Scene Stealers: Nicholas Hoult in The Favourite Alex Goldstein April 30, 2019 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite is deliberately, unsettlingly claustrophobic – all fish-eye queasiness and endless corridors. Yet it derives much of its brilliance from freedom. Freedom from slavish...
Scene Stealers: Donald Glover in The Martian James Andrews May 24, 2018 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It’s a phrase bandied about quite a lot in the entertainment world, but Donald Glover is quite genuinely a man of many talents. When he’s not preparing to join a galaxy far, far away as a young Lando...
Scene Stealers: Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise Rachel Brook May 11, 2017 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers With Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant rearing its ugly head this week, it’s time to consider the other characters and performers who’ve stolen scenes in his films. The first to spring to mind – Brad...
Scene Stealers: Michelle Williams In Manchester By The Sea Tom Bond January 14, 2017 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers 1 Comment This article contains spoilers for Manchester by the Sea. You should watch it first, for these reasons. Looking at its poster you could be forgiven for thinking Michelle Williams is the co-star of...
Scene Stealers: Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada Sian Brett June 30, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers If I said the name Emily Blunt to you, what would you think of? Do you think of the way she’s carving a pretty good name for herself in action movies as a woman? The fact that she’s married to John...
Scene Stealers: Brie Larson in Scott Pilgrim vs The World Tom Bond February 24, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers This weekend, Brie Larson is going to win her first Best Actress Oscar for Room. Trust me. It will be a well-deserved honour after her complex, emotional performance in the film, and a long-overdue reward for...
Scene Stealers: Will Ferrell in Zoolander Tom Bond February 11, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers You know, there's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good-looking. Sometimes you need a great fashion sense as well. Ben Stiller may dominate Zoolander as writer, director and idiotic lead,...
Scene Stealers: Bruce Campbell in the Spider-Man Trilogy Conor Morgan October 30, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Bruce Campbell, the mighty chin, has a long association with his friend, director Sam Raimi. Campbell is almost as regular a feature in Raimi's films as his beloved Oldsmobile Delta 88, 'The Classic'. This car...
Scene Stealers: Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross David Brake November 6, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers 1 Comment "You think I'm fucking with you; I'm not fucking with you." Just a curt flick of his tongue and Hollywood's golden boy has your attention. This is no hyperbole. Search your mind and truly ponder this...