Articles Posted in the " Highlights " Category

  • Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #104

    Safe Haven is out, signalling the end of the cinematic world as we know it. But, thankfully, four brave new interns have joined the Best For Film battle against the dark regime of Nicholas Sparks. Is there a single film out there in this post-Sparkian civilisation worth seeing?



  • Top 10 actresses we’d like to see play Lara Croft

    The long-awaited reboot of the Tomb Raider games sees Lara Croft returning as a globe-trotting student, who gets washed up on a hostile island after a shipwreck. She’s flawed. She’s feisty. She’s BOUND to get her own movie – but which actress has got the guts to take on such an iconic character? Outta the way Angelina Jolie, here’s the top 10 actresses we actually WANT to take on Tomb Raider…


  • Cheat Sheet: Richard Gere

    Richard Gere seems intent on re-inventing himself. After years of being the romantic leading man, Gere has switched gears (Gere/gears… get it?… ummm… never mind) and has scrounged up every role that can leave him in any kind of villainous light. Trust us when we say that his name WILL come up at some point during your lifetime so it’s best to be well-prepared with our handy-dandy cheat sheet!


  • Top 10 musicians who should really ditch the acting thing

    Parker is out soon, and if you’ve seen the trailer/moody-ish poster you’ll know that singer Jennifer Lopez is in it, starring alongside rent-a-hardman Jason Statham. This isn’t the first film J-Lo has been in. To be honest, we’re not sure why that keeps happening. And to make things even more dire, Lopez has threatened revealed she would like to take on more acting roles due to her ‘great experience’ working with Statham on set. But Jen’s not the only one who should just slip away quietly back into the recording studio AND STAY THERE.


  • Monday Face/Off: Jeremy Renner

    What better way to ease in a brand-new intern than by throwing them into a (metaphorical) ring with a longtime BFFer and forcing them into a (again, metaphorical) fight to the death, eh? Jeremy Renner is back in cinemas for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, forcing Megan and Kayleigh into a premature catfight about Renner’s capabilities as an actor…



  • The Boy Who Kicked Pigs set to be best play of all time

    The dramatic establishment is set to be rocked to its core next week, as Kill The Beast Theatre’s monumental debut production The Boy Who Kicked Pigs arrives in London like a well-timed adrenaline syringe to the heart of the Uma Thurman that is traditional theatre, or something. And you can watch it happen! This is the best Friday EVER.


  • Best for Film’s Favourite Flicks #13 – Amores Perros

    After trying and failing every week for the last two months, our very own Carlotta Eden has finally managed to stop fantasising about Eli Roth and write her long-awaited Best For Film’s Favourite Flicks blog. But will her love for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Oscar-nominated drama Amores Perros win you over? There’s only one way to find out… and before you ask, it isn’t ‘make our dogs fight to the death over it whilst listening to gnarly Mexican rap’.


  • Top 10 Actor-Directors

    Ben Affleck has become the latest Hollywood actor to split his attention between the front and the back of the camera, and has just scored the ultimate success in film by collected the Best Picture Oscar for Argo. So we at Best for Film decided to take a look at some of the most successful actor-directors down the years to see in whose multi-tasking footsteps he should be following. Here is BFF’s Top 10 Actor-Directors. Enjoy it, punks.