I’m sitting on a sofa in UEA Sportspark overlooking a mass of students celebrating graduation. Opposite me is the world-famous actor Bernard Hill. The contrast is stark and it takes me a moment to adjust. Hill is known for roles such as Théoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, the Warden…
Comment
Fake news: it’s nothing new
The problem of “fake news” today may be regarded as an alarming result of the advent of social media. Click-bait articles with dramatic headlines maximise the number of shares an article receives on social media sites such as Facebook. However, these fake stories with a very slippery basis, have in fact been a problem for…
Film, OldVenue
Tragedy in film
Everest captures a compelling portrait of the 1996 disaster that took the lives of eight climbers on Mount Everest. It is successful in portraying the tragedy, whilst the cinematography draws you into the wonder and danger of the mountain. The real life victims are written well enough that you feel the plight that they go…
Film
Leonardo DiCaprio – greatest hits
With DiCaprio freshly nominated for his fourth oscar, Sarah Boughen ranks his best.
Comment
A Titanic expenditure
An Australian billionaire is building an exact replica of the RMS Titanic 100 years after the ship sank.
Latest Comments