Straight to the top spot is British-American epic historical drama film, 12 Years a Slave which made £2,511,349 on its opening weekend. The film is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free black man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold […]
The much-hyped – and deservedly so – big screen adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has opened at number one at the box office in the UK and Ireland.The Working Titles film, financed and released by the newly rebranded Studiocanal UK – formerly Optimum – knocked The Inbetweeners into
This year’s Oscar nominees have gathered for the annual luncheon, thrown by the Academy in their honour, at an exclusive hotel in Beverly Hills.
The number one film at the UK box office, The King’s Speech, leads the field in the race for the Oscars, with twelve nominations — including Best Picture, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush and Best Supporting Actress Helena Bonham Carter. The film is also
Anyone who thinks covering film awards is glamorous clearly doesn’t realise that standing outside for hours, penned in by barriers like cattle, waiting to steal a quick word from ‘the talent’ as they fly past can actually be rather humiliating. Then, herded into a remote press room, we watch the
There was plenty of Glee at the Social Network that was the Golden Globes in Hollywood, where the big prizes went to a TV show about a song-filled high school and a film about the birth of Facebook, depriving the British hopeful The King’s Speech of six of the seven
Jason Korsner reports
2 November 2010
The organisers of the London Film Festival say this year’s event had an outstanding British presence – including the opening and closing night galas.
The festival got off to a glittering start with Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go – adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel – with