If this latest screen adaptation of Charles Dickens novella doesn’t get you in the mood for Christmas, very little will. This is also one of many films being released in 3D at the moment (and interestingly the DVD is on Amazon as A Christmas Carol 3D). We saw UP earlier in the year Continue reading
One of the most intriguing stories of 2009 has been that of Simon Mann, the British mercenary most famous for getting caught trying to organise a coup in Equatorial Guinea, who was pardoned in November. I didn’t go to school where kids had nicknames like Smelly and Scratcher (still less know anyone who Continue reading
Perhaps the Coen Brothers at their least accessible, as evidenced by a number of confused looking walk-outs, A Serious Man is, nevertheless, a superb meditation on the uselessness of religion. A Serious Man can frustrate by appearing to go nowhere, just like the parables its weak willed protagonist is offered, and ends on Continue reading
Probably coincidentally, former special advisor to Hazel Blears, Paul Richards, and founding editor of the Independent, Andreas Whittam Smith, are today worrying about the constitutional implications of self-styled royal dissident Prince Charles continuing to lobby government. Paul Richards reckons the royal lobbyist is getting carried away while Andreas Whittam Smith reckons a constitutional Continue reading
As the rest of the country was watching a mediocre performer crowned short-lived celebrity on X Factor, Salford’s Islington Mill was playing host to a Twin Peaks night, booked as the perfect Christmas do for those of us who attended a short course examining the work David Lynch at Cornerhouse a little while Continue reading
