Guy Lambert

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Guy Lambert

3 hours ago“This country faces some very difficult challenges, and the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation,” Sanders opened his speech saying, appealing to the younger members of the crowd. “Now you can turn away and ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do so at your …

2 months ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Guy Lambert

The producers at Paramount+ believed that if want to make a grungy British gangster series, there was only one director for the job. There is but one problem with this; Guy Ritchie has just completed and aired an incredibly successful series of his own titled The Gentlemen, with Netflix. While there may not be a conflict of interest for the director, this does present an immediate rival to this new series MobLand and comparisons are destined to be made from the off.

2 months ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Guy Lambert

Following its explosion in mainstream popularity over the last decade, A24 has reached a crossroads in its journey: stick to its roots of unique, left field storytelling, or take the increases in budget and countless awards and become one of the behemoths of the movie making business. Naturally, any functioning business would endeavour to continue to grow, and A24 are no different, but with this comes the challenge of avoiding pumping out dud popcorn movies.

2 months ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Guy Lambert

We all know the drill by now. Jason Statham lives a quiet life somewhere, it gets disrupted by something, so he must go and savagely destroy everyone who gets in the way to restore normality. A heavily tried and tested structure for the actor, but one that continues to pump in cash at the box office. This time, working with director David Ayer again, it is Jason Statham versus the Russian mafia. Levon Cade (Statham) works construction after a successful career as a special op in the military.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Guy Lambert

Radio DJ and presenter Andy Peebles dies aged 76Guy LambertBBCPeebles joined BBC Radio 1 in 1978Former Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles, the last person to interview John Lennon, has died at the age of 76, his family has confirmed. He presented on BBC Radio 1 from 1978 to 1992 and also hosted a number of editions of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 80s. Peebles interviewed Lennon two days before the musician's murder in December 1980.