Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess were in town on Tuesday night (sorry for the delay in getting this one up!), to celebrate the release of their new movie, One Day at the European Premiere in London’s Westfield Shopping Centre. They were joined by Director Lone Sherfig and the author of the book on which the movie is based, David Nicholls.

Our friends from Upbeat were there as always armed with a camera and lots of questions to ask the stars and they’ve passed the footage over to us to share with our lovely readers. If you missed Becky’s live blogging antics yesterday, you can catch up with them here and dont forget to enter our competition to win a copy of the One Day Novel here.

One Day is released in UK cinemas August 26th and keep your eyes peeled for our review.

Today, Becky Joseph will be attending the UK Press Conference for new movie, One Day which stars Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Romola Garai, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Jodie Whittaker and is released this Wednesday, 24th August.

Synopsis: After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter (Sturgess) and Em (Hathaway) are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Lone Sherfig and David Nicholls are all expect to attend the press conference which is set to kick off at 3.30pm GMT.

We’ll be attempting to live blog the entire event so sit back and take in all the updates as they come in live!

You can see all our coverage of the movie, One Day right here or click here to win a copy of the novel.

One Day UK Press Conference

(08/23/2011)

  

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2:44	Becky:  A big HeyUGuys hello from the One Day Press Conference Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:44 Becky

2:45	Becky:  I’ve just taken my place and am drying off from the horrible weather, waiting for the talent to arrive! Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:45 Becky

2:46	Becky:  Today we have the gorgeous Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Lone Sherfig and the author of the book David Nicholls. Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:46 Becky

2:49	Becky:  Soon we’ll have a picture or two to show you lovely folk so stay tuned Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:49 Becky

2:52	Becky:  Sitting next to the lovely Charlotte from Glamour.co.uk who has a prime position for snapping some cool pics Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:52 Becky

2:53	Becky:  The hotel conference room is very swish but we’re all a bit shivery from the air con… Slightly wishing they had cuddly blankets next to the complimentary sandwiches. Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:53 Becky

2:56	Becky:  We’re just getting a snap of the scene so you can see where the talent will be taking centre stage Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:56 Becky

2:57	Becky:  Or centre comfy arm chair! Tuesday August 23, 2011 2:57 Becky

3:00	The One Day UK Press Conference awaits the talent! Photo by Charlotte from Glamour.co.uk Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:00

3:00	Becky:  Everything’s running a little behind. So we’re expecting Jim and Anne to look ravishing Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:00 Becky

3:03	Becky:  Oh looks like it’s all go! Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:03 Becky

3:03	Becky:  Everybody’s taking their places Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:03 Becky

3:04	Becky:  And here comes Anne looking very pretty in black with her co star Jim Sturgess Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:04 Becky

3:04	Becky:  Here comes Dave Nichols to a wave of applause followed by the director and the stars Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:04 Becky

3:05	Becky:  Dave is being asked about the global craze which is One Day Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:05 Becky

3:05	Becky:  Dave: There are always 4 or 5 writers on these movies but I went into the movie not expecting to get through to the press conference. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:05 Becky

3:05	Becky:  He really enjoyed writing the screenplay, it’s where he started before writing novels Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:05 Becky

3:06	Becky:  He was aware though that elements of the book wouldn’t work on screen, things he loved about the book but he was “realistic” about the adaptations Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:06 Becky

3:07	Becky:  Obviously there was a weight on the team’s shoulders to make this movie. Director Lone Scherfig is a very eloquent woman, she talks about the film like it’s very close to her heart Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:07 Becky

3:08	Becky:  Scherfig and Nicholls agree that the film is convincing and touching, especially the characters physical ageing and experiences Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:08 Becky

3:08	Becky:  Anne wishes she hadn’t known the weight of expectations when she took on the role of Emma Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:08 Becky

3:09	Becky:  She quickly realized she’d disappoint some people… she understands that as a book lover but she’s also a movie lover and she knows you can do things on screen that you can’t on the page. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:09 Becky

3:09	Becky:  Some days she felt totally overwhelmed by the criticism but she says there’s a lot to be had from Scherfig’s vision Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:09 Becky

