Exclusive Deleted Scene from The Awakening

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One of my favourite films from last year is out now on Blu-ray and DVD and we have an exclusive look at a deleted scene from The Awakening for you today. Nick Murphy’s film had a couple of fine lead performances from Rebecca Hall and Dominic West and along with Hammer’s recent success with The [...]

Say Hello to the New Poster for Dexter Fletcher’s Wild Bill

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It’s been a long few months since Wild Bill played to eager audiences at last year’s London Film Festival and Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut finally makes it to the nation’s cinema screens next month. Following on from the excellent trailer this is the artwork that will compel the public to pay their hard-earned money and [...]

The First Trailer for Dexter Fletcher’s ‘Wild Bill’

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Here’s the first trailer for Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut, Wild Bill. The movie stars Will Poulter, Liz White, Andy Serkis and Jaime Winstone. We got to see the movie at the London Film Festival and you can read our review of it here. Fletcher has been on our screens for years and became famous amongst [...]

LFF 2011: The Awakening Review

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The death of a young boy at a remote schoolhouse and the supposed ghostly circumstance of the incident draws the attention of Florence Cathcart, a young woman well-known for exposing fraudulent supernatural happenings, to investigate the matter and uncover the true nature of the tragic event. With The Awakening director Nick Murphy and his co-writer [...]

Writer Stephen Volk talks about The Awakening, Ghostwatch and a second Turn of the Screw

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The Awakening is a welcome return to the big screen for writer Stephen Volk, self proclaimed ‘tub-thumper’ for the horror genre and the man behind the acclaimed small screen horrorshows Afterlife and Ghostwatch. His new film (out in UK cinemas tomorrow ) was directed by Nick Murphy and is as far from the Death-by-irony gorefests [...]

LFF 2011: French Revolutions Programme Round Up

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To round off our coverage of the 55th BFI London Film Festival were taking a look back at one of the most prominent strands of the festival – the French Revolutions programme. One of the festival’s chief pledges is to bring the best of the world’s cinema to London and Jack Jones leads us through [...]

Exclusive Interview with Evan Rachel Wood on The Ides of March

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Last week, I got to chat with writer of The The Ides of March, Beau Willimon and one of the cast members, Evan Rachel Wood about playing the role of Molly Stearns in the movie which is released tomorrow, Friday 28th October. I’ve broken the two interviews and if you missed my interview with Beau, [...]

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 [...]

Exclusive Interview with Writer of The Ides of March – Beau Willimon

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Last week, I got to chat with writer of The The Ides of March, Beau Willimon and one of the cast members, Evan Rachel Wood about playing the role of Molly Stearns in the movie which is released this Friday 28th October. I’ve broken the two interviews into two posts and today you’ll get to [...]

Wild Bill Premiere Report

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As the second week of the LFF draws to a close, a film we’ve been following at HeyUGuys  for quite some time, Wild Bill – the directorial debut of Dexter Fletcher – finally makes its UK debut. We rather enjoyed the movie, so hot footed it down to Vue in Leicester Square to catch up [...]

The Ides of March UK Premiere Footage and Interviews

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Last night, London saw the UK Premiere at the London Film Festival for the brand new Geroge Clooney movie, The Ides of March. Clooney not only stars in the movie but co-wrote the screenplay along with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon who I got to sit down with and interview earlier today. The film sees [...]

LFF 2011: Wild Bill Review

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The release of a inmate from prison and their subsequent reintegration into ‘regular’ society is an area that is filled with potential for interesting drama. Ulu Grosbard’s under-seen and underrated 1978 film Straight Time (based on the equally excellent book No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker) uses this premise to explore the way in which the released inmate’s, played by Dustin Hoffman, life is [...]

LFF 2011: We Need To Talk About Kevin Review

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Tilda Swinton generally never fails to impress audiences in anything she turns her hand to. Indeed, what can honestly be said about Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s riveting and utterly chilling book, We Need To Talk About Kevin, is that the role was written unquestionably for Swinton – or even the book’s character for [...]

New UK Poster for The Awakening

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Nick Murphy’s debut film is an old school ghost story in every sense with Rebecca Hall’s journey to invesigate alledged spooky happenings finds her rolling up at a boys school in the middle of nowhere with a murdered pupil and a host of unanswered questions. I caught the film earlier this month as it plays [...]

Watch the 55th BFI London Film Festvial Opening Night: 360 Red Carpet Live

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360 is set to open the 55th BFI London Film Festival this evening in London and we have the red carpet live streamed for you right here. Fernando Meirelles’ latest movie, 360 is set to open the festival and you can watch the stars of the movie arrive right here live. 360 stars Rachel Weisz, [...]

LFF 2011 – 360 Press Conference

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The 55th BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with 360,  Fernando Meirelles’ latest film and it is a suitably globe-trotting film for a festival whose programme is similarly drawn from all around the world. Our review of the film will be up on the site later tonight, but if you want to hear what Meirelles, [...]

LFF 2011: HeyUGuys and Who’s Jack Night at The Jameson Apartment with a Q&A for Demons Never Die

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There are many good reasons to venture into the capital during the month of October and from 12th to the 27th the BFI’s 55th London Film Festival is in full cinematic swing and we’ve got an exciting announcement for a very special evening we are hosting along with Jameson and our very good friends at [...]

55th BFI London Film Festival Announces Its Awards Shortlists And Juries

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The BFI London Film Festival is the biggest film festival the UK has to offer, and one of the most prestigious and well-recognised festivals across the globe. This year, the festival is celebrating its 55th run, and it has an absolutely fantastic line-up of films scheduled to play through the festival, from 12th – 27th [...]

Get An Insight Into 50/50 With Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Seth Rogen In A Great Cast Roundtable

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If you’ve missed our coverage of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen’s new movie, 50/50, I highly recommend that you spend a quick minute or two playing catch-up (which you can do here), because this is a movie to get excited about. The film is written by Will Reiser, a long-time friend of Rogen’s, based upon [...]

London Film Festival Preview: Eleven Films to See

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In a few short weeks London’s cinemaland cloaks itself in the finest festival garb as the 55th BFI London Film Festival comes to the capital. Tickets go on sale today so click here to uncover the treasures on offer and then click here to buy all the tickets you can. I’ve picked out a few [...]