The final film in the British fantasy film franchise took the top prize at the Empire Film Awards 2012 in London last night. Along with Best Film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 scooped the award for Best Director, for David Yates. Accepting the award he commented, “It’s a real treat to get [...]
BAFTA Scotland winners announced
March 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Georgi Bomb It was all about the suits and gowns last night as the BAFTA in Scotland New Talent Award ceremony took place at Glasgow Film Theatre. Celebrating fresh young talent, awarding students, and highlighting the future of Scottish film, television and digital media. The night belonged to Lou McLoughlan who received two awards [...]
Seen but not heard
March 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Jane Bretin Scotland is inaugurating its first silent film festival in Falkirk today. The Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema is set to last three days, from Friday to Sunday and will feature a number of all time classics as well as less famous movies. The festival includes the screening of a dozen films to [...]
Soundtrack for the city
March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Waltz With Bashir.
December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Liam Wilson What only can be described as a provocative and visually stunning picture, director Ari Folman has created a genre of innovative and often devastating scenes in the recently released, ‘Waltz With Bashir’. Taking four years to complete, Waltz begins in 2006 with Ari meeting with a friend from the armed service period, [...]
Hellmouth reopens
November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Susannah Radford It’s like fish without chips but Warner Bros. Pictures and Atlas Entertainment have done the unthinkable. The announcement that Buffy the Vampire Slayer would be relaunched as a film without the involvement of creator Joss Whedon has been met with shock by fans throughout the world. Buffy the Vampire Slayer first burst [...]
Grotesque Torture Porn Banned by BBFC
November 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
by Elliot Adams The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has refused certification to Koji Shiraishi’s Gurotesuku, which was due to be released in the UK under the title of Grotesque. This puts the film in the company of an extremely select group to have earned the dubious honour of outright bans in the UK, [...]
3D cinema is here to stay
April 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Andrew Moir Dreamworks animated movie Monsters Vs Aliens topped the UK box office this week taking just over £4million. The success of the film both in the UK and internationally may be down to the influence of new 3D technology. For an extra charge, cinemagoers can immerse themselves in a fictional world with the [...]
Lesbian Vampire Killers
March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Kirstyn Smith The first thing to look out for is the number of lone, shifty-looking men in the auditorium. I don’t know what this anticipative audience expects from a film called Lesbian Vampire Killers, but I’ve a feeling they left feeling a bit disappointed. Unfortunately, they weren’t the only ones. To give the film [...]
