British Independent Film Award Nominations 2014

This year’s nominations for the British Independent Film Awards were announced by Jared Harris today with the Imitation Game, Pride, ’71, Mr Turner and Frank leading the field with multiple nominations. Benedict Cumberbatch is honored with this year’s Variety Award, while Emma Thompson receives the Richard Harris Award. Best Director John Michael McDonagh for Calvary Lenny Abrahamson for Frank Matthew [...]

The Imitation Game Premiere Live Stream

Later tonight Red Carpet News will be on the red carpet for the official opening of this year’s London film festival and you can join us… Watch the red carpet action from THE IMITATION GAME, Opening Night Gala of the 58th BFI London Film Festival, live from Leicester Square tomorrow evening at 5:30pm in the live [...]

Effie Gray Review

The Plot Inspired by real life historical events, the film delves into the infamous marriage between celebrated Victorian Art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Euphemia Gray. Exploring the torments of a famously troubled union at a time when women were perhaps more vulnerable to cruel oppression. The Good Dakota Fanning is a rare [...]

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 [...]

The Boxtrolls Review

The Plot When the evil Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) targets the underground cave-dwellers known as the boxtrolls, their adopted human, Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) must fight to save them from being flattened in Snatchers plans to move up in the world and finally be awarded the privilege of sitting amongst the illustrious White Hats group. The [...]

As Above So Below Review

The Plot A team of explorers delve into the depths of the catacombs buried under the streets of Paris to find the philosopher’s stone. But the deeper they go, the bigger mysteries they oncover… The Good This latest found footage flick from the makers of Quarantine and Devil starts strong enough with a well done [...]

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 [...]

The Guest Review

The Plot When David (Dan Stevens – Downton Abbey) visits the Peterson family to pass on a message from their recently deceased son and his old comrade, he’s almost instantly welcomed as part of the family and invited to stay a few days. But as people start dying, daughter Anna (Maika Monroe) starts to suspect [...]

Men, Woman & Children Official Trailer

Here’s the first official trailer for Men, Women & Children, the new film from Up In The Air & Juno writer/director Jason Reitman. Based on the novel by Chad Kultgen and out later this year, the strong ensemble cast includes Ansel Elgort , Adam Sandler, Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Jennifer Garner, Dean Norris and J.K. Simmons. The film seems set to continue Reitman’s impressive pattern [...]