Daily writing promptWhat is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?View all responses My middle name has no real historical significance in terms of my family heritage of history. Instead my middle name is inspired by the then Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who has gone down in football history as one of... Continue Reading →
Award Season Scorecard
With award season well underway, it can be difficult to keep up with the vast array of critics' groups taking place each week, not to mention the televised award bodies such as BAFTA and Golden Globes. To help you stay up to date, DanLovesFilm has compiled a scorecard with all the wins from the numerous... Continue Reading →
BAFTA Winners
The "Oppenheimer" train appears unstoppable at this stage, with the 3-hour biopic continues to sweep the major prizes throughout award season. Christopher Nolan's epic walked home with 7 awards on the night including Picture, Director and Acting awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. further cemented itself as the one to beat at the... Continue Reading →
“I am the Law”
Daily writing promptHave you ever unintentionally broken the law?View all responses To quote the fictional law enforcement officer Judge Dredd, "I am the Law". Having appeared in comic books for almost 50 years and famously brought to the big screen in 1995 by Sylvester Stallone, and more impressively so by Karl Urban in the criminally... Continue Reading →
BAFTA Final Predictions
With less than a month left until the 96th Academy Awards on 10th March, award season has really started to take shape, with Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" establishing itself as the one to beat. Nolan and Universal will be hoping for repeat success at the upcoming BAFTA awards this Sunday to keep up their season long momentum.... Continue Reading →
The 1st Annual DanLovesFilm Movie Awards
Every year when award season comes round there is always public out cry when a number of highly regarded films and performances are overlooked by the major award bodies. Prime examples including Toni Collette and Amy Adams missing out on Oscar nominations for career best performances in "Hereditary" and "Arrival" respectively. With the 96th Academy... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: Celebrate with Beer
Daily writing promptYou get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?View all responses It goes without saying that when receiving good news there is cause for celebration. What better way to celebrate than going out on the town for some nice cold beers. Or writing my film reviews of course. Follow... Continue Reading →
The Iron Claw (15)
Dir: Sean Durkin Cast: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany, Lily James Zac Efron produces a career defining performance in this devastatingly powerful real-life wrestling drama For almost fifty years the film industry has continued to follow the same template when it comes to producing sports dramas. The vast majority... Continue Reading →
