London Film Festival Press Launch Preview
This morning we attended a very special preview to mark the beginning of the London Film Festival. After a brief introduction from Creative Director Sandra Hebron we were treated to a special trailer which showcased excerpts from 42 of the films in this year’s line up. Here’s a quick run down of the highlights – with so many films to choose from it was a hell of a call.
Stay tuned in the next coming weeks as we bring you the latest news from the Festival and up to date reviews once the Festival kicks off in October.
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Going The Distance: Star Interviews
Anyone who goes to the cinema with any regularity will have seen the trailer of Going The Distance at least a dozen times. Is it just us, or does it seem like they’ve been playing it since January? Someone in our office even maintains that they saw it twice before The Last Airbender, suffice to say, they were given a good slapping. The Last Airbender!? What were they thinking? But all that will soon be behind us because the film lands in cinemas this weekend…
Tamara Drewe Clip: Shorts
Having spent a couple of months on a farm in Western Australia, I can confirm that girls who look and dress like Gemma Arterton are in very very very short supply – but since when has reality stood in the way of a good movie?
Based on the graphic novel and Saturday Guardian strip by Posy Simmonds’ (which in turn is a modern-day take on the Hardy classic, Far From the Madding Crowd) Stephen Frears’ Tamara Drewe is a story of love and lust in a rural idyll. It hits cinemas this Friday..
The Ultimate Movie Dinner Party…
September 3, 2010 by Ewan Roberts
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Dinner For Schmucks is hitting cinemas this weekend and the whole premise reminded us of the age-old “Invite 10 people from history…” game. Of course, said game nearly always leads to a massive argument about whether fictional characters are allowed to attend or not. Such squabbles were avoided in the OTB offices this week however, as we decided to do our own version of the time-honoured challenge, this time with movie characters. Which of course, led to a whole new set of arguments. Sure Darth Vader might be able to provide some interesting anecdotes involving his struggles to quell the rebellion, but would he help wash up? In the end we went for Forrest Gump, Bridget Jones, Jules Winnfield (of Pulp Fiction), Tyler Durden, Don Corleone, Elle Woods (Legally Blonde), Ace Ventura (Pet Detective), Borat, Travis Bickle and The Terminator. Unfortunately we couldn’t meet Hannibal Lector’s dietary requirements…
Bridget Jones: Jules, you’re a religious man aren’t you? Do you want to say grace?
Jules: To be honest, I only really know this one passage from the Bible, and it’s more for dramatic effect than anything else. I can say that if you like?
Bridget: OK.
[Jules clears his throat]
Jules: Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequalities of the selfish-
Tyler: -If I may interrupt, I think it’s important we establish some ground rules. First rule of tonight’s meal: You don’t talk about tonight’s meal. Second rule of tonight’s meal: You do not talk about tonight’s meal.
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Elle: How do you maintain your afro?
Travis: You talkin’ to me?
Elle: No, I’m talking to Jules…obviously.
Jules: The f*ck?
Ace: I would expect he uses some kind of shampoo and conditioner combo?
Jules: What the f*ck do you know about shampoo?
[Ace sucks in a huge breathe of air]
Ace: The word shampoo in English is derived from the Hindi chāmpo, and dates to 1792. The Hindi word referred to head massage, usually with some form of hair oil. In the 1860s, soap began to be applied to hair. Shampoo is generally made by combining a surfactant, most often sodium lauryl sulfate and/or sodium laureth sulfate with a co-surfactant. Other essential ingredients include salt, a preservative and fragrance.
Tyler: You know with enough soap we could blow up pretty much anything… Read more
OTB Podcast 5: Podcast For Schmucks
This week hasn’t been a great week for movies, but that’s okay, the OTB team still have a healthy appetite for movie news, trailers and reviews.
Join Emily Moulder, Jez Sands and Jamie Steiner as they tuck in to the cinematic fast food junk that’s been putting them off their popcorn.
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The Last Exorcism Clip
Eli Roth’s latest horror project hits cinemas this weekend and it’s already being hailed in some corners as the best of the year so far in it’s genre. In The Last Exorcism a preacher and his camera crew set off to a deserted farm to prove that Satan doesn’t exist. As you can imagine, Satan doesn’t take too well to the whole idea.
Consequently when the possessed girl in question turns up unannounced at their motel room a couple of hours after the exorcism, our documentary makers start to panic somewhat…
Video: Cameron Talks Avatar Sequels
So James Cameron is also going to be writing a novel about the Na’avi?! Video courtesy of Empire Magazine…
Dry Humping: No Joke – Going The Distance Clip
Don’t tell that lot from the Twilight saga, but for all intents and purposes dry-humping is just sex with your clothes on. Apparently Christina Applegate agrees and she is only too happy to point this out to her on-screen sister Drew Barrymore in Going The Distance. But just like any couple of women left alone for more than three minutes, they then start to talk about oral sex – or more accurately, how rubbish us men are at it…
The Other Guys: Clips By The Ton!
Will Ferrell fans can breath a huge sigh of relief because their man is well and truly back on form with his new comedy The Other Guys. We celebrated his return to hilarity by rushing home to watch Anchorman for the third time that day and then uploading these clips to share with fellow Ferrell lovers. In his new film (in cinemas Friday 17th September) he and co-star Mark Wahlberg play a couple of largely disgraced detectives, bidding to win back their honour by arresting… Alan Partridge. Seriously.
More Images From Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows
September 1, 2010 by Emily Moulder
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It looks like the Warner Bros. PR machine has been running non-stop of late, as we can’t go more than a few days without getting new images from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Don’t get me wrong, we’re more than grateful for these tasty treats but we’re not sure we want to spoil our appetite by filling up on promo shots.
Oh wait, yes we do – more please!
We’ve got a whole batch of images that have been released over the past few days and don’t worry, they’re not spoiler-filled, contain spoilers like our previous articles do.
The first two come from Empire, who are showcasing their Potter prowess in this month’s issue. Bill Nighy plays wizard Prime Minister Rufus Scrimgeour who’s dishing out the goodies left to Harry, Ron and Hermione by Dumbledore.
