Hard as it might be to believe, but Harrison Ford turns 70 today. In honour of this milestone here are 10 of my favourite Ford films.
The Amazing Spiderman
11 July 2012 by 4 Comments
2012 is undoubtedly the summer of the superhero blockbuster. Avengers Assemble set the bar very, very high and set the box office alight. The Dark Knight Rises is building anticipation with trailers and featurettes released on a regular basis and it looks like it could be one of the best films in the genre. And in the middle of these two is the reboot of the Spiderman franchise…
The Casual Vacancy Front Cover Revealed
3 July 2012 by Leave a Comment
Undoubtedly the biggest book story of this year is the release of J.K. Rowling’s first non-Harry Potter book The Casual Vacancy, a novel aimed at adults. Due for release on 27 September this year we are told by publishers Little, Brown Book Group that it is “blackly comic, thought provoking and constantly surprising.” The front cover art…
Olly Murs Memoir? Really?
26 June 2012 by 4 Comments
Hodder has announced that they will be publishing the memoirs of X-Factor finalist Olly Murs. Happy Days will be published in the autumn and will undoubtedly receive a big push around Christmas as tweens beg for information on their hero. I’ve got nothing against the hat wearing pop muppet but really?
Paddington Bear Poster Released
26 June 2012 by Leave a Comment
When news came out a little earlier this year of a forthcoming movie adaptation of Michael Bond’s marvelous Paddington Bear books I was very excited. But it seemed like I was the only one. Hopefully the release of a teaser poster will change all that. Our furry little Peruvian hero is shown in silhouette facing into the London skyline…
The Queen and I
7 June 2012 by Leave a Comment
Hard as it is to imagine this week, but there’s a number of people in Britain who don’t like the Monarchy. They would rather see Britain as a republic than have the Queen as our head of state. I personally think they are batty, but I suppose they are entitled to their opinions…
The Queen
5 June 2012 by Leave a Comment
When history looks back at the House of Windsor there will be a number of defining moments. The creation of the Windsor name, the abdication crisis, the coronation of the young, beautiful queen, this Diamond Jubilee celebration and of course the death of Diana, Princess of Wales…
The Diamond Queen
4 June 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is a big week in British history – Her Majesty the Queen is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee. She has given sixty years of service to the nation (and the Commonwealth) and is only the second monarch to reach this milestone. The UK is Jubilee nuts at the moment, bunting on every street corner…
Madeline Miller WIns Orange Prize
30 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
Congratulations to debut novelist Madeline Miller who has won the Orange Prize for fiction with her first novel The Song of Achilles. The Orange Prize celebrates women’s writing and I’ve always found it to be the literary prize that I’ve most identified with….