Alright, full disclosure. I’m a big follower of Chris Stuckmann having started watching his videos about a decade ago.
He actually was part of the inspiration for me to get into acting and filmmaking in the first place, so naturally I had to check out his directorial debut at Frightfest.
I was nervous though. Would I like it? Or force myself to purely because I like his videos so much?
I’m pleased to report though that Shelby Oaks is a simply…
I was surprised by the wish washy reviews to this one actually. I didn’t think it was bad at all, in fact I rather enjoyed it-finding myself chuckling on more than one occasion at Watiti’s blunt, absurdist dialogue, as well as really rooting for the scrappy Samoan team and smiling from ear to ear during their victories.
Fassbender was the draw for me here as I’m a big fan of his and it was really cool and refreshing to see…
I was flicking through the channels last week and came across a BBC programme called ‘Talking Pictures’. It was a special on a man I’d heard named before-around drama school. A man called Noel Coward. I was completely fascinated by these collections of interviews with him, a playwright, an actor, a screenwriter and musician. He seemed utterly compelling and to be such a crucial figure in the history of the arts...so, I had to watch something he’d written.
Brief Encounter…
I remember this one from my Dads VHS collection as a kid, I’d never sat through the whole thing, but now it was time to put that right. Zulu is the true story of a group of British army soldiers in Africa during the late 19th century, a time when the British empire was at war the nations tribesmen. Whilst attempting to build a bridge, the men come under attack from a huge army of said Zulu warriors, and must…
