[Disclaimer: This Q/A does involve major spoilers. If you have not seen the movie, please DO NOT go forward, unless you want to be cheeky. In the meantime please check out our movie review. And please read on.] The Imitation Game Q&A AARP: Movies for Grown-ups November 9th, 2014 In Attendance: Scott Mantz (SM) […]
Written by Destiny on 11 November 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, History, Social & Political, Various
Tags: AARP, Allen Leech, Benedict Cumberbatch, Graham Moore, Keira Knightley, Morten Tyldum, MovieMantz, Scott Mantz, The Imitation Game, Weinstein Films
Dearest readers, our writer Clare and I, Cumberchicken, have had a most exciting week. We were both lucky enough to be able to attend the London Film Festival opening gala, which also happened to be the European premiere of Benedict Cumberbatch’s incredible new film The Imitation Game. Clare and I were able to experience the gala […]
Written by Cumberchicken on 12 October 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, Places, Various
Tags: Alan Leech, Alan Turing, BFI, Cinema, Fandom, Keira Knightley, LFF, Premiere, The Imitation Game, Turing
Imitation Game: Man or Enigma? “Are you paying attention?” Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) says glaring down in a cold, gloomy police station interrogation room “You think you are in control of what will happen, […]
Written by Destiny on 29 September 2014. 2 comments »
Category: Books, Education, Film & TV, History, Quotes, Social & Political
Tags: Alan Turing, Allen Leech, Andrew Hodges, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bletchley Park, Charles Dance, Enigma, film review, Graham Moore, Imitation Game, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode, Morten Tyldum, Movie, Studio Canal, The Weinstein Company, World War II
“Alan Turing is not outwardly very sympathetic. He’s brilliant, but the way that Benedict Cumberbatch played him showed us these guys found the right level of vulnerability, genius and the arrogance of the character, too.” – Harvey Weinstein. Although Cumberbatch is known for playing intelligent characters and cheekily says himself that he’s a crowd pleaser, […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 21 June 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, History, Social & Political
Tags: Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, The Enigma machine, The Imitation Game, Weinstein