Tagged Paul Greengrass

Like News of the World protagonist Jefferson Kidd (Tom Hanks), Paul Greengrass has made a career spinning headline news into info-tainment for paying audiences. However, Greengrass’ latest is no meditation...

How soon is too soon to make drama out of tragedy is a question that Hollywood has long wrestled with. 22 July director Paul Greengrass knows this terrain perhaps better than anyone, having helmed United 93...

How soon is too soon to make drama out of tragedy is a question that Hollywood has long wrestled with. 22 July director Paul Greengrass knows this terrain perhaps better than anyone, helming United 93 just...

1. WB decide “screw it” – hire Todd Phillips director for Joker: Origins Having failed to the tune of $745 million with Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. are ready to have another whack at this...

1. First Tomb Raider photos reveal no tombs. Sorry Although it's early days, with its release coming in March 2018, Warner Bros. has uploaded a few images of that infamous raider of tombs, Lara Croft. The...

Matt Damon's portrayal of the amnesiac American assassin, Jason Bourne, redefined the world of silver screen espionage. It caused the flagging Bond franchise to rethink its approach and was the instigator of a...

Matt Damon is Bourne again. From the swell of the understated music that's underpinned the series to date, we know that we are firmly in Jason's world. However, it is a more chaotic, even murkier world than...

Let it never be said that you can't track a nation's attitude by its cinema. Whether by proliferation or absence, topics are either brought to attention, or trigger groundswell when they're not...

Back in November, we made our extremely premature Oscar predictions and with the real nominations released today, let's have a look at how we did, and potentially mock/celebrate our soothsayer ways. BEST...

Based on the true story of Richard Phillips’ struggle against four Somali pirates who hijack his cargo ship, Paul Greengrass’ latest is a tense and unrelenting thriller. Shot using the vérité techniques...