stephen frears

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: The GRIFTERS, THE OLD DARK HOUSE, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI & More

This time around: Frances McDormand puts up Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, James Whale makes a visit to The Old Dark House, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law play eXistenZ, John Cusack, Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening are The Grifters [...]

May 29, 2018

Making A Female Version Of HIGH FIDELITY Is A Terrible Idea

What came first – the news of the all-female High Fidelity reboot or the misery? High Fidelity really doesn’t need to be remade from a woman’s perspective. Stephen Frear’s film (and source material by Nick Hornby) was perfectly good from a [...]

April 7, 2018

Movie Version Of Joe Orton’s PRICK UP YOUR EARS Back On Screen This Summer In The UK

2017 celebrates 5o years since the death of infamous Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton. In fact, 2017 is the year of Orton as Nottingham’s National Justice Museum will also be launching a Joe Orton exhibition this summer following a hugely [...]

June 21, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Ben Foster Channels Sports Fraud Lance Armstrong In THE PROGRAM

Stephen Frears’ The Program is an interesting look at the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. The film though is too lean to get into the nitty-gritty of the events and it comes across as very superficial. This is a shame, because Ben Foster’s [...]

February 7, 2016