3:10	Becky:  Sturgess says he’s happy to be in a film people will actually see! Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:10 Becky

3:11	Becky:  Sturgess is commenting on the book and how it began to freak him out when he realized how HUGE it was Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:11 Becky

3:11	Becky:  When the film started it’s production the book had only come out in paperback in the UK and was just taking off in the US Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:11 Becky

3:12	Becky:  So much of the bestseller chart rating hype has happened during their production on the movie Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:12 Becky

3:12	Becky:  Now taking questions from the audience on the film, I will be omitting spoliers! Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:12 Becky

3:13	Becky:  Anne is talking about how she got into the role of Emma, how she got into the mindset of that Yorkshire girl, she said she spent a lot of time studying the book and to get the accent down she watched Emmerdale! Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:13 Becky

3:14	Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Lone Sherfig and the author of the book David Nicholls – Photo from Charlotte (glamour.co.uk) Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:14

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Becky:  On chemistry on set Jim says that Dexter and Emma have great chemistry in the book but that off set him and Anne were lucky to get on so well. It came naturally. Anne says they played a lot of cards and played each other music and that played a lot into their developing chemistry Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:14 Becky

3:15	Becky:  Anne says they went out for the first time in Edinburgh and the film crew went out and hung out and enjoyed themselves. Jim says they bonded over scotch whiskey Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:15 Becky

3:15	Becky:  Jim: It was pretty effortless Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:15 Becky

3:15	Becky:  Apparently they played the card game ‘Shit head’ Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:15 Becky

3:16	Becky:  Some music questions about the British contemporary music (Robbie Williams and S Club 7) on the soundtrack for the movie Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:16 Becky

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3:16	Becky:  Apparently in the scene where Tilly sings Angels by Robbie, Anne was the only one who didn’t know the song. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:16 Becky

3:17	Becky:  Dave gave Anne the best present she ever got which was Emma Morely’s iPod Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:17 Becky

3:17	Becky:  3 or 4 minutes left Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:17 Becky

3:18	Becky:  What have the actors worst jobs been? Jim’s was a pot wash boy in a restaurant and just like Emma in the story he was promoted to salad boy and he said the excitement he felt about it showed he needed to do something more with his life. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:18 Becky

3:18	Becky:  Anne says she’s been very lucky as she’s been a professional actress since she was 13 Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:18 Becky

3:18	Becky:  On Scotland: Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:18 Becky

3:19	Becky:  Jim says they had to run up and down stairs in Edinburgh lots of times. That the scots were very friendly. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:19 Becky

3:19	Becky:  But they mostly kept their cool when Anne was on the streets of London, they saw some great bands (Anne’s sure it’s a band called rat bastard) Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:19 Becky

3:20	Becky:  Director Lone says she loves the accent and would love to come back to Scotland to shoot another movie Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:20 Becky

3:20	Becky:  David’s experiences and time spent in Edinburgh is quite clear from the book but apparently there’s a tour you can take of Dex and Emma’s time in Edinburgh. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:20 Becky

3:22	Becky:  Anne says the weather would change immediately and apparently one very rainy day a lovely lady let them sit in her parlour and she saw two policemen outside wearing nothing but tshirts and shorts, which she found amazing! Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:22 Becky

3:22	Becky:  Well that’s a wrap guys! Thanks for watching and everybody’s on their way back into the cold now. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:22 Becky

3:22	Becky:  One Day is in cinemas August 26th, stay tuned for our review. Tuesday August 23, 2011 3:22 Becky

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To celebrate the hotly anticipated release of One Day, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, in cinemas AUGUST 24, we have 10 x One Day books to give away!

Directed by Lone Scherfig (director of An Education, Academy Award-nominated for Best Picture), the motion picture One Day is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls from his beloved bestselling novel One Day.

After one day together – July 15^th, 1988, their university graduation – Emma Morley (Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of Across the Universe) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground.

For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15^ths in their lives. Together and apart, we see Dex and Em through their friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along. As the true meaning of that one day back in 1988 is revealed, they come to terms with the nature of love and life itself.

