Article Archive for October 2010

“Miral is a red flower that grows on the side of the road. You’ve probably seen millions of them”. The opening line to Rula Jebreal’s screenplay – directed by Julian Schnabel and based on Jebreal’s …

‘The King’s Speech’ has already won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is surely set to win many more.
Set from 1925-1939, Tom Hooper’s ‘The King’s Speech’ is the story …

The internet was all of a flutter yesterday as a tiny piece about the use of iPads in Hollywood mentioned a meeting which took place with writers and producers of the second Star Trek movie …

Some of Essex’s finest are ‘’dolling’’ themselves up for the TV crews of ITV2, in a bid to become the newest reality socialites since The Hills. The new reality show premiered on Sunday, with a …

In the first press conference of this year’s London Film Festival, we find out from Director Mark Romanek the pressures of making a very British movie, screenwriter Alex Garland on how he adapted the book …

“You are a good man but, you have a secret”, says an intuitive prostitute (Violante Placido) to a mysterious American, George Clooney. Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’, an adaptation of Martin Booth’s Novel ‘A Very Private …

Leap Year, Michael Rowe’s debut feature film – which earned him the Camera D’Or at Cannes this year – is a graphic tale of Laura (Monica del Carmen) , an isolated woman living in Mexico City. Aside from …

In Jeanne Labrune’s tale of psychology and prostitution, a dry-humoured Alice Bergerac (Isabelle Huppert) goes through the motions of realising that antique fruit bowls and expensive chandeliers are not worth laying down the pipes for …

The 54th London Film Festival begins today and promises a host of screenings and events which will bring the world’s great film makers to the capital. Already sold out are events like Darren Aronofsky’s Q a& A about his work, …

The talent behind Joss Whedon’s now very cancelled Dollhouse have created this little music video, viewable below, to mark Dollhouse being released on DVD. It’s an awesomely shot, totally disturbing and very cool new …

The CW’s Vampire Diaries has been killing it on Thursday nights since its second season began airing in September. To reward fans, stars Candice Accola (Caroline) and Ian Somerhalder (Damon) appeared at a Hot Topic …

It’s the second episode of our shiny new podcast about television. Which means we’ve aired as much as Lonestar. Poor, poor Lonestar.
This week Kirsty and Kevin whittle on about the latest episode of Glee, “Grilled …
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Ratings are sometimes cruel. They can lead to a show you love leaving you. They can also lead to situations where we question how such a good show could possibly fail, why, when all our friends watch it, the rest …

It’s the first ever episode of our shiny new podcast about television. And because we’re not on FOX, we might last more than 2 episodes.
Just Kirsty Walker and Kevin Beaumont as we explore what went …
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