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Charlie Derry

Charlie Derry is a Journalism graduate currently living in Falmouth, Cornwall. Brought up reading Harry Potter, this was the start of her love for literature and soon enough their adaptations onto the big screen. Now with an aspiration towards writing about film, Charlie spends a lot of her time writing for her personal blog - http://www.charliederry.com - and for various film websites.


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    Six of the Best: The Directors – Wes Anderson

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    Currently filming his latest comedy drama The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is set to star an ensemble cast including Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, and Saoirse Ronan, Wes Anderson has been producing quirky dramas for almost twenty years at this point in time. Director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials, Anderson’s work [...]




    10 Years – DVD Review

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    Directed by writer Jamie Linden and serving as his directorial debut, 10 Years follows a group of friends who come together for their high school reunion. Jake (Channing Tatum) is preparing to propose to his girlfriend Jess (Jenna Dewan-Tatum), his ex high school flame Mary (Rosario Dawson) has already married, husband and wife Cully (Chris [...]




    Hotel Transylvania DVD Review

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    From Sony Pictures Animation and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylvania tells the story of Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler), the owner of the monster hotel, who invites some of the world’s most famous monsters – including Frankenstein (Kevin James), Frankenstein’s wife Eunice (Fran Drescher), werewolf Wayne (Steve Buscemi), Wayne’s wife Wanda (Molly Shannon), ghost [...]




    Misfits Series 4 – DVD Review

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    When Series 3 of the British science fiction comedy drama Misfits came to an end this time last year, it was difficult to imagine what could happen next and which characters would even return if the series were to continue. With the revelation that most of the cast would not be reprising their roles in [...]




    Life Just Is – DVD Review

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    Written and directed by Alex Barrett, serving as his feature directorial debut and premiered at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival, Life Just Is follows four university graduates living in London – Pete (Jack Gordon), Tom (Nathaniel Martello-White), Claire (Fiona Ryan>) and Jay (Jayne Wisener) – who find themselves having trouble making the move into adult [...]




    New Clip of John Krasinski & Olivia Thirlby In ‘Nobody Walks’

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    This month sees the release of a new clip, released by Magnolia Pictures, for Ry Russo-Young’s latest drama, Nobody Walks, which she co-wrote with the brilliant Lena Dunham, creator of HBO’s sex-fuelled comedy Girls. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Filmmaking at this year’s Sundance, jointly with James Ponsoldt’s Smashed, Nobody [...]




    Jeff, Who Lives At Home – DVD Review

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    Directed and written by Jay and Mark Duplass and premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, Jeff, Who Lives At Home follows slacker Jeff (Jason Segel) who is dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, Sharon (Susan Sarandon). Set across one day, Jeff is determined to follow what he believes [...]




    3 New Images of Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’

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    Rachel McAdams (The Vow) and Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) feature in the three new images for Brian De Palma’s erotic thriller, Passion, which have been released this week on the Toronto International Film Festival’s official website as the film was added to their Galas and Special Presentations line-up. A remake of Alain Corneau’s Crime d’amour, which [...]




    First Powerful Trailer for Paul Dano in ‘For Ellen’

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    Debuting at Sundance earlier this year, we have the first trailer for So Yong Kim’s (Treeless Mountain) indie drama For Ellen. Stemming from Kim’s desire to understand her own father, For Ellen follows aspiring rock star Joby Taylor (Paul Dano) who, in the midst of a low period in his life, agrees to sign divorce [...]




    Let’s Remix This Business: New TV Spot for ‘Pitch Perfect’

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    I like the way you work it, no diggity. This week we have the new TV Spot for Jason Moore’s upcoming comedy musical, Pitch Perfect, and it’s sure to get you singing along. Adapted from Mickey Rapkin’s non-fiction novel of the same name, the idea came from the senior editor at GQ magazine when he [...]




    Bel Ami DVD Review

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    Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with screenplay by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a British period drama based on the 1885 French novel by Guy de Maupassant. Premiered as an Official Selection at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the film chronicles the life of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a penniless ex-soldier who [...]




    Forever Marilyn Collection – Blu-ray Review

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    Marking the 50th anniversary of the Hollywood legend’s passing, the Forever Marilyn Collection is a four disc set showcasing some of the most treasured cinematic moments of Marilyn Monroe’s career with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch, and Some Like It Hot. From some of Monroe’s earlier films playing [...]




    First Image Of Saoirse Ronan In WW3 Drama ‘How I Live Now’

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    This week we have the new image for the latest feature effort from Kevin Macdonald, How I Live Now. Adapted from Meg Rosoff’s award-winning young adult novel of the same name that was first published in 2004, the film follows Diasy (Saoirse Ronan), a New Yorker staying with English cousins when World War III breaks [...]




    New Clip Revealed for House at the End of the Street after Viral Campaign

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    Revealed at Comic-Con earlier this week, Mark Tonderai’s upcoming thriller, House at the End of the Street, has a new clip, and it’s sure to make you jump! Directed by Tonderai and written by Jonathan Mostow, the film is a twist on the familiar horror story of a family – Elisabeth Shue (CSI: Crime Scene [...]




    New Poster for Tsunami Drama ‘The Impossible’ with Ewan McGregor & Naomi Watts

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    A new Spanish poster has been released for the upcoming drama based on one family’s experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, The Impossible, this week. From the crew of The Orphanage, including director Juan Antonio Bayona who will be making his English-language debut and scribe Sergio G. Sánchez, the film follows the true account [...]




    Anthony Hopkins Climbs Aboard The Ark for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah

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    The cast for Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical retelling of Noah just keeps getting better and better, with Sir Anthony Hopkins becoming the most recently announced to board the ark. Already starring Russell Crowe as the Biblical ark builder Noah, Jennifer Connelly as his wife Naameh, Douglas Booth as his son Shem, Emma Watson as Ila, a [...]




    The Woman in the Fifth DVD Review

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    Directed and written by Pawel Pawlikowski, The Woman In The Fifth is a French-British-Polish mystery thriller based on the novel by American novelist Douglas Kennedy. As an adaptation of this deeply detailed novel, the film is a pensive and psychological drama, but it doesn’t quite fill you in on everything as you are constantly left [...]




    Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe Biopic ‘Blonde’ To Be Produced By Brad Pitt

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    With actor and producer Brad Pitt and Australian director and screenwriter Andrew Dominik hitting the Cannes Film Festival last month for their film Killing Them Softly, the duo are now set to work together on Dominik’s upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, which Pitt has been confirmed to produce. Based on the book by Joyce Carol [...]




    UK Teaser Poster for ‘Looper’ Looks Futuristic

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    The second poster for Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi, Looper, has been released this week, showing a futuristic time machine that highlight’s the film’s futuristic setting. Taking place in the year 2042, the film follows a killer working for the mob (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who soon realises that one of his targets is an older version of [...]




    Full Series of Ricky Gervais’ Derek Is Commissioned By Channel 4

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    Following the success of the pilot episode for Ricky Gervais’ latest comedy series, Derek, which aired in April, Channel 4 have now commissioned a full series of the show. Set in an old people’s home in England. the series centres on Derek, who is played by Gervais, and follows a number of the home’s workers [...]