Anyone who went to last year’s Raindance Festival in October had a hell of a fun time. The eclectic line up, including premieres of instant classic movies such as Old Boy, Dead Man’s Shoes and Coffee & Cigarettes, put shame to the more pedestrian London …
Guy Ritchie, that Jamie Oliver of the film world and current Mr. Madonna, has fallen foul of the Catholic Church. It seems that last Thursday Guy and Madge (now known as Esther) were out in London celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim. Catholics are not …
Well, we’d like to. “Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.“ The works of Alan Moore are renowned for their intelligence, wit and sophistication which is what makes them …
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 …
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