Eddie the Eagle (2016)

Eddie the Eagle (2016) Dir: Dexter Fletcher Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman Plot Summary The true story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, an ambitious young man who defies the odds to become Britain’s first ski jumper in 50 years, earning him an unlikely place in the 1988 Winter Olympics and transforming him into a national hero. […]

IFC Part one: Exercise 1

  The first film I watched after receiving the course materials was Eddie the Eagle (2016), directed by Dexter Fletcher. I’m a regular listener of Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review—or as fellow listeners know it, “The Church of Wittertainment.” This film had received a lot of positive attention, both from Mark Kermode’s review and from […]