Film

Although Private’s Progress was made in 1956 and I’m All Right Jack three years later the latter is a sequel of the former. Both were directed by the Boulting Brothers, scripted by Antony Hackney and many of the cast played the same characters in both: Ian Carmichael as Stanley [...]

It falls to me over the festive period to organise the film selection for our family. Now we have grandchildren too, finding films that suit all is no easy task.  This year I decided to go for Brtish comedies 1958-1962. Two comedians dominated that era, Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas and last [...]

I remember well going to see Star Wars in 1976 at the Empire Leicester Square. It was visually an exciting film, launched the career of Harrison Ford,whose furrowed brow enhanced many a blockbuster, and theatrical knight Sir Alec Guinness finally made some money out of his distinguished career. So [...]

Our editor is keen that we relay the experience of our field be it a restaurant dining or watching sport on tv or at the stadium. Thus Richard said to me “Neil, don’t go to the press viewing of Bridge of Spies, as you will be at the mercy of the marketing people and the critic’ [...]

A film about a writer Alan Bennett caring for his demented mother and a homeless woman in a van who resides in his driveway for 15 years is hardly the stuff of box office success but nonetheless a refreshing and welcome break from the Hollywood blockbusters and the violence of Respect or of Mexican [...]

A week or so ago I received a call from the Rust‘s resident expert on sports memorabilia Ivan Conway that there was a online auction by Christies of early James Bond ‘s film posters. He remembered I had one and thought it was the same as one of the lots. I duly checked and it was. I [...]