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TRAILER PARK – Sing
The similarities between Sing - the new animated feature which focuses on a group of highly competitive animals (with disturbingly human characteristics), who enter a singing competition with the hope of hitting the big time - and…
‘Sound bite’ of the week ……..
"Never let them see you in public after you've turned 35. You're finished if you do!"
Actress Norma Shearer - who won the Best Actress award at the Oscars on this day in 1930,
for her role in The Divorcee (1930) - on…
TRAILER PARK – A Cure For Wellness
Why, you may ask, do studios have to tease the public by releasing trailers for films so long in advance? Because they're not stupid. Take for instance the recent preview for the new thriller A Cure for Wellness, which doesn't…
TRAILER PARK – BEN-HUR
This September sees a blockbuster reimagining of one of cinema's greatest interpretations of a story from bible times - BEN-HUR. The big screen treatment of the story of a Jewish prince who is pitted against his one time Roman friend in…
TRAILER PARK – Barry Lyndon
There really is little you can say about director Stanley Kubrick's 1975 masterpiece Barry Lyndon, apart from the fact that it is one of the most exquisite pieces of film ever made. There is every chance that you've seen it on…
TRAILER PARK – Swallows and Amazons
There's a well known habit in the world of film and television that, if you can't find something new, remake a classic. Take Swallows and Amazons - author Arthur Ransome's timeless coming of age tale set in the English Lake…
‘Sound bite’ of the week …..
'I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.'
Frank Sinatra, the American singer and…
TRAILER PARK – Mother’s Day
Mother's Day in the UK may actually have passed for another year, but that doesn't mean that a film (based around the occasion) can't fun. Whether this new one featuring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts, is something worth…
TRAILER PARK – Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
The time is nearly upon us. July sees Eddie and Patsy - the two fashion victims we all secretly want to be - make their transition form the small screen to the big one, in one of the year's most eagerly awaited films. And if the…
‘Sound bite’ of the week ……
"I’m not just doing this for the art. The money’s fantastic!"
English actor Henry Cavill - soon to reprise his role as the 'Man of Steel' in upcoming superhero blockbuster, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - explains the motivation…