One Day is released in UK cinemas AUGUST 24

For more information on One Day visit www.facebook.com/onedaymovieuk

For your chance of winning this amazing prize, answer this simple question using the form below:

Name the Academy Award nominated actress who plays Emma Morley in One Day

1. Anne Hathaway
2. Anna Faris
3. Julia Roberts

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The small print:

• Open to UK residents only
• Only one entry per household will be counted
• The competition will close 29th August at 23.59 GMT
• The winner will be picked at random from entries received
• No cash alternative is available

The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!

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Universal Studios have sent over this brand featurette which takes us behind the scenes of their new movie based on David Nicholls’ best selling novel novel One Day. It’s conducted by the fabulous Anne Hathaway. The movie bears the same name, is directed by Lone Scherfigand stars Jim Sturgess & Hathaway.

Synopsis: After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter (Sturgess) and Em (Hathaway) are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

It’s set to hit UK cinemas 24th August. Check out the new featurette below and be sure to let us know what you think of it. We’re rather loving Anne Hathaway’s English accent!

Universal Studios have released another new trailer for their new movie, One Day which is based on David Nicholls’ best selling novel novel  with the same title. The movie is directed by Lone Scherfig and stars Jim Sturgess & Anne Hathaway.

Twenty years…two people. Directed by Lone Scherfig (director of “An Education,” Academy Award-nominated for Best Picture), the motion picture “One Day” is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls from his beloved bestselling novel One Day. After one day together — July 15th, 1988, their college graduation — Emma Morley (Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of “Across the Universe”) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives. Together and apart, we see Dex and Em through their friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along. As the true meaning of that one day back in 1988 is revealed, they come to terms with the nature of love and life itself.

It’s set to hit UK cinemas 26th August. Check out the new trailer below and be sure to let us know what you think of it. We’re rather loving Anne Hathaway’s English accent!

Universal Studios have released the brand new UK trailer for their new movie based on David Nicholls’ best selling novel novel One Day. The movie bears the same name, is directed by Lone Scherfig and stars Jim Sturgess & Anne Hathaway.

Synopsis: After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter (Sturgess) and Em (Hathaway) are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

It’s set to hit UK cinemas 26th August. Check out the new trailer below and be sure to let us know what you think of it. We’re rather loving Anne Hathaway’s English accent!

Focus Features have released a trailer and six new images for One Day.

Directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education), One Day stars Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs), Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe), Patricia Clarkson (Easy A), Romola Garai (Atonement), Jodie Whittaker (Attack the Block) and Georgia King (Tanner Hall).

After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter (Sturgess) and Em (Hathaway) are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

One Day will be released in the UK on September 30.

Check out the trailer and new images below:

Images Courtesy of Jim Sturgess Online which you can click to enlarge.

Two decades is roughly seven thousand, three hundred and four days which is not as good a title as the one we’re going with here for the next romantic drama to charm us in the face until we laugh and/or cry.

I like Anna Hathaway and I like Jim Sturgess, I was a fan of An Education which was director Lone Sherfig’s film before choosing to adapt David Nicholl’s novel so odds are that I’ll be up for One Day’s double decade of love, laughter, tears, etc but just in case I’m not caught in its trap there’s a new poster out today.

Looking like an obssessive Memento fan has taken the US poster and ‘updated’ it I quite like the idea and it fits the conceit so hell, why don’t I get down to a cinema when the film opens on the 30th of September? If you’re not convinced, take a peek.

Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their college graduation – July 15th, 1988. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground.For the next two decades, every July 15th reveals to us how “Em” and “Dex” are faring, as their friendship ebbs and flows with the passing of the years. Through laughter and romance, heartbreak and exhilaration, they experience the grandeur of life.

Empire had the chance to show these to the world and by crikey they did so in style.

Focus Features via Yahoo have given the world the first poster for One Day which is the movie based on the book by David Nicholls book. The movie stars British actor, Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway. One Day is directed by Lone Scherfig’s who previously directed the amazing piece that is, An Education.

One Day also stars Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott, Jodie Whittaker, Jamie Sives and Georgia King.

