UK film production and box office take both top £1bn 31 January 201431 January 2014Jason Korsner Cinema audiences in the UK and the Irish Republic spent more than a billion pounds to see films released in 2013. It’s the [...]
I’m So Excited by Gravity: UK Screen’s best and worst of 2013 1 January 20145 January 2015Jason Korsner 2013 has been another busy year for UK Screen, with more than a hundred theatrical releases reviewed and the usual mix of big [...]
Argo takes Best Picture as honours shared at Oscars 25 February 201329 December 2013Jason Korsner Comment Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage thriller cum Hollywood satire Argo has won the Best Picture award at the Oscars – the first film to [...]
Talent without glamour at the GREAT British pre Oscars reception 23 February 201324 February 2013Husam Sam Asi Comment The dearth of Oscar nominations for British stars sucked the glamour out of the Great British Film reception in Los Angeles last night. [...]
Argo wows BAFTA, with two top awards 11 February 2013Jason Korsner Comment Ben Affleck – shunned for a Best Director nomination at the Oscars – has continued to pick up every other award in his [...]
Les Mis retains UK box office top spot 5 February 20138 February 2013Jason Korsner Comment There’ll be no miserable faces at Working Title, whose musical Les Miserables remained at the top of the UK Box Office chart for [...]
Skyfall wins best film at Evening Standard Awards 5 February 20138 February 2013Jason Korsner Comment Skyfall has won the Best Film prize at the 40th Evening Standard British Film Awards, in a ceremony at the London Film Museum [...]
Les Mis tops UK box office for 3rd week 31 January 20132 February 2013Jason Korsner Comment Tom Hooper’s screen adaptation of the Les Miserables musical has secured its third successive top spot in the UK & Ireland box office [...]
Amour wows London Critics 21 January 201321 January 2013Jason Korsner Comment The Austrian-French co-production Amour has picked up three of the top prizes at the London Film Critics Circle Awards. It was voted the [...]
Experience Golden Globes week in LA with UKscreen 21 January 201330 January 2013Jason Korsner Comment Wednesday 9th January 2013: Arrived in LA in time to have dinner at a quaint Santa Monica Italian restaurant, Bruno’s, with UKscreen’s owner [...]