Hitting the box office charts hard is American mystery thriller Gone Girl, which delivered the biggest opening weekend since The Inbetweeners 2 back in August, debuting with £4,109,628. Adapted by Gillian Flynn, who wrote the 2012 novel of the same name, it was directed by David Fincher, whose previous openers include The Social Network with […]
For the first time ever, a live event has topped the charts in the form of Billy Elliot the Musical, which took £1,904,098 from more than 500 screens across the UK on September 28th. It was broadcast live from London’s Victoria Palace Theatre and was the widest ever cinema release of a live event. The […]
The Boxtrolls has continued its run at the top of the UK box office, just beating out strong competition from Liam Neeson’s latest release. The stop motion animation brought in £1,333,137 last weekend and has grossed £3,621,803 so far. The film, which is based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow, features the […]
Straight to the top spot is American computer animated comedy Rio 2 which made £2,882,680 on its opening weekend. Produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio. Rio 2 features the returning voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, and George Lopez among others, and […]
Straight to the top spot is American action film Need for Speed which made £2,011,249 on its opening weekend. The film is an adaption of the Need for Speed series of video games by Electronic Arts. Need for Speed stars Aaron Paul as street racer Tobey Marshall, who sets off to race cross-country, as a […]
300: Rise of an Empire hits the top spot after making £2,761,612 on its opening weekend. The American action film is a follow up to the 2007 film 300, which follows a fictionalised retelling of the Battle of Salamis, taking place before, during and after. Zack Snyder, who directed and co-wrote the original film, acts […]
Critical darling and Oscar buzz king, Argo, failed to dethrone Taken 2, which held to the crown of domestic and foreign box offices for the second consecutive weekend, drawing $22.5 million (total 86.8) and $41 million (total $132.8) respectively. Starring Liam Neeson, the action sequel follows a CIA agent, who has to rescue his kidnapped […]
Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 storms the US and international box offices in its opening weekend with $50 million and $53 million respectively.
Irish actor, Liam Neeson made headlines in June, when he talked about his fascination with the Islamic faith, sparking reports that he was converting to Islam. His publicist, however, was quick to deny the claims in an email he had sent me, saying that “his client is not, nor has he ever been converting to Islam.”
The actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave has been honoured by the Oscar-awarding Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at an unprecedented ceremony in London.
The retrospective of her work at the Curzon Soho cinema – hosted by the