It’s safe to say that I am not really a super fan of superhero movies. I struggle to tell the difference between Marvel or DC franchises and the interlinked storylines leave me scratching my head in confusion. THUNDERBOLTS was a great surprise as I loved the characters, action and heart that made this film rise…
After the first week of the prosecution’s star witness Cassie Ventura’s explosive testimony, there is much speculation of who will take the stand in the second week of the trial of the music mogul. Before we explore some of the possibilities, how did Cassie the ex-girlfriend of Combs do? I thought she did very well…
Celebrity court cases have become an entertainment phenomenon for the public and endless content for the media, but no fun for the stars in court. Reputations have been ruined when the private lives of stars have been revealed to not be full of the glitz and glam that people think. In the last 20 years many…
There are a lot of films that are selected in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. From all different genres and in diverse languages there is as ever a great selection of wonderful movies to see. Here are some films that are on my list to see. HIGHEST 2 LOWEST Directed by the legendry Spike Lee…
“God of rock, thank you for the chance to kick ass… please give us the power to blow peoples minds with our high voltage rock.” So says teacher Dewey Finn (Jack Black) to his band members, made up of kids from the school that he has bogusly become a teacher of before they compete in…
Some true crime stories will never be satisfactorily solved. At heart this tragedy is a story of two children called Jack and Sarah Corbett and how they lost their dad. It is also the story of the ‘truths’ we tell ourselves and inflict, sometimes unknowingly on others. Especially children and in this case Jack and…
The Cannes film festival is underway and the organisers are bucking the “naked dress” fashion trend so popular on award show red carpets around the world. Their new dress code spells out that: “for decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well any other area of the festival.” They haven’t stopped there…
The sensational trial of the hip-hop mogul on charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse charges finally got under way on Monday in New York. According to the BBC, because of the media attention the court had dedicated three rooms of overflow for Diddy’s friends, family, journalists, celebrities and onlookers and it made for a…
The BAFTA Television Awards were last night, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might have been, as usually there isn’t the glitz and glamour that the movie version has. Alan Cummings was the host and apart from a hilarious skit reading from a baby book stating the house rules, his four extravagant…
There are a lot of WW2 documentaries out there that seem to be airing every day on multiple channels, so there is an audience out there. The question is, is there anything new to be said about WW2 and the Blitz in particular? With this new NETFLIX documentary that uses testimony from those who were…
