Film Review: Unbroken

Any one of the millions who’ve adorned their sofas or local cinemas in the past to see films such as Saving Private Ryan and The Railway Man, know full well that any storyline centred around: war, suffering, imprisonment, requires a complete picture comprising tempestuous realism and a talent for engrossment. With Unbroken – her second…

The Indiependent Film Awards 2014 – Excerpt

BEST VISUALS: Interstellar (37.08%) Many films this year have employed a vast variety of effects and techniques to further enhance the realism or character of their aesthetics. Peter Jackson’s conclusion to The Hobbit trilogy with The Battle Of The Five Armies, comedic-minded action auteur James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Disney’sMaleficent, and Gareth Edwards remake…

The Indiependent Music Awards 2014 – Excerpt

Best Male Artist: Johnny Marr There are few artists in music who possess the inherent ability to create a buzzing atmosphere at any gig simply by strolling around the stage wielding their signature guitar or rhythmically swaying from side to side behind a primely placed microphone. Yet much like his most prominent former-Smiths cohort, Johnny…

The Indiependent Top 10 Albums Of 2014 – Excerpt

The Balcony // Catfish and the Bottlemen Ah, the debut record – something that many bands and artists end up stewing over for so long that when it finally comes to fruition, it simply flops. Thankfully, no such thing occurred when Catfish & The Bottlemen’s first full-length LP was released unto our ears. After the…

Study: Dustin Hoffman – Research Catalogue (2012)

Meanings brought to film by Dustin Hoffman Catalogue Films Item 1: Rain Man (Barry Levinson, US: 1988) – This is probably the best example of Hoffman’s ability to engage the viewer with his character in such a way that you have a greater understanding of someone in the very same position in reality. His encapsulating…

Study: Dustin Hoffman Presentation Script (2013)

Meanings brought to film by Dustin Hoffman Audio: Leaving Wallbrook/On the Road – Hans Zimmer Projector: Title of “Meanings brought to film by Dustin Hoffman” coupled with a current image off Hoffman, followed by the promotional poster/DVD cover of each of the 3 case films. Presenter: In this presentation I will be discussing various ways…

Study: Angels & Demons – Scene 24

Angels & Demons is a 2009 film by Ron Howard based on the thriller by Dan Brown of the same name. The film tells the pulse-pounding story of a supposed attack on the Roman Catholic Church by an old enemy known as the ‘Illuminati’. The grave danger of the church’s ‘preferiti’ being branded and then…