Articles Posted in the " Film Blog " Category

  • Why wheelchair-users are being let down at the silver-screen

    Substandard treatment at the silver-screen for wheelchair-users is an archaic notion that still affects many cinema-goers in 2011. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Trailblazers, a group of disabled young people campaigning on social issues, have launched their findings on a report into cinema access for wheel-chair users, with appallingly disappointing results.


  • Our Top 10 Cross-Dressing Movies: A Gaga Tribute

    Ah, Lady Gaga. God, I love her. It doesn’t matter where I go or whom I write for, she somehow manages to do something mad and become the ultimate hot topic for EVERYBODY. After showcasing her male alter ego, Joe Calderone, at the VMAs, it got us thinking about the topic of gender and we came to the conclusion that people’s response should be something along the lines of “gender, shmender!”. Possibly in a more eloquent fashion. To celebrate this, we’ve decided to look at our 10 favourite cross-dressing movies (basically proving that I’ll take any excuse to ogle Tim Curry in fishnets…)


  • Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #35

    August is officially over (though unofficially it’s been over since 1999), and so there’s no point even trying to pretend you’re off doing something summery tonight. Or ever again. Why not succumb to the inevitable and take solace in a dark room full of strangers eh? Heck, with two for one tickets, you could even get a friendly tramp to join you.


  • Top 10 Best and Worst Cross-Species Pairings

    The recent release of Super 8, in which [SPOILER] Joe Lamb and his little girlfriend Alice form a psychic connection with a magnetic extra-terrestrial, got me thinking about the film industry’s love of bizarre inter-species pairings. So here are some unexpectedly harmonious affinities, and some that should have banished multi-species experimentation to the top shelf.


  • Cheat Sheet: Nancy Meyers

    Eat up your learning kids, it’s ever so good for you and you’ll get a biscuit after. This week we’re talking a little about writer, director and producer Nancy Meyers – once the most successful female director of all time and cheesecake entrepreneur. Confused? READ ON.



  • BFF’s ultimate line-up for Les Mis…

    You’ve all heard the rumours; Emma Watson, Anne Hathaway, Hayden Panettiere… It seems that anyone with some semblance for acting has been rumoured for a role in Tom Hooper’s re-imagining of Les Miserables. But why? Why all the actresses with little or no talent for singing, especially when the movie in question is a MUSICAL? God only knows. So we’ve taken it upon ourselves to craft our dream cast…


  • Opening Up A Lead And Coming Home Free: The Big Sleep at 65

    To celebrate the utterly incomparable Big Sleep’s 65th birthday, we have a little look at why its still just as resonant today as it was back in 1946. Femme fatales, intertwining murders, media-cover ups and Humphrey bloomin Bogart – it’s time to dole out the whiskey, light up your finest cuban and sink into the epitome of Noir cool.



  • Friday Face/Off: George Lucas

    It’s nearly Bank Holiday weekend, and thunder is shaking the turrets of Best For Film Towers. Perfect. As you prepare for your thoroughly underwhelming trips to Margate, Skegness or possibly Croydon, spare a thought for the grammatical gladiators assigned to fight it out in the unseasonably empty arena of the Friday Face/Off! All together now: a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…