This year’s summer blockbuster season at the cinema is well into its stride – week four, in fact. Transformers: Age Of Extinction, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and Hercules have all had their turn. But now come the unlikeliest bunch of heroes of the lot – a thief, two thugs, a murderer and a maniac – and they all have the fate of 12 billion people in their hands. They’re the…
In the last couple of weeks I have watched a few mainstream movies but none of them really impressed me. The cinematic beauty this Summer comes from independent low budgets films and in the kiddies’ space two in particular caught my imagination because they are sensationally written: Boyhood and Earth to Echo.
Kids-driven Sci-Fi Earth to Echo is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) meets The…
While the blockbusters are dominating the summer box office, it would be all too easy to overlook the lower budget films on offer. Which means that film makers have to be just a bit more imaginative when it comes to attracting an audience. Take Believe, for example, which is released this Friday, 25 July.
It’ll get decent distribution in cinemas but, so that it reaches a wider audience, it…
The Unbeatables is voiced by an all-star British voice cast including Rupert Grint (Harry Potter), Anthony Head (‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, ‘Merlin’), Ralf Little (‘The Royle Family’), Rob Brydon (‘The Trip’) and renowned impressionist Alistair McGowan (‘Arthur Christmas’).
Vertigo Films has dated award-winning 3D animation The Unbeatables (Foosball) for 15th August…
Last Summer Disney’s Planes was released and we were so excited to have the opportunity to meet both Teri Hacher and the filmmakers behind the great animation that went on to gross more than $219 million worldwide. That’s why we are pleased to announced that the second instalment Planes 2: Fire & Rescue is released to UK cinemas in 3D on 8th August 2014.
Planes: Fire & Rescue is…
When you are invited to a lot of film premieres and press conferences you know the score. Except with the launch of Extant the format was completely different. First of all it was a party and the venue was no ordinary one: the BAFTA’s building is so dense of cinema history that you feel you are sinking into it without wanting to resurface. Everything about the BAFTA is so special starting…
Pudsey The Dog: The Movie is a heart-warming, quintessentially British adventure starring the most famous and sweetest dog from Britain. It will be released in the UK on 18th July 2014.
I was totally star struck when I met Pudsey the dog at the Soho Hotel this week. You can tell from the interview I had with Ashleigh and Pudsey. Don’t miss it!
The movie is a low budget and good fun…
When a film takes years to make, it’s often not a good sign. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood took a total of 12 – and there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. He wanted it that way.
It follows Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows from a six year old boy to a young man of 18, going off to college. But there’s no change of actor. Instead, the director took the novel, and more…
It’s been a good year for animation. We’ve already had the frantic energy of The Lego Movie and the colour and rhythm of Rio 2, while Disney’s Planes:Fire and Rescue and Guillermo del Toro’s intriguing Book Of Life are still to come. But for now we’ll just have to settle for what could be at the top of the pile come the end of 2014. How To Train Your Dragon 2.
Those who saw the…
It may have been 12 years in the making, but Richard Linklater’s Boyhood wasn’t a film beset with production problems. That timescale was deliberate.
The director wanted to follow a boy growing up so, once a year for those 12 years, the same cast and crew got together to film the next stage. But it isn’t just the boy’s story: it’s just as much about his sister, mother and father. …
