‘Guaranteed to get a certain kind of Londoner quivering in anticipation’: Peter Watts, TimeOut. Maybe Pete was thinking of us when he wrote those words. We’ve been quivering, salivating and otherwise resonating with excitement ever since we learnt of this new exhibition at the British …
Keep saving those air miles. Alan Watts from Harrow is about to swap his for the ultimate upgrade – a ride into space. Mr Watts, manager of an electrical engineering firm, has accumulated over 2 million air miles on Virgin jets. And that’s enough to …
Renowned barrel of laughs Nick Cave is set to make his follow up to The Proposition right here in London. He’s dumping the outback, but keeping Ray Winstone: His new movie tells the story of a travelling salesman who trawls the south coast of England …
Back in December of last year we reported on the nominations for the London Film Critic Awards and even went as far as to provide a few predictions as to who might win some of the gongs. Well last night the awards were handed out, …
The nominations for the London Film Critic Awards (as voted for by the Critics Circle, who else?) were announced today. So here’s a quick rundown of who’s up for what. Pride and Prejudice (which we have to admit, we didn’t go and see) has got …
This week is ‘Animal Week’ as far as the movie releases are concerned so let’s crack on with the biggest animal of them all: King Kong. We’ll start with the Times, where their (strangely anonymous) reviewer awards the big monkey four stars. “A visceral nightmare …
It’s a pity that Sir Ian Blair hasn’t managed to breathe life into his plans to give the police Judge Dredd style powers of instant justice – with enormous green knee pads and a bloody big golden lion on their shoulder they’d stand out a …
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 …
This week, if you’re thinking of going to the pictures you’ve got a choice between a crazed asssassin in Washington, gun crime in Hackney…and Matthew McConaughey taking his shirt off in the desert. At least you can’t complain that the choice isn’t ‘varied’. So first …
