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This week’s big tech story surrounds a wearer of turtlenecks, stone washed jeans and white trainers. Not a member Status Quo luckily, but someone with a little less hair, yet with a lot more up there – at least when compared to the UKs most …

Ever since Al Jolson opened his gob in the Jazz Singer the worlds of cinema and rock’n’roll have become inextricably linked. You’re going to have to go with us on the Jazz Singer rock’n’roll analogy but you know what we mean. Almost 100 years later …

A lot of the US papers are carrying reviews of Roman Polanski’s Oliver today so we thought we’d bring you a bit of a roundup of what they’re saying. We’ll kick off though with the only UK paper to get in on the act so …

It’s been a real pleasure previewing the films on offer at this years Firecracker Showcase and movies like Pattaya Maniac are one of the reasons why. Thai cinema has been sadly overshadowed until very recently with a few runaway arthouse hits, but with a little …

No Blood, No Tears is the film that Guy Ritchie needs to sit down and watch. When the two hour caper movie is over he can go outside, take Madge by her elderly broken hips and tell her that he’s never directing ever again because …

The London Film Festival has just announced its opening and closing movies. The Opening Night Gala will celebrate the UK Premiere of Fernando Meirelles’ THE CONSTANT GARDENER starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Based on the best-selling novel by John le Carré, THE CONSTANT GARDENER …

If you’re a fan of Eastern cinema then try and read this post with a defibrillator handy because the Firecracker film festival lineup is one of artery exploding brilliance. We’ll try and ease you into it gently by simply stating that it runs from the …

We’ve already started receiving bits and pieces regarding the London Film Festival later in the year, but between this weekend’s FrightFest and October there are a couple of Festivals you’d be mad to miss. First up is one of our favourites: Raindance. Last year we …

Normally in the Friday Film news we talk about the big ‘blockbuster’ release first – gets it out of the way. This week, we guess that film would be Bewitched, but we’re going to save that for later, a) because it looks rubbish; and b) …

The BIG draw for this year’s FrightFest is unsurprisingly George Romero’s Land of The Dead. It’s the kind of event film that horror fans have been waiting a long time for and unfortunately UK fans have had to wait even longer as the movie opened …