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Attack the Block is a movie I’ve wanted to see ever since it screened in London a couple of weeks ago. It’s the first feature film by Director Joe Cornish who you may know from Adam and Joe fame and is Executive Produced by none other than Edgar Wright. This evening’s screening took place at [...]
Eight days are all that separate a hungry UK movie-going audience and their chance to witness Joe Cornish’s urban sci-fi Attack the Block. The film first struck at the heart of SXSW earlier in the year which is where our man Dave saw, and loved, it and in a welcome change to the usual US-centric [...]
Just watching this new trailer for The Beaver makes me remember how flipping good this movie was. Honestly, you won’t be disappointed. Put aside any dislike, or disdain you have for Mel Gibson’s personal life and go and see this movie when it’s released on 17th June in the UK. You can read my review [...]
One movie I definitely recommend you catch during the summer is Bridesmaids. I got to see a very early screening of the movie at SXSW and up until the point where I fell down the stairs leaving the cinema (yes, I am a dufus!), I loved it! You can read my review of the movie [...]
Austin, TX – ‘Caught Inside’ an Australian thriller about a group of surfers trapped with a manic thug out at sea, offers eye candy of surfing and fit bodies, but few thrills.< The story of a ‘Guys Only’ surfing trip, turned pleasure cruise when one of the men brings along two ladies, becomes some what [...]
It seems that we have some rather nice assets coming into us today with the latest being this rather nice behind the scenes look at Joe Cornish’s new movie, Attack the Block. I got to see the movie at SXSW and you can read my 5* review of it here. This is a really nice [...]
When I got to see Attack the Block at SXSW, people went crazy for it! This isn’t surprising now when you start to look at all the hype for the movie but at the time, the fact people went nuts over it was a big deal. SXSW was the place where people in America were [...]
At SXSW this year everyone expected Mel Gibson’s new movie to be pretty poor but it turned out to be one of the best movies I saw at the conference. The Beaver is directed by Jodie Foster who also stars in the movie alongside Gibson, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence. It tells the story of [...]
It probably won’t be until you’ve seen The Beaver that you’ll understand why I think this poster is so fantastic. The movie had it’s premiere at SXSW a couple of weeks ago and I was so pleased to be in the audience for the new movie which is both directed and starring Jodie Foster alongside [...]
The best part of most film festivals usually arrives every day around midnight, when some of the dramatic snoozers get put to rest so that the Sci-Fi and Horror gems can come out and play. Unfortunately, for reasons I can’t even seem to explain to myself, I managed to completely gloss over the premiere of [...]
Austin, TX – ‘Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey‘ takes an intimate look at the life and career of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who redefined the character of Elmo on the popular children’s television program Sesame Street. The documentary which screened at South by Southwest, is directed by Constance Marks, and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, follows Clash [...]
One of the biggest surprises for me at SXSW 2011 was the fact that The Beaver was actually an excellent film! It’ll have you laughing at the beginning and then crying by the end. Jodie Foster was at the Premiere to introduce the movie and opened by telling us that this wasn’t a comedy and [...]
Chilling, and Inventive Austin, TX – James Wan’s latest film, ‘Insidious’ managed to shock, scare and amuse the SXSW film festival audience during a midnight screening at Alamo South Lamar theatre. The story of a family, who begin to experience paranormal activity in their new home, may seem like your typical horror film setup, but [...]
Brand new British movie, Attack the Block (written and directed by Joe Cornish – of Adam and Joe fame) went down a treat at SXSW recently with pretty much everyone in loving it to pieces. It won the midnight screening audience award and you can read my 5 star review of the movie here. /Film [...]
SXSW have just announced that British Film, Attack the Block has won the audience choice for the midnight feature at the 2011 festival. This is such amazing news and is thoroughly deserved as the film is just awesome. You can read my review here. This evening, the movie will screen one last time at SXSW [...]
Can’t Stop Conan. Austin, TX – ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’ is an intimate look into the comedian’s life during his The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour. The film is kind of like ‘This is It‘ the documentary on Michael Jackson before his untimely passing, only difference is Conan didn’t die. His exhaustive routine [...]
Austin, TX – What happens when you merge a hitman genre film, with the cultish mystery of a Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut? You get Kill List, a UK film from director Ben Wheatley, starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael smiley, and Emma Fryer. The film follows an ex-military husband-and-wife team, who, along with their friend [...]
Austin, TX – The Foo Fighters have a documentary coming along which will coincide with the bands seventh studio album release this spring. FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, chronicles 16 years of the Foo Fighters history, the formation, good times and rocky times for the band. The film had its premiere here at the SXSW [...]
The World Premiere of The Beaver took place last night at SXSW 2011. Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with Mel Gibson in this thought-provoking story about a man suffering from depression, on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Walter Black can’t seem to get his life on track as a toy [...]
