As there was no Friday Film News last week we had to wait until today to mention that the 19th LLGFF kicks off this week. Beginning tomorrow with a showing of Prey For Rock and Roll at the Odeon West End, the festival last for …
Londonist just got a text message letting us know that tickets for the new Star Wars movie go on sale in London a minute after midnight tonight (or tomorrow morning if you want to be all chronologically correct). Empire has the scoop and also reveals …
We don’t want to give too much space over to rock wanker Justin Hawkins and his new wax model over at Madame Tussauds so we’ll just give a quick run down of things we wish you could do to his effigy instead of simply playing …
Londonist was somewhat surprised to find out this morning that there are not one but two new Star Wars films on the way. Slashdot drew our attention to Star Wars Revalations, a new fan film with even ropier acting than the originals but some great …
While perusing the pages of an online newspaper, Londonist came across the headline
“My name’s John Constantine, and here I stay: haunted by London. And London, haunted by me.“ If you enjoyed the Buffy TV spin off Angel then you should go see Constantine as it plays a lot like an extended episode – better special effects but …
And talking of sci-fi adaptations… …Reading Bookslut this morning we came across a link to a post on the Newsarama forums from a guy who, it seems, has read the script for the forthcoming V for Vendetta film. After From Hell this is Alan Moore’s …
It’s easy for the Americans to blog the Oscars, they just get some drinks in, invite some friends round and make a night of it. And even the Guardian doesn’t have it so bad – ok so they have to stay up until the early …
Sunday sees the return of the Oscars, a chance for Hollywood’s elite to reaffirm that people do indeed like them, really really like them, and maybe pick up an award or two. Sticking with our lifelong policy of “everything’s better when there’s money on it”, …
Getting the remake treatment this week is the fondly remembered Magic Roundabout, recreated in a very European computer generated style, with the added draw of celebrity voices, such as Kylie Minogue, Joanna Lumley, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent and Robbie Williams. This doesn’t save the film …
Although there are still a few days before Sunday, Londonist could not resist informing our readers of what could be a potentially riotous event. This Sunday at 9:00 pm, the Curzon Soho (a Londonist favorite) will be showing She Hate Me, Spike Lee’s most recent …
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