Category: Biography
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Movie Review – Oppenheimer
I think it’s fair to say that Christopher Nolan is in the same category as Steven Spielberg, Danny Boyle, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, and Luc Besson…directors who can “open” a film. It’s the sort of club that Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and Akira Kurosawa would have been in were they still with us today. Oh,…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Sound of Freedom?
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Yes, there are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Sound of Freedom. View details and movie information…
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Movie Review – Sound of Freedom
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There are a multitude of metrics to use for grading a movie. If a friend asked you, “What grade would you give Sound of Freedom?” How would you respond? This was not an enjoyable movie. I dare say, something is wrong with anyone who enjoys watching Sound of Freedom. But unfortunately, this is a movie…
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Biography Should Be Written By An Acute Enemy
About five years ago I wouldn’t have been writing this. I’ve been an enthusiastic reader for as long as I can remember. My father was an avid reader and there were always books in the house. I was taught to read from an early age. I could read from, about, the age of three or…
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Documentary Review – Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
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I’ll be honest, prior to Back To The Future, I hadn’t heard of him. I guess that I was on the wrong side of the Atlantic to catch any of the numerous TV appearances that he had made from 1978 onwards. Furthermore, I’ll be even more brutally honest and say that, apart from the other…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World?
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Yes, there are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World. View details and movie information…
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Movie Review – Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World
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This feels a little more like something that should have been streaming than making it to theaters. It’s not bad. The production quality is adequate. The acting was fine. It maybe could have been a tad shorter, but it didn’t feel too overly long. It’s just an average movie. Not good, not bad. Just something…
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Best Of British Biographies – Rachel Weisz
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in BiographyThe Name’s Bond…Mrs Bond Now, before anyone accuses me of belittling the amazing Ms Weisz’s achievements, I came up with the title just because I thought it was funny and not in any way representative of her work. I mean, she is an Oscar and BAFTA winner. She has, to date, had forty five wins…
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Best Of British Biographies – Julie Walters
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in BiographyThere’s an English joke…Someone from Manchester is asked what they think England’s second city is and they reply “Manchester”. Someone from Birmingham is asked what they think England’s second city is and they reply “Birmingham”. Someone from Newcastle is asked what they think England’s second city is and they reply “Newcastle”. Someone from Liverpool is…
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Best Of British Biographies – John Hurt
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in BiographyThere was a meme I saw recently which said “Which singer can you recognise from the first note?” If you are interested, my thoughts ran to Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, and Roger Hodgson. But then I wondered if there was something similar with actors; are there any actors you can recognise as soon as they…
