You may have read a bit about Ricky Gervais recently. The chatty comic got himself in trouble for using a dodgy word — look it up, I’m not going there — repeatedly on some sort of social networking thing. This …
Love a duck, it’s all go at the BFI London Film Festival. I have just returned from my first three-day jaunt to the baggy event and — hooray! — further proof has been offered that 2011 is shaping up to …
Over the last year, I have made a few smart Aleck comments about The Avengers. Let me just clarify my position. I’m not particularly down on the project. Quite a few of the recent Marvel adaptations — Iron Man and …
In Mark Kermode’s recent book, The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex, he bemoans the UK media’s habit of alternating “British cinema is doomed” pieces with “The British are Coming” celebrations. (We’re not immune to that bi-polar condition here, it …
You have to love this story about the lady in Michigan who is suing the distributors of Drive for issuing a misleading trailer. Now, in a sense she’s right. If you look at the footage above — I assume this …
Many apologies. Due to a blown fuse at Clarke Towers, my review of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which opens here today, failed to make it into The Ticket. Here it is for your consideration. DON’T BE AFRAID OF …
I know it’s not silly season anymore. But it worries me that this debate — arguably the most important in movie history — is not carried out more often. As any fule kno, the only American cartoons that really matter …
