Alice Through The Looking Glass Pictures
Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Sacha Baron Cohen, Tim Burton and Director James Bobin gave a press conference in London ahead of the European Premiere for he Disney live action Alice In Wonderland sequel Through The Looking Glass. Check out a gallery of pictures and full video coverage below:
BAFTA TV Awards 2016 Winners List
Here is a full list of winners for the 2016 BAFTA TV Awards 2016. Wolf Hall, Doctor Foster, Thi is England and Peter Kay’s Car Share were among the big winners on the star studded night, with the awards ceremony attended by stars like Anna Kendrick, Mark Rylance, Justin Timberlake and Tom Hiddleston.
Leading actor
Winner: Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Idris Elba, Luther
Stephen Graham, This is England ’90
Ben Whishaw, London Spy
Leading actress
Winner: Suranne Jones, Doctor Foster
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Ruth Madeley, Don’t Take My Baby
Sheridan Smith, The C-Word
Supporting actor
Winner: Tom Courtenay, Unforgotten
Anton Lesser, Wolf Hall
Ian McKellen, The Dresser
Cyril Nri, Cucumber
Supporting actress
Winner: Chanel Cresswell, This is England ’90
Michelle Gomez, Doctor Who
Lesley Manville, River
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, The Enfield Haunting
Entertainment performance
Winner: Leigh Francis, Celebrity Juice
Stephen Fry, QI
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
Romesh Ranganathan, Asian Provocateur
Male performance in a comedy programme
Winner: Peter Kay, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Hugh Bonneville, W1A
Toby Jones, Detectorists
Javone Prince, The Javone Prince Show
Female performance in a comedy programme
Winner: Michaela Coel, Chewing Gum
Sian Gibson, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Miranda Hart, Miranda
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Drama series
Winner: Wolf Hall
Humans
The Last Panthers
No Offence
Single drama
Winner: Don’t Take My Baby
The C-Word
Cyberbully
The Go-Between
Mini-series
Winner: This is England ’90
Doctor Foster
The Enfield Haunting
London Spy
Soap and continuing drama
Winner: EastEnders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Holby City
International
Winner: Transparent
The Good Wife
Narcos
Spiral
Entertainment programme
Winner: Strictly Come Dancing
Adele at the BBC
Britain’s Got Talent
TFI Friday Anniversary Special
Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Winner: Have I Got News For You
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe
QI
Would I Lie to You
Scripted comedy
Winner: Peter Kay’s Car Share
Chewing Gum
Peep Show
People Just Do Nothing
Features
Winner: The Great British Bake Off
Back in Time for Dinner
Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild
Travel Man
Radio Times Audience Award
Winner: Poldark
Doctor Foster
The Great British Bake Off
Humans
Making a Murderer
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Current affairs
Winner: Outbreak: The Truth about Ebola
Jihad: A British Story
Children of the Gaza War
Escape from Isis (Dispatches)
Single documentary
Winner: My Son the Jihadi
Bitter Lake
Life After Suicide
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Factual series
Winner: The Murder Detectives
The Detectives
Great Ormond Street
The Tribe
Reality and constructed factual
Winner: First Dates
Gogglebox
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds
Specialist factual
Winner: Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
Grayson Perry’s Dream House
The Hunt
Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom
News coverage
Winner: Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special
ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis
Sky News: From Turkey to Greece
Sport
Winner: The Ashes (Sky Sports)
The Grand National (Channel 4)
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final (BBC One)
Six Nations: Final Day (BBC One)
Live event
Winner: Big Blue Live (BBC One)
The Sound of Music Live! (ITV)
Stargazing Live: Brit in Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC Two)
The Vote (More4)
Captain America Civil War Review
The Plot
Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) come head to head when a fatal accident forces the Avengers to register with the United Nations in an effort to make the heroes take responsibility for the destruction they leave behind.
