Mark Harrison May 19, 2017
From the currently playing Their Finest to the likes of Bowfinger and Boogie Nights, we salute the movies about making movies...
If you haven't caught up yet, Their Finest is currently playing in UK cinemas and it's a gorgeous little love letter to perseverance through storytelling, set against the backdrop of a film production office at the British Ministry of Information during the Second World War. Based on Lissa Evans' novel, Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy play characters whose access to the film industry has been contingent on the global crisis that takes other young men away from such trifling matters, and it's a real joy to watch.
Among other things, the film got us thinking about other films about making films. We're not talking about documentaries, even though Hearts Of Darkness, the documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now, may be the greatest film about...
From the currently playing Their Finest to the likes of Bowfinger and Boogie Nights, we salute the movies about making movies...
If you haven't caught up yet, Their Finest is currently playing in UK cinemas and it's a gorgeous little love letter to perseverance through storytelling, set against the backdrop of a film production office at the British Ministry of Information during the Second World War. Based on Lissa Evans' novel, Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy play characters whose access to the film industry has been contingent on the global crisis that takes other young men away from such trifling matters, and it's a real joy to watch.
Among other things, the film got us thinking about other films about making films. We're not talking about documentaries, even though Hearts Of Darkness, the documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now, may be the greatest film about...
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
What might have been the mawkish tale of a geek getting to know a leukaemia sufferer is lifted by its offbeat tone
The prospect of a Sundance-wowing indie take on the themes of The Fault in Our Stars or Now Is Good sounds irksome beyond words, but Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s very likable film confounds both expectations and prejudices. Thomas Mann is dorky geek Greg, instructed by his mum to spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke) who has just been diagnosed with leukaemia, a task that turns from burden to blessing in time-honoured fashion. But, as Greg’s deadpan voiceover keeps telling us, this is not a love story; rather, it is a tale of mismatched friendships of the kind that once fired John Hughes’s teen movies.
Greg and Rachel rattle along, but the most intriguing character is Rj Cyler’s titular Earl, the “co-worker” (Greg is scared of the...
The prospect of a Sundance-wowing indie take on the themes of The Fault in Our Stars or Now Is Good sounds irksome beyond words, but Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s very likable film confounds both expectations and prejudices. Thomas Mann is dorky geek Greg, instructed by his mum to spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke) who has just been diagnosed with leukaemia, a task that turns from burden to blessing in time-honoured fashion. But, as Greg’s deadpan voiceover keeps telling us, this is not a love story; rather, it is a tale of mismatched friendships of the kind that once fired John Hughes’s teen movies.
Greg and Rachel rattle along, but the most intriguing character is Rj Cyler’s titular Earl, the “co-worker” (Greg is scared of the...
- 9/6/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
A majority of Digital Spy readers think that Stereo Kicks should either sack some of the lineup or split into two boybands rather than stay together as one.
10,842 people voted in our poll asking what should happen to the eight-piece, with 43.3% saying they should sack a few for the greater good.
32.9% of voters said they should do nothing, arguing that Stereo Kicks must take their chances as they are with the other acts.
The remaining 23.8% said they should split the group into two boybands.
Regina_Phalange said: "8 would work if they taught them to harmonise and taught them stage presence. Right now it is just a mess, and it is awful."
Of comparisons to other large bands, Ashley John McLoughlin said: "The difference with S Club 7 is that they were mixed genders and they all looked completely different.
"They look like 8 guys who all work in Top Man and decided to start a choir.
10,842 people voted in our poll asking what should happen to the eight-piece, with 43.3% saying they should sack a few for the greater good.
32.9% of voters said they should do nothing, arguing that Stereo Kicks must take their chances as they are with the other acts.
The remaining 23.8% said they should split the group into two boybands.
Regina_Phalange said: "8 would work if they taught them to harmonise and taught them stage presence. Right now it is just a mess, and it is awful."
Of comparisons to other large bands, Ashley John McLoughlin said: "The difference with S Club 7 is that they were mixed genders and they all looked completely different.
"They look like 8 guys who all work in Top Man and decided to start a choir.
- 10/23/2014
- Digital Spy
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