Today's show reviews some brand new films that dust off old familiar themes: rivalry is dangerous both on and off the racetrack in Ron Howard's Rush, The Eternal City of Rome once again poses for the cameras in The Great Beauty, young lovers go on the run in Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and true love is tried again and again and again in Richard … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats (Elysium, Pain & Gain & Lovelace)
Reviewing new cinema releases Elysium, Pain and Gain and Lovelace; plus we continue our preview of the 33rd Cambridge FIlm Festival with an interview with David Cairns, co-director of Natan, a stunning new documentary on the forgotten life of French film maker Bernard Natan. Hosted by Mark Liversidge. … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats (Forgives, 2 Guns & Lone Ranger)
The film show returns with reviews of Forgives, 2 Guns and the much derided Lone Ranger. Plus we visit the set of Indian drama Ramanujan and start our countdown to the 33rd Cambridge Film Festival. Toby Miller hosts with Kevin Hilton, Gavin Midgley and Mark Liversidge … [Read more...]
Bums On Seats (Pacific Rim, Monsters University, Blancanieves, The World’s End & Wadjda)
On the show today Mexican stylist Guillermo del Toro takes another hopeful swing at the mainstream with the robots vs monsters melee of Pacific Rim, whilst more creatures and beasts study hard for success in Pixar prequel Monsters Inc. We'll also fall head over heels for a Spanish Snow White in bullfighting fairy tale Blancanieves, down 50 pints to … [Read more...]
Bums On Seats (Now You See Me, The Stories We Tell, This Is The End & The Bling Ring)
On the show today we're reviewing the magical heist thriller of Now You See Me, the distorted family history of documentary The Stories We Tell, the innuendo laden end of days that is This Is The End and the light fingered valley girls of Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring. Plus, we look at the multi-platform release of Ben Wheatley's A Field In … [Read more...]
Bums On Seats 22/06/2013
This week's show can't make up its mind if it wants to end the world or fall head over heels in love, with reviews of both destruction derby blockbusters Man of Steel and World War Z as well as the lovelorn longings of Much Ado About Nothing and Before Midnight. Plus we get the low down on July's inaugural Suffolk Film Festival with its director … [Read more...]
Bums On Seats (Behind The Candelabra, After Earth, Byzantium & Populaire)
This Saturday's show finds our protagonists marching into their films two by two: Matt Damon and Michael Douglas's Liberace are lovers in Behind The Candelabra, Steven Soderbergh's tale of public faces and glittering facades; a hostile home world comes between Will Smith and his son in science fiction drama After Earth; Gemma Arterton and Saoirse … [Read more...]
