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Last night the building site in central London that used to be Leicester Square was restored temporarily to its former glory for the premiere of War Horse. We were there, and managed to have a few very interesting conversations with some of the cast and crew of the movie, including Jeremy Irvine, who spoke about [...]
I’m in the hot seat today getting ready to live blog the War Horse UK press conference. Those expected to attend include Director Steven Spielberg, Producer Kathy Kennedy, and cast members Michael Morpurgo, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Thewlis. I have my laptop here ready to go and all you [...]
This evening, London Town was the host for the Royal UK Premiere of Steven Spielberg’s new movie, War Horse. What made it even more special was that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (or William and Kate to their friends) were in attendance. Joining them was the legendary director himself accompanied by the main star [...]
If ever a film was openly seeking Oscar recognition, it’s Steven Spielberg’s latest solemn contender, War Horse, coming hot off the heels of his recent fun family adventure, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. No stranger to evoking emotions when he so desires in his dramatic cinematic offerings that include Schindler’s List, [...]
While a solid serving of Equine induced sniffles may be denied to us here in the UK on Christmas Day Steven Spielberg’s second film of the year enters cinemas across the pond in a couple of weeks and there’s a new clip available if you’re currently fence-straddled. This new clip is introduced by Jeremy Irvine [...]
Dreamworks have released three new TV spots for their new movie, War Horse which is released 13th January. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston, Emily Watson, David Kross, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan but from all I’ve seen so far, the real star is the horse which isn’t surprising considering the title. DreamWorks Pictures’ [...]
Spielberg seems to be trying another of his “one for the Oscars, one for the multiplex” years, much like 1993′s double-whamy of Schindler’s List and Jurassic Park. That worked out rather well for him, yielding what was then the highest ever grossing film at the box office (supplanting his own ET after some 11 years) [...]
There’s a new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s latest out today and if you were in any doubt as to the inspirational nature of this one then feast your eyes on this… Jeremy Irvine is the man Spielberg picked out to lead his adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel and while the horse gets top billing it’s [...]
We’ve just been sent the first poster for Steven Spielberg’s latest film, War Horse, and we thought we’d share it with you. With Spielberg directing his version of Michael Morpurgo’s novel, itself already well-known as a stage play, we can expect a severe heartstring-tugging in amongst all the horseplay. The non-equine cast looks pretty solid [...]
We got the first UK trailer for Oranges and Sunshine, director Jim Loach’s feature debut, back in February ahead of its April release here, and it was incredibly touching. The film’s release in the US is not until next month, and so we now have a new US trailer to enjoy, courtesy of Thompson on [...]
Here’s the first trailer for the Dennis Lee directed movie, Fireflies in the Garden which is based on the poem by Robert Frost. It stars Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Cayden Boyd. A great cast indeed but read on for my thoughts on what you’re about to watch. This film was [...]
Loads of great movies are released in the UK today and one of them is Oranges and Sunshine, the new Jim Loach movie which stars Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving & David Wenham. If you missed the trailer, you can catch up here. Icon have sent over this exclusive clip from the movie which shows Margaret [...]
To support the release of Oranges & Sunshine (in cinemas 1st April) we have 3x copies of the book to give away. The story of Margret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to [...]
We wait for a good long while to see something from Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the celebrated novel and play War Horse, and we get one image, posted previously, and then a few hours later, four more trot into the arena, and these are something special. Here we have our first look at the man [...]
Following on from the Spielbergerama that was the trailer for JJ Abrams Super 8 earlier today The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye has unveiled the first production image from Spielberg’s next film, his adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel War Horse. Adapted by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, the film follows a young man named Albert, played [...]
Icon have sent us brand new assets to accompany their new movie, Oranges and Sunshine which hits UK cinemas 1st April this year. It’s directed by Jim Loach and stars Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wehham. Synopsis: Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one [...]
Whether it’s busy turning your heart into one sweet dream, or simply taking your heart and make it sing I guess we can all be eternally grateful that we don’t have to be Michael Bolton fans to realise that love is, indeed, a most wonderful thing. And with February already upon us we have but [...]
As the long road continues to the release of Steven Spielberg’s first real film since 2008, that Indy movie that everyone loved, we can now offer up some more details regarding the plot of the film. It is no secret that War Horse is an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book but we never knew 100% for sure if [...]
Michael Morpurgo, author of top selling book War Horse, was at Wimbledon Book Festival this morning along with legendary actress Virginia McKenna and mentioned that this week he’d been down on the set of the film of that book which Steven Spielberg is directing. He was deeply impressed at seeing the filming of the cavalry [...]
On 3rd September Cemetery Junction is released on DVD. Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais wrote and directed this affectionate look at growing up and out of ‘70s suburbia. Cemetery Junction is a gently funny, if flabby, slice of nostalgia and you can read Jon’s splendid original review here. The DVD is a genuine treat for [...]
