by Vernon Ward | Nov 15, 2013 | Culture
★★★★☆ “I want girls, gold and guns.” Meet John Milius, a screenwriter with the ink of ‘Nam flowing through his veins and the battle cry of war running through his soul. This cigar chomping, self-assured bear of a man managed to ‘break’ Hollywood before any of his...
by Vernon Ward | Nov 4, 2013 | Culture
★★★☆☆ Despite a score of films and photography exhibitions, biographies and semi-fictionalised novels, our hunger for details about the life of Norma Jeane Mortenson, and her iconic creation Marilyn Monroe, shows no sign of being sated any time soon. The...
by Vernon Ward | Oct 25, 2013 | Culture
You owe it to your grandchildren to make it to BluesFest Robert Plant. Photo: Gregg Deiman It’s important to remember that – in the surprisingly short span of rock ‘n roll history – we are in a most privileged position. The possibility of seeing a bone fide...
by Vernon Ward | Oct 14, 2013 | Culture
★★★★☆ Given the sheer abundance of celluloid focused on Muhammad Ali, does the world really need another film about ‘The Greatest’? On this evidence, yes. Bill Siegel’s The Trials of Muhammad Ali comes out of the corner with a solid, meticulously...
