Director: Val Guest
Running Time: 100 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: November 17th 2014 (UK)
The BFI has been busy once more restoring a piece of cult cinema from Britain’s past, this time 1961’s slice of sci-fi, The Day The Earth Caught Fire, from Quatermass director Val Guest. Like the best of science fiction from that era, it’s a movie that’s not just about made-up nonsense, but takes on things such as the changes in sexual politics and most particularly fear of the nuclear bomb.
Like everyone else, Daily Express journalist Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) can’t help but notice that strange things are happening with the weather, such as an unexpected solar eclipse and weird, dense fog blanketing London. After getting off to a rocky start with civil servant Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro), they embark on a affair, and thanks to her Stenning gets a tip that the weather isn’t just an anomaly. The US and Russia simultaneously exploding nuclear bombs has knocked the planet off its axis and may also have sent it out of orbit and getting ever closer to the sun. [Read more…]
In the world of gay-themed web series, reaching Season 3 makes you a genuine veteran, especially if you’re not the type of show that a couple of people can make in their living room. Old Dogs & New Tricks has now reached the Season 3 milestone and released the first episode, which you can watch below, and as an added treat there’s a cameo from Mo Gaffney (Absolutely Fabulous).
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Fans of British TV may recognise Luke Pasqualino from the likes of Skins, The Borgias and The Musketeers. He’s also appeared in Park Chan Wook’s Snowpiercer and the TV movie, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. However he’s now heading into American indie drama territory playing a male prostitute in the LGBT-themed Retake.