Jason Segel To Play David Foster Wallace
How I Met You Mother star Jason Segel has joined the cast of The End of The Tour, the big screen adaptation of book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace. The book is an account of Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s travels with acclaimed author David Foster [...]
Peter O’Toole Dies at 81
Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O’Toole passed away yesterday at the age of 81 in a London hospital, following a long battle with illness. O’Toole will perhaps be best remembered for his iconic performance in David Lean’s epic biopic of British adventurer T.E. Lawrence, the soldier who led the Arab rebellion against the Turks during [...]
Amazing Spider-Man 2 Extended Trailer
Sony recently released the first trailer for Amazing Spider-Man 2, the sequel to Marc Webb’s successful franchise reboot. The new film sees Andrew Garfield reprise his role as web slinging hero Peter Parker alongside a beautifully blonde Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey. Predictably the trailer literally promises Spider-Man facing his ‘greatest battle yet’ and introduces [...]
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug Fun Facts
This week sees the long awaited release of the second chapter in Peter Jackson’s big screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein’s fantasy epic The Hobbit. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventures of Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandelf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to [...]
British Independent Film Awards Winners 2013
British talent turned out this evening for the 16th Moët British Independent Film Awards. The winners were announced at the star-studded ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate which was hosted by BIFA Winning actor James Nesbitt. Best British Independent Film was won by Metro Manila with the film’s director Sean Ellis picking up Best Director. Lindsay [...]
Cuban Fury Official Trailer
Studiocanal has given us our first look at new salsa flavored British comedy Cuban Fury , courtesy of the team behind Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz an Paul, starring Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd and Rashida Jones. Official Synopsis and video below: Beneath Bruce Garrett’s shabby, overweight exterior, the passionate beating heart of a salsa king lays dormant. Only one woman can reignite [...]
British Independent Film Awards Nominations 2013
The Moët British Independent Film Awards nominations have been announced this morning by Ewan McGregor. The ceremony itself will take place on 8th December at Old Billingsgate in central London. Now in its 16th year, the Awards were created in 1998 by Raindance and set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British film-making, to honor new talent, and to promote [...]
Thor The Dark World Review
The Plot: With Loki imprisoned on Asgard and Thor busy restoring order to the war torn nine realms, a strange discovery on earth triggers the return of a vengeful ancient race, determined to plunge the universe back into darkness. Thor must reunite with his lost love Jane Foster and even work alongside his treacherous brother [...]
Thor The Dark World New Clips
Check out some new official clips for Marvel sequel Thor The Dark World. The film stars Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Natalie Portman (Jane Foster) and Anthony Hopkins (Odin). Directed by Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor, the much anticipated sequel sees Thor battle an ancient race of Dark Elves led by the vengeful Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) who threatens to plunge the universe back into darkness after the events of The Avengers.
Fox Makes Commissioner Gordon TV Series
The Fox television network is making a Batman spin-off TV series based on the origin story of Police Commissioner Gordon. Written by Bruno Heller (Rome & The Mentalist) the new show will feature Gordon as a young detective, squaring off against some of Batman’s best known foes without the help of the dark knight. Gary [...]