GETTY Beautiful Nantes is a great base for exploring the France’s Loire river And you needn’t even endure a long flight or trek through a sweltering jungle to enjoy such adventures. For they are all to be had just a short, low-cost flight away in Nantes, birthplace of the writer Jules Verne, gateway to the […]
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Apple’s latest doc is about unsung music legend Bert Berns
Apple’s latest video exclusive is another documentary on a lesser-known music maestro. Just days after the premiere of its Clive Davis feature, its unveiled the trailer for Bang! The Bert Berns Story. The Beatles, Van Morrison, and The Rolling Stones have all sung Bert Berns’ compositions. Yet, the man himself never received the canonization granted […]
Rob Holding: Unsung Arsenal hero shows his class against Chelsea to silence the doubters
It was a classic tongue-in-cheek Arsene Wenger line but he meant every word it. He knew he’d found a gem in Rob Holding and wanted to make sure people knew, too. When the young defender from Bolton joined last summer, many Arsenal fans were sceptical. Where was the big name, world class centre back they […]
Per Mertesacker the unsung hero for Arsenal in heroic FA Cup triumph over Chelsea
They gave the official man-of-the-match award to Alexis Sanchez, scorer of the opening goal, but it was the authority of Mertesacker in snuffing out the attacking threat of champions Chelsea that was crucial to a captivating game. Victory delivered the Gunners a record 13th FA Cup triumph — and an amazing and unique seventh win […]
Bad Movie Night: The Unsung Charms of ‘Ishtar’
Welcome to “Bad Movie Night,” a biweekly feature in which we sift through the remains of bad movies of all stripes: the obscure and hilarious, the bloated and beautiful, the popular and painful. This week, on the 30th anniversary of its release, we look at the notorious 1987 megaflop Ishtar. By most standards of general […]
This Week In Trailers: Burning Sands, Phoenix Forgotten, Here Alone, Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]