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Star Trek Into Darkness Teaser Trailer

6 December 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

A teaser trailer has arrived for next year’s Star Trek sequel and it’s left me feeling a bit, well, underwhelmed. I’m not a big Star Trek fan although I did love J.J. Abrams 2009 reboot and I am a little bit in love with Karl Urban’s uber grumpy Bones…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Iron Man 3, J.J. Abrams, Karl Urban, Man of Steel, Marvel's Avengers, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, teaser trailers, The Wolverine, Thor 2, trailers, World War Z

New Les Miserables Clips

1 December 2012 by Louise 2 Comments

I don’t know how I missed these – and I’m not sure that I’m the only person who has…. Last night I couldn’t sleep. I was lying awake at 2am watching TV, reading Caitlin Moran and wandering round Twitter to find something interesting when someone tweeted a link to a Les Mis clip of Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried singing A Heart Full of Love…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Jackman, Les Mis, Les Miserables, musicals, Russell Crowe, Samantha Barks

World War Z Trailer

9 November 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

The trailer for Brad Pitt’s zombie apocalypse movie World War Z has now arrived and it looks good. Not just because of Mr Pit, or the fast zombies or the billions dead but because Glasgow looks fab. Much of the filming for this movie was done in my home city, right next to my dad’s office…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Brad Pitt, Glasgow, Max Brooks, trailers, World War Z, zombies

World Book Night 2013 Books Announced

8 November 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

One of the highlights of this year has been participating in World Book Night. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a “giver” and distributed 24 copies of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a great feeling and I loved being able to share how much I love reading and discovering new books and authors with people I wouldn’t normally discuss books…

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: A Little History of the World, Alexander McCall Smith, Andy McNab, Bernard Schlink, Casino Royale, Cormac McCarthy, Damage, E.H. Gombrich, Girl With a Pearl Earring, graphic novels, Ian Fleming, Jackie Kay, Jasper Fforde, Jeanette Winterson, Jojo Moyes, Josephine Hart, Judge Dredd, Last Night Another Soldier, Little Face, Marjorie Blackman, Me Before You, Noughts & Crosses, Patrick Ness, Philippa Gregory, Red Dust Road, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rose Tremain, Sebastian Barry, Sophie Hannah, The Dark Judges, The Eyre Affair, The Island, The Knife of Never Letting Go, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Reader, The Road, The Road Home, The Secret Scripture, The White Queen, Tracy Chevalier, Treasure Island, Victoria Hislop, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, World Book Night, World Book Night 2013, young adult fiction

Disney buys Lucasfilm – Star Wars 7 coming 2015

30 October 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

The big news from the US tonight, which appears to have taken everyone by total surprise is that Disney have bought Lucasfilm for the bargain price of $4billion. And there’s a new installment of the Star Wars series due in 2015…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Alan Horn, Back to the Future, Disney, ET, George Lucas, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg

Raindance Award Winners Announced

6 October 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Raindance 2012

As the 20th Raindance Film Festival comes to a close prizes have been awarded to films across a number of categories. Jury members included Sarah Radclyffe – producer and co-founder of Working Title; Oli Harbottle of Dogwoof Distribution; cinematographer Philip Bloom and William C. Martell, writer of 20 produced feature films. The winners were:

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Ballroom Dancer, Buzkashi Boys, Dogwoof Distribution, festival prizes, How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song?, Indebted, Laurentie, Love Tomorrow, Oli Harbottle, Philip Bloom, Raindance, Raindance Film Festival, Sarah Radclyffe, The Pub, William C. Martell, Working Title

Les Miserables Extended Preview

20 September 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

An extended first look for the forthcoming film adaptation of stage musical Les Miserables has been released. Stars of the musical including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Samantha Barks and Anne Hathaway discuss how singing live during every take has impacted on the way that the actors have approached their roles…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables, musicals, Russell Crowe, Samantha Barks, Tom Hooper

Man Booker Shortlist Announced

11 September 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

The shortlist for the 2012 Man Booker Prize has been announced this morning. The six nominated novels are:

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Alison Moore, book awards, Bring up the Bodies, Deborah Levy, Hilary Mantel, Jeet Thayil, literary prizes, Man Booker Prize, Narcopolis, shortlists, Swimming Home, Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists, The Lighthouse, Umbrella, Will Self, Wolf Hall

20th Raindance Film Festival Launches

4 September 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Raindance 2012

The 20th Raindance Film Festival was launched this morning with details of 104 feature films being announced including a fascinating Mexican thread, the best of independent British film making and a number of thought-provoking documentaries on the schedule…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Banaz A Love Story, Brilliant Soil, British independent films, death penalty, documentaries, Guillermo del Toro, Here Comes The Devil, Independent film, Mexican films, Raindance, Raindance Film Festival, The Second Execution of Rommel Broom

Calls for 50 Shades Book-Burning

24 August 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

A charity in the North of England which helps women who have been victims of abuse is calling for copies of the hugely popular Fifty Shades trilogy to be burned in protest at what is seen as the violent and degrading treatment of the female characters…

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: book-burning, domestic violence, EL James, erotic novels, Fifty Shades, Harry Potter, Tales of the City, Wearside Women In Need

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