No, it’s the Standard Lite! Londonist was very jealous to read today that the retarded little brother of the Evening Standard (see how bitter and twisted we are?) is to transform into the Daily Planet this Thursday. The entire print run of the ‘newspaper’ will …
A couple of cinema-related happenings which we thought we should make you aware of. First up, starting this Wednesday is the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho. This ‘celebration of the short’ includes six screeening, a whole bunch of workshops, panel discussions, and …
Nickelodeon have announced that they are to develop a “a $30 million family film about kids who are inspired by the Olympics.” And the name? Legend of the Rings. Jesus, we can almost hear the sound of the Tolkien estate readying their legal papers from …
Greenwich Park 22 – 23 July: Full details on the official website, but in a nutshell you can see Kill Bill vol1. on the Saturday night and Ferris on Sunday. Other stuff on offer includes the National Symphony Orchestra playing music from both movies along …
Protest: Where do you stand on the great lads mags debate? This is a perfect week to take sides – or at least engage in some spirited argument, because back-bench MP Claire Curtis-Thomas is kicking off a debate in Parliament about whether lads mags and …
The new Danny Boyle / Alex Garland movie currently filming in London seems to be coming along nicely from the video snippets up on the website. Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship …
The Hayward Gallery wants you to get all freaky on their ass, and produce some bonkers video content to use in their 60 Second Surreal exhibition. The idea is that you record a minute-long snippet of video (and not just your cat asleep, it’s got …
How cool is this: to mark the 70th anniversary of the first performance of Peter and the Wolf in Moscow, the Royal Albert Hall is hosting the world premiere of a brand new stop-frame version of the story along with live accompaniment from the Philharmonia …
Great local news headline in the Hillingdon Times: ‘Bollywood Reservoir Dogs’ to be filmed in Harrow “Counterfeit”, set in London’s criminal underworld, will, according to its makers, be an Asian film to rival western crime movies such as Reservoir Dogs… Sounds cool. Who have we …
All that fuss and nonsense and the overpaid morons only won because the other team scored an own goal? What you lot need is some REAL SPORT. Get thee to the ICA this Thursday for a screening of War Games. No money, no real equipment …
You may have tripped over and fallen into it once, you may have been wandering by and thought “ooh, I bet that place would be good for an outdoor film screening in the summer.” And you wouldn’t be the only one… The Scoop is the …
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