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Writer-director Steve McQueen has seen his second film, Shame, quickly become one of the most talked-about films of the year, and in case you’re yet to see any of our coverage of the film so far, you can catch up on it all right here. Co-written by McQueen and Abi Morgan (Brick Lane, TV’s The [...]
I have to admit that this one came out of nowhere for me, and having watched the very enjoyable trailer the premise of Lock-Out still seems a little out there. Luc Besson is in place as the film’s Executive Producer and we have James Mather and Stephen St. Leger sharing the writing and directing duties. [...]
At just 32 years old Mike Cahill has amassed a small but strong list of credits to his name. While studying economics at Georgetown University Cahill met Brit Marling, and a shared passion for cinema resulted in them collaborating on short films which Cahill would direct and Marling would star in. Several years later the [...]
News first came back at the start of June that Darren Aronofsky had settled on his next film to follow up from the Oscar-winning Black Swan, and it would be a biblical epic, Noah. Swiftly after that, we heard that Christian Bale was in talks for the lead, which sounded like a brilliant match. With [...]
I think this will most likely be the final post for the British Independent Film Awards for this year but I’d like to finish off with this amazing set of images courtesy of brilliant photographers Idil Sukan and Richard Young who were there snapping away all last night at the awards ceremony. We had an absolutely amazing [...]
Following on from the recent casting additions we’ve been getting in the past few weeks, with the brilliant Benicio del Toro and Alice Eve joining the cast, JJ Abrams’ highly anticipated Star Trek sequel has another new cast member, Deadline report, in the form of Peter Weller. Weller is best known for his role as [...]
Having driven across the US to visit a closed theme park and tussled with continental Europe for Vacation and European Vacation, the Griswold family decide to stay home for Christmas. Clark (Chevy Chase) wants everything to be just so – the tree, the turkey, the lights – but between his uptight neighbours, his eccentric extended [...]
Some excellent casting news today with Screen Australia announcing the funding for an adaptation of Doris Lessing’s The Grandmothers with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright set to star. THR are reporting that the actresses have signed up to the film and will be directed by Coco Before Chanel director Anne Fontaine. The Grandmothers is one [...]
So if you’ve missed it, last night I put up all our red carpet video interviews from the 14th Annual British Independent Film Award. All that is missing is the interviews following the award ceremony with many of those who were lucky enough to win an award. I was so pleased to see that Senna [...]
Last night, we got to spend the evening with many of the lovely folks from LOVEFiLM as they did a fantastic job live streaming the 2011 British Independent Film Awards (see all our coverage from the great event here). I have massive respect for LOVEFiLM, not only are they so nice to work alongside at [...]
He may have his critics, like any other director, but you can’t argue that Michael Bay knows how to make a pretty damn successful movie, with his box office takings being overwhelmingly impressive. His feature directorial debut, Bad Boys, took almost $150m., followed by The Rock and then Armageddon, which took north of $330m. and [...]
To mark the release of The Hangover Part II on DVD, Blu-ray™ Triple Play and Digital Download on 5th December, Warner Home Video have given us three copies of the Blu-ray Triple Play to give away to our readers. A strip club, a finger, a drug lord, a tattoo parlor and a monkey are the [...]
Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret has been almost* univerally adored by critics across the world and while a lot of attention is being paid to the director’s first use of 3D there’s a more practical magic on display in the film. This short video gives an excellent peek behind the movie [...]
Earlier this year it was reported that Ralph Fiennes was to follow up his directorial debut with an Abi Morgan scripted adaptation of Claire Tomalin’s book The Invisible Woman and with last night’s triumph for Vanessa Redgrave at the British Independent Film Awards for her Best Supporting Actress win for Coriolanus it is being reported [...]
Twelve days separate us from catching up with Guy Ritchie’s latest fidgeting with Conan Doyle’s greatest creation with Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows unleashed into cinemas. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law return as Messrs. Holmes and Watson for another round of quick wits and fisticuffs, with a few new cast members along for [...]
This evening (well, it’s now 6.45 am so I guess it was last night!) Laura and I headed off to the brilliant venue, Old Billingsgate near London Bridge in the City of London to attend the 14th Annual Moet British Independent Film Awards. We’d never been to the event before and after seeing the incredible [...]
It has been a fantastic year for British independent film with Steven McQueen’s Shame, Ben Wheatley’s Kill List and the directorial debut of Paddy Considine, Tyrannosaur, heading up a fine list of nominees. There was a particularly strong set of nominees competing for the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director with Richard Ayoade’s wonderful [...]
This evening, London hosts the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) 2011. I’ve placed the nominees below the live stream which you can watch below courtesy of LOVEFiLM. We’ll be on the red carpet at backstage for this evening’s event so keep your eyes peeled for live updates and interviews. The event should kick off at [...]
Blue Tongue Films have released the first trailer for the movie that first showed earlier in the year at Sundance Film Festival. The movie is called Wish You Were Here and is an Aussie thriller with loads of Aussie cat including thriller starring Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price and Antony Starr with Kieran Darcy-Smith directing. [...]
We’re big fans of Jane Goldman here on HeyUGuys. Her work on Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class was both kick-ass and first class and while we’re waiting with breath baited to see her adaptation of Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black for Hammer Deadline have announced that she is in talks to adapt the novel [...]
