Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams – Season 1 Episode 1

“The Hood Maker” What can we say about Philip K. Dick? He’s one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. His short stories inspired massive films like Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report as well as other films such as Next and The Adjustment Bureau. There are many others that would…

The Finest Hours

Craig Gillespie’s The Finest Hours is the fictionalised account of a true life tale involving the Coast Guard’s daring rescue of the crew of a doomed oil tanker in 1952. I’m not overly familiar with this story but that doesn’t really matter for the purposes of this film as it should hold together in how…

On the Silver Screen – Cinderella

Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella gives the familiar fairytale a new live action adaptation to bring the story to a new generation of viewers. I won’t waste time filling you in on the story because surely everyone knows it by now. This film doesn’t really take any liberties with the material and just gives viewers a straight…

On the Silver Screen – The Riot Club

Lone Scherfig directs the film adaptation of Laura Wade’s play Posh. Wade also pens the screenplay for this adaption titled The Riot Club focusing on two new members of the Oxford university exclusive society The Riot Club – a club where only the self appointed 10 best students in the university may be members. It’s something…