DISCLOSURE DAY Great filmmakers are great storytellers, managing to make the most incredible tales seem credible. At the age of 79 and with 35 features under his belt, no-one would dispute Steven Spielberg is a great filmmaker. ' Jaws ,' ' Close Encounters of the Third Kind ,' ' ET: The Extra Terrestrial ,' ' Schindler's List ,' ' Jurassic Park ,' ' Saving Private Ryan ,' ' Munich ,' ' War Horse ' and ' The Post ' are testament to that. But even if you look at Spielberg movies that don't quite hit those heights like ' Duel ,' ' Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom ,' ' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ' ' Empire of the Sun ,' ' Catch Me If You Can ,' ' Minority Report ,' ' The Terminal ,' ' War of the Worlds ,' ' Ready Player One ' and ' The Fablemans ,' they are all work that other directors would love to have on their CVs....
DEAR ENGLAND Every two years, it's the same. An men's international football tournament kicks off. If a Celtic nation qualifies, they hope to make it beyond the first stage of the tournament and everything from there is a bonus. If England qualifies, well... England expects. Nothing but the last four will do and if England doesn't make it, the manager and the squad gets slaughtered by football pundits, tabloid writers and by some supporters on radio phone-ins and social media. When the World Cup kicks off in Mexico City this Thursday, expect pundits like Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton to wax lyrical about the attacking threat of the England team but also fret about whether their defence is strong enough. Expect Scotland fans and their pundits to simply hope their national squad can somehow manage make it through the initial group phase. The pressure on Thomas Tuchel's England team will be immense and if they put in some mediocre performances a...