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Hitting DVD this week is Albatross, a coming-of-age comedy-drama about a Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay), a verbose, would-be writer’s incendiary effect on a struggling author, Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), and his respective family, including wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and daughter Beth (Felicity Jones). The film, which premiered at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival to wide acclaim, [...]
In June a little-known film called Tomboy premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Directed by Céline Sciamma, Tomboy centers on Laure (Zoé Héran), a 10-year-old girl who, after moving to a new neighbourhood with her parents and younger sister, pretends to be a boy to make friends, unaward of the hurt [...]
Independent Films have released the first trailer and poster for comedy-drama Third Star. Directed by BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Hattie Dalton, Third Star stars Hugh Bonneville, Tom Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, JJ Feild, Rupert Frazer, Nia Roberts, Adam Robertson and Eros Vlahos. James (Cumberbatch) and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in [...]
We enjoyed Gareth Edwards’ Monsters in Edinburgh this year and soon UK audiences will get the chance to check out this road movie with a difference. If you can’t wait to get your Monsters fix then there’s a new initiative to whip you into a frenzy and it’s a pretty neat idea. Using Foursquare Vertigo [...]
This revenge thriller starring True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten is generating a great deal of buzz at London’s Frightfest, Craig’s report can be read here and Martyn reviewed Red Hill when it played at Edinburgh earlier in the year, now there’s a new poster out to get you in the mood. A recent trailer gives a [...]
We were lucky enough to see writer/director Patrick Hughes’ latest, Red Hill, at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year and we were impressed by what we saw. There’s a new trailer out in the wild today and it gives a good impression, certainly buzz from its debut at Sydney and then at Edinburgh suggests that [...]
Arriving via IMDB you can check out the new poster for Gareth Edwards’ Monsters embedded below. Perhaps less visually interesting than the previous posters this one is still very cool, I particularly like the way the designers have incorporated the release date. You can find all our coverage of Monsters by clicking here, including a the trailer [...]
The official UK trailer and poster for The Illusionist have been revealed and sent to us courtesy of Pathe Distribution. The film, a traditional hand-drawn animation, was directed by Sylvain Chomet in his purpose built studio in the heart of Edinburgh. Sylvain Chomet was responsible for Belleville Rendez-vous, which was both loved by critics and audiences [...]
So, bypassing the obligatory ‘new District 9′ nonsense, let’s get down to business. There’s a new trailer for Gareth Edwards’ alien invasion film Monsters roaming around the internet this evening and we’ve managed to cage it for you good people to see. We were at the Edinburgh Film Festival when this film was shown, our [...]
Director Arvin Chen has two well received short films in the bag, one a straight comedy and the other a romantic story, and with Au Revoir Taipei Chen has blended the two genres with great results. The film is a great multi-stranded romantic comedy that follows numerous characters that are caught up in the story [...]
It’s been a rather busy couple of weeks at the Edinburgh Film Festival and our roving reporters, Martyn Warren and Nicola Balkind have done a sterling job bringing you reviews from all the major films as well as daily roundups from the event. Our friends at Upbeat have just sent us the final round up [...]
Patrick Hughes leaps into the crowded crime thriller arena with his debut feature film Red Hill, which played at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year, and is competing with a wide array of talent, not least in the thriller genre. Policeman Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten) has moved from the city to a quiet town in [...]
Pelican Blood, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, is an interesting attempt at making a film about the life and loves of an obsessive birdwatcher and while they try to make the film as cool and sexy as it can be, I found this film to be an overall disappointment due [...]
Those attending the Edinburgh Film Festival’s Frightfest programme got the chance to take in Gareth’s Edwards Monsters and with a good deal of hype buffeting this one I’m pleased to say that it’s an entertaining science fiction film that manages to do so much special effects on the low budget that the film received. While [...]
Our friends at Upbeat are the chaps tasked with creating the official end of day video montages for the Edinburgh International Film Festival which is wonderful for us as they’ve just given us the entire first week of daily round up videos to share with you, our lovely readers. In the videos, you get to [...]
Director Bernard Rose has made a worthy attempt at reconstructing the drug fueled underbelly of society for the story of Mr. Nice and while his direction engaged, the overall storyline of the film feels very familiar to other films set around likable criminals and drug dealers. The film has the same on-stage opening and closing [...]
Third Star is the official film to end the Edinburgh Film Festival and although I am sad that the festival has seemed to come to an end so quickly, this lovely film from Wales helps to soften the blow. Having directed several short films and edited some of the most recognisable British films during the [...]
