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As many of you probably know, I am a huge, devoted and unapologetic Woody Allen fan – for years he has been my favourite filmmaker and despite his recent career being a little shaky, for the man to still be writing and directing feature films every year is beyond admirable. Allen is also an extremely talented prose writer, poet… Read more
Today saw the first particularly early start to this year’s festival with an abundance of critics clambering around outside Cannes prestigious and gob-smackingly beautiful Grand Théâtre Lumière to enter the day’s 08:30 screening. Thankfully I’m an early riser anyway and surely the beautiful, baking French sunshine is enough to get anyone out of their pit (sorry to brag Britain). Thursday’s… Read more
Gina Carano was a top MMA fighter before being thrust straight into the Hollywood limelight with the lead role in Steven Soderbergh‘s Haywire, supported by a superb cast consisting of the likes of Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor and Bill Paxton, amongst many others. We were lucky enough to catch up with Gina whilst she was… Read more
With a castle vista as the backdrop for their interviews, the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth open up about the upcoming film and talk about their characters. Snow White and the Huntsman is scheduled for release in the UK 1 June 2012 and stars Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris… Read more
Good morning. Love it or hate it, the remake (or re-imagining, or retelling, or reinterpretation) as a film type will never go away. And why would it? It has been around since the early days of movies. The oldest remake I could find was Cecil B. DeMille’s 1914 film, The Squaw Man, which was remade… Read more
Made in Dagenham director Nigel Cole‘s new film All In Good Time is out now on national release in the UK. Earlier this month I was lucky enough to sit down and chat with the director and ask him about the film and what inspired him to take it on as his next project. I… Read more
Earlier I posted my exclusive interview with All In Good Time stars Reece Ritchie and Amara Karan. As part of the press junket, I also had the opportunity to meet the lovely Meera Syal and discuss the film with her. Directed by Nigel Cole (Made in Dagenham) (our exclusive interview with him will be up later)… Read more
Directed by Nigel Cole (Made in Dagenham) (our exclusive interview with him will be up later) and based on the play Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan Din (East is East.), All In Good Time tells the story of newly wed couple Vina (Amara Karan) and Atul (Reece Ritchie). Shortly after their wedding and following the unexpected cancellation… Read more
After a successful trading expedition to China Marco Di Paulo and his men are on their way home. What they don’t realise is that the evil sorcerer Shang Sei is determined to stop them reaching their destination, and with spirit dragons at his beck and call he might just succeed. Dragon Dynasty is a film… Read more
I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect to see this so soon. More to the point, I never expected to see this at all. Osombie tells the story of what happened to Osama Bin Laden following Operation Neptune Spear on May 2nd 2011. A team of NATO Special Forces traverses the Afghanistan dessert picking off Zombies… Read more
Despite a fan backlash against Michael Bay‘s involvement with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, those heroes in a half shell have always been a welcome sight on TV for years, and luckily, the kids of today are getting a new taste of Donatello, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Leonardo. Fortunately, London’s MCM Comic Con, set to… Read more
Good morning. I have yet to see Avengers Assemble (known here in the US as The Avengers), but I hope to see it in the next week or so. And while I’m usually one to avoid reviews of a film I’m eager to see, it has been hard to avoid the coverage of this one. Thankfully… Read more
“If it’s in focus, it’s pornography, if it’s out of focus it’s art” The majority of performers mentioned in this column aren’t award winners, although in my opinion they all deserve to be, Linda Hunt is the exception that proves the rule. In 1983 she portrayed a photo-journalist in The Year Of Living Dangerously and won… Read more
Cuban zombie horror film Juan of the Dead hits UK cinemas today. I got to ask the film’s director where the idea came from, why horrors have always appealed to him and what made him mix zombie horror with political satire. Where did the idea for Juan of the Dead come from? I guess it… Read more
As I sit down with Kieron Hawkes, he asks for another “amazing” cup of tea and I immediately think, “what a lovely guy, this is!” I was completely correct. He is one of the most down-to-Earth people I have ever met, and he’s also the director of new British thriller Piggy. If you have already seen the… Read more
Nicholas Sparks is no beginner at having his books adapted for the big screen. The Lucky One is his eighth book to be adapted into a film and sees Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling in the lead roles. I got to chat to him about what it’s like working on the adaptations and if he… Read more
It’s about that time of year where us fans of everything film and television could do with an expo to gain a sneak peak at some future developments we can expect on our screens. Luckily the Excel centre in London has just the answer, the Comic Con MCM Expo is set to take over from 25-27th May… Read more
Good morning. I’ll be the first to admit that I am usually late to the party when it comes to embracing developments in technology. Sometimes it seems that I do so because I am set in my ways; that if something works and works well (at least for me), why should I change it? Well,… Read more
What do the Cannes Film Festival, Sir Alan Sugar, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hillary Clinton have in common? Apart from being extraordinary in their own right (oh come on they are pretty cool), they all turn 65 this year. Far from being “has-been’s”, this marvellous motley crew shows no signs of stopping. It isn’t difficult for… Read more
Unless you’ve been avoiding all media over the last week, you’re likely to know that The Avengers have been to town. With posters adorning the city and a massive European premiere, it’s hard to not be excited for the release of the latest Marvel project. Last week, during a particularly rainy London afternoon, the majority… Read more
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