John Richards

Film & TV Editor

It’s a Boy Girl Thing

It’s a Boy Girl Thing

It’s a Boy Girl Thing This iconic 2006 romantic comedy film features Woody Deane (Kevin Zegers) and Nell Bedworth (Samaire Armstrong), total opposites who, as fate would have it, swap bodies due to an ancient Incan spell. As they both begin exploiting these new...
Plots with a View, (Undertaking Betty – USA)

Plots with a View, (Undertaking Betty – USA)

Plots with a View, (Undertaking Betty – USA) In a small town in Wales, Betty (Brenda Blethyn) is married to philandering town councillor Hugh Rhys-Jones (Robert Pugh) and has to care for his obnoxious and demanding mother. When the latter chokes to death on a...
Girls’ Night

Girls’ Night

Girls’ Night Dawn and Jackie, two workers in an electronics factory, have been best friends since childhood and share practically everything. So it is no surprise to anybody when Dawn shares her big bingo win with Jackie. Eventually Dawn discovers the results of...
Stonewall

Stonewall

Stonewall A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights...
The Portrait

The Portrait

The Portrait The Portrait is a 2014 Bafta award wining short film produced with funding from the BFI Shorts 2012. A one year scheme to support emerging UK filmmakers. The film examines a complex dilemma within three generations of one family. At the centre is Laura...
Room to Rent

Room to Rent

Room to Rent Room To Rent is a bittersweet comedy about Ali, a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London where he’s been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, and the individualism. But Britain...