Gravity has come off the biggest winner of the night at the British Academy Film Awards, taking six trophies, but the top prize of the night, for Best Picture, eluded the space thriller. The London-based Mexican-born Alfonso Cuarón was the best director for the ground-breaking film, which also won awards for its cinematography, visual effects, sound […]
2013 has been another busy year for UK Screen, with more than a hundred theatrical releases reviewed and the usual mix of big celebrity interviews and reports from awards, such as the Oscars and the Golden Globes, and festivals including Cannes, Toronto and the London Film Festival. The best releases of 2013 explored themes of […]
American thriller Prisoners holds strong in number one spot in the UK for a second week earning £1,107,641 in box office takings last weekend, pulling in a total of £3,375,912 in ten days. The thriller follows two families, in a Pennsylvanian suburb, celebrating Thanksgiving when their two daughters go missing. Anthony Quinn, from The Independent, […]
Formula One film Rush reached number one on its second weekend in the UK, overtaking previous number one Insidious: Chapter 2. The film stars Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda and follows the famous rivalry between the both of them during the 1976 Formula One World Championship. This is the […]
Straight to number one last weekend was, Insidious: Chapter 2, an American supernatural horror film which made £2,877,742 in its opening weekend in the UK. The film reunites director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell, who have worked on several horror projects since meeting in film school. They have worked on the horror films Saw, […]
Yes, Brad Pitt was here, yes I had a long chat with Benedict Cumberbatch (whose female fan following rivals Brad’s), Kate Winslet, Sandra Bullock etc. etc……Toronto is swarming with celebrities drawn by the film festival and the opportunities to be interviewed and get themselves and their movies on track for the awards season. But for […]