Baby Driver is an action thriller with a hint of musical, by writer director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) released in 2017. The film stars Ansel Elgort (Divergent series) as Baby, a young man with a gift for driving – most notably driving getaway vehicles. Due to his suffering of tinnitus, Baby
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David Brent, former star of early 2000’s fictional reality TV show The Office, is back. He’s back, again in the form of Ricky Gervais and he is going on tour. The 2016 film David Brent : Life on the Road is written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais based on the comedy character that launched his career. The film centres
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For X in the Alphabet Challenge, we turn to the Netflix produced 2016 XOXO, directed by Christopher Louie with a story that he created, with a screenplay by Dylan Meyer. The film centres on a music festival in the US, at which Ethan (Graham Phillips) a young DJ has been offered a chance to pay a set. As he makes
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Ladies and Gentlemen…THE BEATLES! The fab four are the subject of the 2016 documentary by director Ron Howard, with a focus on the touring years of the band. The stories begin from the early days of the band in the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, all the way through their local tours in the north of England, and over to their tours
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Florence Foster Jenkins is a biopic film of the true story of the wealthy New York socialite who was able to become a star around the theatrical community of New York in the 1940’s even though she lacked any ability to sing. It was directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin. As the story opens, Jenkins is featuring
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This morning, David Bowie passed away following an 18 month battle with cancer. He was 69 years old and sources say surrounded by family at the time. Whilst my blog is heavily weighted to films, and although Bowie certainly had his moments in cinema, it is his music that I have always had the strongest relationship with. He was a
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