Sam Mendes

Empire of Light – Review

9th January 20232nd February 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Sam Mendes – FEATURING: Micheal Ward, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Crystal Clarke, Hannah Onslow, Justin Edwards, Ron Cook, Sara Stewart, Tanya Moodie, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, William Chubb [click for more...]

London Film Festival boss tells us What’s Worth Seeing in 2022

2nd October 20222nd October 2022Jason Korsner

It’s been a long, hard slog for the film industry, and finally, one by one, the world’s biggest film festivals are returning to [click for more...]

British theatre talent fares well at America’s Tony Awards for the Best of Broadway

13th June 202215th June 2022Jason Korsner

British talent – both on and off stage – has picked up some of the top honours at Broadway’s most prestigious theatre awards, [click for more...]

1917 dominates BAFTAs as the acting prizes go to favourites

2nd February 20203rd February 2020Jason Korsner

The First World War epic 1917 has emerged as the big success at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, taking seven prizes on a [click for more...]

Joker – and Netflix – dominate Oscar nominations

13th January 202014th January 2020Jason Korsner

The dark comic-book origins drama Joker has continued to dominate the nominations stage of Awards Season, being in the running in 11 categories [click for more...]

1917 – Review

10th January 20203rd March 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Sam Mendes – FEATURING: George MacKay, Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Daniel Mays, Dean-Charles Chapman, Justin Edwards, Mark Strong, Richard Madden [click for more...]

Diversity backlash clouds BAFTA nominations that see Joker lead the pack

7th January 20208th January 2020Jason Korsner

Hot on the heels of the Golden Globes, Britain’s film and TV academy, BAFTA has announced a set of film award nominations that [click for more...]

1917, Rocketman, Joker and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood among Golden Globe winners

6th January 20207th January 2020Jason Korsner

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spread its honours thinly, making it hard to make predictions ahead of next month’s Oscars, but the [click for more...]

Marriage Story and Irishman lead Golden Globes nominations for Netflix

9th December 201923rd December 2019Jason Korsner

The Golden Globes have fired the starting pistol for the 2020 Oscar race, as the first of the major film awards of the [click for more...]

Hamilton and The Ferryman dominate Olivier Awards

8th April 20189th April 2018Jason Korsner

The Hip Hop musical Hamilton has won seven of the thirteen Olivier Awards for which it was nominated, equalling Matilda’s record for the [click for more...]

SPECTRE – Review

26th October 201530th September 2021Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Sam Mendes – FEATURING: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Alessandro Cremona, Andrew Scott, Ben Whishaw, Christoph Waltz, Dave Bautista, Jesper Christensen, Judi Dench, Monica Bellucci, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Stephanie Sigman [click for more...]

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