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9 items from 2012
'Taggart' star Alex Norton cast in 'Waterloo Road'
1 April 2012 8:43 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Taggart star Alex Norton has been cast in the new series of Waterloo Road. The actor will play the headmaster of a rival private school who clashes with Waterloo Road head Michael Byrne (Alec Newman) when the school drama moves to Scotland. Gaynor Holmes, acting head of drama for BBC Scotland and executive producer of Waterloo Road, told the Sunday Mail: "Alex will be joining as the character Gerard Findlay, the headmaster of rival school Havelock High. "He has a very different philosophy to teaching from Michael and they are going to clash and butt heads. A lot of the local pupils will be attracted to Waterloo Road at the expense of the roll call at Havelock and that's going to get right up his nose. "So, you have two strong headmasters with very different approaches to teaching on (more) »
- By Colin Daniels
'Waterloo Road' stars launch new Scotland school
29 March 2012 3:21 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Waterloo Road stars Jaye Jacobs and Alec Newman have launched the drama's move to Scotland. The upcoming eighth series of the school drama has been relocated from Rochdale to Greenock's former Academy, and Jacobs said that she is looking forward to begin filming. "It's incredibly exciting," the former Holby City actress told The Scottish Sun. "We've just had our first tour of the new school and it looks fantastic. "There's a real buzz about the place and I just can't wait to start shooting next week." Jacobs - who plays deputy head Sian Diamond - explained that she instantly agreed to join several other cast members for the move to Scotland, and is excited about the changes that will improve the series. "I jumped at the chance. To get to travel and explore new places is so exciting. I can't (more) »
- By Tom Eames
A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
18 March 2012 9:30 AM, PDT | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »
Directed by: Julian Gilbey
Written by: Julian Gilbey, Will Gilbey
Starring: Melissa George, Ed Speelers, Sean Harris, Karel Roden, Alec Newman
My first thought when looking at the box for A Lonely Place to Die was that there has to be lonelier places to die. I'm not the greatest at championing nature, but wouldn't dying in the Scottish Highlands be all calm and peaceful? Plus, don't people always say that wide open and extraordinary landscapes such as the Scottish Highlands are filled with souls of...nature spirits or something?! I'm fairly certain a "lonely place" to die would be like the...health food section in a Walmart, or perhaps at Uwe Boll's birthday party. But who am I to judge?
A group of mountaineers make a grim discovery in the Scottish Highlands: an eight-year-old girl trapped amid the peaks, terrified, dehydrated and unable to speak a word of English. »
- Andre Dumas
'EastEnders' Jane Beale star Laurie Brett joins 'Waterloo Road' cast
15 March 2012 11:07 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Ex-EastEnders star Laurie Brett has joined the cast of Waterloo Road. Best known for playing Jane Beale in the Albert Square soap, the actress will start filming when the school drama relocates to Scotland next month. She will play Scotland-born Christine Mulgrew, an English teacher appointed by headmaster Michael Byrne (Alec Newman) when he sets up the new school in the eighth series. "I am thrilled to be joining Waterloo Road," Brett said in a statement. "I have watched it on and off from the start as my good friend Jill Halfpenny was in the first series. "The character I will be playing is such a complex woman, with many issues, and it (more) »
- By Paul Millar
'Waterloo Road' star Alec Newman: 'I have fond memories of school'
11 March 2012 7:57 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Waterloo Road star Alec Newman has admitted that he wasn't always a star pupil during his high school days. The Scottish actor, who plays head teacher Michael Byrne in the BBC One show, confessed that he used to fight with the local private school students and revealed he was once asked to leave a sports class for swearing. "I have fond memories of my school years, particularly sport and drama. I remember leaving school in the dark on my bike, after a play rehearsal or football practice. It was a good school - though we used to fight with the public school boys from next door!" he told The Sun. "I'm not sure that my school days were the best days of my life, but [they] set me up for some exciting opportunities after I left. You don't realise when you're at school that working hard or not will affect your »
- By Colin Daniels
DVD Playhouse--March 2012
6 March 2012 9:50 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—March 2012
By Allen Gardner
J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Director Clint Eastwood provides a rock-solid, albeit rather flat portrait of polarizing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, covering his life from late teens to his death. Leonardo DiCaprio does an impressive turn as Hoover, never crossing the line into caricature, and creating a Hoover that is all too human, making for an all the more unsettling look at absolute power run amuck. Where the film stumbles is the love story at its core: Hoover’s relationship with longtime aide Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). In the hands of an openly-gay director like Gus Van Sant, this could have been a heartbreaking, tender story of forbidden (unrequited?) love, but Eastwood seems to tiptoe around their romance, with far too much delicacy and deference. The film works well when recreating the famous crimes and investigations which Hoover made his name on (the Lindbergh kidnapping, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
'Waterloo Road's Alex Walkinshaw: 'Jez prime suspect in hit-and-run'
15 February 2012 11:53 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Waterloo Road's Alex Walkinshaw has said that his character Jez is "under a lot of pressure" in the opening episodes of the new series. Ex-Bill star Walkinshaw revealed that the Pe teacher is the prime suspect in the hit-and-run on headmaster Michael Byrne (Alec Newman). "Since Michael's hit and run all fingers are pointed at Jez," he told What's on TV. He feels under a lot of pressure and is very frustrated. "Everyone he works with at school sees him as the main suspect. He thinks they should come out and say it instead of gossiping behind his back." Explaining why Jez will continue to lie about his alibi, the actor said: "He told Sian (Jaye Jacobs) he was at the gym, as he doesn't want her to know he was at Janeece's (more) »
- By Paul Millar
Action/Thriller 'A Lonely Place To Die' Hits Blu-ray/DVD This March From IFC Midnight
5 January 2012 6:26 PM, PST | Horrorbid | See recent Horrorbid news »
One of better action/thrillers of 2011 is making it's way onto Blu-ray/DVD from IFC Midnight this March. Although though no official specs have been released thus far, we do have the official artwork/trailer below, along with the plot synopsis for your perusal. A Lonely Place to Die was directed by Julian Gilbey and stars Melissa George, Ed Speelers, Eamon Walker, Karel Roden, Sean Harris, Kate Magowan, Stephen McCole, and Alec Newman. Loo… »
Blu-ray and DVD Will Be A Lonely Place to Die This March
5 January 2012 1:02 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Oh happy day! IFC Midnight is gearing up to release the stellar A Lonely Place to Die (which showed up on a few of our year-end "Best of 2011" lists) on both DVD and Blu-ray on March 20th, 2012, and though no specs are available, we do have the official artwork right here waiting for you. Dig it!
A Lonely Place to Die (review here) was directed by Julian Gilbey and stars Melissa George, Ed Speelers, Eamon Walker, Karel Roden, Sean Harris, Kate Magowan, Stephen McCole, and Alec Newman.
Synopsis:
A group of climbers have made a grim discovery high up in the mountains. They have found an eight-year-old girl buried amongst the peaks: buried alive. Terrified, dehydrated, and unable to speak a word of English, she is the victim of an elaborate kidnapping plot. Alison (George), the group leader, puts it to her party to rescue her. But more dangerous than the terrain, »
- Uncle Creepy
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