The launch of a new James Bond film is always exciting and a proper “event”. I can still remember the excitement of going to see Goldeneye when it was released twenty years ago (clearly I sneaked into the cinema at the age of five). The last film, Skyfall, has a strong claim to being the best Bond film…
Suffragette
28 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
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On Monday night I watched some of Britain’s fabulous female MPs speak out against the 5% VAT levy on sanitary protection. The SNP’s Alison Thewliss and Labour’s Stella Creasy were both excellent and a nice little story was retold about how Stella Creasy, as an A-level student, raised the issue with her then MP…
Lifeboat
26 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
I haven’t been to the cinema in a while, it’s not that there’s not lots of new releases that I want to see – far from it, but our local cinema is so full of Wittertainment code of conduct violations that I prefer to stay at home with my trusty Blu-Ray collection and Sky Movies…
Gone Girl
17 September 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you’ve read my book review of Gone Girl you’ll know that I was absolutely sold on the book until the finale. The conclusion let me down so much that the wind was taken out of my sails. I was thoroughly disappointed and felt let down by Gillian Flynn…
Pride
9 September 2015 by Leave a Comment
I used to work with a man who has a mission to uncover hidden LGBT history in the UK. He has told me stories that are little known about gay men and lesbians across Britain – it’s vitally important that these stories are heard. They form part of our social and cultural history…
Crimson Tide
27 August 2015 by Leave a Comment
A submarine, as brilliantly portrayed in J.S. Law’s cracking novel Tenacity, is a fabulous setting for a tense and claustrophobic thriller. There’s limited space, a small group of people and no escape. Throw in highly trained military officers, nuclear weapons
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
19 August 2015 by Leave a Comment
One of the films I’ve enjoyed most in the past few years is The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The story of a group of old people who go to live in India was genuinely heart-warming and blessed with a fabulous cast of the best of British acting talent including Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith…
Blackfish
6 August 2015 by
As you’ll know if you follow me on Twitter, I’m passionate about animal welfare. It’s one of the issues that I regularly have a good old rant about – hunting with hounds, the use of animals in shops, cruelty to pets and of course keeping wild animals in captivity…
Boyhood
2 July 2015 by 2 Comments
When I first heard about Richard Linklater’s film Boyhood, the story of a family told over a span of 12 years and filmed over that same timeframe, I was thoroughly excited. It was such a bold idea and had the potential to be a generation defining narrative…
The Equalizer
22 June 2015 by 2 Comments
I’m just about old enough to remember the Edward Woodward television programme, The Equalizer, a drama about a former intelligence operative who acts as a private avenger saving downtrodden New Yorkers from various evil-doers. For the late 80s the show was remarkably violent…