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notcoming.com | Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
31 Days of Horror – Though the setup sounds goofy, the film is not a low-budget camp-a-thon. Jane, played by Elizabeth Shue, and Dr. Phillip, played by veteran British actor Terence Stamp, are both believably acted. The location is a gorgeous British seaside manor, the cinematography is skillful and often beautiful, and the apes are well-trained and wonderfully expressive real animals, saving us from...
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Filmstalker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Small Town Folk caught my interest when I saw the stylised trailer for the film, the backdrops were done in the style of 300 (Filmstalker review) and with the budget that the film was operating on it was surprising how good these composite shots looked. What's good about this small budget British horror is that this isn't the only part that does stand out, there's much more to it and the film is rather...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tanzania's fight against corruption has received the nod from the UK, which becomes the latest donor to release funds for budget support.
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GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | yesterday
UK Government can take steps to help the games industry during the economic downturn, says Richard Wilson
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - British low-cost airline easyJet Plc said its passenger volumes climbed over 22 percent in September to 4.2 million, highlighting continued strong growth among budget carriers despite the economic downturn.
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
HMS Southampton: Pressures on the Navy's budget are immense with cuts of 20 per cent predicted in the next decade ( Photo: PA ) Exclusive: Cash Strapped Navy Cuts Destroyer Fleet -- The Telegraph The Royal Navy has mothballed almost half of its remaining fleet of destroyers as it desperately attempts to save money in the face of a plunging budget. The Fleet now has just five air defence warships left...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
As we expected Singapore is not the place to come if you are on a tight budget so far it wins hands down as the priciest place we have been in all of Asia most prices aren't far off UK ones and not least the infamous Singapore sling At 22 Singapore dollars 8 quid the sling wasn't a drink we were planning on having many of in fact we actually only bought one and shared it between 4 and as c
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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
An authoritative review into the management of physics in the UK has concluded that overall things are in good order, but the panel led by Professor Bill Wakeham also identified “weaknesses” in the present physics setup, and said that “significant Source: www.theregister.co.uk SA electric car for Paris - Financial MailJoule, SA’s first battery-operated electric [...]
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LisNews (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
David Adjaye has won a competition to design two libraries in the heart of Washington DC. His practice was chosen ahead of 17 rivals to design modern replacements for the Washington Highlands library and Francis A Gregory library in the US capital. Each library will have a budget of approximately $9.5m (£5.3m) The Tanzanian-born designer's concept was modeled after libraries built in the UK, called...
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The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
In the US: Wednesdays, 10/9c, ABC In the UK: Channel 4, probably sometime in January if their acquisitions budget holds up As we've found out already, the US writers' strike has proved to be a boon creatively (if not ratingsly) for a host of shows. Heroes has come back refreshed , albeit daft as a brush as always; My Name is Earl is back on track , but still not desperately funny; and The Unit is...
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/Film (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
In a new interview with The Times UK, director Oliver Stone ponders the domestic box office prospects for his W. biopic, opening in limited release the 17th of this month. The Lionsgate film had a budget of $30 million—financed by Chinese investors—and arguably there is no precedent for how well it might do. High profile [...]
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The Register (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Not enough boffins at the top, says top boffin An authoritative review into the management of physics in the UK has concluded that overall things are in good order. However, the panel led by Professor Bill Wakeham also identified "weaknesses" in the present physics setup, and said that "significant damage" had been caused by recent funding decisions.…
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Jesse Norman: It's not the council tax freeze but the Office for Budget Responsibility that will transform British government
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Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
from the Telegraph By Andrew Pierce Britain's international aid budget to 115 countries, which costs more than £6 billion a year, will also be reviewed by a David Cameron administration. But it is the aid budget to China, which this year spent £20 billion on the Beijing Olympics, which will be eliminated first. The money will be redirected to genuinely poorer countries in Africa. Andrew Mitchell,...
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Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Raindance Film Festival is the UK home of independent film, the cooler edgier alternative to the London Film Festival. Amongst the weird and wonderful, experimental and low-budget masterpieces, this year’s festival has quite a lot to offer the retro consseisseur....
