Alison Wilde's film and tv blog
Alison Wilde has a PhD from the Centre for Disability Studies which focused on portrayals of disability in the media. Her dao blog contains discussion of contemporary films and the occasional bit of television. Alison spends much of her leisure time at the local cinema, providing her with plenty of material... good and bad and ugly.
2 August 2011
Disability in Coronation Street: Izzy Armstrong ITV1, July 2011
Now, I’m a big fan of Coronation Street (the only soap I make time to watch) and I’m certainly not going to complain about its increasingly rainbow-coloured community – I love the...Comments: 2
3 February 2011
Alison Wilde reviews Love and Other Drugs
Love and Other Drugs Directed by Edward Zwick and written by Edward Zwick, Charles Randolph and Marshall Herskovitz, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. It went on general release in November...Comments: 0
14 July 2010
Alison Wilde gives some in-depth focus on the representation of mental health issues in film
Greenberg was directed by Noah Baumbach and stars Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig and Rhys Ifans. It was released on 11th June 2010. Exhibit A was directed by Dom Rotheroe and stars Bradley Cole, Brittany...Comments: 2
23 May 2010
Alison Wilde questions definitions of disability in her review of the Greek film Dogtooth
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) was directed by Giorgos Lanthimos, starring Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia (Greek with English subtitles) It went on general release on 23 April...Comments: 9
30 March 2010
Alison Wilde reviews Tim Burton's recent interpretation of Alice in Wonderland
Directed by Tim Burton, screenplay by Linda Woolverton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Mia Wasikowska and Anne Hathaway. UK release date: 5 March 2010. For me, film adaptations of...Comments: 2
26 January 2010
Alison Wilde reviews Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - a biopic about the life of the disabled rock star Ian Dury
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll went on general release on 8 January, 2010. It was directed by Mat Whitecross and written by Paul Viragh. It stars Andy Serkis, Bill Milner, Olivia Williams,...Comments: 5
14 January 2010
Alison Wilde reviews Avatar - the most expensive film yet made
Dearie dearie me... A disabled character as the central protagonist, beautiful animation, Sigourney Weaver, a critical perspective on (inter-planetary) colonialism and anti environment values - what...Comments: 5
25 November 2009
Alison Wilde reviews all six episodes of Cast Offs being shown on Tuesday and Wednesday nights on Channel 4 at 11.05pm for the next three weeks
I was quite worried when I heard about Cast Offs. After waiting so long for better disability representations, Channels 4’s aim to challenge tedious old stereotypes by featuring real disabled...Comments: 4
12 November 2009
Alison Wilde reviews the latest Terry Gilliam film - The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus went on general release in October 2009. It was directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown. It stars Christopher Plummer, Heath...Comments: 1
20 October 2009
Alison Wilde takes a look at Snow Cake - starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Ann Moss.
Snow Cake went on general release in September 2006. It was directed by Marc Evans, written by Angela Pell and stars Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Ann Moss. "I know all about autism,...Comments: 0