenarian — or… Continue Reading →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyCtRXWz4Cs&w=640&h=390] If Little White Lies had been shorter, I could have forgiven its many flaws and remembered it like one of those so-so holidays where it rains a lot and you get bitten by mosquitoes. Guillaume Canet’s Little White… Continue Reading →
BBC Sport is so lacking in any sense of proportion these days that it’s forgotten that quality and not quantity is what really matters. Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) may be good for the environment, but there’s nothing wrong with some… Continue Reading →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtAwJs0uAw&w=640&h=390] [pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”#1871bf” class=”” size=””]If you like insipid performances and explosive endings, and believe that water-boarding is a legitimate interrogation technique, this might be your kind of thriller.[/pullquote] If I was in a charitable mood, I… Continue Reading →
Writer/director Joanna Hogg’s beautifully judged drama, Archipelago, will strike a chord with anyone who has endured a family dinner served with a side order of angst and simmering rage. Her first feature, Unrelated (2007), was set during a Tuscan vacation,… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week saw a landmark in British broadcasting history, with the advent of product placement on TV shows. Ironically, I missed seeing Nescafe’s Dolce Gusto machine taking its bow on ITV1’s Good Morning, because I was enjoying the heady… Continue Reading →
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