EIFF 2011 – Fast Romance Review

Fast Romance

Marketed by the Edinburgh Film Festival as Scotland’s answer to Love, Actually, Fast Romance follows a series of intertwining love stories, each thread somehow linked to the eponymous Fast Romance, a Glasgow-based speed-dating service. As is to be expected from any such ensemble comedy some subplots are more successful than others. More-so than in the [...]

See Film Differently: Trainspotting

VW See Film Differently

This week, I was cordially invited to attend a See Film Differently event in Edinburgh on behalf of HeyUGuys. See Film Differently is a concept established by Volkswagen and Little White Lies. The idea is to hold unique and immersive film screenings, where press and members of the public can enjoy classic films in the places [...]

Kelly MacDonald Features in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Kelly MacDonald

Vanity Fair have broke the news that Kelly MacDonald (Choke) will be playing The Gray Lady, aka the Ghost of Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Despite the fact filming on the final installment has now wrapped, the casting news has previously been unreported. Kelly MacDonald made her acting debut in Danny Boyle’s [...]

Danny Boyle Receives BFI Fellowship at London Film Festival Awards; Clio Barnard Wins for The Arbor

As previously reported Danny Boyle was honoured last night with the BFI Fellowship on the eve of the London Film Festival’s close, with his latest 127 Hours set to play to eager crowds at the Closing Gala screening tonight. Boyle was handed the award by Stephen Daldry, and as part of the Festival awards Martin [...]

Danny Boyle to Receive BFI Fellowship

Following his Oscar success with Slumdog Millionaire it was assured that Danny Boyle’s next film would receive great attention and 127 Hours starring James Franco is highly anticipated and should make an excellent closing night film for the 54th London Film Festival this year. I can still remember sitting in a Southampton cinema as the [...]

Win a Plethora of Film4 Blu-ray Box Sets

Film 4 - Brit Indie Packshot

This is another one of those competitions that I wish I could enter! We’re giving three lucky people the chance to win one copy of each of the following box set meaning each winner will add 11 of the greatest Film4 movies ever made to their collection! Titles include: Brit Indie Collection 4 disc DVD [...]

Trainspotting’s Irvine Welsh to Direct The Magnificent Eleven

irvine welsh

As much as I loved The Magnificent Seven I always felt the one thing it was missing was Football. I’m certain a quick kick around would have lifted spirits between raids on the village and while I’m clearly being facetious the news from Berlin today that Trainspotting Novelist and director of the darts film Good [...]