Tag Archives: film
Marley: Music, Marijuana and Meaning
As lead singer and rhythm guitarist for reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers, Bob Marley became a figurehead for both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, this linear documentary details his origins, charts his success and mourns his tragic death through a blend of archive […]
Sun, Sea And A Whole Lot Of Film
This week I shall step away from actors and internet virals and return back to festivals. I have recently expressed my dislike of the Academy Awards and instead stated my respect for the film festival circuit. Well the awards season is now dead and the festival season is just beginning. […]
The Tube Of Doom….
This week’s blog is a complete detachment from last week’s blog and certainly from any blogs that I have written recently. Instead of discussing film techniques, theory or current trends and goings on within the world of film I shall be discussing a more direct form of media which most […]
There’s a Little Bit of Norman Bates in All of Us
If you have no idea who Norman Bates is then shame on you because he is one of the greatest villains in history. He is the antagonist of the ‘Psycho’ series, which originally rose to fame in 1960 when the famous shower scene played out. If you are still unsure […]
Moneyball: Worth Versus Value
A rather sober title to this week’s blog, as if I’m about to ask “What’s it all for?” No, not where I’m going thankfully. Having seen Moneyball this week, a film in which the plot is so occupied with sport (always my last choice in Million Pound Drop categories), I […]
We’re In This Together
I have been looking through my previous blogs and noticed that occassionally I will write about one particular film. Now when ever I do this it is due to me having just watched the film and am still excited by it that I feel I should write about it so […]
Lets Hear It For The Little Guy
This week’s blog is going to seem like last week’s was completely out of place. A few weeks ago I wrote a blog on how I feel that certain ‘poster boy’ actors receive less credit than they are due, simply because people only see them for their action or heart […]
‘Delicacy’… Or ‘How to date a guy in a sensible amount of time’?
I am one of the scores of cinema-goers who sees a new release if it features one of their favourite actors or actresses. It’s totally against everything I stand for in the world of cinema, that a film is ‘sold’ to it’s audience on the biggest, most well-known and expensive […]
You Don’t F*ck A Stranger In The Ass
So last week I wrote about some actors which I have great respect for and who I feel can be underrated at times simply because they can be perceived to be the poster boys of Hollywood. This week I shall be steering away from that side of film (acting), but […]
Happy Hunger Games!
Sounds not unlike an Easter weekend spent smoothing the foil from chocolate eggs doesn’t it? But ‘The Hunger Games’ is, well-known to book-lovers, the latest film dramatisation from a hugely popular novel, this time by Suzanne Collins. The novel is part of a series, which judging by the box-office results, […]
