Credits:
Director: Drew Barrymore
Writers: Shauna Cross (screenplay and novel)
Culture
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs – a review
The Arcade Fire return with their third album The Suburbs, a semi-conceptual piece which reflects the fears and tensions of a recession hit America desperately searching for direction.
Shutter Island
Credits:
Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: Laeta Kalogridis (Screenplay) and Dennis LeHane (Novel)
John Cage 4′33″ bid for Christmas No 1 spot
There is a Facebook campaign by music fans of the higher calibre for John Cage’s orchestral composition that consists of four minutes and thirty three seconds of silence to be No 1 in the charts this Christmas in order to prevent this year’s as yet unknown and undecided X Factor winner from reaching the No 1 spot.
Toy Story 3 – Film Review
This is a review by a father who took his family out to the cinema so don’t expect any real details, just a parent’s synopsis of a family film.
Over the past year I have been forced to rediscover Toy Story and Toy Story 2 on a daily basis thanks to my 2 and a half year old daughter’s obsession with both films.
Inception (2010) – Film Review
Credits:
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan
Music: Hans Zimmer
TV Licence fee to fall
It is expected that the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will give a clear indication today that the UK TV licence fee is to fall from its current yearly level of £145.50.
Interviewed in the Telegraph Mr Hunt said that the BBC
Tron – a retro review
Credits:
Director: Steven Lisberger
Principal cast: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan and David Warner
The Brothers Bloom
Credits:
Director: Ryan Johnson
Screenplay: Ryan Johnson
Principal cast: Adrien Broday, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rinko Kikuchi with Robbie Coltrane and Maximilian Schell.
The Killer Inside Me – review
Credits:
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Principal cast: Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson.
Release date: 8 June 2010 (on general release now).