Category Archives: News

Harry Potter’s Royal Connection – A Movie Talk Exclusive!

Posted on 1 April 2011 by heidi

Just when you thought there couldn’t be anything more to say about media darlings and Royal newlyweds-to-be Wills and Kate, Movie Talk has got wind of an unbelievable exclusive connecting them with the movie event of the year, namely the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Arrow Academy brings repertory World Cinema home

Posted on 28 March 2011 by peter

Arrow Academy is the new label from Arrow Films that aims to bring the best of repertory World Cinema into your own home. Each release will be a new high definition transfer of the film from a new restoration of … Continue reading →

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Farewell Elizabeth Taylor

Posted on 23 March 2011 by Jason Best

The news hasn’t exactly come as a surprise but it’s saddening all the same – Elizabeth Taylor has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79. Born in north London in 1932, she was in the public eye from … Continue reading →

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Farewell Jane Russell (1921 – 2011)

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Beth Williams

Michael Jackson in a grey wig? No, actually it’s Jane Russell who died yesterday at the ripe old age of 89. And to feature that picture is very unfair of me (and in appalling bad taste, sorry) because screen legend … Continue reading →

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London’s Electric Cinema celebrates its century with the Eclectic Electric All-Nighter!

Posted on 24 February 2011 by Jason Best

London’s Electric Cinema celebrates its century with the Eclectic Electric All-Nighter on Saturday 26 February, screening a selection of films from the Cinema Club’s 1970s programmes. The much-loved Notting Hill cinema, designed by Edwardian architect Gilbert Seymour Valentin, opened 100 … Continue reading →

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Frightfest gets unleashed at the Glasgow Film Festival

Posted on 18 February 2011 by peter

Attention UK horror fans. Beware! FrightFest is heading to Glasgow with a host of brand-spanking new fantastique films for your delectation. Kicking off on Friday (25 February), there’s the world premiere of Little Deaths, a trilogy of terror dealing with … Continue reading →

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Sally Potter searches for budding stars for new film

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Jason Best

Independent filmmaker Sally Potter – director of the spellbinding Orlando – is looking for two teenage girls to play the lead roles in her new feature film. Potter and her film production company Adventure Pictures are searching for two aspiring … Continue reading →

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First pic of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Beth Williams

I feel both scared and excited by this picture.

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Frankenstein – Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller in Mary Shelley’s classic tale

Posted on 7 February 2011 by Jason Best

You’d think that Danny Boyle would have enough on his plate right now, what with his latest film, 127 Hours, picking up half-a-dozen Oscar nominations, not to mention seven Bafta nods. Yet the Slumdog Millionaire director is currently finding time … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: I could’ve featured him in a soggy shirt or an unwanted gift, but that would have been too obvious.

Posted on 2 February 2011 by Beth Williams

Did you get last week’s mystery frontage? You Gleeks had no excuse if you watched the show on Monday. Click here for the mystery chest revealed. So, who owns this fine chest of badges, and in what film? The answer … Continue reading →

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