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With rumours of another film from the series in the air and a well-deserved Oscar nod for Gary Oldman now is a good time to revisit Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John LeCarre’s Tinker Tailor Solider Spy. The story is no stranger to the small screen with the Alec Guinness fronted BBC series being, until now, [...]
To mark the release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on DVD and Blu-ray this Monday, 30th January, Studio Canal have given us five copies to give away on Blu-ray Double-Play. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret [...]
Will Smith was once rumoured to be circling the role of protagonist in Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake, but that part seems to now be with Josh Brolin. Colin Firth had been much-mooted to take on the role of the villain of the piece (though it would be disheartening in the extreme to see the shades [...]
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) has signed on to star in The Railway Man. Weisz will appear opposite Colin Firth (A Single Man) and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) in the epic wartime drama. The Railway Man tells of Eric Lomax’s struggle to come to terms with the trauma he experienced during World War II. Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning [...]
Choosing to follow an Oscar nominated and then an Oscar winning turn with a relatively small role as part of an ensemble cast featuring some of the most illustrious British actors is testament to the pull of the big screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Colin Firth plays his part [...]
Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s celebrated novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a captivating piece of restrained direction and impeccable work from its ensemble cast – rarely has a film made good on its promise in quite this way. It is primarily the story of the hunt for a mole within the Secret [...]
Last night saw the ‘Hotly-Tipped-For-Oscar-Glory’ film version of the John le Carre’s book ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ premiere at the BFI Southbank. We were there on twitter @HeyUGuysLive to keep yawl’ updated in real time as the action happened. Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch and John Hurt, who all star in the [...]
The long awaited big screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s seminal spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is released in UK cinemas this Friday, the 16th of September. What is initially apparent, and something which features heavily in the film’s marketing, is the film’s impressive cast but film is first and foremost a collaborative process [...]
To mark the release of The English Patient on Blu-ray 19th September, Miramax have given us two copies of the movie to give away. Directed by Anthony Minghella, THE ENGLISH PATIENT was based on the novel of the same name by Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. It won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Beginning [...]
We’ve featured artist Dave Williams’ poster work on the site before but I think he’s outdone himself this time. If you’ve not seen his work before then pop on over to his website www.davewilliamsdesigns.blogspot.com; the recent line of Marvel inspired poster artwork is particularly good but fans of all things Back to the Future should [...]
What better way to start your day than by meeting a barrage of new promotional material from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? Exactly, there is no better way, so get feasting on the new poster, clips, featurette etc and get busy – the film is out next week in the UK and boasts the sort of [...]
The legendary actor Gary Oldman has made a name for himself over the years with roles in massively popular films like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Leon, The Fifth Element, and Harry Potter, along with the electric buzz surrounding the upcoming Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, due out here on 16th September. What Oldman is [...]
We’re very happy to be able to bring you this new and exclusive look at the latest UK poster for Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and it’s nothing if not consistent with the excellent marketing for the film so far. Of its many assets the greatest the film has is surely its stellar cast [...]
There are only a few weeks until we get to see Gary Oldman lead an epic cast in Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and there’s a new trailer out today to make sure you all turn up on the 16th of September. Kathy Burke, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones [...]
Another day, another poster for the forthcoming Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy big screen adaptation and it’s Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn to get the digital makeover. The film is directed by Let the Right One In’s Tomas Alfredson and Gary Oldman, Kathy Burke, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones alongside Cumberbatch and Mark Strong. [...]
Following on from the two posters that we saw yesterday, Optimum have released another new poster for their new movie, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Today we get the fabulous look at Mark Strong who plays Jim Prideaux in the movie which is due for release 16th September. The film is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the [...]
Much like the poster showing Gary Oldman a few weeks ago, Optimum Releasing have released these two new poster for their new movie, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and use numbers to create them. We got to see two new clips from the movie over the weekend at Big Screen and to follow up nicely, we [...]
Optimum have just released the second trailer (first here) for their new movie Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. If you’ve seen Captain America: The First Avenger, you probably saw this trailer in front of it . The film is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) and has a top notch British cast which, [...]
Optimum have released this brand new poster for their new movie, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which shows Gary Oldman looking rather menacing in this silhouette of him surrounded by various pieces of code. The film is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) and has a top notch British cast which, as well [...]
Magnolia Pictures have released the first trailer for their new movie, Main Street which I’d not heard of until right now. Seems odd as the cast is rather spectacular (mainly since it contains Colin Firth!). The Full cast list includes Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson, Amber Tamblyn, Orlando Bloom and is helmed by director, John [...]
