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…
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. …
Time for the grown-ups to go to the movies. Book the baby sitter, the table at your favourite eating house and the tickets for your local flix. Chef is in town!
Make sure that you visit the restaurant before you see it though, because this is a film about great food and Twitter. The last thing you should do is see it on an empty stomach! The food, from a whole new menu to a more…
The apes are on their way back! Part two of the latest Planet Of The Apes franchise opens next month and shows every sign of being the best of the lot.
A packed screening room of journalists – including Yours Truly! – recently had a sneak preview of some footage from the forthcoming Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Even better, it was hosted by the master of motion capture acting, Andy…
This year’s summer holiday line-up gets under way with a decidedly sci-fi theme. Earth To Echo opens on 25th July, telling the story of three friends whose mobile phones are infected by cryptic signals. Convinced that something big is going on they go in search of the sender. Check out the trailer to see what they find!
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If yet another film in 3-D makes you positively groan at the thought of those clunky glasses slipping down your nose, then here’s some great news. Not about the glasses, sadly, but at long last there’s a film that makes putting up with them more than worthwhile.
T S Spivet was released on Friday, 13 June 2014. Not that it’s an omen. Far from it. This is the captivating story of T S…
The summer blockbuster season is almost upon us – How To Train Your Dragon 2 and Pudsey:The Movie will be among the more family-friendly offerings during the school holidays. But as a warm up act, we have Disney’s much-awaited Maleficent, which is released today. And they don’t much more stylish than that ……
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The other side of the Sleeping Beauty story hits the big screen at the end of the month with the arrival of Disney’s much-anticipated Maleficent.
Angelina Jolie, complete with to-die-for cheekbones, brings animation’s most iconic villain to life. And, as she reveals in this special feature, it was a character she was especially keen to play.
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