The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
A record-breaking number of filmgoers has been bitten this weekend by the film New Moon, the latest instalment in the Twilight saga. Teenage hearts both sides of the Atlantic have been set fluttering by the vampire tales featuring the British actor Robert Pattinson.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
It's ironic that Steven Soderbergh's new film should be called The Informant!, given that the director's primary tactic is to keep the audience as ill-informed as possible.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
How does Stephen Poliakoff get away with this stuff? Glorious 39 begins, in mildly intriguing fashion, in the run-up to the Second World War, positing an appeasement conspiracy cooked up by a bunch of toffs who believe Britain hasn't a chance against Hitler.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Stephen Poliakoff Bill Nighy Julie Christie. Rating:
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Actress Jenny Agutter joins residents in their campaign against plans for a road and rail freight depot near a village in Kent.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Jenny Agutter the former child star of The Railway Children has joined a campaign to stop a major rail project on the outskirts of a village where she grew up.
jillysheep (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I am pursuing my interest in the gender war - not that I like that way of describing it because to me it isn't a war. I'm currently reading Gender and the Media by Rosalind Gill which I am finding fascinating even though it is really an academic text. It's about how the way different sections of the media portray gender so it's not just about women but about men and masculinity and about what is apparently...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
LOGAN'S RUN is now over thirty years old. Released in 1976, the film was recently forced to enter the "Carousel", to experience a rebirth. That rebirth is now the LOGAN'S RUN Blu-Ray. Set in 2274, Michael York plays Logan 5, whose job it is to terminate those that try to flee from society upon nearing their 30th birthday. But when he finds out he is about to turn thirty, he must flee himself,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Glorious 39 director Stephen Poliakoff and the film's star Romola Garai headed to an intimate private drinks reception at Kettner's in Soho, to celebrate the film's British premiere at the London Film Festival.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A timely re-release for John Landis's comedy-horror. Beware the moon, etc. Rating:4
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
No, I’m not reminding you about your subscription to Better Homes and Gardens but merely suggesting that you check out Glenn Kenny’s amusing post today about “Logan’s Run,” Jenny Agutter, and a certain key moment in the lives of young males in the days of a more forgiving MPAA. And, though I still a bit [...]
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson and Miley Cyrus all share the same zodiac sign of Sagittarius. Researchers studied the star signs of 100 of the most famous child celebrities from the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple and Hayley Mills to present day stars. They discovered children born under Sagittarius between November 22 and December 21 are twice as likely to...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
linkage Arts Beat When Woody Met Ingmar. How have I never heard this story before? Love it Low Resolution hilarious take on the latest Twilight: New Moon trailer i09 an interview with a Dollhouse writer on this last great episode Culture Snob describe your taste in horror in 10 movies. Interesting take on a "best" list In Contention Guy Lodge plays contrarian for Precious Some Came Running...
Some Came Running (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
So I was out and about earlier today, hanging at my favorite street-date-violating DVD emporium, discussing the State of Things with a friend of mine whose generation is at least one prior to my own, and we were contemplating purchases....
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