For the ‘Q’ film of the Alphabet Challenge (always tricky this letter), we now look to Queen and Country, the 2014 british comedy drama. The film, both written and directed by John Boorman, is a sequel to the 1997 film Hope and Glory. Set in the 1950’s the film follows the two characters of Bill Rohan (played by Callum Turner)
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It’s time for P in the Alphabet Challenge, and the spanish fantasy drama Pan’s Labryrinth (or El Laberinto del Fauno in its actual language). The film is both written and directed by Guillermo Del Toro (Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak, Hellboy). The film is set in the year after the Spanish civil war and follows the story of a young girl called
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For O in the Alphabet Challenge, we’re off to the Kevin Costner’s western drama Open Range from 2003. Costner both starred and directed the film, which was written by Craig Storper. The film stars Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall as two cattle men that are driving their herd across Montana. Costner plays Charley Waite – one of the team run
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So take me out to the ballgame….for the ‘M’ letter of the Alphabet challenge and to the 2011 film Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller, the film has a screenplay by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Michael Lewis, which was written about the baseball general manager Billy Bean and
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Letter ‘C’ in the Alphabet Challenge takes us to the 2013 military mess Company of Heroes. This shameful piece of cinema is directed by Don Michael Paul (who brought the world other such films as Tremors 5 and Kindergarten Cop 2). The film includes performances by Tom Sizemore, Neal McDonough and Vinnie Jones. All of whom should have kept a
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The final day of the Alphabet Challenge and of course for ‘Z’ we turn to the 2001 comedy ‘Zoolander’ both starring and directed by Ben Stiller (and in fairness part written by him as well), and the subject of a sequel currently in cinemas. Derek Zoolander may not be much of a thinker but is a superstar male model and
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For the penultimate day of the Alphabet Challenge, we turn to ‘Y’ and the 2013 ‘The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. This is adapted from the book ‘The Selected Works of T.S.Spivet’ and follows a young boy from Montana. T.S. is a prodigy who is obsessed with analysing patterns and maps. He lives on a ranch with his father
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For the Xth day of the Alphabet challenge, the film is ‘X + Y’, a 2014 film by the director Morgan Matthews. The film is based around a young boy called Nathan (played by Asa Butterfield – ‘Hugo’, ‘Enders Game’ and ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’). Nathan is a gifted mathematician however struggles with social skills and has a
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Day ‘W’ of the Alphabet challenge and to Wayne’s World we go. This 1992 comedy was originally based on a recurring sketch from Saturday Night Live, featuring Mike Myers (Austin Powers) as Wayne Campbell, and Dana Carvey (Clean Slate, Trapped in Paradise) as Garth Algar. Between the two, they host a regular TV show on a public network called ‘Wayne’s
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For Day ‘V’ of the Alphabet challenge, its to Japanese Anime ‘Vexille’ from 2007. Vexille is a futuristic tale set in 2077, about the US based ‘Sword’ defence group that are conducting an investigation into Japan and the Daiwa Heavy Industry corporation. In recent years, Japan has increasingly withdrawn from engagement with the rest of the world, at the same
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