Steve Coogan

It looks like summer might actually have arrived in London this week, but if you’re determined to stay inside, here are a few things to help you bide the time. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 30 July The Tower (BBC1, 22:35-11:25) After the disputes last …

This week – Simon Pegg polices the country town of Sandford (Hot Fuzz) and Jennifer Love Hewitt lives in Bristol (The Truth About Love). First, we must say sorry for the lack of Saturday Cinema Summary last week. We were saving London from certain destruction. …

There was a strong display of British talent at the International Emmy Awards. Graham Norton was there too. The success of Brit shows has sent the Americans into a remake frenzy according to The Times: Life on Mars, the BBC time-travel drama starring John Simm …

We’ve always had somewhat of an big girly crush on Simon Pegg. We loved Shaun of the Dead, and we think we’ve nearly worn out our Spaced DVDs. He makes us so weak at the knees, that when we once saw him at a Charlotte …

…kicks off at the end of the month with an Opening Night Gala screening of Happy Endings which we’ll be reviewing sometime ahead of the festival. It stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lisa Kudrow and Steve Coogan. If you enjoyed The Opposite of Sex, then we think …

There can be few buildings in Europe to match the splendor of the Palace of Westminster. Millions of tourists, some of them off-worlders, flock to the landmark each year, even if few actually enter. But a couple of weeks back (and sorry to keep going …

This week: A Cock and Bull Story, Shopgirl, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’ plus film news and gossip. Our very own reviewer has already tangled with A Cock and Bull Story but will the broadsheet reviewers agree with our positively glowing review of Michael …

In a previous life, before blogging turned our heads, we actually used to read literature. Studied a few books too. In fact we spent more than one evening working our way line by line through the likes of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, but one …

The London Film Festival is almost upon us. If you were in Trafalgar Square last night you will have seen highlights of the festival on a giant screen and there’s two more nights of that before things kick off properly with The Constant Gardener. The …

Just got back from the press launch of the 49th London Film Festival and it looks like there’s even more on offer this year than ever. Amanda Nevill, the director of the British Film Institute (which last year alone screened an astonishing 3000+ films in …