Speed The Plow Review
The Plot: Two friendly but jaded Hollywood executives celebrate their good fortune after landing a major star for a sure fire box office hit. But after an encounter with a seemingly naïve young secretary, one of them struggles with an awkward newfound conscience. The Good: David Mamet’s Hollywood satire is a deceptively simple but sharp [...]
Raindance Film Festival 2014 Interviews
The annual Raindance Film Festival kicked off in the heart of the west end last night with the red carpet premiere for I Origins, the intelligent science fiction follow up to Another Earth from Director Mike Cahill. The film stars Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Pitt and Brit Marling. The festival celebrates the best in independent film [...]
Asian Achievers Awards 2014 Winners
Award winners talked to Red Carpet News at the 14th annual Asian Achievers Awards ceremony in London at a star-studded gala event at the Grosvenor House Hotel, on London’s Park Lane. Winners included Hanif Kureshi CBE for Media, Arts and Culture; Mahmud Kamani, co-founder of boohoo.com for Business Person of the Year; and Wasim Khan [...]
Downton Abbey Series 5 Gets Charity Premiere
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the leading charity for the UK film, cinema and commercial television industries, has announced it is hosting a world exclusive preview screening of the Series Five opener of ITV’s hugely-popular Downton Abbey. Thanks to ITV and production company Carnival, the red carpet event will take place at the [...]
BFI London Film Festival 2014 Line Up
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an [...]
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Review
The Plot Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller team up again to bring a second dose of stories from Miller’s ever popular graphic novel. Bruce Willis, Powers Boothe and Mickey Rourke are among the returning faces, whilst newcomers Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin and Eva Green are added this time around. The Good It’s been 9 years [...]
Film4 Frightfest 2014 Day Five Blog
After 4 days of scares, Frightfest comes to a close with day 5. Here’s a look at what was on offer to round the festivities off: Nymph: Also known as Killer Mermaid in America, Nymph fails to deliver on it’s main selling point, namely the killer mermaid. Instead we get a rather poor attempt at [...]
Film4 Frightfest 2014 Day Four Blog
As the penultimate day ends, here’s a look at what horrific highlights were screened at day four of Frightfest: Faults: Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs The World) and Leland Orser (The Guest) star in this intriguing drama which takes a look at cults. rose plays Ansel, an expert in cult organisations who is hired [...]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Day Two Blog
With opening night out of the way, day two of Frightfest brings even more horror to entertain fans with not only 6 films playing in the three separate main screens, but 12 more in the two discovery screens. This of course means that choices have to be made and films must be sacrificed. Here’s a [...]
Lucy Review
The Plot After being inadvertently drawn into the trafficking of an experimental new drug, a typical young woman called Lucy is exposed to a massive dose of the strange blue substance, allowing her to unlock the full capacity of her brain and bringing with it seemingly unlimited superhuman powers. She has to quickly unlock the [...]