Category Archives: Special Events

London’s Old Vic Tunnels play host to some Hammer horror classics | WIN! Hammer horror prizes

Posted on 8 February 2012 by peter

Fancy seeing a a host of Hammer horror in the dark dank depths of The Old Vic Tunnels in London? Well, starting Friday 10 February, theflickerclub.com and Hammer are presenting bloody classics like The Reptile, Frankenstein Created Woman and The … Continue reading →

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Got the Wintertime blues? Latitude’s festival shorts to the rescue!

Posted on 28 January 2012 by heidi

With Summer feeling like it’s about a million years away, it was a real pleasure to get an invite to BAFTA’s screening theatre on Monday night to view the two short films made at last year’s Latitude Fesitval arising from … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | British artist David Hockney makes a big splash at London’s Royal Academy and on Blu-ray

Posted on 19 January 2012 by peter

The vast new exhibition of celebrated artist David Hockney (which starts today at London’s Royal Academy) is devoted to his beloved Yorkshire Wold, with its colourful woodlands and richly patterned cornfields shown over the four seasons, and is set to … Continue reading →

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What’s the Best Animated Movie of 2011? You decide!

Posted on 24 December 2011 by heidi

Movie Talk is proud to announce your chance to get in on next year’s awards season and cast your vote for The Best Animated Movie of 2011 in the prestigious (and super luvey-dovey) Richard Attenborough Film Awards (aka The RAFAs). … Continue reading →

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French Film Festival opens across the UK

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Movie Talk

Kick back with a nice beaujolais and celebrate the best of French cinema in 2011 Continue reading →

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Hammer comes to Hackney | Shane Briant and his former co-stars host a special one-off fanfest in London’s East End

Posted on 5 October 2011 by peter

Remember the old Hammer films Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter? Well, there’s a one-off event happening in Hackney, East London on 15 October celebrating the horror classics. Shane Briant, who appeared in scores of … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Taylor jewellery exhibition in London – tiny, but priceless just like the late star herself

Posted on 26 September 2011 by peter

@Corbis Christie’s auction house in London played host to some of Elizabeth Taylor‘s stunning jewellery collection over the past weekend, before they go under the hammer, along with costumes, haute couture and art pieces, in New York in December. Among … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Film Week – London’s May Fair Hotel & Prince Charles Cinema showcase five films

Posted on 12 September 2011 by Jason Best

Hong Kong Film Week kicks off on Monday 12th September with the international premiere of Overheard 2 at the May Fair Hotel in London. A gripping thriller revolving around fiscal skulduggery on the Hong Kong stock exchange, the film is … Continue reading →

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Film4 FrightFest 2011 Highlights | Day 1

Posted on 26 August 2011 by peter

Film4′s FrightFest 2011 kicked off with Jake West’s Escape from London, a kick-ass pastiche of John Carpenter’s cult classic, with the divine Lucy Clements playing Snake Plissken’s sister. It’s one of a series of tasty shorts being shown only during … Continue reading →

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A midnight feast for silent movie fans…

Posted on 25 August 2011 by heidi

As we’ve said before and now we’ll say again, we’re big fans here at Movie Talk of silent movie soundtrack specialists Minima. The four-piece band have a treat in store for punters at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing the live … Continue reading →

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