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The East End Film Festival: The UK Gold Review
39 minutes ago
The UK Gold is a chilling exposé about the City of London’s dark financial underbelly, illuminating the complex hidden relationship between Westminster’s politicians and systemic corporate tax avoidance, giving rise to the ‘Second British Empire’. The consequences, according to the film, are two-fold. Firstly, the British government is denied trillions of pounds in the form of taxes, which could be used to support its people and combat poverty, as the documentary follows a vicar from Hackney in his political opposition to the City’s widespread tax problem. Secondly, tax havens generally see a concentration of wealth in the hands of the rich in their own countries, while their low tax rates compromise attempts to improve social infrastructure. The film is therefore a damning report on a current political issue.
Director Mark Donne has pointed out that the movie was a nonprofit endeavor, independent of corporate sponsorship, thus removing »
- Claire Holmes
Eiff 2013: Desert Runners Review
1 hour ago
Executive producer Dean Karnazes set a precedent in 2009 by being the first person to complete the Four Desert Ultramarathon Series, running a total of 1000km in the space of a year. Now, every year a diverse and disparate group of motivated daredevils converge on four of the most challenging racecourses on Earth — Chile’s Atacama desert, China’s Gobi desert, Egypt’s Sahara desert and, finally, Antarctica.
Jennifer Steinman’s film follows four participants in the 2010 event, tracking the attempts of British self-defence instructor Tremaine, American ex-baseball player Ricky, Australian law student Samantha and 56 year-old Irish businessman Dave to follow in Dean’s footprints. Each has their own individual reason for competing — Tremaine is running in honour of his late wife; Samantha wants to be the first woman to finish — and all four will face their own individual struggles as they tackle the four 250km races.
As impressive as the »
- Steven Neish
Out in the Dark Review
1 hour ago
If Shakespeare had sought to write of star-crossed lovers today he might boldly have chosen a tale of woe like that of Nimr and Roy. Out in the Dark bears touching witness to the tentative dance of a brand new relationship and to a bond stretched taut across a volatile divide. Not the well-thumbed legend of Romeo and Juliet perhaps, but the reimagined story of a contemporary Mercutio and Tybalt – political, dynamic, passionate and devastating.
Roy (Michael Aloni) is a beautiful careless playboy, working as a lawyer for the family firm, emboldened by the cushion of ignorance that his father’s money provides. Nimr (Nicholas Jacob) is a student of psychology with his eyes firmly fixed on an horizon and a future far from the fear and dishonesty of his daily life. When they meet in a Tel Aviv club their connection is instant, their attraction absolute. Despite his misgivings, »
- Emily Breen
New Featurette & Character Images for The Wolverine with Hugh Jackman – ‘A Ronin’s Story’
1 hour ago
James Mangold’s The Wolverine has been long been on our radar as one of the most promising film’s of the year. The Japan-set blockbuster sees Hugh Jackman return to the character for which we all know and love him, and with the film promising to be that much better than Origins, things are definitely looking good.
With its release date very close on the horizon, easily earning a top spot as one of our most anticipated movies of the month, a great new featurette has debuted over on digitalspy, rather brilliantly titled, ‘A Ronin’s Story’. And coming alongside it are six great new character images from IGN.
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, The Wolverine finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed. »
- Kenji Lloyd
New Production Video for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2 hours ago
Last month, Warner Bros. brought us a rather awesome first teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, giving us our first good look at our return to Middle-earth at the end of the year.
Throughout the original production, Peter Jackson has been very generous in sharing a behind-the-scenes look on filming and all sorts. And now he’s back on Facebook with the eleventh video diary in the series, in which he also announces that the film won’t be heading to Comic-Con this year.
Jackson says that he’s currently so focused on making the next two instalments as good as they can possibly be, with shooting still taking place, that putting together something worthy of Comic-Con just simply wouldn’t have been feasible. And, at the end of the day, the film is naturally what matters most.
The second in a trilogy of films adapting the »
- Kenji Lloyd
First TV Spot for Edgar Wright’s The World’s End with Simon Pegg & Nick Frost
19 hours ago
Edgar Wright is back behind the camera this summer to bring us the final instalment in the brilliant Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, The World’s End.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are of course front and centre once more, following the brilliant Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. And after catching a great Trilogy featurette for the film last week, Universal have released the first TV spot ahead of its release on our shores this month.
