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Melissa McCarthy comedy Spy tops the UK box office

June 10, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 5th June to Sunday 7th June 2015… Melissa McCarthy’s latest collaboration with director Paul Feig, the action comedy Spy, has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the film earning £2,557,824, including £198k in previews. That’s pretty much on […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Dil Dhadakne Do, Insidious: Chapter 3, Mad Max: Fury Road, Man Up, Pitch Perfect 2, San Andreas, Spy, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Tomorrowland

Interview: A conversation with Man Up screenwriter Tess Morris

June 5, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Martin Carr chats with Man Up screenwriter Tess Morris… Nestled away just off embankment in London sits Whitehall Place. Amongst the opulence and heritage sits ‘The Corinthia’. A hotel for which the phrase ‘five star’ was invented and also where I met Tess Morris. Diane Keaton fan, When Harry Met Sally expert and lover of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Martin Carr, Movies Tagged With: Man Up, Tess Morris

San Andreas tops the UK box office chart in its opening weekend

June 3, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May 2015… Warner Bros.’ disaster flick San Andreas has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the Dwayne Johnson-headlined film pulling in £4,628,394 to dethrone reigning champ Pitch Perfect 2. In addition to San […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Danny Collins, Home, Mad Max: Fury Road, Man Up, Pitch Perfect 2, Poltergeist, San Andreas, Tomorrowland, Two By Two

Second Opinion – Man Up (2015)

May 31, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Man Up, 2015. Directed by Ben Palmer. Starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Harriet Walter and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: A single woman who’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Nancy (Lake Bell) and Jack (Simon Pegg) meet under the […]

Filed Under: Martin Carr, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Ben Palmer, Harriet Walter, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ken Stott, Lake Bell, Man Up, Olivia Williams, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Sharon Horgan, Simon Pegg

Movie Review – Man Up (2015)

May 27, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Man Up, 2015. Directed by Ben Palmer. Starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Harriet Walter and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: A single woman who’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Readers beware: in a change to our regularly schedule programming, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Scott Davis Tagged With: Ben Palmer, Harriet Walter, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ken Stott, Lake Bell, Man Up, Olivia Williams, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Sharon Horgan, Simon Pegg

Saban Films acquires Man Up starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell

April 22, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Following its US premiere last weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, the romantic comedy Man Up has been picked up by Saban Films, who will distribute the film in North America. Directed by Ben Palmer, (The Inbetweeners Movie), the film stars Bell as Nancy, a single woman who is mistaken for Jack’s (Pegg) blind date under […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Lake Bell, Man Up, Simon Pegg

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