World Book Day: Best Transfers to the Silver Screen (or, “Adaptations”)
Adaptations are a tricky thing. The high-culture/low-culture prejudice of books vs. media has never really gone away, and cries of “How dare they?!” ring out whenever another classic gets committed to the screen. But not only are adaptations a great…
Oscars 2013 Roundup: Baffleck, Bond, Boob Jokes, and…JAWS?
Another year over, another topsy-turvy, that-wasn’t-the-scandal-you-were-looking-for Oscars night. Argo became the first film since 1989′s Driving Miss Daisy to win Best Picture without a Best Director nomination, Jennifer Lawrence got in the way of a historic Best Actress win (86-year-old Emmanuelle…
Oscars 2013: Liveblog
The 2013 awards season reaches its glittering culmination tonight with the Oscars, where the big players look to be Lincoln, Argo, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, and Silver Linings Playbook, with Django Unchained, Skyfall, and the-little-indie-that-could Beasts of the Southern Wild…
Adele Unveils Full James Bond Theme “Skyfall”
The song, named for the latest James Bond release, was premiered today at 00:07 (UK time). Co-written with producer Paul Epworth, a 90-second preview was leaked on Monday and drew comparisons to Dame Shirley Bassey’s classic Bond theme “Diamonds Are Forever”.
Preview of Adele’s Bond theme for “Skyfall” Emerges Online
A excerpt of the track appeared online last night (October 1) after it was confirmed that Adele was behind the theme for the latest Bond film. Skyfall sees Bond’s loyalty to M tested as secrets from her past come back to…
Top 10: Disney Animated Films (10-6)
If you grew up in Britain in the 1990s, you can be forgiven if Disney forms a large part of your childhood. The Disney renaissance, recapturing the glory that had fallen away in the 70s and 80s, began in 1989,…
Johnny Depp: Actor as Auteur?
Auteurship. It’s a concept that has been associated with names like Alfred Hitchcock since it was coined in the 1960s, the child of New Wave French cinema. It’s a distinctive style or influence that marks a director’s works as their…
The Avengers (2012)
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS (BUT THEN, IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN TO SEE THE 3rd HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF ALL TIME YET THEN YOU PROBABLY WON’T BE, WILL YOU?) Dir: Joss Whedon Writers: Joss Whedon Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett…
“Jane Eyre” Review: Red Carpet News TV
Yet another review for Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre, but this time I’m writing over at redcarpetnewstv.com. They cover every red carpet you can think of, so wonder over and nosy through interviews that read like a who’s who of, well,…