High-Rise Poster & Interviews

Studiocanal has proudly revealed the final main poster for Ben Wheatley’s highly anticipated HIGH-RISE. Based on the novel by J.G. Ballard and starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss the film finally arrives in UK cinemas on 18th March. Official synopsis and exclusive interviews with Tom Hiddleston, the cast and Director Ben Wheatley below:

1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing moves into his new apartment seeking soulless anonymity, only to find that the building’s residents have no intention of leaving him alone. Resigned to the complex social dynamics unfolding around him, Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighbourly. As he struggles to establish his position, Laing’s good manners and sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the lifts fail but the party goes on. People are the problem. Booze is the currency. Sex is the panacea. Only much later, as he sits on his balcony eating the architect’s dog, does Dr. Robert Laing finally feel at home.

Grammy Awards 2016 Key Winners List

Here’s the full list of the notable winners at the biggest night in the music calendar, the 58th Grammy Awards 2016.  Lady Gaga performed an elaborate tribute piece to musical icon David Bowie at the star studded ceremony, but the night belonged to Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar. Swift won the album of the year award for the second time while Lamar won five awards, the most for any individual artist at this year’s event. Full details below of nominees and winners for key categories out of the 83 actually awarded. 

Record of the year

Really Love – D’Angelo and the Vanguard
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – WINNER
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Can’t Feel My Face – the Weeknd

Album of the year

Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
1989 – Taylor Swift – WINNER
Beauty Behind the Madness – the Weeknd

Song of the year

Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Girl Crush – Little Big Town
See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran – WINNER

Best new artist

Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor – WINNER

Best pop solo performance

Heartbeat Song – Kelly Clarkson
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran – WINNER
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Can’t Feel My Face – the Weeknd

Best pop duo/group performance

Ship to Wreck – Florence + The Machine
Sugar – Maroon 5
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – WINNER
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
See You Again – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

Best pop vocal album

Piece By Piece – Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine
Uptown Special – Mark Ronson
1989 – Taylor Swift – WINNER
Before This World – James Taylor

Best dance recording

We’re All We Need – Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston
Go – the Chemical Brothers
Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
Runaway (U & I) – Galantis
Where Are Ü Now – Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber – WINNER

Best dance/electronic album

Our Love – Caribou
Born in the Echoes – the Chemical Brothers
Caracal – Disclosure
In Colour – Jamie xx
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – Skrillex and Diplo – WINNER

Best rock performance

Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes – WINNER
What Kind of Man – Florence + the Machine
Something From Nothing – Foo Fighters
Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King
Moaning Lisa Smile – Wolf Alice

Best metal performance

Identity – August Burns Red
Cirice – Ghost – WINNER!
512 – Lamb Of God
Thank You – Sevendust
Custer – Slipknot

Best rock song

Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes – WINNER
Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King
Hold Back the River – James Bay
Lydia – Highly Suspect
What Kind Of Man – Florence + The Machine

Best rock album

Chaos and the Calm – James Bay
Kintsugi – Death Cab For Cutie
Mister Asylum – Highly Suspect
Drones – Muse – WINNER
.5: The Gray Chapter – Slipknot

Best alternative music album

Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes – WINNER
Vulnicura – Björk
The Waterfall – My Morning Jacket
Currents – Tame Impala
Star Wars – Wilco

Best R&B performance

If I Don’t Have You – Tamar Braxton
Rise Up – Andra Day
Breathing Underwater – Hiatus Kaiyote
Planes – Jeremiah featuring J Cole
Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) – the Weeknd – WINNER

Best R&B song

Coffee – Miguel
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – the Weeknd
Let It Burn – Jazmine Sullivan
Really Love – D’Angelo and the Vanguard – WINNER
Shame – Tyrese

Best urban contemporary album

Ego Death – the Internet
You Should Be Here – Kehlani
Blood – Lianne La Havas
Wildheart – Miguel
Beauty Behind the Madness – the Weeknd – WINNER

Best R&B album

Coming Home – Leon Bridges
Black Messiah – D’Angelo and the Vanguard – WINNER
Cheers to the Fall – Andra Day
Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie – Charlie Wilson

Best rap performance

Apparently – J Cole
Back to Back – Drake
Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
Alright – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Truffle Butter – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne
All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney

Best rap/sung collaboration

One Man Can Change the World – Big Sean featuring Kanye West and John Legend
Glory – Common and John Legend
Classic Man – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
These Walls – Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat – WINNER
Only – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown

Best rap song

All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Alright – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Energy – Drake
Glory – Common & John Legend
Trap Queen – Fetty Wap

Best rap album

2014 Forest Hills Drive – J Cole
Compton – Dr Dre
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj

Best country solo performance

Burning House – Cam
Traveller – Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Little Toy Guns – Carrie Underwood
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 – Keith Urban
Chances Are – Lee Ann Womack

Best country duo/group performance

Stay a Little Longer – Brothers Osborne
If I Needed You – Joey+Rory
The Driver – Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley and Eric Paslay
Girl Crush – Little Big Town
Lonely Tonight – Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe

Best country song

Chances Are – Lee Ann Womack
Diamond Rings and Old Barstools – Tim McGraw
Girl Crush – Little Big Town – WINNER
Hold My Hand – Brandy Clark
Traveller – Chris Stapleton

Best country album

Montevallo – Sam Hunt
Pain Killer – Little Big Town
The Blade – Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves
Traveller – Chris Stapleton – WINNER

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – WINNER
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma

Producer of the year, non-classical

Jeff Bhasker – WINNER!
Dave Cobb
Diplo
Larry Klein
Blake Mills

Best music video

LSD – A$AP Rocky
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) – The Dead Weather
Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Freedom – Pharrell Williams

Best music film

Mr Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown – James Brown
Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters
What Happened, Miss Simone? – Nina Simone
The Wall – Roger Waters
Amy – Amy Winehouse – WINNER

BAFTA Film Awards 2016 Winners

At tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards The Revenant was named Best Film with Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Director and Leonardo DiCaprio receiving the award for Leading Actor. Emmanuel Lubezki won for Cinematography – his fourth BAFTA overall and third win in a row, and the film also won for Sound.

