Daniel Day-Lewis As Moriarty? Casting Rumours Afoot!

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This is the rumour moving across the internets tonight and it’s shone the spotlight on Guy Ritchie’s fast tracked sequel to his take on Sherlock Holmes. There will no doubt be an inclination on the part of Warner Bros to expand on the unexpected success of the first film and that means delving deeper into [...]

Twilight Fans Make Eclipse a Real Tentpole Film

Twilight Eclipse Premiere Queue - Fans Camp Out

So, Twilight fans are very keen to see their heroes and villains disrobe and suck face and blood in the new film from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which premieres in Los Angeles tomorrow. This is not news – we all know that self proclaimed Twihards will talk up Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Launter, [...]

Neill Blomkamp’s Set Sights on Elsyium Fields, Not The Shire

The news we all expected arrived today, Neill Blomkamp will not be following up his trip to District 9 with a sojourn at the Shire for the directorless Hobbit films, and within these reports came a few hints about where Blomkamp will be heading with his next film. It’s not the rumoured District 8, but [...]

The Beauty and the Beast Blu Ray Special Features Content in Detail

Beauty and the Beast Concept Art

We’ve got a bit of a treat for all those people out there looking forward to the Beauty and the Beast Blu ray released later on this year as we’ve managed to find bits of what exactly is on the Blu which is released in the UK 1st November (you can pre-order it here). We [...]

Edinburgh Film Festival – Round Up of Days 6 & 7

Day 6 – Monday was a long but fairly quiet day. I went directly to the Cineworld to catch screenings of… The Kid, another one of those A Child Called “It” type tales. An abusive childhood, being moved from foster home to foster home, more family drama, a troubled transition to adulthood, and all kinds [...]

Fog (Wu) Review – Edinburgh Film Festival

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Being a writer, producer and editor for her directorial debut, Kit Hui’s film Fog has finally been premiered in the UK at the Edinburgh Film Festival, after two years in the making. I am glad to say that this is one of my favourite films this year with its simple, beautifully shot character-driven approach to [...]

The Kid Review – Edinburgh Film Festival

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Nick Moran returns to directing with The Kid, based on the autobiography and the true story of Kevin Lewis’ abusive childhood, this is one of the British premieres for the Edinburgh Film Festival. The film opens up with Kevin Lewis (Rupert Friend) being thrown out of a truck and entering an abandoned house, where he [...]

Daniel Radcliffe to Star in All Quiet on the Western Front Remake?

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All Quiet on the Western Front won Best Picture and Best Director for Lewis Milestone at the Oscars back in 1930 and news today is that Daniel Radcliffe aka Mr. Harry Potter is going to star in the remake. All Quiet was also nominated that year for Best Writing and Best Cinematography and no doubt [...]

The Princess and the Frog Blu Ray Review

The Princess and the Frog Blu Ray

The Princess and the Frog was a breath of fresh air when we saw it released back in February this year. It’s now come out on Blu Ray and DVD and I’m pleased to report the magic transfers seamlessly onto your home TV screens. The movie was the first to be hand drawn since 2004 [...]

Planet of the Apes Prequel Casts Lithgow and Pinto

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Lithgow and Freida Pinto have been added to the cast for Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Apes, the prequel to the Planet of the Apes franchise which already boasts James Franco as its leading man. Preliminary plot details are slightly surprising, considering the ominous implications of the title. The narrative will [...]

Get Him to the Greek Interviews – Russell Brand and Jonah Hill

Get Him to the Greek is released in UK cinemas this coming Friday (25th June) and our friends at Upbeat managed to get the chance to interview the two main stars of the movie, Russell Brand and Jonah Hill. The movie is a spin off from the character that Brand plays in Forgetting Sarah Marshall [...]

Winter’s Bone Review – Edinburgh Film Festival

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Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone has been around the festival circuit since its debut at Sundance, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. The film has finally been premiered in the UK here in Edinburgh and although there has not been an official release date, it will be worth the wait when it eventually does. Based [...]

Piranha 3d Gets Some New Images and a New Poster

Piranha 3d Poster

One of the craziest movies this summer has to be Piranha 3d which looks like a modern day Jaws but will probably be slightly less classic! The movie stars the women I wanted to marry when I was growing up, Elizabeth Shue, alongside Eli Roth, Dina Meyer, Jerry O’Connell, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, [...]

Captain America has Frosbite and a set of Hot Wheels

Some people think I’m rubbish at keeping secrets but I’m really not. Honest! I mean, for example, that new Captain America movie that everybody wants to know about is going to start filming soon and the sets and props are in production down at Shepperton and that’s supposed to be a secret, and the way [...]

Alamar Review – Edinburgh Film Festival

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My first film at the Edinburgh Film Festival was Alamar, directed by Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio. I was not aware of this film before I saw it and although I am not a big fan of slow-paced dramas, the beautiful cinematography made this film something special. Beginning with the back story of two lovers who separated after [...]

Brand New International Predators Trailer

Those lucky chaps over at IGN have just posted this brand new international trailer for Predators.The movie is released in UK cinemas 8th July and stars Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, Alice Braga, Lawrence Fishburne, Topher Grace, is directed by Nimród Antal and produced by Robert Rodríguez. Synopsis: PREDATORS, a bold new chapter in the Predator [...]

Animation Excitement: Lion King 3D and Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2?!

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Empire Online have a few tasty nuggets of information concerning a number of upcoming Disney projects, thanks to their interview with Don Hahn, the man behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty & The Beast and The Lion King. The producer managed to offer a couple of choice tidbits, despite obviously wrestling with his own binding [...]

Mai Mai Miracle Review – Edinburgh Film Festival

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With the Edinburgh Film Festival having only a few animated films (with the biggest being Toy Story 3), Mai Mai Miracle, directed by Sunao Katabuchi, is the sole anime film showing at the festival. Even though this does not compare with the Studio Ghibli films, this has become one of my favourite films of the [...]

New Inception Featurette – The Characters

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Less than 24 hours ago we posted a new Korean poster and a TV spot for Inception, which gave us more of a substantial look at the world Christopher Nolan is creating for us. Most of the attention has been paid to the visuals, including the Paris street scene and the corridor bound zero gravity [...]

Flipped Poster Will Melt Hearts, Make You Climb Trees

Flipped Poster

A few weeks ago we welcomed the return of Rob Reiner with a cute as a button moon trailer for his new movie Flipped. If you’ve not seen it then take a look as its nostalgic warmth will charm your face off and fill your stomach with those adolescent butterflies which have since fallen dead [...]