Film in 2011 – Top Ten Released and Unreleased

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There were many delights to be found in UK cinemas in 2011 both in wide release and at the wide variety of festivals that still thrive here. I watched a great many films in 2011 and there were a large number that impressed me and below are some of my favourites. I have divided the [...]

Win The Novel – Never Let Me Go

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To mark the Home Entertainment release of Never Let Me Go on DVD and Blu-ray 27th June, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have given us five copies of the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro on which the film is based to give away. Discover a remarkable story of love and loss, in a world where everything [...]

London Critics’ Circle Film Awards 2011 – The Winners

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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 [...]

New International Never Let Me Go Poster

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There’s only a few more weeks to go until Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go hits UK screens and while the new poster for the film won’t be seen pasted to the walls of the London Underground it gives us a great excuse to remind you about the film. I loved [...]

London Critics’ Circle Awards: Nominations

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The nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Awards have been announced. Another Year and The King’s Speech lead with seven nominations apiece. The London Critics’ Circle Awards will take place on February 10, 2011 at the BFI Southbank. Below is the full list of nominees: Sky 3D Award: Film of the Year: Black Swan The [...]

LFF 2010 – Never Let Me Go Review

Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go opens the 54th London Film Festival tonight and is a powerful and delicate film, which delivers its perfect blend of period drama and sci-fi ideas with heartbreaking success. Perfectly translating the sparse, hopeless nature of its three main characters to the screen, Romanek’s [...]

Never Let Me Go Press Conference Footage & Photos

Never Let Me Go - Photocall: 54th BFI London Film Festival

The London Film Festival has been slowly ramping up over the past couple of weeks with press screenings but today is the big day when things kick off with all guns blazing! Never Let Me Go opens the London Film Festival 2010 and newly announced Spider-Man Andrew Garfield was joined by Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, [...]

New Clip from Never Let Me Go

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A new clip has emerged today from Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. His adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel has been gathering up very impressive reviews in recent weeks and with its release a few months away these clips are especially welcome. This clip sees Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan confronted with [...]

The BFI Reveal The Great White Silence – A Trailer for the LFF’s Archive Gala Film

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One of the highlights of this year’s London Film Festival is the BFI National Archive’s screening of Herbert Ponting’s documenting of Captain Scott’s expedition of the South Pole, The Great White Silence, and today the BFI released a trailer for us all to enjoy. The footage captured by Ponting, now painstakingly restored,  speaks for itself, [...]

A Look at the 2010 BFI London Film Festival – UPDATED with Video

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Last week we were given a chance to see what the 54th BFI London Film Festival has in store, and kicking aside the disparaging comments about the lack of world premieres, a complaint which misses the point completely, there’s a real sense of excitement and discovery about the festival this year. Mark Romanek’s Never Let [...]

Brand New UK Trailer for Never Let Me Go

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The Guardian have posted a new trailer for Never Let Me Go. Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel of the same name has been garnering a lot of early buzz and will screen at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival this week, before opening the 54th London Film Festival in October. Never Let [...]

Brand New Clip from Never Let Me Go

NY Magazine have posted a brand new clip from Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go which will be screened at the 2010 London Film Festival. The movie is currently touring around other film festivals and has been attracting strong buzz from critics and audiences alike. It’s an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, Never Let [...]

BFI London Film Festival 2010 Full Line Up & Dates Announced

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The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October. The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo [...]

Never Let Me Go Clip

MTV, as part of their Fall Preview week, have posted an exclusive clip from Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. An adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, Never Let Me Go stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Sally Hawkins, Charlotte Rampling, Andrew Garfield, Andrea Riseborough and Nathalie Parsons. Never Let Me Go centers on three children, Ruth [...]

Never Let Me Go: Initial Reaction

Three reviews for Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go have showed up online, so I thought I’d pull them all together and package them into a post for you. The film has been chosen to open the 2010 London Film Festival and the recently released trailer is a thing of beauty. Never Let Me Go [...]

Three Stunning Never Let Me Go Character Posters Revealed

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Three new character posters have been posted on the official homepage for Mark Romanek’s new feature, the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s celebrated book, Never Let Me go. Here’s the synopsis: As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that [...]

Never Let Me Go to Open the 54th BFI London Film Festival

We received this news earlier on today and promised that we wouldn’t post it until midnight tonight. Well, that time has come and we can now let you know that Never Let Me Go is to open the 54th BFI London Film Festival 2010. Never Let Me Go is directed by Mark Romanek (One Hour [...]

Four New Images from Never Let Me Go

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The recent trailer for Mark Romanek’s adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go was one of the most impressive of recent years, and the poster released recently continues to promise great things. Fox released these new stills just now and the more I see of the troubled trio of Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield [...]

Never Let Me Go Poster Debuts

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When the trailer for Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go appeared it kind of blew my mind. It managed to convey the heartbreak and confusion of the Ishiguro novel and with the news that Andrew Garfield is Sony’s choice for the Marc Webb directed Spider-Man you can bet all eyes will be on him as [...]

Alex Garland To Adapt Logan’s Run

The good news that Carl Erik Rinsch has jumped aboard the Logan’s Run remake is further compunded by the news today that Warner Bros have enlisted the services of novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland to adapt the story. Bear in mind that this is not a remake of the 1976 film which starred Michael York [...]