Directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, First Man (2018) shows that Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was a thoughtful, intelligent, cool-under-fire hero – but one who was also racked by personal sadness. The film was written by Josh Singer with the...
While the BBC’s science fiction output of the 1970s and 1980s, Dr Who, Blake’s 7 and the comedy show Red Dwarf, always had budget-restricted creaky sets and low-rent special effects, they did the best with what they had, and their inventive story lines and...
Now that the West seems no longer in the mood to appease President Putin whether in Syria, in Salisbury, or in Ukraine, if war does break out, your correspondent would like to let his readers know that it has been nice writing stuff for you! Never mind the...
The well regarded film director Lewis Gilbert has died at the age of 97. Gilbert made 40 moving pictures. He was famous for his bitter-sweet romantic comedies such as Alfie (1966) and Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989). While these masterful human...
It remains a perpetual irritation to this military history buff that today’s children and teenagers – and many adults – know more about the battles and militaria of the Star Wars science fictional film series than that from the real wars on Earth. In fact, Star Wars...
Critics loved it…but the fans not so – or so some online voting reviews say. So what was to blame for some fans’ derision about Star Wars VIII – The Last Jedi which is directed by Rian Johnson and stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Mark...
