BBC Archive Release: Hollywood Voices

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Here’s another wonderful Christmas present from the good people over at the BBC Archive. Following their captivating James Bond at the BBC online exhibition the BBC Archive have collected recorded interviews with the giants of Hollywood’s past which offer a wonderful and unique retrospective on Hollywood and movie making. Giants of the silent era are [...]

Brand New Poster And Trailer For Your Highness

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20th Century Fox, via Apple, have released a brand new trailer and poster for Your Highness. Your Highness is directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) and stars Natalie Portman, James Franco, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, Justin Theroux and Toby Jones. Your Highness will be released in the UK on June 24, 2011. Throughout history, [...]

Alamo Drafthouse & Mondo – Best of 2010 Posters

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We are big fans of Alamo Drafthouse and Mondo here. For the uninitiated, Alamo Drafthouse is an independent cinema in Texas, focusing on unusual cinema experiences, in particular themed theatrical releases and Mondo is an art boutique, producing posters and T-shirts to accompany the releases. We have seen the Star Wars posters from Olly Moss already, [...]

Dan Brown To Write The Lost Symbol Screenplay

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Dan Brown has taken over writing duties on the proposed film adaptation of The Lost Symbol. Columbia Pictures are developing the adaptation which sees Brown’s regular protagonist, symbologist Robert Langdon, get mixed up with the Freemasons in Washington, D.C. This is the first time Brown is adapting one of his own novels. Akiva Goldsman penned [...]

First Look at Jonah Hill in The Sitter

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Courtesy of The Playlist [via Rants, Thoughts & Merde] we now have our first look at Jonah Hill in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming comedy film The Sitter. The Sitter is directed by David Gordon Green (Your Highness) and stars Hill, Sam Rockwell, Ari Graynor, Max Records, Miriam McDonald, Erin Daniels, Kevin Hernandez, Landry Bender, J. [...]

Sam Worthington Admits that Clash of the Titans Was, Well, a Bit Rubbish

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It appears that we, the audience, weren’t the only people to feel let down by last summer’s Clash of the Titans, Sam Worthington has expressed his own disappointment in an interview with Moviefone. On the topic of upcoming sequel, Wrath of the Titans, the actor confessed: “I just think we can improve on it… I [...]

Waiting for Forever Trailer

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Freestyle Releasing, via THR, have unveiled the first official trailer for Waiting for Forever. Directed by James Keach, Waiting for Forever stars Rachel Bilson, Tom Strurridge, Jaime King, Richard Jenkins, Nikki Blonsky, Jamey Anthony, Blythe Danner, Matthew Davis and Scott Mechlowicz. Synopsis: A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his [...]

HeyUGuys World Cinema Trailer Park

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HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK. Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in [...]

New Pictures Emerge From Luc Besson’s Latest: The Lady

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The Guardian had posted the first stills from Luc Besson’s next project, The Lady, which tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader recently released from house arrest. Michelle Yeoh stars alongside David Thewlis and Yeoh got the chance to meet the woman she is playing on screen, though the film [...]

Chatroom Review

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From the director of the original Ring (who was also behind both it’s sequel and the US remake’s second installment) comes a London-based cyberspace teen psychological shocker, Chatroom. Five different teens with varying social hang-ups meet online in a chatroom created by William (Aaron Johnson), an introverted teen (and previous self-harmer) who initially appears to [...]

Josh Brolin Wishes Coens had Directed Jonah Hex!

Well, yes. Obviously. I’m pretty sure that almost any film you could name (especially as widely discredited a turkey as Jonah Hex) would benefit from being directed by the Coen brothers. Josh Brolin of course worked with the Coens to considerable acclaim on No Country For Old Men and now has their fresh adaptation of True Grit [...]

Glee’s Heather Morris Being Considered for Won’t-Go-Away Buffy Reboot

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Having dedicated one of my precious Truffles (The “You’re hiring Adam Sandler AGAIN” award for the The Worst Possible News of 2010, to be exact) to the news that a Buffy reboot was still in the works – and having made my opinion of said reboot particularly clear - it is with great disappointment that I [...]

H.R. Giger on Board Alien Prequels?

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As AvP Galaxy quite rightly say, if this is true, it is great news indeed. Artist H.R. Giger, who brought such a distinctive industrial-organic look to the creature design for the original Alien film may be back on board for the Ridley Scott-directed prequels. Ridley Scott seems to still be embroiled in debate with the [...]

MGM Back on Track Financially with $500m in the Bank!

There will be collective sighs of relief around Middle Earth and MI6 today with news from that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) are finally back from the financial brink, with the $500 million raised by the company in place following the “pre-packaged” plan of reorganization announced at the beginning of the month. New CEO’s, Roger Birnbaum and [...]

The Way Back Video Interview – Jim Sturgess

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This Sunday, 26th December (that would be Boxing Day) sees the release of Peter Weir’s new movie, The Way Back which has an all-star cast which includes Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov. Our friend, James Kleinmann got to catch up with both Colin Farrell and Jim Sturgess [...]

New International Poster & Trailer for Drive Angry 3D

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A second international trailer and new poster has been released for Nicolas Cage’s new explosive movie, Drive Angry 3d which has a new release date of 25th February 2011. Drive Angry is directed by Patrick Lussier and stars Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, David Mors, Katy Mixon, William Fitchner, Tom Atkins and Billy Burke. My favourite voice-over [...]

London Critics’ Circle Awards: Nominations

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The nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Awards have been announced. Another Year and The King’s Speech lead with seven nominations apiece. The London Critics’ Circle Awards will take place on February 10, 2011 at the BFI Southbank. Below is the full list of nominees: Sky 3D Award: Film of the Year: Black Swan The [...]

Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide DVD Review

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Okay, so here’s a quick question for you all … how many dog owners amongst you have suddenly experienced man’s best friend exhibit unusually disturbing behavioural tics after sitting them down in front of the television and watching a few horror movies together? Anyone? No? No sudden canine savagery? No impulsive howling at the moon? [...]

Disney Epic Mickey Review

Disney Epic Mickey Review

Format: Nintendo Wii He may be one of the world’s most iconic mascots, with a timeless legacy that dates back almost a century, but in recent years Mickey Mouse has been anything but epic. So with a title that boldly states its somewhat ambitious intentions from the off, it was clear that Disney and Nintendo [...]

Second Set of Images from Matthew McConaughey’s The Lincoln Lawyer

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Here’s a second batch of images for Matthew McConaughey’s new movie, The Lincoln Lawyer to accompany those which we posted last week courtesy of The Boot. There’s also been a trailer for the movie which Jamie posted back in November. The Lincoln Lawyer,  stars Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, [...]