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Is Imagination in Film fading due to New Technologies and a Culture of Remakes?

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A survey was conducted recently by Bombay Sapphire with the aim of adding to the ongoing debate of originality and imagination in cinema and the results, though not surprising, appeared to point to a contradiction in how those terms can be applied in getting quality films out to their audience. The results from the research [...]




Payback Season Review

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Just when hope is being restored to the UK film industry and a series of great-looking, home-grown features are being churned out on the lowest of budgets, but with an abundance of imagination and heart, along comes a film which threatens to severely upset the balance. A sloppy montage finds talented athlete Jerome (Adam Deacon) [...]




Our pick of the Week’s Best Deals in Blu-ray, Comics and Games

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With so many deals available online we’ve taken the liberty of picking through the bargain bin and pulling out the choicest offers we could find. This week we have an excellent sci-fi film, a famous graphic novel and the latest outing for one of the most popular gaming characters out there. If there’s a deal [...]




Film in 2011 – Top Ten Released and Unreleased

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There were many delights to be found in UK cinemas in 2011 both in wide release and at the wide variety of festivals that still thrive here. I watched a great many films in 2011 and there were a large number that impressed me and below are some of my favourites. I have divided the [...]




Attack the Block DVD Review

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Joe Cornish’s debut film is a terrifically entertaining take on the suburban horror film. With an engaging script and some amazingly well handled action this is a film which marks out the director as one of the finest new talents to emerge this year. While fireworks explode above London one light, brighter than the rest, [...]




Win Attack the Block on Double Play!

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Joe Cornish’s critically acclaimed debut film Attack the Block is released on DVD, Double-Play, and EST on September 19th and to celebrate, we’re giving four people the chance to own it on Double-Play! The film tells the story of a group of teenagers from South London who, after capturing an alien that crash lands on [...]




Attack The Block’s John Boyega Hits Spike Lee Boxing Drama

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Having negotiated the treacherous waters of getting approval for his pilot episode, Spike Lee has now started casting a new boxing drama that he is producing and directing for HBO. Set in Newark, New Jersey, Da Brick is all about a young man who is released from juvenile detention on his 18th birthday and tries [...]




Yippee-ki-yay! Is UK’s Joe Cornish in the Running to Direct Die Hard 5?

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According to Deadline, Fox have put together a list of potential directors to replace the recently-departed Noam Murro (the least unlikely sounding name for an action director ever) as he goes off to helm “this is Spartaaa!!!” sequel, 300: Battle of Artemisia. Amongst the more obvious names like Fast & Furious 5’s Justin Lin and [...]




Red Band US Trailer for Attack The Block

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Perhaps in the interests of trying to build up a bit more momentum for the US release, we have had the pleasure of Joe Cornish’s feature debut, Attack the Block, here in the good old UK for a little while now. Further anticipation was fanned by a series of special advance screenings in the US [...]




SXSW Attack the Block Review

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Attack the Block is a movie I’ve wanted to see ever since it screened in London a couple of weeks ago. It’s the first feature film by Director Joe Cornish who you may know from Adam and Joe fame and is Executive Produced by none other than Edgar Wright. This evening’s screening took place at [...]




Exclusive: Three New TV Spots for Attack the Block

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Optimum Releasing have been kind enough to pass these three new TV spots our way for their awesome new movie, Attack the Block. I saw it again for a second time a couple of days ago before attending the premiere (our premiere report and interviews here) with Jon and I was wondering if it’s possible [...]




Attack the Block UK Premiere Video Interviews

Joe Cornish ATB Premiere

Tonight saw the UK premiere of Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, the South London based monster movie which blew the bloody doors off of SXSW in Austin earlier in the year and now comes to UK cinemas on the 11th of May. Cornish and co were on hand tonight to talk up the film, which [...]




New Attack the Block Poster Is All About the Attack

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Eight days are all that separate a hungry UK movie-going audience and their chance to witness Joe Cornish’s urban sci-fi Attack the Block. The film first struck at the heart of SXSW earlier in the year which is where our man Dave saw, and loved, it and in a welcome change to the usual US-centric [...]




Brand New Attack the Block Trailer Featuring Basement Jaxx

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Here’s something rather nice for a Thursday evening, it’s a brand new trailer for Joe Cornish’s new movie, Attack the Block. It features music from UK super group, Basement Jaxx who feature on the soundtrack. The way they have mixed the trailer and spoken word to coincide with the music is fantastic and is yet [...]




Attack the Block Character Video Featurettes

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If you’ve not come across the new movie, Attack the Block yet then you really need to check out all our coverage of the movie here. We’ve actually been lucky enough to see it too and you can read our five star review here. Today we have some rather nice video featurettes for each of [...]




Go Behind the Scenes of Attack the Block

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It seems that we have some rather nice assets coming into us today with the latest being this rather nice behind the scenes look at Joe Cornish’s new movie, Attack the Block. I got to see the movie at SXSW and you can read my 5* review of it here. This is a really nice [...]




Attack the Block Gets US Distribution

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When I got to see Attack the Block at SXSW, people went crazy for it! This isn’t surprising now when you start to look at all the hype for the movie but at the time, the fact people went nuts over it was a big deal. SXSW was the place where people in America were [...]




The First Poster for Attack the Block

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Brand new British movie, Attack the Block (written and directed by Joe Cornish  – of Adam and Joe fame) went down a treat at SXSW recently with pretty much everyone in loving it to pieces. It won the midnight screening audience award and you can read my 5 star review of the movie here. /Film [...]




Attack the Block Wins SXSW 2011 Midnight Screening Audience Award!

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SXSW have just announced that British Film, Attack the Block has won the audience choice for the midnight feature at the 2011 festival. This is such amazing news and is thoroughly deserved as the film is just awesome. You can read my review here. This evening, the movie will screen one last time at SXSW [...]




SXSW – Attack the Block Screening Intro & Q&A Videos

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A couple of days ago I got to see the awesome Attack the Block here at SXSW (my review here) and after trying multiple times to get the videos uploaded, I have now managed it! Director Joe Cornish, Executive Producer Edgar Wright and stars of the movie Luke Treadaway and Nick Frost all introduced the [...]