Goodbye, Mr Bond: Danny Boyle quits 007
Danny Boyle has quit as the director of the 25th film in the James Bond franchise The news came in a tweet posted
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AuthorJason Korsner
The Equalizer 2 – Review
DIRECTED BY: Antoine Fuqua – FEATURING: Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo, Pedro Pascal, Abigail Marlowe, Adam Karst, Antoine de Lartigue, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Caroline Day, Garrett Golden, Jonathan Scarfe, Karen Strong, Kazy Tauginas, Orson Bean, Rory Benjamin Smith
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London Film Festival to premiere Mike Leigh’s Peterloo drama – in Manchester
The London Film Festival is to stage the UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s upcoming film about the Peterloo massacre – in Manchester. Mike
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Raindance to honour Terry Gilliam with Auteur Award
The idiosyncratic British-based director Terry Gilliam is to become the third film-maker to be honoured by the Raindance Film Festival with its annual
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“Popular film” to be honoured in revamped Oscars ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced three changes to try to make future Oscar ceremonies more relevant – and
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The Escape – Review
DIRECTED BY: Dominic Savage – FEATURING: Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Frances Barber, Jalil Lespert, Marthe Keller
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Laurel & Hardy biopic to close London Film Festival
The 2018 BFI London Film Festival is to close with the upcoming biopic of the giants of early comedy cinema, Laurel & Hardy.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp – Review
DIRECTED BY: Peyton Reed – FEATURING: Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd, Abby Ryder Fortson, Bobby Cannavale, David Dastmalchian, Divian Ladwa, Hannah John-Kamen, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Randall Park, Stan Lee, Tip TI Harris, Walton Goggins
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Guardians of the Galaxy cast boost campaign to reinstate James Gunn
The stars of the Guardians of the Galaxy film franchise have publicly backed a campaign to get the director James Gunn reinstated to
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Unused Carrie Fisher footage to be used in Star Wars Episode IX
Disney – the parent company of Lucasfilm – has revealed that Episode 9 of the Star Wars saga – which begins filming next
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Autumn festival line-ups fire starting gun on Oscars race
The first clues as to the likely contenders for next year’s Oscars have been revealed, with the line-ups for the two big film
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Review
DIRECTED BY: Christopher McQuarrie – FEATURING: Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Frederick Schmidt, Henry Cavill, Kristoffer Joner, Michelle Monaghan, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames, Wes Bentley, Wolf Blitzer
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New BFI-backed proposals to boost independent UK films
The BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film has announced a series of proposals to boost grassroots film-making. The Films Minister Margot James cites
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Incredibles 2 – Review
DIRECTED BY: Brad Bird – FEATURING: Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner, Sarah Vowell, Barry Bostwick, Bob Odenkirk, Brad Bird, Catherine Keener, Eli Fucile, Isabella Rossellini, John Ratzenberger, Michael Bird, Paul Eiding, Phil LaMarr, Samuel L Jackson, Sophia Bush
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Steve McQueen’s Widows to open London Film Festival 2018
The director of the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen, is to open this year’s BFI London Film Festival with the international
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Skyscraper – Review
DIRECTED BY: Rawson Marshall Thurber – FEATURING: Dwayne Johnson, McKenna Roberts, Neve Campbell, Noah Cottrell, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller, Adrian Holmes, Byron Mann, Chin Han, Hannah Quinlivan, Kevin Rankin, Matt O’Leary, Pablo Schreiber, Tzi Ma
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Polanski’s wife says “Non Merci” to Oscars Academy
French actress Emmanuelle Seigner said she was offended that the Academy had invited her to become a member, after expelling her Oscar-winning husband.
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Swimming with Men – Review
DIRECTED BY: Oliver Parker – FEATURING: Rob Brydon, Adeel Akhtar, Aschlin Ditta, Charlotte Riley, Chris Jepson, Christian Rubeck, Daniel Mays, Jane Horrocks, Jim Carter, Nathaniel Parker, Robert Daws, Ronan Daly, Rupert Graves, Spike White, Thomas Turgoose
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Whitney – Review
DIRECTED BY: Kevin Macdonald – FEATURING: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Kevin Costner
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Calibre wins Best British Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival
The debut feature from the Scottish director Matt Palmer, Calibre, has won the Michael Powell Award for the Best British Feature Film at
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