Mad Max: Fury Road won four awards for its return to the big screen: Costume Design, Production Design, Make Up & Hair and Editing.

The Awards were hosted for an eleventh year by Stephen Fry and held at London’s Royal Opera House. In a ceremony that reflected an outstanding year of filmmaking, 12 further features received BAFTA awards:

Leading Actress was presented to Brie Larson for her portrayal of a young mother held captive in Room, while the award for Supporting Actress went to Kate Winslet for her performance in Steve Jobs. Mark Rylance received the BAFTA for Supporting Actor in Bridge of Spies, with Steven Spielberg onstage to accept the award on his behalf.

The award for Outstanding British Film went to Brooklyn, a transatlantic love story about a young woman caught between a future in New York and her home in Ireland. British film Amy triumphed against domestic and international competition to receive the BAFTA for Documentary.

The award for Original Music went to Ennio Morricone for his work on The Hateful Eight, marking the composer’s sixth BAFTA in this category. Spotlight was successful in the Original Screenplay category, and the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to The Big Short.

The award for Special Visual Effects went to Star Wars for its rendering of a galaxy far, far away, while the BAFTA for Animated Film went to Inside Out for its imagining of a world much closer to home.

Writer-Director Naji Abu Nowar and Producer Rupert Lloyd received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for their first feature, Theeb. The BAFTA for Film Not in the English Language was presented to Argentinian film Wild Tales.

Operator won the British Short Film award, while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was presented to Edmond.

The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public, was presented to John Boyega.

The special award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was presented to Angels Costumes, the world’s longest-established and largest professional costume house, in their 175th year.

Sir Sidney Poitier received the Fellowship, the highest accolade that BAFTA can bestow, in recognition of his outstanding career in film. Sir Sidney’s award was presented to him by Jamie Foxx and his daughter, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, in his Los Angeles home. During the ceremony filmed tributes were given by Oprah Winfrey, Noel Clarke and his To Sir, With Love co-star, Lulu.

John Boyega Wins EE Rising Star BAFTA

EE invites film fans to enjoy a unique view of the prestigious BAFTA awards with a short film released this morning. The ’through the eye of the mask…’ video takes viewers on a journey from the perspective of the iconic statue awarded to the winner of the EE Rising Star Award, the only BAFTA voted for by the public.

The world’s first 4GEE Capture Cam was fitted to the mask with its lens looking out on the action in order to offer a sneak peek on the night’s events as they unfolded. From a glimpse into Stephen Fry’s dressing room at the Royal Opera House, to making its way down the glamorous red carpet, to the moment citation reader and last year’s EE Rising Star Award winner Jack O’Connell handed over the award to this year’s winner John Boyega, the film captured an exclusive, never-before-seen view of the night’s action.

The End of Longing Review

The Plot

Jack Stephanie, Joseph and Stevie are four lost souls entering their forties and searching for meaning. After sharing one raucous night together in a Downton LA bar their lives become irreversibly entwined in a rollercoaster journey that forces them to confront the darker sides of their relationships.

The Good

Writer and star Matthew Perry has delivered a production that reflects the very finest aspects of his trademark wit and sincerity. The overall tone of the show is both frequently hilarious and genuinely moving. Perry’s writing and his own personal performance is savagely honest and truthfully bittersweet.

Playing Jack, a cynically charming alcoholic, the award winning Friends star goes beyond his popular sitcom persona and bravely tackles some clearly personal subject matter. Perry delivers a truly impressive dramatic performance that is powerfully raw and vulnerable, skilfully combined in a delicate balance with his innate comedic charisma.

During the plays most intense and confessional moments, Perry directly speaks to the audience about the agony and frustration of addiction. Perry’s writing and earnest delivery demonstrates emphatically his informed and compassionate understanding of the subject. The popular stars own self publicised past demons gives the production an added dimension and credible weight.

Perhaps most impressive is Perry’s achievement of ensuring that the play’s darker themes of mid-life inner demons never overpower audiences. The play addresses real issues but with the support of a constant uplifting humour.

Although Matthew Perry is an undeniable ‘box office draw’ the supporting cast of this evenly composed four hander is collectively magnificent. Christina Cole gives an amusingly neurotic performance as pharmaceutical rep Stevie and Lloyd Owen plays her dim witted love interest Joseph with understated brilliance. Completing the talented quartet, Jennifer Mudge is by turns sensuous, hilarious and tragic as a brashly unapologetic escort Stephanie.  The comedic chemistry between the cast is utterly real and compelling.

In lesser hands the plays approach of having characters frequently monologue directly to audiences could have been an awkward theatrical device. But with performances this good it works effectively to create an intimate atmosphere that showcases the true depth and talent of Perry’s writing.

The Bad

There is literally nothing bad to be said about this production, aside from simply acknowledging that anyone expecting to merely see Chandler Bing on stage should be aware this isn’t their Friends DVD boxset. The play’s language and themes are more adult that a lightweight TV sitcom, but that’s certainly not a bad thing.

The Ugly Truth

The End of Longing is a sharply written piece of poignant drama and laugh out loud comedy fun. Perry leads a magnificent ensemble cast in a production packed with sincerity and raw emotion. It’s hard to imagine anyone but the most cynical critics failing to appreciate the play’s wit and heart.

The End Of Longing runs till 14th may 2016 and tickets are available now from http://endoflonging.co.uk/

Review by Russell Nelson