The Moët British Independent Film Awards has announced that Kate Winslet is to receive The Variety Award at this year’s ceremony in December. “I am thrilled to be receiving this Award and to be in the company of a whole host of brilliant filmmakers and actors, many of whom I’m lucky enough to call friends […]
Eddie Redmayne signs on for The Last Days of Night
Deadline is reporting that Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) has signed on to apepar in The Last Days of Night, an upcoming drama from The Imitation Game director Morten Tyldum and screenwriter Graham Moore, which will explore the battle to electrify America between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. Redmayne is set to play […]
Movie Review – The Perfect Husband (2014)
The Perfect Husband, 2014. Directed by Lucas Pavetto. Starring Gabriella Wright, Bret Roberts, Tania Bambaci, Carl Wharton, Philippe Reinhardt, and Daniel Vivian. SYNOPSIS: A young married couple attempt to recover from a past trauma by taking a weekend trip away to a remote cabin but it seems that they cannot escape the demons of the past […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets belated Critics’ Choice Award nomination for Best Picture
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced that it has belatedly added Star Wars: The Force Awakens to the list of nominees for Best Picture at the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards. The decision was made after a poll of members yesterday, asking whether the film – which was not screened to members prior to the […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters opening day box office records
Well, this won’t come as a surprise at all, but Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been shattering box office records with its opening day. SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of Star Wars: The Force Awakens here and here In the States, the film pulled in $57 million from Thursday pre-shows, overtaking […]
George Lucas has seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens and “really liked it”, according to Kathleen Kennedy
It’s not quite a public endorsement from the man himself, but Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy has told The Hollywood Reporter that George Lucas is one of only a handful of people to have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and that the creator of the saga “really liked it.” Kennedy added that Lucas will attend the […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens rated PG-13 for “sci-fi action violence”
With J.J. Abrams locking in the final cut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens this past weekend, the Classification and Ratings Administration has officially rated the film PG-13, for “sci-fi action violence”. Here in the UK, the BBFC is yet to give the film a certificate, but it’s expected that it will receive a 12A classification. […]
More Star Wars: The Force Awakens footage coming this Thursday
Disney has really pulled back the curtain on Star Wars: The Force Awakens this past week, releasing a fantastic international trailer along with a first TV spot, and it seems we’ll be getting more footage this Thursday! Disney-owned ABC has announced that it is set to air an “exclusive special look” at the upcoming blockbuster […]
Terminally ill cancer patient gets his wish and sees Star Wars: The Force Awakens early
Earlier this week we brought you the heart-breaking story of a Star Wars fan who is terminally ill with cancer, and was unlikely going to live before the release of the much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He made a public plea to Disney and Lucasfilm to see the film early as his dying […]
Terminal cancer patient asks J.J. Abrams to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens early as his dying wish
Cancer sucks, we just wanted to put that out there. Remember a couple of years ago when a terminal cancer patient asked J.J. Abrams to see an early cut of Star Trek Into Darkness as his dying wish? Well this chap is trying the same tactic, only this time with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. […]
