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Welcome to our new regular section in which members of the HeyUGuys family discuss a variety of topics concerning all things cinema. We’ll pick a topic inspired by what’s happening in the world of film and invite our writers to voice their opinions, an invitation we extend to you. If you want to submit your [...]
Here at HeyUGuys we like to live our lives a quarter mile at a time, so we jumped at the opportunity to attend a Fast & Furious 5-themed, day-long event at the Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire to celebrate the DVD, Blu-ray and Digital release of the movie (download the movie on iTunes here). Europe’s [...]
Warner Bros. Pictures have released the first official poster for The Dark Knight Rises, and it’s nothing short of mind-blowing. Directed by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises is the third instalment in the hugely successful revitalised Batman franchise, and stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, [...]
Some readers may be familiar with a show on the UK’s BBC Radio 5Live station on a Saturday morning, by the name of Fighting Talk. It is a sports quiz and involves a final tie-break round called “Defend the Indefensible”. Such is my cue for what I hope will become a regular-ish series of attempts [...]
As the summer of 1999 approached, it was all supposed to be about one film – The Phantom Menace. At long last, some 16 years after Anakin joined Yoda and Obi-Wan in the glowing afterlife, we were going to find out how it all got started. We were teased with an awesome poster, showing young [...]
HeyUGuys were proud to be invited to the red carpet at the 2011 BAFTA Awards by Orange tonight in London’s Covent Garden tonight to see some great films celebrated and to take a moment to appreciate the wealth of talent making the films honoured tonight. The King’s Speech lived up to the high expectations it [...]
The awards have begun – scroll down for all the updates. The 64th British Academy Film Awards sponsored by Orange are getting underway in London tonight and we’ll be updating you live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden which plays host to the awards, as well as bringing you photos of the red [...]
We’re currently at the BAFTA awards in London and while we’re waiting for the red carpet to busy itself with nominees and the flashstorm of the paparazzi I wanted to show you these lovely works of art which are part of the BAFTA brochure for this year’s ceremony. The five Best Film nominees are all [...]
Tonight saw the fall of the 31st Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which was held for the first time at London’s BFI Southbank. Our full report will be online later today with all the red carpet gossip and winner’s reactions. Want to see Danny Boyle advertising Moët, hear about Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO series, or find [...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Hesher) has officially entered into negotiations to star in The Dark Knight Rises. Gordon-Levitt’s involvement has been hinted at ever since he appeared in director Christopher Nolan’s Academy Award nominated Inception. His role has not yet been revealed, but various websites speculate it could well be Hugo Strange. If the casting is confirmed, [...]
MI6.com (with a tip of the cap to ComingSoon for the heads up) have unveiled the news that Dame Judi Dench will be back in Bond 23 (with the possible title, Red Sky at Night), reprising her role as MI6 boss, ‘M’ that she’s now played in six previous bond movies both alongside Pierce Brosnan [...]
The 83rd Academy Awards will take place on the 27th of February this year and the nominations have just been announced and the debate can begin. Last year Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker defied all expectations and won Best Picture and Best Director, Jeff Bridges got his Oscar and Christoph Waltz made a lot of [...]
With MGM firmly back on track and the next instalment of their most revered and financially viable property picking up pace, it’s inevitable that the rumour mill kicks into action over the Bond 23. We’ve already heard whispers of Rachel Weisz coming on board and now rumoured titles for the film are beginning to crop [...]
Rounding off their hat-trick with 2010 tucked firmly under their belt, Warner Bros. have officially conquered the domestic box office for a third year running. According to The Wrap, the studio – which released Inception and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I last year – has reported a domestic revenue approaching 1.9 billion for [...]
The Producers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards. Highly acclaimed films The Social Network, True Grit, 127 Hours and Black Swan are all nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category, with Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon competing for the Outstanding [...]
Joining HeyUGuys back in June of this year, I was eager to put my personal popcorn addiction to good use. A Psychology student by day and an usher by night, I had built up an encyclopaedic knowledge of film over three years of part time work, ever broadening my horizons with a determination to watch anything [...]
What is curious about Len Wiseman’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Mars-based action movie Total Recall, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as its lead, is that is a remake of the Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Mars-based action movie Total Recall and not a direct adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story We Can Remember it for You Wholesale [...]
