Blog posts by year and monthJune 2011
Posts (9)
Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon
It's been two years since the last Transformers movie and now Michael Bay has delivered the latest film in the franchise - is this one going to give me a headache ? You can see my review here in 3D (well nearly)
Do Short Stories Make Great Films?
A newly remastered version of the great Nic Roeg film Don't Look Now is about to be released on BluRay and DVD. It got me thinking about other films made from short stories and wondering whether less is more when it comes to adapting the written word to the big screen?
Anyone For Tennis?
It's that time of the year again when Wimbledon dominates the 5 Live schedules and the show I do with Simon Mayo moves to a different slot. This got me thinking about tennis in the movies and which film uses the game in the most interesting way?
High School Rules
A while back I asked you to nominate your best ever high school movies. The response was overwhelming - here are some of the firm favourites plus a few left field choices...
My Big Mouth Organ - The Final Chapter
So the big day of the 成人论坛 Philharmonic movie music concert arrived and I actually had to put my harmonica where my mouth is. How do you rate the result? You can watch highlights of the Great Film Music show at the 5 live website
Building Bridges
The BFI Southbank is about to start a comprehensive season of films starring Jeff Bridges. I love his work in general but as you will know I have a problem with The Big Lebowski. Is it time to re-view and reconsider my opinion...?
5 live Review - X-Men First Class
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews X-Men First Class. Go to Mark on 5 live for more reviews and film debate. You can hear Mark talk about the latest films on Kermode & Mayo's Film Review on 成人论坛 Radio 5 live every Friday 2pm-4pm. The programme is also ava...
Me And My Big Mouth Organ Part 2
Next Friday I'm doing a special programme with Simon Mayo and the 成人论坛 Philharmonic about movie music and I'm down to play the harmonica on the theme from Midnight Cowboy. In this post I try out with conductor Robert Ziegler and you'll see just what a fine mess I have got myself into... ...