It’s not a great week for anything involving Citizen Kane. Not only did Mank – inspired by the creation of the 1941 film – lose big at the Academy Awards, but Citizen Kane no longer has a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. What’s the newly crowned king on the critical aggregation website? None other than […]
Paddington 2 with Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #81
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante stops by to fan out about the joyous Paddington 2… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante joins the […]
Exclusive Interview – Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn on Avengers: Endgame
Harrison Abbott chats with Avengers: Endgame Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn… Having contributed to the dazzling special effects of Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight, Stuart Penn is no stranger to big screen comic-book extravaganzas. That being said, he’s dipped his toes into plenty of other genres over the years, […]
Blu-ray Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017. Directed by Paul King. Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter Capaldi. SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and […]
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Movie Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017 Directed by Paul King Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter Capaldi SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and […]
Paddington 2 to start shooting later this year
StudioCanal has announced that production on its upcoming sequel to 2014’s Paddington will go into production in the UK this October. Paul King is returning to direct the film, and while the cast is yet to be announced it is expected that Ben Whishaw will be back to voice the titular bear alongside Hugh Bonneville […]
Paddington 2 confirmed, with Paul King returning to write and direct
StudioCanal is pressing ahead with family comedy sequel Paddington 2 and has secured the first film’s director Paul King to return, according to a report over at Deadline. SEE ALSO: Paddington becomes StudioCanal’s quickest film to sell 1 million copies on Blu-ray and DVD SEE ALSO: Watch a trailer for the first Paddington film As […]
Movie Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017. Directed by Paul King. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Julie Walters, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris and the voice of Ben Whishaw. SYNOPSIS: Now happily living with the Brown family in London, Paddington realises his beloved Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday is approaching and goes looking for the perfect present. When he […]
Was 2017 Really A Record Year For British Cinema?
Neil Calloway isn’t convinced by the BFI’s claims about the British film industry… This week saw the release of the British Film Institute’s official statistics for 2017. As ever with these sort of things, it was a record-breaking year for British film. More people went to the cinema in the UK in 2017 than in […]
