The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) – Casting Lisbeth Salander
Daniel Craig has been confirmed as Mikael Bromkvist in the Hollywood version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and now the attention will be turning to who will play the part of Lisabeth Salander!...
View ArticleGwDT: Rooney Mara is Lisbeth Salander
After a few weeks of speculation and having nearly ever actress in Hollywood linked to the role of Lisbeth Salander for the Hollywood 2011 version of the millennium trilogy. It has been announced that...
View ArticleGwDT: Rooney Mara on Set!
The first pictures of Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander have been circulating the web recently. Has to be said that Mara looks totally different (which was to be expected). I am sure plenty more set...
View ArticleThe Social Network (2010) Review
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook and became the youngest billionaire in the world. This film takes us on the journey on how it was created. I have to admit that this film was a lot different to how I...
View ArticleThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Poster
Just when I thought no poster would get me excited like the constant release of Harry Potter posters, the first posters are released for ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’. I was a very big fan of the...
View ArticleThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Trailer
I actually watched a trailer last week for this film and thought it was a fan made one, turns out it was the red band trailer as well. This green band trailer is not much different, just some nudity...
View ArticleThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Review
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander (Mara), a young computer hacker. Now this film has been on my want to...
View ArticleGolden Globe Awards 2012 – Nominations
The road to the Oscars is very much starting with the nominations coming out thick and fast for all of the other awards shows. The Golden Globes is always a popular show and the nominations for the...
View ArticleSide Effects (2013) Review
A young woman Emily Taylor suffers the side effects from drugs prescribed by her psychiatrist Jonathan Banks to help cope with her depression, which takes a different turn when her husband is released...
View ArticlePan (2015) Review
Going back to beginning and finding out how and why Peter ended up in Neverland in the first place . . . I was a little bit on the fence when deciding to go and see this film but as you can tell by the...
View ArticleCarol (2015) Review
A tale of forbidden love between two women from very different backgrounds. It also touches on a love at first sight vibe as well, I thought that was all pretty intense especially with the reactions...
View ArticleTop 10 – Best Films of 2015
This has been a really difficult list to put together this year as initially picking my best films from 2015 I had 17 in contention to make my top 10, which I think is very surprising but also pleasing...
View ArticleBAFTA 2016 – Nominations
I always enjoy the BAFTA awards, quite possibly because I can watch them very easily life? Well I think so. No real surprises in the nominations and I do always love how they have a separate cateorgy...
View ArticleOscars 2016 – Nominations
Here we go the nominations for the 2016 Oscars! Still seen as the biggest awards in film and most prestigious, maybe a couple of surprises in terms of not getting a nomination but the majority is...
View ArticleTop 100 Romantic Films: 51-60
The next ten are here . . . 61-70 60. Grease (1978) 😂😃 A summer romance is about to take a different turn for Danny as his love Sandy for some reason is staying in America instead of going back to...
View ArticleBAFTA 2016 – Predictions
Ahead of the BAFTA awards tonight I thought I would quickly put together my predictions of what I think will win and what I would like to win. I have kept it to the bigger awards and only missed one of...
View ArticleOscars 2016 – Best Supporting Actress
The main problem for this category in my opinion is that two of the nominees (Mara and Vikander) weren’t actually in a supporting role and were actually leading roles. I am pretty sure a lot of people...
View ArticlePreview: BFI London Film Festival 2016
As the BFI London Film Festival starts tonight I thought it would be a good idea to put a post together to preview some of the films that will be making an appearance at the festival and the different...
View ArticleLion (2016) Review
The incredible true story of Saroo who at five years old gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometres from his home. He faced many challenges to survive before being adopted by a couple...
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