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UK Box Office: 17/2 – 19/2/2012

UK Box Office: 17/2 – 19/2/2012

Ian Loring February 22, 2012 0

A remarkably strong second week for the top 2 films mark an impressive weekend at the UK Box Office. 1. The Woman in Black (433 sites) W/E: £3,501,601 Total: £10,487,648 2. The Muppets (539) W/E: £3,411,698

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The List: 9 Oscar snubbed directors

The List: 9 Oscar snubbed directors

Stefan Halley February 22, 2012 0

After last week’s look at the actors that have been snubbed by Oscar, this week we turn our gaze to directors. There are a few modern directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and David Fincher that

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Retro Review: Bachelor Party

Retro Review: Bachelor Party

James McDonald February 21, 2012 0

James McDonald wishes he had a bachelor party like this

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The 3D Takeover: I’d also quite like this to stop

The 3D Takeover: I’d also quite like this to stop

Noel Mellor February 19, 2012 6

Noel's moaning again. Last week it was talking, this week its

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Clash of the Titles: Napoleon Dynamite vs Black Dynamite

Clash of the Titles: Napoleon Dynamite vs Black Dynamite

Kurt Brookes February 17, 2012 2

In this new weekly feature, I’ll be taking two popular film characters that share a monicker and make them duke it out Top Trumps style to see who comes out on top. This week,

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Unscene Heroes: Weta Digital

Unscene Heroes: Weta Digital

Mike Williams February 17, 2012 0

More-often-than-not, films rely on special effects. From the smallest, subtlety of a moving duvet in Paranormal Activity, to the epic battle scenes for Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings; a lot of

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UK Box Office: 10/2 – 12/2/2012

UK Box Office: 10/2 – 12/2/2012

Ian Loring February 15, 2012 0

Daniel Radcliffe shows us that he can have a Box Office life post-Potter with a storming weekend for his first film since he finished being the boy wizard, The Woman In Black. 1. The Woman

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Film7070: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Film7070: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Jordan McGrath February 15, 2012 0

In a year that saw a man step on the moon and The Beatles play their last live gig together, a small film rated X by the MPAA won an few Academy Awards (The

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The List: 11 Oscar snubbed actors

The List: 11 Oscar snubbed actors

Stefan Halley February 15, 2012 1

Only a couple weeks until the Academy Awards and this year looks particularly forgettable. Some of the best performances of the year (Tilda Swinton, Albert Brooks, Kirsten Dunst) were over looked for safer, more

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A Life in Films: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

A Life in Films: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

Garry McConnachie February 14, 2012 0

SCI-FI is a genre very close to my heart. There’s something about the fascination of futuristic technology, other worlds and aliens that just rings my bell. Back when I was a kid, I’d sit

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