Lockdown due to COVID at the start of the year caused a great rise in the number of people doing DIY around their homes. Coronavirus saw DIY stores such as B&Q, Homebase and Ikea be more popular than ever with hour long queues and stock shortages. Restrictions being reintroduced will see this popularity maintained.
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Stanley Kubrick Exhibiton
This summer, the Design Museum in London held a Stanley Kubrick exhibition. I went to it and here is my experience. The exhibition told the story of Stanley Kubrick’s life and showed his creative process when writing, directing and editing his films. It was split up into sections based on his different films withContinue reading “Stanley Kubrick Exhibiton”
Glasgow Film Festival
The Glasgow Film Festival takes place every year around the end of February, the 2020 festival being Wednesday 26th of February to Sunday 8th of March. As it’s run by Glasgow Film Theatre you can expect a wide variety of films such as art, big budget classics and everything I talked about earlier(LINK TO GFTContinue reading “Glasgow Film Festival”
‘The Before Trilogy’ and Time
A main focus of director, Richard Linklater is how time passes. His first films that focused on this are The Before Trilogy. Before Sunrise released in 1995 tells the story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy), who meet on a train to Vienna and wander the streets until Jesse’s flight the next morning.Continue reading “‘The Before Trilogy’ and Time”
‘The Guest’: A Modern 80s Thriller
Adam Wingard’s 2014 film The Guest is an underrated modern thriller with horror aspects. The film is about a solider, David (Dan Stevens), who visits the family of one of his friends who died during the Afghanistan war, well this is what he says. With his arrival, deaths start to happen around the town andContinue reading “‘The Guest’: A Modern 80s Thriller”
My Thoughts on ‘The Irishman’
Martin Scorsese’s most recent film The Irishman has received its Netflix release and here are my thoughts. The film follows the story of Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) who is an enforcer for the Pennsylvanian crime family and his relationship with union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). The film is narrated by De Niro’s characterContinue reading “My Thoughts on ‘The Irishman’”
The Best Cinema In Glasgow?
In 1939 the first art-house cinema to be built outside of London, The Cosmo, was opened on Rose Street Glasgow. This was then bought by the Scottish Film Council and the Glasgow Film Theatre was opened in 1974. The cinema has three screens where they do screenings, lectures, workshops, Q&As and hold the Glasgow FilmContinue reading “The Best Cinema In Glasgow?”
‘Blue Story’ Banned by UK Cinemas
Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu’s debut film Blue Story is at the centre of controversy. The film tells the story of a gang war of two rival neighbourhoods in south London. It focuses on two characters, Timmy (Stephen Odubola) and Marco (Michael Ward), who were best friends in school but joined rival gangs causing them to beContinue reading “‘Blue Story’ Banned by UK Cinemas”
When Can You Watch ‘The Irishman’ On Netflix?
Martin Scorsese’s mob movie The Irishman received a very limited release in theaters on November 1st with the movie dropping on Netflix at the end of the month. The film has been in the works for nearly 10 years so is greatly anticipated. The Irishman gets Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel backContinue reading “When Can You Watch ‘The Irishman’ On Netflix?”
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