Synopsis: Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their college graduation – July 15th, 1988. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground.

For the next two decades, every July 15th reveals to us how “Em” and “Dex” are faring, as their friendship ebbs and flows with the passing of the years. Through laughter and romance, heartbreak and exhilaration, they experience the grandeur of life. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they

One Day is released in the UK 30th September.

The Guardian have released the second image for One Day, a movie based on the David Nicholls’ book which stars British actor, Jim Sturgess and Hollywood A-Lister Anne Hathaway. Jamie posted the first image from the movie here and mentioned that this is the first movie from director, Lone Scherfig’s since she directed the fantastic, and Academy Award-nominated movie, An Education.

One Day also stars Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott, Jodie Whittaker, Jamie Sives, Georgia King and is a romantic comedy centered on Dexter (Sturgess) and Emma (Hathaway), who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to reunite one day each year for the next 20 years.

No news yet on when it’ll be released in the UK but we’ll keep you posted.

USA Today have posted the first official still from One Day, Lone Scherfig’s follow-up to the Academy Award-nominated An Education.

The still gives us a look at Anne Hathaway and Jim Strugess who topline the film alongside Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott, Jodie Whittaker, Jamie Sives and Georgia King.

One Day is a romantic comedy centered on Dexter (Sturgess) and Emma (Hathaway), who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to reunite one day each year for the next 20 years.

Focus Features will release One Day in the US late next year. No word on a UK release date yet.

Check out the official still below:

Stephen Poliakoff’s dark, labyrinthine account of England’s tumble into the Second World War was premiered at the London Film Festival this year and we were impressed by it.

As today sees the film’s release I wanted to take another look at this drama, to see if it lives up to its name.

Glorious 39 is not as glamorous as the marketing would have us believe. The posters suggest a costume drama about the brilliant and carefree life of British Aristocracy in the world of “Jeeves and Wooster”, with the faint whiff of a world war in the air. Instead, the new film by Stephen Poliakoff turns into an interesting and almost Hitchcockian conspiracy thriller.

“Almost” ““ because it seems that the director can not decide what type of film he is directing and keeps swinging between historic political drama and conspiracy thriller. As a result the film’s pace is very slow and does not deliver the crucial emotional epiphany to the audience when it is most desired.

As the name of the film suggests the story is set in the summer of 1939, in London and the peaceful countryside. The film is centered around the aristocratic Keyes family, who continue their luxurious lifestyle or parties and parliament despite Europe being at the edge of war with Hitler. The head of the family, Alexander (brilliantly played by Bill Nighy) is an influential MP and a great father to his three children: Ralph (Eddie Redmayne) who works at the Foreign Office and Celia (Juno Temple). The eldest adopted daughter, a young actress, Anne (Romola Garai) is in love with Foreign Office official Lawrence (Charlie Cox).

Anne’s lifestyle is all London-parties and countryside picnics and it is changed dramatically after one of her friends, a young MP (David Tennant) speaks out against British government and Hilter and shortly after that is found dead. Her suspicion and sense of dread is compounded by Anne’s discovery of hidden recordings with some secret Government information.

Anne’s journey of unveiling the truth lies not only in the political world of Britain ruled by Chamberlain’s government, but it also reveals great family drama, a tragedy of her personal fears. Romola Garai is brilliant in delivering her character’s fears, sense of betrayal, confusion and, finally, terror. She is supported by great performances of her screen siblings, Eddie Redmayne and Juno Temple, and the remarkable Julie Christie as Aunt Elizabeth.

Glorious 39 is the first film for Stephen Poliakoff after a 10-year break, during which he focused on TV dramas for BBC. That is probably the reason why film feels like it belongs to TV screen rather then cinema. The cinematography by Zac Nicholson is picturesque eye-candy, but it does not help in conveying the sense the horror of upcoming war and our heroine’s panic.

Stephen Poliakoff deliberately stayed away from the war footage and instead showed Britain as it was the edge of WWII. One of the surreal pictures shows scenes when people have to abandon their pets and take them to be “put down” to vets. The pictures of pets are almost horrific, as well as the condition of Anne, who discovers secrets that can totally ruin her whole concept of life.

