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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It’s time for the ‘K’ film of the Alphabet challenge and the 2004 chinese action comedy film Kung Fu Hustle. Directed, produced, written by Stephen Chow who also stars in the film. Set in Shanghai, the film tells the story of two friends and their attempts to join local gangsters – the ruthless ‘Axe Gang’. The two friends who
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For letter ‘D’ of the second Alphabet challenge, we’re off to the 1964 classic political satire comedy – Dr Strangelove (Or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb). The classic film was directed and written by Stanley Kubrick – still in the early years of his career although following up a run of films that has included
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