Posts Tagged ‘State of Play (2009)’
Author: Jeremy
Trouble with Harry?
Jeremy Slater‘s back with his thoughts on the latest goings-on at Hogwarts…
This may be the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter saga, with Parts I and II of the final book, The Deathly Hallows, to come in 2010 and 2011, but the heart still beats fast in David Yates’s Half-Blood Prince, with the acting from the three main cast members reaching its peak as they approach adulthood.
Author: James
Your story or your life?
It’s an interesting phenomenon – cinema, down the years, has by and large served the Fourth Estate very well. Choice examples such as Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole (1951), All the President’s Men (1976) by Alan J. Pakula, and Michael Mann’s The Insider (1999) are very much ancestors to Kevin McDonald’s State of Play (2009), which was itself originally a very highly rated Paul Abbott-written BBC mini-series directed by David Yates, back in 2003.
- Colin: Mike: the Matrix was utter toss. Don’t go there. Anyhow, I’m right with you on Aliens –...
- Colin: James: Why not do ten more and see if you can avoid putting the god-awful travesty that is Independence Day in...
- CD: The Day the Earth Stood Still (it’s about an alien who is Jesus…but better than ET) Soylent Green...
- James: Hello Chris, and welcome to Picturenose!
Many thanks for your comment – I thought, in fact, that... - James: Colin, good points, both on Westworld (which should really have been included, I know, I know) and otters.