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Brendan Gleeson


While Disney has been popular with cinema audiences for generations, the last few decades have seen the likes of Pixar, Studio Ghibli and DreamWorks enter the market and become popular with children and adults alike. However, we’re seeing a number of smaller animation studios, such as Aardman Animations, LAIKA and Studio Ponoc, coming into the …

With his strong jaw, boyish charm and confident swagger, Kurt Russell epitomised the typical leading man in the 1980s. Men wanted to be him, women wanted to be with him. However, beneath that boyish smile and bad-boy persona there was an actor who never really got the credit he deserved. Russell starred in some of …

It must have been a strange prospect for Paul King when he was handed the task of bringing Paddington Bear to the big screen. Whilst the furry Peruvian and his marmalade sandwiches have bewitched generations of eager young cubs, he never seemed a subject who would make for a good cinematic experience. King struggled a …