Interview: Guns Of Redemption’s Casper Van Dien on Johnny Rico working with The Lawnmower Man
Casper Van Dien can’t escape his breakout role. Best known as Johnny Rico in Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 cult classic Starship...
Freda Cooper
Freda is a Senior Writer at The People's Movies.
A lifelong movie fan and a film critic for over ten years, Freda’s natural habitat is the darkened rooms frequented by fellow cineastes. She can also be found asking questions of some of the biggest names in the business – from Cate Blanchett to Daniel Craig or Mike Leigh to Pete Docter – or crafting reviews for a number of sites and publications, including The People’s Movies. And listeners to BBC Local Radio can catch her views on the latest releases. She always – and probably always will – cite The Third Man as her favourite film of all time. Her top ten? That’s a moveable feast …..
Interview: On Falling director Laura Carreira and her ‘partner piece’ for a Ken Loach classic
For her debut feature, director Laura Carreira takes us into a world that we probably never think about – and...
September Says Review
It’s a title with a powerful sense of what’s to come – and it reeks of menace. That reference to...
Cottontail Review
It’s almost too easy to assume that English and Japanese culture have next to nothing in common. It made fertile...
Memoir Of A Snail Review
The opening of Adam Elliot’s Memoir Of A Snail is so packed with detail that you need an action replay....
Bring Them Down Review
In Christopher Andrews’ debut feature Bring Them Down, it’s a universal story, one you could slot into almost any century...
Interviews: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch On Turning History Into A Thriller In “September 5”
It was an event that changed sport and international politics forever. But September 5, released this Thursday, looks at the...
September 5 Review
Tim Fehlbaum’s sweat-inducing September 5 re-creates events through the eyes of the team of journalists who unexpectedly found themselves covering...
Back In Action Review
It’s a pedestrian title – one that’s been used before – but the pun in Back In Action is inescapable....
William Tell Review
It starts with the moment that transformed Swiss huntsman William Tell from a folk hero into a fully-fledged legend. You...
Here Review
A de-aged Tom Hanks and Robin Wright grabbed the headlines, but what's going on behind closed doors in Robert Zemeckis'...
Maria Review
She was the diva of her day. The word could have been invented for Maria Callas and, even though it...
Babygirl Review
She’s a woman who has it all. The high-tech business, the immaculate apartment, the loving husband and family, and all...
A Real Pain Review
A Real Pain marks a transition. Not just for the cousins at the centre of this rambling road trip –...