20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, »
- Kenji Lloyd
Blu-ray and DVD Round up 1st July 2013
20 hours ago
Each week we take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the home entertainment offerings, reviewing and rating the films and the special features packed onto the discs.
Here are the essential picks from the releases out on the 1st of July 2013.
Release of the Week
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Wrenched from the reins of Spider-Man and thrown headlong into the typhoon of anticipation that was the Disney produced prequel to The Wizard of Oz Sam Raimi acquits himself ably here with a wonderful return to Oz.
Two elements serve this film well, the first is the sumptuous production design which looks terribly cluttered on the DVD cover art above but is a visual leap of imagination on screen and is at times jaw-dropping. Raimi keeps a tight hold on the film, and provides a decent guide through the world of Oz and »
- Jon Lyus
60-Second First TV Spot for Ron Howard’s Rush with Chris Hemsworth
20 hours ago
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl will be going head-to-head in just a few months time when Ron Howard’s Rush hits cinemas, and I can’t wait to see it happen.
The biographical action-drama charters the rivalry between F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, and we’ve seen nothing but good things from Howard’s upcoming movie.
With just two and a half months left on the calendar before it arrives, StudioCanal have released a great first TV spot, giving us an extended look at the thrills we have in store for us a little way down the line.
The epic action-drama stars Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers) as the charismatic Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds) as the disciplined Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda, whose clashes on the Grand Prix racetrack epitomized the contrast between these two extraordinary characters, a distinction reflected in their private lives.
Set against »
- Kenji Lloyd
The HeyUGuys Interview – Jesse Eisenberg and Isla Fisher Talk Now You See Me
21 hours ago
Now You See Me hits UK cinemas this Wednesday 3rd July and a couple of weeks ago, we got to chat to two of the stars from the movie, Jesse Eisenberg and Isla Fisher. Both the actors play a quarter of the Four Horsemen, a group of individual magicians and a mentalist who all join together to pull of a multitude of cons using some rather elaborate magic tricks and a little bit of movie magic. If you’ve not seen the trailer for the film, you can see it here or you can even watch a full 4 minutes of it here.
I chatted to Jesse and Isla about their roles in the movie, what it was like performing these magic tricks and whether any of their illusions were shattered during filming. I also ask Isla about her scenes shooting inside a giant water tank. There was one moment where »
- David Sztypuljak
Exclusive: New Poster for Looking for Hortense with Jean-Pierre Bacri & Kristin Scott Thomas
22 hours ago
Pascal Bonitzer’s Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense, in the original French) is finally set to arrive on our shores this summer, having debuted at Venice last year to positive early reviews.
The film earned two nominations at the César Awards earlier in the year, the French equivalent of the Oscars. And with its August UK release date just a few weeks away, we’ve got the new UK quad poster to exclusively share.
Looking For Hortense is a bittersweet ‘comedie de moeurs’ that is French in spirit but universal in appeal. Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a Chinese civilization professor, lives with his partner, Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas), a stage director, and their son Noé. The couple’s relationship has drifted into routine that has drained it of love. Damien finds himself trapped one day by Iva, who orders him to ask his father, a senior member of the French Council of State, »
- Kenji Lloyd
The HeyUGuys Interview: Josh Gad and Jessica Szohr discuss The Internship
22 hours ago
In the build up to the release of the forthcoming comedy The Internship, we were fortunate enough to have a chat with star performers Josh Gad and Jessica Szohr, connecting to the pair via an online video link (Google, as you can imagine).
Playing Headphones and Marielena, respectively, Gad and Szohr discuss their experiences on a set the latter discusses as being like ”Disneyland”, seemingly enjoying their time spent alongside lead pair Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. In the meantime, Gad – who is playing Steve Wozniak in the upcoming drama jOBS, tells us whether he is actually any good at using technology.
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- Stefan Pape
Top 10 Must-See Movies of July 2013
23 hours ago
June 2013 was relatively straightforward when assembling the Top 10 Must-See Movies of the month. Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel was heading into theatres, alongside Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s This Is The End, the Brad Pitt-starrer World War Z, and a handful of other brilliant films.
