When I was younger BBC2 used to put out a 1982 comedy programme from America called Police Squad about a bumbling police officer called Frank Drebin played by Leslie Nielsen who had made a name for himself as a comedy actor since his turn in Airplane! Prior to that his career had been as much serious as fun roles, he is a very good serious … [Read more...]
Films: Is less more?
At the recent comi-con it has been rumoured that the new Batman v Superman film will come in at a 'bottom numbing' running time of 164 minutes, is that too long to spend in our favourite dark room? My love of cinema started in the Eighties where it was rare for a film to go over 2 hours and in general most where around the 90-100 minute mark This should surely be the ideal … [Read more...]