Sally Hawkins & More Join Phil Morrison’s Lucky Dog

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Sally Hawkins (Made in Dagenham), Paul Giamatti (Win Win) and Paul Rudd (Knocked Up) have signed on to star in dramedy Lucky Dog. Lucky Dog centers on two rival conmen who pair up on a get-rich-quick-scheme to sell Christmas tress in New York. Phil Morrison, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed Junebug, will direct from a screenplay [...]

First Look at Jeremy Irvine as Pip in Great Expectations

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We’ve just been sent the first image of Jeremy Irvine as Pip in Mike Newell’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expecations. We recently saw Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham and now we have a look at Irvine in his role as Pip. Newell is in the middle of shooting the film now and the [...]

First Look At A Terrifying Helena Bonham Carter In Great Expectations

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Helena Bonham Carter seems to be able to pull off the Queen of Darkness look with ease – you only need to watch her performance as Bellatrix Lestrange in one of the Harry Potter films to see it – and it looks like she’ll be taking advantage of that in her upcoming role as Miss [...]

Jane Eyre Competiton: Win A Limited Edition Writing Set & Book

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To celebrate the September 9th release of Jane Eyre in cinemas nationwide, we have an exclusive Jane Eyre writing set to giveaway to a lucky reader, and 4 copies of the book to competition runners-up. In a bold new feature version of Jane Eyre, director Cary Joji Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) and screenwriter Moira Buffini (Tamara [...]

Jane Eyre Review

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Jane Eyre is the story of a young orphaned girl who is brought up by her aunt, living among cousins who beat and steal from her. She is treated like an outcast, punished severely, and eventually sent away to a strict boarding school. It is there Jane meets here very first friend, but circumstances separate [...]

Interview: Cary Fukunaga on Jane Eyre

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2009′s Sin Nombre was an audacious debut from Cary Fukunaga and won the director great acclaim and marked him as a man to watch. It was a with a measure of surprise and excitement that we greeted the news that his next film was to be an adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic Jane Eyre, a [...]

Interview: Richard Ayoade on Submarine

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Submarine is an easy film to love and the 1st of August sees the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray so what better time to sit down with its director Richard Ayoade, eh? Ayoade’s debut feature is a confident and beautiful film which brings Joe Dunthorne’s novel to the big screen in great style. Craig [...]

New Jane Eyre Clip – Michael Fassbender asks if He is Handsome!

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Focus Features International have just sent over this new clip from their new movie Jane Eyre where the awesome Michael Fassbender has to ask the question ‘Do you find me handsome!’ Unfortunately he doesn’t get the answer that he’s looking for although. Directed by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), Jane Eyre is based on the acclaimed novel of the [...]

Submarine DVD Details and TV Spot

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This is how I see it. If we are happy (and we are) to devote a whole post to the big new box of Blu-ray for Jurassic Park (a film which we’ve probably all got on one format or another) then it is our duty to do the same for a film that will have [...]

Official UK Trailer and Poster for Jane Eyre

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Focus Features International have released the official UK trailer and poster for Jane Eyre. Directed by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), Jane Eyre is based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Charlotte Brontë, and stars Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Sophie Ward and Craig Roberts. After a bleak childhood, Jane [...]

US Trailer for Submarine Surfaces

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Here in the UK we’ve been lucky enough to have had Richard Ayoade’s debut feature Submarine in our cinemas for a month or so, but our US cousins have to wait until the 3rd of June to enjoy this perfect little film. So, if you’re in the US or elsewhere and eagerly anticipating this film [...]

Made in Dagenham DVD Review

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This is a story that needs to be told.  So say the cast in the DVD extras for Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham and they are absolutely right.  The story of the 1968 women’s strike at the Ford plant in Dagenham is an unexpected gem and one that you will not often stumble upon.  It [...]

Win a copy of Made In Dagenham on DVD in Time for Mother’s Day

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With a stellar British cast, Made In Dagenham is the inspiring story of the women who made history. Award-winning Sally Hawkins is Rita O’Grady, a feisty yet warm-hearted worker at the Ford car plant in Dagenham who leads the girls in a revolution for equal pay for women. Not only is Made in Dagenham a [...]

Submarine Review

Adapted from Joe Dunthorne’s novel, Submarine is a quirky indie-comedy that marks the feature film debut of actor/music video director Richard Ayoade. Submarine tells the story of Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), a teenager in a small Welsh town with two goals: to lose his virginity and to prevent his mother (Sally Hawkins) from leaving his father [...]

Win Tickets to See Submarine

Richard Ayoade’s debut Submarine, is released on March 18th and stars newcomers Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige as well as Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor and Paddy Considine. To celebrate the release we’ve got 9 pairs of tickets to give away to a special screening in London on Monday 14th March. Synopsis: Producers Warp Films (This Is [...]

New Clip from Jane Eyre

Apple have released a new clip from the new Focus Features movie retelling the classic story of Jane Eyre. Cary Fukunaga directs a fabulous ensemble cast which includes Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judy Dench, Sally Hawkins and Jamie Bell. Synopsips: Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) and Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) star in the romantic drama [...]

Official Trailer For Submarine

Optimum Releasing and Think Jam have unveiled the world exclusive trailer for Richard Ayoade’s directorial feature Submarine Submarine is a highly acclaimed dark coming-of-age comedy starring Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor, Sally Hawkins, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige and Gemma Chan. The Telegraph called it “the most refreshing, urgent and original debut the British Industry has seen in years.” [...]

New Images from Jane Eyre Escape From the Attic

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Director Cary Fukanaga has chosen a very different kind of film to follow his feature debut Sin Nombre, and in taking on a literary classic Fukanaga has wisely chosen some of the most impressive new actors to star in Jane Eyre. Posters have come and gone, as has a decent trailer, and now new images [...]

Submarine Poster

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Optimum Releasing, via MTV, have unveiled the first official poster for acclaimed dark comedy-drama Submarine. Directed by Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), Submarine is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by author Joe Dunthorne. Submarine stars Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige and Sally Hawkins, and will open in the [...]

A Shockingly Bad US Poster for Made in Dagenham

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I love poster designs for movies. I love the thought that goes into them, the artistry even down to how the text sits on it, but what the heck is going on with this?! The movie looks rather good and you can read our review of it here from when it was released in the [...]