News of Harrison Ford agreeing to appear in a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 future noir thriller Blade Runner broke today. The original film was adapted from Philip K Dick’s book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”. A lot of programmes and books have been produced about the Blade Runner universe over the intervening years including […]
TV money will talk in the drama of sport
Savour the UEFA Champions League on free to air TV in the UK while you can because ITV’s deal to show Champions League and Europa League games is coming to an end in the summer of this year. Tonight’s game between Manchester City and Barcelona was another absorbing and dramatic feast of football for the […]
Man from U.N.C.L.E. trailer shows a classic side of the spy genre
It’s the year of the Spy movie as 2015 emerges with a plethora of thrillers, and perhaps some comedies, each playing with the spy genre. We’ve already had Kingsman: Secret Service this year, and we can expect to see James Bond return in Spectre at the end of the year but in between we can expect […]
Idris Elba responds to James Bond speculation
Who will succeed Daniel Craig as the next James Bond? It’s a question that will come into focus when Craig’s time as Ian Fleming’s spy is up. It’s known that Craig has signed up for two more films after Skyfall (2012), with Spectre due to be the first of the two picture deal due out […]
Christoph Waltz coy over his character in the next James Bond film, Spectre
Austrian-German actor Christoph Waltz has been speaking briefly about his character in the forthcoming James Bond movie Spectre. Waltz, who has won an Oscar, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for his roles as villainous characters in Quentin Tarantino films Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012) and it’s very easy to typecast the Austrian […]