http://www.redbrick.me The official website of Redbrick, University of Birmingham student publication. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-3-danny-boyle-films/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-3-danny-boyle-films/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:40:23 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrick.me/?p=109534 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-3-danny-boyle-films/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-5-movie-posters/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-5-movie-posters/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:31:31 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrick.me/?p=104615
Thomas Farrell paints a picture of the best film posters ever made: #1 Alien Few posters are as iconic as Alien’s, and there aren’t many that can match it for the sheer alien menace exuded by that egg (despite it being a simple chicken’s egg and not even used in the film).  Accompanied by what [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-5-movie-posters/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-five-pixar-films/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-five-pixar-films/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:25:46 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrick.me/?p=96362 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/top-five-pixar-films/feed/ 3 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/bel-ami/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/bel-ami/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:00:10 +0000 Sarah Coe http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=42262
Director: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Therman, Christina Ricci Cert: 15 Set in Paris in 1890, Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson) is a broke and lonely ex-soldier, who has an unhealthy taste for the high life. Georges bumps into an old friend Charles Forestier (Philip Glenister), who owns a successful newspaper. Charles sets [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/bel-ami/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-john-cusack-films/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-john-cusack-films/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:30:03 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=42199
Nicolas Marriott looks at a man who has survived aircraft hijacking and the end of the world. #1 - Con Air Con Air is the kind of action film Michael Bay wishes he could make. The film partners Cusack with Nicolas Cage as they work together to try and stop a prison plane which has been [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-john-cusack-films/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-films-inspired-by-shakespeare/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-films-inspired-by-shakespeare/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:30:11 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=41084
Renaissance woman, Natasha Lavender, shares 5 things she loves about The Bard on screen. #1   Ten Things I Hate About You A comedy of love and underhand negotiations, this sees The Taming of the Shrew transported to an American high school. When popular Bianca is forbidden from dating before her antisocial sister Kat (Julia Stiles), [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-films-inspired-by-shakespeare/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-films-that-make-oaps-cool/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-films-that-make-oaps-cool/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:30:39 +0000 lukejones http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=40178
Luke Jones claims his free bus pass to take a daytrip through the very best of the golden oldies.   #5 Gran Torino Gran Torino is Eastwood’s definitive ‘old man’ performance. A lonely veteran of the Korean war, his views are challenged by a grudging relationship with his Asian next-door neighbours and the gang violence [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/five-of-the-best-films-that-make-oaps-cool/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/five-of-the-best-james-bonds/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/five-of-the-best-james-bonds/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:00:27 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=39234
The name’s Sanders… Isidore Sanders, and she shares her five favourite 007s here… #5 George Lazenby A one-hit wonder in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Lazenby’s Bond tried to settle down for a while by taking a wife. His marriage is short-lived though as the omnipresent villains SPECTRE see to the assassination of Mrs Bond [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/five-of-the-best-james-bonds/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/five-of-the-best-romantic-film-music-moments/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/five-of-the-best-romantic-film-music-moments/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:10 +0000 lukejones http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=37617
Luke Jones goes all gooey on us with his Valentines-inspired list of lovely, lyrical film scenes #5 Wall-E And who said that only humans could feel emotion? As Wall-E follows hi-tech Apple wannabe EVA (hey, Facebook has made stalking acceptable now, right?), Louis Armstrong provides the soundtrack, belting out ‘La Vie en Rose’ in his own [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/five-of-the-best-romantic-film-music-moments/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/5-of-the-best-american-football-movies/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/5-of-the-best-american-football-movies/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:43:56 +0000 mclemens http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=37300
In celebration of Sunday’s epic Super Bowl finale, it seemed appropriate to compile a list of the great NFL inspired movies of all time. Some would argue there aren’t actually that many decent American Football movies out there. Not true. For those who don’t share this opinion, I seriously recommend you re-evaluate your view by [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/5-of-the-best-american-football-movies/feed/ 5