John Hurt to Recieve BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

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BAFTA have just sent over a press release alerting us to the fact that the legendary veteran actor, John Hurt is to be he recipient of the 2012 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Hurt has been acting since 1962 when he appeared in TV series Z Cars. More recently he has appeared [...]

BAFTA British Academy Children’s Awards 2011 Interviews

Warwick Davis at the Children's BAFTAs

Several of our writers at HeyUGuys, including our two editors, have young children, and therefore a legitimate excuse to watch Children’s TV. I, on the other hand, don’t. On the other hand, I am barely employed (and barely employable), so am far better versed in the ins-and-outs of children’s TV than I have any right [...]

LFF: The BFI London Film Festival 2011 Award Winners Announced

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We’ve just been sent the winners list for The BFI London Film Festival 2011 and massive congrats to We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay and all her cast and crew for winning the award. I’ll just make this post about the winners but I’m sure we’ll do a reaction post imminently. So [...]

Moon’s Duncan Jones Wins at Critics’ Circle Awards

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The world is split between two groups. Those that love Moon, director Duncan Jones’ stunningly impressive debut feature, and those yet to see it. It was one of our favourite films of last year and we’ll have our fingers crossed this Sunday at the BAFTA awards for Duncan Jones who is up for Outstanding Debut [...]

Review: The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)

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  The Palme d’Or. The prize awarded by the jury at the Cannes International film festival, for the best film in the competition. In recent times, it has been awarded to both up and coming film directors, like Steven Soderbergh, the Coens, and perhaps most famously Quentin Tarantino, and veterans of their art like Gus [...]