After the commercial success of Mission: Impossible II, the folks over at Paramount were obviously rather keen to hasten development of the next movie as soon as their leading man had any availability. What followed was an interesting development period, with names like Scarlett Johansson, David Fincher and Kenneth Branagh all tapped for involvement in the project at one point or another. Evidently none of these names were involved in the final film in any capacity, be that as a…

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Lily James has quite possibly the most infectious smile in the business and it’s a crying shame we’re not capitalising on that fact more often.

I’m honestly surprised I liked Yesterday as much as I did. I’m sure part of that comes down to me not being a Superfan of The Beatles (funnily enough I think they’re fantastic songwriters but I often find I prefer covers of their work) so I didn’t have any stock in…

Coming into Blue Velvet for the first time felt very much like a return home for someone who started their Lynch journey with Twin Peaks. Fully entrenched in Americana, diving into the darkness beneath the veil of suburbia and with MacLachlan towing the line between the realms of good and evil, it’s impossible not to at least attempt to see how the pieces communicate with one another.

Blue Velvet immediately distinguishes itself from most other neo-noir affairs by eschewing the…