In 2007 Robert Harris quit his job as a political editor in order to write his novel The Ghost. It was the same year that the British Prime Minister Tony Blair left the Office. Robert Harris, inspired by Blair’s days in government and fascinated by PM’s foreign policy, delivered a Read More
No need for introductions here, Dan Brown is a well-known author and one of the masters of his genre. Even though his books now become best-sellers worldwide, he didn’t hit the charts right from the start. The first book, in which readers were first introduced to the notorious professor Robert Langdon, was Angels and Demons, and it didn’t have the success that someone might expect at first.
David Mackenzie is one of the most renowned Scottish directors of recent years. At the beginning of his career he directed mainly independent films, and it is only lately that he’s followed a more mainstream path. Even though his priorities have now changed, Mackenzie still prefers to shoot in locations in Scotland. So after a small US break, he returns to his homeland for his latest film Perfect Sense.
To me, there’s nothing better than a film where a favourite song is suddenly heard on screen, when you least expect it. If the song is used appropriately, it can manage to give you chills for years to come. This is a list of songs that have made the scenes Read More
“Love? Above all things I believe in love. Love is like oxygen. Love is a many-splendored thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love”! Produced, directed and written by the ultimate romantic, Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! is a film about freedom, beauty, truth and love. Read More
Big Fish doesn’t come recommended. It comes necessary. It is essential. And if you are like me, afraid to face the reality of death, terrified of eventually leaving this world misunderstood, but then certain you will be entirely forgotten, then Big Fish might just be able to offer you a Read More
’Here comes johnny yen again, with the liquor and drugs’. When Iggy Pop’s emphatic ‘Lust for Life’ is heard thumping behind the screen and a mid-nineties Edinburgh city centre is seen flashing past us while a young, half-starved Ewan McGregor runs from the cops with a crazed madness in his eyes, you Read More
Looks like our favourite man, Ewan McGregor, is finally back in our lives, in a few great upcoming films, and believe it or not, a television show. But the movie that everyone is looking forward to, is Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. A British comedy directed by Lasse Hallström and Read More
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