The Good
A month after DC kick started it’s cinematic universe by pitting Batman and Superman against each other, Marvel have followed suit in the form of Civil War. And instead of just two heroes battling each other, Captain America and Iron Man each get their own team behind them, made up of familiar faces: Black Widow (Scarlett Johannson) War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Vision (Paul Bettany) on team Iron Man, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) on team Cap.
Unlike last months big superhero mash up, Batman V Superman, Civil War feels more acceptable thanks to Marvel taking it’s time to get to this point after 2 phases and 12 films which have fleshed out the characters enough to warrant their reasons for in Captain America’s case apposing the registration act or in Iron Man’s case, welcoming it.
Directors Anthony and Joe Russo don’t seem fazed at all with this assortment of heroes and manage to balance out the fight sequences perfectly thanks to Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely’s script, even managing to introduce two new heroes into the mix with Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and a newly rebooted Spider-Man (Tom Holland) making their first MCU appearances before they make their stand-alone debuts next year. Both characters are introduced with just enough information to give some great moments in Civil War while teasing the next chapter in their own stories.
One of the most impressive feats of Civil War is the wonderful mix of both light-hearted fun with dark and serious undertones which after the tonal mess of Batman V Superman is a blessing. Thanks mainly to Ant-Man and Spider-Man’s brilliant humour and quips during the intense fight sequences. After two previous incarnations under the wing of Sony, it feels so good to have Spider-Man back with Marvel finally.
The Bad
Unfortunately there does seem to be a lack of bravery when it comes to the fight sequences. Though shot wonderfully, at no point does any character truly feel in peril. Partly due to the fact that the actors remaining contracts are well known which alleviates any real surprises. And while the titular war between the two teams is the main event, it does seem to somewhat sideline Daniel Brühl who brings an incredibly interesting villain, Zemo. He is peppered through the film but doesn’t really get too much to do compared to others which is a shame.
The Ugly Truth
Captain America: Civil War is a great achievement from a studio now in it’s third phase of it’s cinematic universe. Taking it’s time to get to this storyline gives it more depth than it’s DC counterpart and manages to balance out the big lineup of superheroes while introducing a couple of new ones in the mix. It’s just a shame that nothing truly shocking happens.
Review by Johnny Ellis
The Jungle Book Review
The Plot
When fierce tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) forces him to leave the jungle, man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi) embarks on a journey of self discovery with the aid of panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) and free spirited bear, Baloo (Bill Murray)
The Good
Director Jon Favreau brings this live action reboot of the classic Rudyard Kipling novel to life with the help of just one actor surrounded by an incredible feat of special effects and a host of brilliantly cast voice actors. This update of the Disney animated classic sits firmly on the fence between live action and animation in the modern sense thanks to a beautifully transformed green screen that instantly makes you forget that this is all artificial.
The Jungle Book offers a much darker version of the much loved cartoon thanks in part to the voice talents of Idris Elba’s terrifying tiger, Shere Khan and Scarlett Johansson’s mystifying snake, Kaa. Bill Murray meanwhile manages to bring some much needed lightness to the story as the laid back Baloo, a role in which Murray was born to play and does so spectacularly. We also get the likes of Lupita Nyong’o and Giancarlo Esposito as Raksha and Akela respectively, and Christopher Walken as King Louie (a much more realistic Gigantopithecus as apposed to the animation’s jazzy orang-utan).
The Bad
Neel Sethi could not have had a more difficult task for his first feature length role. Most of the film rests on his performance which for the most part is fine but occasionally feels quite wooden. However he no doubt had to act with ultimately nothing thanks to everything else in the film consisting of green screen.
Of course, Disney couldn’t bring back the Jungle Book without the songs. This starts off well, with Bill Murray’s version of The Bare Necessities not undermining the original and giving it a more natural realistic feel. Christopher Walken’s I Wanna Be Like You likewise doesn’t completely copy the jazzy touch of the animation’s version but feels a bit more forced.
