Going to the cinema during the winter holidays there are some are anticipated tentpoles arriving on the big screen, including a musical remake, a series finale and a franchise return.
Directed by Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), ‘West Side Story’ will debut on 10 December 2021, 60 years after the original masterpiece was released. Inspired by ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, the 1961 film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway production won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the most for any musical film. Despite its intimidating legacy, the 2021 film is shaping up to be a great companion piece to the original if the trailer is any indication. Rita Moreno (West Side Story) also makes an appearance.
Directed by Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming), ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ will open on 17 December 2021 as the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to close the trilogy of films with Tom Holland (The Impossible) as the eponymous superhero.
We follow Peter Parker (Holland) who requests the help of Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in order to re-establish his identity as Spider-Man as a secret after it became public knowledge at the end of the previous film ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’. Needless to say, all does not go to plan.
Directed by Lana Wachowski (The Matrix), ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ will open on 22 December 2021 with Keanu Reeves reprising his role of Neo after an 18 year break in the fourth installment of the iconic franchise.
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In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.
By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.
