It was only a matter of time before news would arrive of Mel Gibson embarking on a damage control exercise of sorts. The Playlist are reporting that Mad Mel (attempting to douse the fire of the Hollywood bridges he’s burned) will make a cameo appearance in the sequel to The Hangover. A source has told [...]
LFF 2010 – Benda Bilili! Review
October 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
On occasion, factual subject matter presents itself that is just so inherently dramatic and uplifting that little intrusive shaping of the material by filmmakers is required. Benda Bilili!, a rousing documentary about a group of Congolese musicians whose very lives depend on playing music, is just such a story. Brought and held together by Ricky, [...]
Sherlock Holmes 2 Set Pictures Become Evident
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The game is afoot once again with Guy Ritchie returning to the big smoke with Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. to shoot the sequel to his well received take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and the long lenses were out in force today and a few pictures have emerged. Sadly these pictures [...]
The Fighter Gets a Poster
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On the same day that an extended trailer for The Fighter hit Yahoo have just delivered a new poster for David O. Russell’s forthcoming pugilist drama The Fighter. It’s certainly better than the placeholder poster we posted a month ago, and the cast for this one is the main draw with Christian Bale and Mark [...]
The Hobbit Casting Begins
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Now that we’ve got the news we’ve been waiting for and Peter Jackson is ready to forge ahead with The Hobbit, what concerns us are the names being bandied around in the casting whirligig about to ensue. Martin Freeman, known to most as one of Ricky Gervais’ Office mates, was rumoured for the role of [...]
Potential Directors and Cast for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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Following David O Russell’s departure from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (the blood and guts reimagining of the classic Jane Austen novel), Deadline are reporting that two of our own, Mike Newell and Neil Marshall, are possible replacements in the director’s chair. Although Natalie Portman (followed by Scarlett Johansson) was down to play heroine Elizabeth [...]
The Clone Wars – Interview with James Arnold Taylor
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James Arnold Taylor is a film, TV and video games voice-over artist. He has worked on hundreds of projects, including a large number of film spin-offs for the gaming world and such well-know franchises like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (as the voice of Leonardo in both the video game and for 2007’s animated feature). He’s also [...]
Win A Copy of Let The Right One In on DVD
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Re-releasing one of the finest horror films of the last ten years as its (surprisingly good) English language remake hits the cinemas is a very good thing, particularly in the case of Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In which is out on Blu-ray and DVD today. A chilling take on the vampire mythology and [...]
More Mission: Impossible 4 Set Photos Crop up Online
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Following on from the shots of Cruise performing some interesting-looking stunt wire work on the set of Mission: Impossible 4, Comingsoon have posted some more pictures of the star, which also features new recruit Jeremy Renner. There has been talk of Renner being a potential replacement for the Cruiser if the franchise continues, but I’m [...]
All New “Trailer-Style Piece” for Wahlberg’s Boxing film, The Fighter
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Deadline has just posted a “trailer-style piece” for David O Russell’s (Three Kings) new film, The fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams. The trailer was put together specifically for last night’s season finale of Mad Men, the popular show watched by “high end, smart, [and] savvy” audience members according to a Paramount spokesman. [...]
Back to the Future Creator Bob Gale talks Blu-ray, Justin Bieber, Remakes and Sequels
October 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
Next week the Back to the Future trilogy gets a release on shiny Blu-ray having just completed a limited run in cinemas across the country to celebrate the film’s twenty-fifth anniversary. Seeing the original film twenty-five years ago was one of my formative cinematic experiences and recently Dave and I had a sneak preview of [...]
The Evil Dead Blu-ray Review
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With Halloween fast approaching and the Saw series blunted to the point of self parody there’s never been a better time to look back to an original video nasty, and discover (or in most cases re-discover) Sam Raimi’s stroll in the woods, better known as The Evil Dead. The story behind this impressive film is [...]
LFF 2010: In Our Name Review
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The protagonist of In Our Name is Suzy (Joanne Froggat), a British soldier returning home after a traumatic tour in Iraq. Suzy returns to the embrace of her wider family, her husband Mark (Mel Raido) and her young daughter Cass (Chloe Jayne Wilkinson). Her husband Mark (Mel Raido) is preoccupied with getting Suzy into bed as [...]
A Closer Look At David Fincher’s The Social Network
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Having been to see David Fincher’s modern-day analytical The Social Network twice, I felt moved to study several of the themes and how they may challenge one’s overall take on the the film. Some critics have described The Social Network as a modern-day Citizen Kane; in that it examines current trends in a smart, yet [...]
Just Like Us – Interview with Ahmed Ahmed
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HeyUGuys recently had the opportunity to chat to Egyptian-American comic Ahmed Ahmed about his debut as director on the feature documentary Just Like Us. The film, which follows the California-born stand-up and actor on his comedy tour of the middle east, takes in such locations as Cairo, Dubai, Beirut and Riyadh and features a number [...]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Blu-ray Review
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When I was offered to review one of my all-time favourite movies from my youth, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I jumped at the chance. The movie has been completely remastered and is released today on Blu ray. Me and my sister must have watched this movie 100 times and never got bored of it. How [...]
Trailer for Mary And Max and Details of Cinema Release and Producer Q&A
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With a line up of voice talents including Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Barry Humphries, the cinematic release of Adam Elliot’s Mary And Max is something we’re very happy to tell you about. The film is getting its UK release next week and there’s a Q&A with Producer Melanie Coombs at the Odeon Covent [...]
Anthony Hopkins Takes on New Line’s ‘Rite’
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Win a Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Collector’s Tin
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This is one of the rare times I wish I didn’t work for HeyUGuys so that I was able to enter this competition! One of the grestest movies of all time is getting the 25th Anniversary treatment, and that movie is Back to the Future. The 25th Anniversary Blu-ray box set trilogy is released 25th [...]
New Trailer for Pegg and Frost’s Paul Arrives
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Earlier today Dave posted two images from Paul, the forthcoming comedy from the minds of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, telling the story of a couple of geeks finding love, laughter and an alien on their travels in America. Now, there’s a shiny new trailer to give us our first real look at what Pegg [...]