It’s surprising too, to learn that this is only rated PG. It feels at times to tip ever so slightly towards the 12A range so if you are thinking about taking young ones, perhaps it would be best to check the BBFC’s insight. Christopher Walken’s chase sequence is among the few that do bring the aforementioned terror to the screen. Though perhaps terror is too strong a word…
The Ugly Truth
Favreau gives us a beautifully rendered jungle with an incredible line-up of voice talents that make this a worthy update. Though Neel Sethi does a good job as the sole live action actor, he can occasionally slip up, no doubt due to the immense amount of green screen he’s given. And while it can dip into darker territories every so often, it’s an incredible piece of work.
Review by Johnny Ellis
BAFTA TV Awards 2016 Nominations
Georgina Campbell and Dermot O’Leary announced this year’s line up of nominees for the BAFTA Television Awards. Wolf Hall, This Is England, Doctor Foster, The C Word and London Spy were all among the shows receiving significant recognition. Check out the full list of nominees for the 2016 BAFTA TV Awards, to be presented in London on 8 May below:
Leading actor
Idris Elba, Luther
Stephen Graham, This is England ’90
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Ben Whishaw, London Spy
Leading actress
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Suranne Jones, Doctor Foster
Ruth Madeley, Don’t Take My Baby
Sheridan Smith, The C-Word
Supporting actor
Tom Courtenay, Unforgotten
Anton Lesser, Wolf Hall
Ian McKellen, The Dresser
Cyril Nri, Cucumber
Supporting actress
Chanel Cresswell, This is England ’90
Michelle Gomez, Doctor Who
Lesley Manville, River
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, The Enfield Haunting
Entertainment performance
Leigh Francis, Celebrity Juice
Stephen Fry, QI
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
Romesh Ranganathan, Asian Provocateur
Male performance in a comedy programme
Hugh Bonneville, W1A
Toby Jones, Detectorists
Peter Kay, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Javone Prince, The Javone Prince Show
Female performance in a comedy programme
Michaela Coel, Chewing Gum
Sian Gibson, Peter Kay’s Car Share
Miranda Hart, Miranda
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Drama series
Humans
The Last Panthers
No Offence
Wolf Hall
Single drama
The C-Word
Cyberbully
Don’t Take My Baby
The Go-Between
Mini-series
Doctor Foster
The Enfield Haunting
London Spy
This is England ’90
Soap and continuing drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Holby City
International
The Good Wife
Narcos
Spiral
Transparent
Entertainment programme
Adele at the BBC
Britain’s Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
TFI Friday Anniversary Special
Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe
Have I Got News For You
QI
Would I Lie to You
Scripted comedy
Chewing Gum
Peep Show
People Just Do Nothing
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Features
Back in Time for Dinner
The Great British Bake Off
Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild
Travel Man
Radio Times Audience Award
Doctor Foster
The Great British Bake Off
Humans
Making a Murderer
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Poldark
Current affairs
Children of the Gaza War
Escape from Isis (Dispatches)
Jihad: A British Story
Outbreak: The Truth about Ebola
Single documentary
Bitter Lake
Life After Suicide
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
My Son the Jihadi
Factual series
The Detectives
Great Ormond Street
The Murder Detectives
The Tribe
Reality and constructed factual
First Dates
Gogglebox
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds
Specialist factual
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
Grayson Perry’s Dream House
The Hunt
Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom
News coverage
BBC News at Six: Paris Attacks Special
Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
ITV News at Ten: Refugee Crisis
Sky News: From Turkey to Greece
Sport
The Ashes (Sky Sports)
The Grand National (Channel 4)
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final (BBC One)
Six Nations: Final Day (BBC One)
Live event
Big Blue Live (BBC One)
The Sound of Music Live! (ITV)
Stargazing Live: Brit in Space, Tim Peake Special (BBC Two)
The Vote (More4)