It's like Tron meets Ex Machina meets Dawn of the Dead. Master of Horror JohnCarpenter has released a dark and dystopian video for ‘Utopian Façade’, taken from his most recent studio album ‘Lost Themes II’. The video was produced & directed by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, painting a story of an android's nightmare, hidden in dark ...
England boss Sam Allardyce has told friends he thinks he will be sacked as England manager following allegations that he used his role to negotiate a £400,000 deal and offer advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. The former Sunderland boss has only been in the job two ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt/@Afrofilmviewer When you see the words Jane Austin Adaptation, it's hard not to think of direct Whit Stillman. In fact, it's surprising that we'd not seen a Stillman interpretation of Austin’s work until now. The writer-director’s particular brand of waspy angst, snappy quips and social mores ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt/@Afrofilmviewer A fellow writer once nailed an aspect about movies that some secretly (some not so secretly) enjoy in one sentence when in debate with an associate: “Movies are often at their most interesting when they are problematic”. Granted, this was caught by me on a ...
It seems that the business community is not feeling to positive about the future of the UK economy post-Brexit. The first quarterly survey, since the nation decided to leave the EU, indicates that business optimism in the financial services industry sector is very low. Over half of financial companies, who ...
Virgin East Coast trains staff will stage a 24-hour strike over Monday 3rd October, according to the RMT union. The strike means that staff will not work between 00.01 and 23.59 BST on that day.Virgin East Coast operate the line from London to Scotland via the North East of England. ...
Many were shocked when FIFA announced it has decided to end its anti-racism task force, as it had “completely fulfilled its temporary mission.” The 2018 World Cup in Russia has worried many who believe that there are dangerous racist elements at play at Russian football clubs. Many fans have already ...
The leader of the Unite union, Len McCluskey, said that the mainstream media is highly critical of Jeremy Corbyn, as they fear he could lead Labour to victory in the 2020 general election. His comments came as he made a speech during the Labour party conference. He also had a ...
By Ali Ryland Today is World School Milk Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of free and subsidised school milk programmes, which exist in over 34 countries across the world. Unsurprisingly, none of these schemes include alternatives to dairy milk. This was quite understandable 70 years ago when ...