“THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS MELISSA” The first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas and currently still on death row for Capital Murder. Released 15 April 2020 (Vito Films). Raindance 28th Film Festival 2020 . “A sad and harrowing tale of those less fortunate not to forget a dastardly murder enquiry.” Review by Penny…
“MY THOUGHTS ARE SILENT” – COMEDY/DRAMA UKRANIAN FILM (Toy Cinema) – 1 HOUR 44 MINS. BASED ON A TRUE STORY – WITH SUBTITLES. https://cinema.raindance.org Stars Iryna Verenych- Ostrovska, Andriy Lidagovskiy, Irma Vitoskaya. Director (and Co Writer) Antonio Lukich, (Valeria Kalchenko.) I defy anyone to say this film is not one of the most original sagas…
Review of “Shoot to Marry” – My Real Life Romantic Comeday at The Raindance 28th Film Festival London 2020 featuring Steve Markle. A Cynical but query? Appropriate? View of Love from a frustrated lonely thespian? This film – written and directed by Don Hardy, won the “Best of Breakouts Audience” award at the Slamdance Film…
The FSTE100 helped by leaks on Friday, managed to shrug off much of bad news as investors who have seen what happened to company earnings last time lockdown, are buying supermarket and selling travel shares. Both Tesco and Sainsbury had a excellent session up 5p to 210.6p and 5.5p to 207p respectively. Kingfisher the DIY…
Typhoon Goni, by far the strongest storm this year, hits Philippines bring catastrophic winds, triggers 350, 000 in evacuation shelters. Super Typhoon Goni hit the island province of Catanduanes at dawn with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour and gusts of 174 mph equivalent to a category-5 hurricane. The hurricane is heading towards densely…
Review of Citizen Penn, Starring Sean Penn: – Raindance Film Festival 2020 – review by Penny Nair Price. Hopefully “no good turn goes unpunished” does not apply to Penn’s care to natural disaster and other unfortunates – read on to discover his caring nature. Sean Penn – who stars in this film about supplying aid…
Sir Sean Connery, James Bond actor, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy thrillers. The Scottish star died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas, having been “unwell for some time”, his son said. Daniel Craig the current James Bond said Sir Sean was…
Boris Johnson announces four-week England lockdown from Thursday 5th November 2020 to 2nd December 2020 to try to keep rising coronavirus levels under control. All bars and restaurants will close but takeaways can continue to operate as in the Spring lockdown. Shielding measures will not be reintroduced, but vulnerable people or those aged over…
A definitive biography of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A Baker III: the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world. From the end of the Watergate scandal to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House…
David Attenborough, the 94-year-old natural historian, broadcaster, and legend who filmed his first wildlife documentary in Sierra Leone while the country was still a British colony and seen a colossal expanse of the natural world. In A Life On Our Planet, he highlights the natural world has been damaged and how much trouble we are…