Archives for Michael Allard
Deputy Film Editor
Alice in Wonderland
There’s something exhilarating about hearing a Danny Elfman score rise up as the opening credits of a Tim Burton film begin
Michael Allard
The British media and film industry needs to re-think its approach to awards season
Rent
Thanks to Team America, many York students watching Rent this weekend will go into Central Hall thinking that they’re going to see the musical where Everyone Has Aids
Precious
The nomination of Precious for Best Picture at the 2010 Oscars has come as a very pleasant surprise
The Princess and the Frog
It was with heavy hearts that film audiences of 2004 received the news that Home on the Range would be the last Disney film to be made using traditional, 2-D animation
Up in the Air
If you hadn’t seen Juno, you might be forgiven for thinking that writer/director Jason Reitman likes nothing more than getting up, close and personal with people we love to hate
Avatar
Transformers are appearing all over the screen, and not just when Michael Bay tells them to. Other directors too seem to be taking advantage of the fact that big destructive robots are well and truly in for the 2010s
Michael Allard
The men who stare at goats
Film: The men who stare at goats
Director: Grant Heslov
Starring: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges
Runtime: 93 Mins
Rating: **
There’s an interesting sub-genre in American cinema, of which The Men Who Stare at Goats is a good example: the Based-on-a-Journalist’s-True-Story. Spike Jonze’s Adaptation satirises its conception well – when Kaufman tried to adapt The Orchid Thief, the resulting film [...]
Rupert Brooke
First performed last year, Mark Payton’s play about one of the most celebrated War poets returned to the York Theatre Royal this weekend on Remembrance Sunday, three days before the ninetieth anniversary of the armistice.
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow’s last film, K-19: The Widowmaker, was concerned, like her newest effort, with military conflict
Star Trek
Pity, for a moment, the plight of Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, charged with the mammoth task of rebooting Star Trek – which saw Enterprise cancelled early four years ago – for their buddy J.J. Abrams to direct
Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood, simultaneously director and star actor for the first time since Million Dollar Baby, is once again successful at both.
The International
The International won’t do Tom Tykwer any favours in a step towards Hollywood, and will only frustrate old Lola fans.
Revolutionary Road
The release of Revolutionary Road marked ten years since Sam Mendes’ move from theatre to film surprised Hollywood with the Best Picture-winning American Beauty.
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