Archive for the 'General' Category

Sex and the City 2...

Sex and the City 2 was released last week and the reviews have been pretty good. Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda all return as the 4 of them travel to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The girls get up to their usual tricks of meeting old flames and behaving in an inappropriate...

Polanski petition si...

A number of influential and extremely high-profile film directors at Cannes Film Festival 2010 have reportedly signed a petition supporting Roman Polanski, the notorious director and fugitive. Polanski was found guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse (statutory rape) with a 13-year-old...

Next Bigelow project...

Kathryn Bigelow, the award-winning director of The Hurt Locker, was planning for her next film project to be set and based on the Triple Border region, an area bordering Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina which is notorious for its smuggling and terrorist activities. However, the project...

Spielberg to direct ...

Steven Spielberg has acquired the rights to the coming-of-age wartime novel War Horse, written by Michael Morpurgo. The director is working with writers Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) and Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Love Actually) to adapt the poignant tale for the big screen. Spielberg...

Jackman’s back!...

X-Men actor Hugh Jackman has reportedly said he is now ready to start making films again, after spending considerable time on the Broadway stage. Hugh, 41, has recently been starring with Bond star Daniel Craig in a limited run of A Steady Rain at the Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway,...

Are 3D films bad for...

A story in the Daily Mail recently has prompted a health concern over 3D films. According to the paper, student Josh James blacked out whilst driving just half an hour after watching Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland in 3D. The car he was driving veered off the road and tipped over,...

New James Bond film ...

In news that will come as an awful shock to die-hard 007 fans, the producers of the new James Bond film have announced that production on it is to be suspended ‘indefinitely’. The problem with Bond instalment #23 is that MGM, the company who produce the films, is facing financial...

High School Musical ...

Even though not much time has elapsed, it seems that wonder boy Zac Efron has come a long way since appearing in the squeaky-clean High School Musical films. The 22-year-old is set to star in and produce a big-budget remake of Snabba Cash, the hit Swedish film meaning ‘Easy Money’....

Cannes Film Festival...

One of the world’s most prestigious film events, the Cannes Film Festival is back this May 13th – 23rd to set the benchmark for another year of fantastic cinematic offerings. The screening line up has been announced – take a look: • Robin Hood – directed by Ridley Scott...