When it comes to July, however, picking just ten films from the slew of movies coming out this month has been incredibly hard. As you’re no doubt aware, July tends to be one of the busiest months of the year at the cinema. This time last year, we were looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Ice Age: Continental Drift. Go back a year further, and it was Captain America: The First Avenger, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Horrible Bosses, The Smurfs, Another Earth, Friends with Benefits, Cowboys & Aliens, »
- Kenji Lloyd
HeyUGuys Visit Studio Babelsberg in Berlin for the Release of Cloud Atlas
1 July 2013 3:23 AM, PDT
Studio Babelsberg may not be a film studio that you’re familiar with by name but if we were to mention some of the movies that have been made at Germany’s premiere film studio, it would become clear that it’s been an integral part of your film-watching experience. At time we visited the studio, George Clooney was there shooting his new movie Monuments Men and Ryan Reynolds was also on the premises shooting his latest film The Voices. It wasn’t until we got to watch the following reel that I truly realised the scale that Studio Babelsberg had in the world of filmmaking…. it was where Metropolis was made!
We got to visit Babelsberg which only last year celebrated it’s 100th anniversary to mark the release of Cloud Atlas (out today on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital download), it started to become clear as to why Directors Tom Tykwer, »
- David Sztypuljak
Eiff 2013: A Story Of Children And Film Review
1 July 2013 3:00 AM, PDT
From Mark Cousins, the esteemed documentary filmmaker behind the near-definitive The Story Of Film: An Odyssey, A Story Of Children And Film explores the way cinema has dealt with children and childhood. Drawing from 53 films from around the world, and using his own niece and nephew to help jog his memory, Cousins gives a detailed and affectionate demonstration of the relationship between the two. Cinema is, as he points out, an art-form still in its infancy.
Given that there are so many films associated with children and childhood — from Harry Potter and Peter Pan to last year’s Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild — you might think Cousins has a reasonably easy task on his hands. As is becoming characteristic of the filmmaker, however, Cousins instead focuses primarily on relatively obscure titles from throughout history, from Yasujiro Ozu’s An Inn in Tokyo (1935) right up to Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom »
- Steven Neish
Rosemarie DeWitt set to Join Jeremy Renner for Kill the Messenger
1 July 2013 2:15 AM, PDT
Rosemarie DeWitt, one of my all-time favourite actresses, is entering final talks to board one of the most promising projects currently being developed, Kill the Messenger.
That can only be good news.
Deadline report that DeWitt is in final negotiations to play the female lead, which would see her starring opposite Jeremy Renner.
The film is the true-story thriller surrounding the life of Gary Webb, a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, who committed suicide in 2004 after being the target of a smear campaign, following his linking in the mid-’90s of the CIA to a scheme to arm the Contra rebels in Nicaragua during the ’80s and aid the importation cocaine into California.
Renner takes the lead as Webb. And though DeWitt’s role is only referred to as the female lead, it’s quite likely that this would see her playing Webb’s wife, Sue.
The Golden Globe-winning Michael Cuesta (Homeland, »
- Kenji Lloyd
First Full Trailer for Greg Mottola’s Clear History with Larry David, Jon Hamm & More
1 July 2013 1:30 AM, PDT
Premiering on HBO next month, Greg Mottola’s Clear History is guaranteed to be one of the funniest films of the year.
The comedy sees Larry David in his first leading role outside of Curb since Woody Allen’s 2009 film, Whatever Works. And he stars opposite Jon Hamm, alongside one of the best comedy ensembles in recent memory.
After seeing two great first teaser trailers in the past month or so, HBO have finally debuted the first full trailer, and it really bodes well for what’s to come.
Clear History follows Nathan Flomm (David), a marketing executive at a start-up electric car company, who, after a petty argument with his boss, gives up his 10 percent of the shares. The company then goes on to make billions of dollars, leaving Nathan publicly humiliated, his life destroyed. Ten years later, he’s changed his name and moved to a small island off the coast of Massachusetts. »
- Kenji Lloyd
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