What is the Future For British and American Comedy?

The Hollywood comedy club that has come to dominate mainstream cinema is in danger of running out of steam. Meanwhile television fans in Britain are starting to wonder whether there is more to a comedian than a multitude of appearances on various panel-based game shows. What is the future for British and American comedy and can we expect any original thinking?

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What is the Future For British and American Comedy?

A Review Of The Film 'atonement'

I investigate into why and how this film succeeded in being one of Britain's best films in decades.

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A Review Of The Film 'atonement'



An Education – Carey Mulligan’s Breakout Movie

A beautifully written romantic coming of age tale set in Britain in the 1960’s. Jennie’s boring school girl existence is turned on its head by a charming older man. You won’t see what’s coming in thi…

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An Education – Carey Mulligan’s Breakout Movie

How Low (Or High) Should You Go?

With the lines becoming increasingly blurred between high and low culture, what side do Britain’s favourite personalities appear to be on? Or can there be no dichotomies with the two sides to the debate intrinsically linked?

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How Low (Or High) Should You Go?

Magicians in Movies Always Keep Us Interested

In the magic movie Excalibur, the king was mortally wounded because he lost his grip to the sword. The sword was what the knights wanted to take. Before he dies the king drives Excalibur into a stone. Try as they might the knights cannot extract the sword from the stone. Years later, the boy taken by Merlin the Magician, now a teenager, tries his hand and removing the sword

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Magicians in Movies Always Keep Us Interested