Screen baddies have often been illustrated with some kind of disfigurement. Yet a charity is calling for the film industry to embrace 'equal representation of visible difference' and has launched a new campaign showcasing its supporters as popular leading characters to show that those who appear different can be more than just the … [Read more...]
It should have been more: Save The Cinema is modestly funny and gently uplifting, but it’s hampered by a screenplay that needed more work
Save The Cinema tells the predominantly true story of a middle-aged Welsh woman from a bit further along the M4 who hasn’t given up on her dreams either and resolves to save Carmarthen’s Art Deco cinema when it is threatened with demolition by developers. Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ … [Read more...]
How absurd for film censors to crack down on Bednobs & Broomsticks… while the sewer of social media pollutes children’s minds, writes CHRISTOPHER HART
Over the past few years, Britain's film censors have been busy re-classifying some of the best-loved family films of all time. Not for the first time, their judgment has been seriously called into … [Read more...]
‘It’s all the same, just on a different scale’: Tom Holland slams director Martin Scorsese’s claims Marvel movies ‘aren’t cinema’ as he insists they are ‘real art’
Tom Holland has hit back at Martin Scorsese after the film director claimed Marvel movies were 'not cinema'. Martin, 79, who is considered one of the most influential directors in film history, expressed his views in a 2019 opinion piece for The New York Times, writing that the flicks lacked 'revelation, mystery or genuine emotional danger' and … [Read more...]
Bafta star Noel Clarke faces police probe after seven more women come forward accusing him of a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying
Noel Clarke is facing the prospect of a police investigation after seven more women came forward to accuse the Bafta star of a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying. With 27 women now saying they were sexually harassed or groped by the celebrated actor and director, Scotland Yard has said it is ‘assessing’ a specific allegation. The Met … [Read more...]
England’s lions of ’66 roar into colour: TV footage of World Cup final glory is now being transformed into full colour for the first time since a long-lost film… which was made by a Chilean actor, a Turkish artist and South African film-maker!
The entire 1966 World Cup final is being transformed into a full-colour version. England's greatest sporting moment was only ever broadcast in black and white. Colour highlights exist, but now the whole game is getting full-colour treatment. A Bafta award-winning colour film was made at the time - called Goal! But that has been lost … [Read more...]
