Everybody loves Audrey Hepburn. Here is why her friends and family loved Auds so much (in their own words).
“Most people think of Audrey as regal..but I saw how hard she worked at that..it was part of her heritage, yes, but circumstances – the war, her missing father – tarnished her crown..that was inevitable, but it was really a good thing..it rounded her personality..despite her clearly…
The VE Day celebrations may have taken place over the weekend, but they start all over again on Friday – on the big screen this time – with the release of A Royal Night Out, certificate 12A.
There’s plenty of archive material of the celebrations on 8 May 1945, one of the most famous being the photograph of the Royal Family on the Buckingham Palace balcony: King George VI, Queen Elizabeth…
Books are the best way to find out about Audrey Hepburn’s life. Each one of them in its own way can show everything about her from a different angle, even if they tell the same story, her story. Shopping on my own or gifts from close and far friends, actually i have a pretty good collection of books which speak about the princess of the princesses. It’s difficult to find a bad book about…
With the UK General Election taking place today, the forthcoming film SUFFRAGETTE could not be more relevant. After more than 9 million women failed to vote in the 2010 election, there is hope for a greater participation today. We cannot fail to remember that women were not allowed to vote in Great Britain until the 1832 Reform Act and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act. Both before and after…
Remember Spooks? If so, you’re in good company: some 9 million people tuned in to it during its heyday, so the team behind Spooks: The Greater Good, which is released on Friday, certificate 15, must feel they’re on to a winner.
Some familiar faces from the series are back – most importantly Peter Firth as Harry Pearce – but adapting a TV show for the big screen is notoriously full of…
It takes a brave director to make a film based on a much-loved novel – and an even braver one when the original movie adaptation is still something of a favourite.
The director in question is Thomas Vinterberg and the film is Far From The Madding Crowd, released around the UK this Friday, certificate 12A. It’s based on the Thomas Hardy classic, a regular GCSE and O Level text, and the…
I started loving Audrey Hepburn almost by chance, and I’ve never thought I would be so amazed by this beautiful human being. I also never thought I could love her movies. Surprises of life.
It was Summer 2010, during FIFA World Cup in South Africa. I remember I was really tired to see my team Italy, former world champion, beaten and outclassed by everybody. One evening I was reading the TV guide…
Robert Downey Jnr’s Avengers:Age Of Ultron interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy might have hit the headlines this week, but little did he know that an even more challenging encounter was on the cards.
Mini Thor – complete with an English accent – swooped into town to ask Iron Man the questions on everybody’s lips. And the grown-up superhero was only too happy to answer every single one…
A new futuristic film from Disney called Tomorrowland will throw us into a completely new dimension, or at least this is what it looks like from the trailer, where everything is possible. Mums will enjoy the presence of George Clooney while kids will love the cool technology driving the new world.
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From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s riveting, mystery adventure…
Superheroes stories in comics and on the big screen have always fascinated me. You may remember my passionate feature Famous Superheroes in books and films. Now I am very pleased to see that the best storytelling streaming media (no need to say that I mean Netflix), released 13 episodes of the first superhero series Daredevil on Friday 10th April 2015. It is an interesting choice and not an easy…