However, despite brilliant performances and some surreal pictures, the film does not deliver the sense of horror. Poor editing and slow pace makes this film very hard to enjoy and follow the director’s vision. It seems the director wants to show too many interesting things that are hard to put into one film. In this case a longer frame of TV dramas feels like a better choice.

Glorious 39 is out today.

Glorious 39 marks acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Poliakoff’s return to the big screen after  twelve long years and it is an epic triumph of ambition and craft, delivering a superb and engaging thriller of duplicity and deceit on the eve of World War II.

Threatened by the impending ‘little war’ the aristocracy, fearing their way of life will be destroyed by Hitler’s army, adopt an aggressive strategy of appeasement and it is this anxiety which propels the plot of Poliakoff’s script forward. The uncertainty and tension of the late summer of 1939 is our scene and an intriguing and poignant journey into the darkness of war produces an unforgettable drama from a writer and director whose ability to illuminate the harrowing detail of betrayal and heartache has never been more potent.

The formidable cast, eager to work with Poliakoff in the first feature production for over a decade, is headed by Romola Garai, recently seen in the title role of the BBC’s latest production of Emma, as Anne Keyes, the adopted eldest child of an aristocratic family with a rich history of high ranking public servants. Anne’s father is Sir Alexander, Bill Nighy in what can be considered one of his most impressive performances yet as the grave, morally ambiguous member of parliament with an agenda hidden deep within the labyrinths of power.

Their relationship is our safe haven in the film. When news of war breaks and hearts flutter with arrivals and disappearances Anna and her father console one another and Nighy is perfect as the solemn, solicitous patriarch whose family are integral to the nation’s fate.  Eddie Redmayne and Juno Temple are Sir Alexander’s children by birth and their complicity and active part in the family’s fortune comes to overshadow the carefree and affectionate relationship they share with Anna when the film begins. Every relationship has a truth and a solidity to it that is Poliakoff’s forte, and it compels each and every twist with great power.

Charlie Cox plays Lawrence, Anna’s lover and a middling civil servant whose fate is buffeted by the class-invoked tempest that results from the declaration of war. He is a sympathetic in a well cast role, and thanks to the overbearing air of suspicion his agenda and manner is constantly under scrutiny. His friendship with Hector Haldane, played with a frenzy and passion by David Tennant, and a fateful birthday celebration for Sir Alexander brings together the family with several shady government officers whose silence and reverence for the host of the party fuels a distrust in Anna that has devastating consequences for all involved.

Poliakoff’s contribution to film and television is unparalleled and it with great pleasure that we welcome him back onto the big screen. His recent television works, including The Lost Prince and Shooting the Past, are works of such complexity and grace that even a minor work is considered a glowing achievement in the field. Glorious 39 has moments of true genius, from the stunningly original method of establishing the transition from present to the past to the message from the grave Anna receives is a chilling and bold spin on a cliched turn.

The camerawork is almost Kubrick-esque as the handheld tracking shots following characters as they move through the shadowy interiors of houses or into running into rapidly collapsing external spaces is breathtaking. The rose pink skies over the quiet Norfolk hills contrasts perfectly with the cluttered, smoke scarred London with its cacophonous clash of bells; every location is perfect and serves the story well. The ruins of an old cathedral in the family grounds is an evocative environment and the various ways it is used to further the plot is thrilling in its invention.

The language is beautiful and precise, the prosaic nature of government and family politics is rendered with such imagination and poise that the plot, as it unravels, is gripping at every turn and the scenes we encounter as Anna’s world closes in on her are filled with emotional authenticity. The use of a Keats poem to foreshadow a key plot point is a moment of joy.

The opulence of scenery, of performance and complexity to this tale is so overwhelming  that to attempt to cast a critical eye upon its entirety is futile. This is a powerful masterwork whose elements combine to produce a moving, thrilling film.

Glorious 39 is out in cinemas on the 20th of November.