You may not learn a lot from Oliver Hirschbiegel’s new biographical film about the Princes of Wales however, “Diana” is a success considering it gives us an opportunity to remember the indignities that this unlucky lady had to go through. Instead of the film giving us the portrait of a complex, well informed and compassionate […]
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Jennifer Lopez the latest Hispanic star to sign up for Chilean miner film
Jennifer Lopez is the latest actor with Hispanic descent evident in her features to sign up to appear in The 33, a film about the Chilean miners that were trapped for 69 days underground. She is joined by Martin Sheen, Antonio Banderas, and Rodrigo Santaro thus far. It is not known what role Lopez will […]
A look ahead to the 85th Academy Awards on 24th February
If they can stay awake long enough, and if they have access to the dedicated Sky Movies Oscars/HD channel, anyone in Britain can watch the 85th Academy Awards ceremony live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The channel will launch its programming on 11 February, showing a series of award-winning films right up to […]
Joanna Lumley reveals Ab-Fab film plans at M&S Schwop
Two good things came out of one at the Marks & Spencer’s pop-up Shwop. Not only can customers now Shwop out their clothing to go green, but Joanna Lumley who was in attendance also announced that a film version of ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ is absolutely in the works. Lumley just won the Lifetime Achievement Award at […]
Monaco Royal family proclaim Princess Grace film as pure fiction
The upcoming release of Grace of Monaco, a film about the life of Grace Kelly, is raising some concerns about its content and how accurate the portrayal of the film ends up being. Starring Nicole Kidman, the production was made by Olivier Dahan and is scheduled to be released in late 2013, focusing on the […]
The phenomenon that is Les Miserable
It took 27 years for Les Miserables to be made into a film from its origins in the theatres of first Paris then London. The film, which is a glowing tribute to the musical created by Cameron Mackintosh, is already touted as the best British film of all time that is guaranteed to make audiences […]
Skyfall up for a handful of awards at the London Film Critics Circle
Skyfall, the latest James Bond epic, has been nominated for 5 awards at this years London Film Critics Circle with 2 of these going to Dame Judi Dench. The veteran British star, who plays M, the boss of 007 who has the unenviable task of keeping him in check, is up for British actress and […]
Miranda set to hit the big screen
The third season of the sitcom Miranda is rumoured to be the last one, and the final episode should be aired at Christmas. Main star, Miranda Hart, will find love and the open-ended final episode suggests that we may see a full-length film which will tell the rest of the story. Miranda is currently one […]
Joy Bryant given the lead role in latest film version of Sexual Perversity in Chicago
The female lead in the so far untitled Screen Gems’ romantic comedy has been awarded to Joy Bryant. It is based on the play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, which became the film About Last Night, starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Perkins and Jim Belushi. Joy will take the Demi Moore role, Michael Ealy will […]
50 Shades of Grey film in the offing
It is hardly surprising that a film is to be made of the phenomenon that is known as 50 Shaded of Grey. This series of books, dubbed ‘mummy porn’ has women across the nation glued to every word, and sales have gone through the roof since it went viral on the social media sites, with […]