Film

This series will attempt to look at the complete careers of directors, actors and other filmmakers. In looking at these filmographies, we will see the context in which they fit together, into an arc of a career and into the life of the subject. I knew I didn’t want to begin with a well known auteur on whom there is already a wealth of writing and a set opinion. I didn’t want someone with a filmography of intimidating size, so that...

Bird Box, Netflix’s new apocalyptic thriller, jumps between two timelines in an uncompromisingly dark narrative. Based on the 2014 novel by Josh Malerman, this adaption is stacked with talent and the premise seemed like a sure winner: it’s set around a mysterious force that compels people to commit suicide once they see it. The film works for a while, but unfortunately becomes undone by genre clichés and lapses in logic. Sandra Bullock stars as Malorie, an expectant mother who only...

The 17-year-old boy was charged with possessing the weapon as well as nine wraps of Class A drugs after he was arrested on February 6

Growing up, my understanding of Robert Rodriguez films consisted solely of Spy Kids. I did not watch Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn or subsequently Sin City or Machete. I suppose his work is a cultural blind spot for me but in truth I felt let down by Spy Kids, the less than impressed 10-year-old I was. So upon viewing Alita: Battle Angel, I did so with some trepidation. Was Rodriguez going to let me down again as he has 18 years ago...

Big Hollywood names want to shoot the blockbuster on Salisbury Plain but local groups say building work could impact on historic features and rare species

Paul Parker installed the life-size figure of an AT-ST, which featured in Return of the Jedi, in his field by the A38 near Ashburton, Devon

Film lovers are clamouring for movies based on David Bowie, Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra, according to a survey. After the success of 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody, based on rock group Queen, researchers polled the British public to find out what other musical stories they’d like to see on the silver screen. Other dream rock star biopics which appear in the top 10 wishlist include those of Kurt Cobain, Madonna and Stevie Wonder. Robbie Williams’ colourful career was the seventh most-wanted...

Dean DeBlois has done it again! One of the most noticeable and remarkable things about the How to train your Dragon franchise is its ability to make adults realise their inner child and come into touch with those feelings once again. Furthermore, the animation captivatingly brings to life a world where dragons actually exist, and leaves us dreaming we were Berkians living in the village of Berk. Let’s face it, with dragons as adorable as Toothless, who wouldn’t want to be a...

Dave Holden is an instructor at the Intergalactic Saber Masters