No Surrender

Liverpool mid 1980's New Years Eve an unemployed man finds work managing a run down night club only to find that the local Orange lodge OAP's and Catholic Society old folks have been booked in on the same night. Mix in... Full review

Just like in Josep Heller's book "Catch 22" this move, uses black humour to make some very poignant and telling observations on the ultimate futility of hatred and fighting. The underlying message shouldn't be seen as "Life is short - hat's... Full review

A very British film. In fact, a very Liverpool film. Can't see many Americans liking this black comedy, but most Brits with a half decent sense of humour should love it. I first saw this in 1986 and loved it, as... Full review

I was working in Liverpool when this was released. The sets were perfect and the characters absolutely credible. Bleasdale does not present a complete gloom and doom tale and raises smiles frequently throughout the course of the film, but the underlying... Full review

I'd heard a lot about this film, 99% of it good. So I picked the film up to take a gander, and was terribly disappointed. It took me two tries to even finish the film! Michael Angelis was actually quite good... Full review

I wanted to see this film from the moment I read its TIMES' summation: a sheepish night-club manager shows up for work at his new Liverpool job, and discovers his predecessor, as a kiss-off gesture, has scheduled Catholic and Protestant Irish... Full review

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Directing his ten-piece band in black leather wrist guards and blue jeans, 59-year-old Bruce Springsteen was every inch American icon last night at his sold-out stadium show in Toronto. ... Full Article

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Even Bruce Springsteen has a breaking point. Not usually a fan of letting his music be used in television programs, the January 8th episode of Cold Case will feature nine of Bruce's biggest hits, including "No Surrender" and "Atlantic City." ... Full Article

For singer/songwriter Austin Stahl, home recording is the record industry. "Four-tracks are pretty easy--you have an old cassette tape, put it in there, push record," says Stahl one recent afternoon at a café. ... Full Article