A Beginner’s Guide to… Emma Thompson Alex Goldstein June 5, 2019 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Being a national treasure can be a double-edged sword. It carries a sense of predictability, of recycling character types. But for Emma Thompson, blasting into her 60s as a caustic chat show host in Late...
Scene Stealers: Emma Thompson in Love, Actually Katy Moon August 17, 2018 Scene Stealers Love, Actually is one of those movies that, come December, you either embrace wholeheartedly, or avoid like the Bubonic plague. Aside from Andrew Lincoln's wooing of Keira Knightley via Bob-Dylan style cue...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Colin Firth Carmen Paddock September 19, 2017 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features It is hard to name a more quintessentially British actor than Colin Firth. Playing almost exclusively (extremely) English characters and featuring heavily in historical pieces, the actor epitomises the class...
Richard Curtis: The Underrated Master of the British Romcom Phil W. Bayles February 9, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance The late Nora Ephron was the undisputed queen of the romantic comedy. Her screenplays for such classics as When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail were sharp and insightful, and perfectly encapsulated the...
Top 8 Fictional US Presidents Patrick Taylor May 7, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The release of this week’s Big Game sees the return of America’s quintessential clean-cut hero, Mr. Commander-in-Chief himself, the President of the United States. To date, there have been 139 fictional US...
A Love Letter to… Me and You and Everyone We Know Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan March 17, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know could perhaps best be described as the indie version of Love Actually; it too uses small, interconnecting stories to capture a moment in time. But, unlike Love...
Music of the Movies: Joni Mitchell Rachel Brook March 11, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Celebrated Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has recorded twenty two albums in a career spanning more than forty years and ranging across the genres of folk, jazz, and pop. She’s even been named...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Christmas Eddie Falvey December 13, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Christmas is without doubt a charming time of year, but it is fair to say, certainly in the Western world, that it has grown into a somewhat superficial one also, and the festive season usually brings out the...
30 Parcels of Christmas Movie Trivia David Brake December 15, 2013 Features, Nostalgia, Ten Degrees of Trivia It's Christmas once more and what better way to get into the festive fun than with some trivia you may not know about your favourite Christmas movies. Below you'll find 30 parcels of knowledge waiting for you...