Results tagged “film”
This should have been a conversation about film.
After all, it's not as if Ken Loach doesn't have a few to choose from after nearly five decades. But it's like arm-wrestling a construction crane. Sooner or later, you can't resist the temptation to start talking about politics.
He once proudly proclaimed there were no more heroes but Hugh Cornwell could find himself something of a role model for a new generation of songwriters.
The former Stranglers frontman will be at the British Music Experience at The O2 next week presenting a songwriting masterclass.
FILM
Up In The Air (15)
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Jason Reitman directs George Clooney in a story about a corporate hatchet man whose jetset lifestyle is destabilised by two women.
CD
The Road, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Mute, £14.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
The two Bad Seeds provide the perfect partnership to this post apocalyptic movie.
Dancing queens and Abba themes will be the name of the game when the hit movie Mamma Mia gets a special showing at The O2 in January.
The film, the highest grossing film of all time at the British box office, will be shown on a 100ft screen at the arena on January 24, giving up to 12,000 fans the chance to enjoy it in all its spangly glory.
HORROR
Drag Me To Hell
Universal, £19.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
It's more slimy and horrible than shredded wheat vomited back into the breakfast bowl, but Sam Raimi's screamer is great fun
FANTASY
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12A)
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Heath Ledger's last film is not just a fond memory of the actor, but a tribute to the imagination of the director that allowed it to reach the screen
How far does a person have to go to make it onto the credits of a movie?
You could spend months making a film, sink millions into it, or just throw in a tenner and sit back. Feature film first-timers Oleg Ozoling and Chris Presswell are among thousands of movie-makers looking for precious funding in tough times.
Year One (12A)
Jack Black does Genesis with added comedy
Sunshine Cleaning (15)
Crime scene cleaners overcome offal lives
My Sister's Keeper (12A)
Cancer tears a family apart
Looking For Eric (15)
Loach and Cantona form social realist dream team
The Hangover (15)
Three men wake up in Vegas with a headache
The Last House On The Left (18)
Horror retread goes for the jugular
Click here for original Terminator star Linda Hamilton's thoughts on the franchise
SCI-FI ACTION
Terminator Salvation (12A)
2/5
IN A NUTSHELL
The Terminator lunges for your cash again, but is knee-capped by shoddy plotting and clear signs that this saga has run way past its course.
HORROR
Drag Me To Hell (15)
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
A glorious goulash of shocks, laughs and enough ugly fluids to turn the Sahara into a beachside hotspot.
The legendary Wolfman has been on the prowl in Greenwich after dark.
Night-time shooting has been taking place this month at the Old Royal Naval College, as the finishing touches are applied to the remake of the 1941 monster movie.
As film budgets go, the piggy bank for Brit-drama Shifty wouldn't even cover Star Trek's kitty for cakes and pastries.
If you think this means Isle of Dogs-based director Eran Creevy's film won't be a success, just check the posters at a Tube station near you.
Proud Londoners such as Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki and Danny Dyer are exposing London's dark heart with a new film.
City Rats meshes eight lives in the capital in a "Pulp Fiction-style blend", which made its European debut at the East End Film Festival.
In The Loop (15)
Sharp political satire
5/5
"In The Loop removes the mythical sheen from the political world, revealing the haplessness, tedium, confusion and slime huddled underneath."
Budding filmmakers could see their creations on screen at the Canary Wharf Film Festival in September.
Organisers began accepting submissions yesterday for the event, which returns for its third year in late 2009.
The Boat That Rocked (15)
Director: Richard Curtis
2/5
"This is Curtis's hymn to the pirate radio days, when the BBC stuck its fingers in its ears and went la, la, la, to drown out the explosion of British rock."
Film director Ridley Scott became the 62nd recipient of a fellowship from the BFI last week.
The man behind Alien and Blade Runner discusses the pressures of command, his planned venture into 3D and the art of splattering a creature out of a man's chest.
Film festival visitors will be able to watch events such as the Queen's coronation in 3D next month.
Cineworld West India Quay will show footage such as Elvis Presley concerts as part of the East End Film Festival from April 23 to 30.
