Day 7 of the Alphabet Challenge, and for ‘G’ its the 2014 drama ‘Good Kill’, written and directed by Andrew Niccol (previously of Lord of War, The Truman Show, Gattaca). The film centres on Major Thomas Egan (Ethan Hawke) of the 61st attack squadron and his small military team that are based in Las Vegas but responsible for operating military drones
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For the 6th day in the Alphabet challenge, we’re off to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the film 1996 film ‘Fargo’. Directed and written by the Coen brothers, this classic comedy / drama / thriller film is the tale of a a kidnapping and subsequent events that spiral out of control. It went on to reap a number of awards including 2
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The third day of the Alphabet Challenge (Alphabet Challenge) sees us shaking off the disappointment of ‘B’ and moving to ‘C’ and more specifically, the Roman Polanski masterpiece – ‘Chinatown’. The film was made in 1974 and follows the exploits of Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson), Private Detective. Based in Los Angeles, Gittes is well known across the city – in fact
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‘Everest’ is based on the true story of a 1996 group ascent of the largest mountain on the planet, led by Rob Hall (played by Jason Clarke – recently in the new Terminator movie) of ‘Adventure Consultants’. Hall and his company having essentially invented the Everest tourism industry. Directed by Baltsar Kormakur (2 Guns, Contraband), the film features Josh Brolin, John
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Well we’re off with the February Alphabet Challenge (Feb Alphabet Film Challenge), and we start with ‘The Aviator’. This phenomenal 2004 movie by Martin Scorcese is a biographical dramatisation about Howard Hughes. A man who was a multi millionaire movie director, oil drill bit marker, plane designer, and airline owner who is most famous for his descent into mental illness
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Spotlight recounts the true story of how an investigative team from the Boston Globe newspaper uncovered the story of child abuse over a sustained period by Catholic Priests and covered up by the local church structure. The team would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 2003. Featuring an ensemble cast including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachael McAdams, and
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We all love Mary Poppins. Or most of us anyway. “That a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. The medicine go down, the medicine go down….” Anyway… The 2013 comedy drama ‘Saving Mr Banks’ is the tale of how the 1964 film ‘Mary Poppins’ came to be and was directed by John Lee Hancock (also did ‘The Blind Side’)
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In the late 1960’s, women working in the seat covering area of the Dagenham based Ford Motor factory were downgraded in terms of the skill level assigned to their jobs and informed that they would receive 15% less money than male worked in the same skill level. The workers opted to go on strike which, for female workers in the
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’99 Homes’ is a 2014 film that is grounded in the post housing market collapse across the US set in 2010, in Orlando, Florida. It’s both written and directed by Ramin Bahrani. It centres on Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield), a tradesman struggling for paid work and about to his home to the bank having failed to keep up mortgage payments
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The new Danny Boyle film is set behind the scenes of the 3 key product launches for Jobs through his career. The first, in 1984, as he prepared to publicly launch the Macintosh computer. The second in 1988, prior to the launch of the NeXT computer by his new company following his sacking from Apple. The third being the 1998 launch
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