Like me, you may have forgotten just how good an actor Colin Firth actually is. Believe it or not, there is so much behind the man than his famous role as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Firth is in fact a phenomenal actor who is able to take on the role of the main protagonist Donald Crowhurst and gives him more of an edge. If I be completely honest, Firth may have been the wrong casting for such a role as the real Crowhurst looked physically weaker in comparison comes across as much more vulnerable. However, you can’t help but hope that Firth’s depiction of this troubled and tragic figure can some how turn around the tragic ending.
#MovieMatters | Early Man (Review)
Set in pre-historic time, in the neo-Pleistocene Age (somewhere just outside of Manchester) Early Man centre saround a small hapless tribe led by a wacky chieftan (Timothy Spall) living an idyllic off beat life in a secluded woodland crater created when an asteroid crashed into earth aeons before and which led their ancestor to suddenly create football. The most exciting thing for the witless group is whether to hunt rabbits or mammoth.
MovieMatters | The Good Fight
Ben Holman’s Award Winning Documentary ‘The Good Fight’ shares the story of one man who through Boxing saves young people living in Rio’s favela’s
#MovieMatters | Kevin Wilson Jr.’s My Nephew Emmett joins the Academy’s Live Action Short Film Shortlist
Kevin Wilson’s haunting film My Nephew Emmett shares the horrific tale of the young African American Emmett Till, who in 1955 was savagely murdered by two white men whilst visiting his uncle in Mississippi. The tale is told from his uncle’s point of view and has notched up some impressive awards, including the Student Academy Award. Now this visually ravishing film has been selected for the Academy’s Live Action Short Film shortlist and joins the Oscar race.
#InspireLSEntertainment | Nordic International Film Festival Announce Their Opening Night Film and their 2017 Line-up
The Nordic Film Festival is proud to announce their third year line up, with 24 competing films of Nordic and International decent. 83% of the films have female producers, directors and writers! The opening night feature is the international premiere of Finland’s and ‘Man and a Baby’, directed by Marja Pyykkö. That will screen at 7pm at the renowned Scandinavia House on Park Avenue, New York.
#MovieMatters | Liv Karin Dahlstrøm?s Award winning Film Women and Wine Takes Home The Jury Prize at Seattle International Film Festival
Director Liv Karin Dahlstrøm and Producer Isak Eymundsson has been sweeping the boards at film festivals throughout the world, having been selected for 13 festivals and taking home the Oscar qualifying award at the Seattle International Film Festival. The film stars the well-known and popular Norwegian actress Marit Adeleide Andreassen.
#MovieMatters | Detroit (Review)
I defy anyone with an active conscience and a definitive moral of what is right and what is wrong to watch Detroit and not find it very difficult and uncomfortable to sit through; especially if you’re black. Having to watch anyone, human or animal be subjected to systematic brutality especially at the hands of people who’re supposed to protect and serve you.
I’ll get right to the point. I liked Detroit and I felt that the Director Kathryn Bigelow was able to take a painful period in African-American History and bring it seamlessly into the modern day. What I didn’t like was how long the riot scenes played out and I was disgusted at what actually set off the five-day riot which was sparked by underlying boiling tensions between African-American occupants of Detroit and the Police. Continue Reading
#MovieMatters | Detroit (Trailer)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Will Poulter and Jason Mitchell.
Released: August 25
Kathryn Bigelow-directed “Detroit” recounts a harshly intense chapter in United States history where vigilant and prejudice police office Philip Krauss (Will Poulter) raids the Alger Motel in Detroit, Michigan in search of a notorious sniper.
When the take-no-prisoners Krauss is unable to find the rebellious rogue sniper, the hard-nosed police officer subjects primarily innocent African-American guests at the Algers Motel to a high torrent of unwarranted hatred and unprecedented violence, which in turn transpires to the heavy-handed and slaughterous murder of innocent lives; Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Memphis, Oakland and New Orleans remain as the biggest murder cities in the United States in 2017.
