Countdown to Zero Review

Countdown to Zero

Ever since 1945′s Robert Oppenheimer-led Manhattan Project gave the world its first nuclear weapon, the nuclear arms race has run and run. Several nations are now in possession of viable nuclear weapons and despite the Cold War having ended 20 years ago, ridiculous numbers of wareheads and missiles remain active, able to be launched at [...]

The Special Relationship DVD Review

the special relationship

I first saw Michael Sheen on screen playing Tony Blair in the first of Peter Morgan’s Blairology, The Deal, opposite David Morrisey’s morose Gordon Brown and loved the sparky mouse-like chirp he used to embody the then Prime Minister of Britain, and I was hooked. After making The Deal and stopping on the way to [...]

Officials Announce New Plans For The UK Film Council

UK Film Council

Variety are reporting that more than one month after the UK film council was disbanded by our new coalition government, a proposal is being drawn up for a new plan of action for Britain’s movie business. The abolition sparked controversy both locally and globally, to the extent that Clint Eastwood wrote a letter of protest [...]

Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton in A Special Relationship

Dennis Quaid Bill Clinton

Peter Morgan and Michael Sheen have a long history of creating some of the most compelling mixtures of fact and fiction in the last decade, with Tony Blair being a regular feature. And like Helen Mirren in The Queen and David Morrisey’s uncanny turn as Gordon Brown in The Deal it is the turn of [...]