The screening of The Bang Bang Club at the Tribeca film festival gave additional pause for thought, coming as it did in the same week as the deaths of photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros in Libya. Based on the real-life experiences of four photojournalists covering the tribal violence between Inkatha and ANC supporters in the early 90s, writer/director Steven Silver admitted the tragedy had “cast a long shadow over the film”. Indeed, it’s hard to watch the dramatic conclusion and not be chilled by the similarity in which Hetherington and Hondros lost their lives. Read full review on Guardian Unlimited
Asbo kids with superpowers? It doesn’t sound much when you put it like that, but Misfits was the surprise hit of last year, beating off The Street, Spooks and Being Human to a Bafta for best drama. Calling it a Skins-meets-Heroes affair doesn’t really do justice to the writer, Howard Overman, who effortlessly straddles comedy, horror and drama to come up with a rare televisual treat. Read the rest of this entry »
Some things just don’t bode well for a film, and cameo appearances by former Big Brother housemates Kinga (minus bottle) and Makosi certainly tick that box – and that’s before Lee Latchford-Evans of Steps pops up. Surreal? You bet. If you’ve ever wondered what a multicultural Lock, Stock … would be like, Cash and Curry aims to fill that void in the Brit-gangster repertoire. Read the rest of this entry »
The music documentary genre is a curious beast, often of limited appeal, but in the Doors director Tom DiCillo has a particularly giving subject. Going some way toward rectifying Oliver Stone’s early 90s portrayal of iconic lead singer, Jim Morrison, DiCillo weaves together unseen footage with a narration by Johnny Depp to chart the band’s chaotic rise to stardom and Morrison’s subsequent fall. Read the rest of this entry »
Canon’s IXUS range has seemed short on ideas of late. Its once-coveted metal-shell design has remained virtually unchanged since its inception, leaving others to try on its style crown for size. But now it’s finally given in to compact camera fashion with the IXUS 200 IS – a 12MP snapper that rocks a 3in touchscreen. Read full review on Stuff.tv
