Testament of Youth is an adaptation of the memoirs of the same name by Vera Brittain. The book has been cited as one of the most descriptive of the impact of the First World War with regard to women. The film was directed by James Kent, a veteran of TV, who has previously worked on The White Queen and The Thirteenth Tale for the BBC, with Testament of Youth as his first feature film.
by Graham Osborne
Testament of Youth is an adaptation of the memoirs of the same name by Vera Brittain. The book has been cited as one of the most descriptive of the impact of the First World War with regard to women. The film was directed by James Kent, a veteran of TV, who has previously worked on The White Queen and The Thirteenth Tale for the BBC, with Testament of Youth as his first feature film. by Graham Osborne Recently, photos have emerged online showing the only ship to make the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs at a former RAF airbase in Berkshire, England. Taken by a pilot taking publicity shots for his flying school, they show a model of Han Solo’s ship and a covered up X-Wing. By Graham Osborne Well the hint I gave at the end of my review wasn’t that subtle I suppose. Yes, the next film I shall attempt to fix will be Green Lantern. I think we can all agree that whatever I write here, I can’t make it any worse, at least going by my new Green Lantern Oath, “In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night. My god that film was utter shite”, I can’t. (Beware, HEAVY geekiness beyond!) By Graham Osborne Films; it seems like everyone has an opinion on how to do them better than those jumped up filmmakers with their multi-million dollar budgets, fancy computer graphics and incredibly attractive actors swanning around. To be honest I’m no different, well except that I have a degree in film making, so I feel slightly more validated than those punks with their blog posts when I say that I can fix this sort of thing. So to kick off a new regular feature round these parts, the first film I will attempt to fix will be Captain America: The First Avenger. So, without further ado, let’s see how to make this better… |
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