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First feature-length film to be shot on a Smartphone

First feature-length film to be shot on a Smartphone

At the start of this year, we brought you the news that Park Chan-Wook had directed the first ever cinema-quality short film using only lenses and iPhones. Well, it seems that this technique has caught on, as we now bring you news of another film, now feature-length, that has been shot in a similar...

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Bridget Jones 3 director revealed!

Bridget Jones 3 director revealed!

Get out your big knickers, Bridget Jones 3 is officially ago ... again. Renee Zellweger is set to pile the pounds on as Peter Cattaneo signs on as the new director. It's hard to believe it's been over seven years now since the second Bridget Jones in 2004, but she's finally returning to our...

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Beauty and the Beast 3-D trailer released

Beauty and the Beast 3-D trailer released

Release your inner child. Following The Lion Kings re-release in 3-D, Beauty and the Beast will dance onto the big screen again at the beginning of next year too. Tale as old as time ... sigh. Yes, we know its just another way for Disney to make money off their most successful films, but come on - it's...

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Julia Roberts to star in and produce Second Act

Julia Roberts to star in and produce Second Act

A Second Act, a second chance, for Julia Roberts to win back some of the audience that she may have lost through recent box office flop Larry Crowne. Second Act is still in the very early stages of its life, with a writer and director not yet having been recruited, but it is said to feature Roberts, star of...

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Daniel Radcliffe to play Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe to play Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings

Ex-Harry Potter star, Daniel Radcliffe, is set to take on the role of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in upcoming thriller, Kill Your Darlings -  the first feature-length film to be directed by John Krokidas. Kill You Darlings, which was also co-written by Krokidas, is expected to detail the formation of the...

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Trailer for The Lady, starring Michelle Yeoh

Trailer for The Lady, starring Michelle Yeoh

The biopic based on the heroic true story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement is storming the barricades on 30th December. The Lady tells an extraordinary tale of Burma's national heroine as she struggles to maintain emotional relationships against a backdrop of political...

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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Poster released

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Poster released

Explosions, car chases and kissing a gorgeous girl are all just part of a normal day for Mission Impossible's, Ethan Hunt, and this poster teaser is just what M.I. fans have been waiting for.   Cruise's menacing expression looks like he is determined and means business, which is exactly the...

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Lost Disney short discovered in UK archive

Lost Disney short discovered in UK archive

A long lost short film of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who provided inspiration for iconic Disney character Mickey Mouse has been discovered in a film archive in England. Once upon a time, in 1927 to be precise, Walt Disney and his cartoonist partner Ub Iwerk's created a creature called Oswald the Lucky...

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Shekhar Kapur to direct Martin Amis’ London Fields

Shekhar Kapur to direct Martin Amis’ London Fields

It has recently announced that director Shekhar Kapur will take on the challenge of bringing Martin Amis' London Fields to the big screen. Despite the fact that both Michael Winterbottom and David Cronenberg have previously been attached to this project, it seems that it will be Kapur who takes on the...

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Radio Times Christmas film poll puts It’s A Wonderful Life at the top

Radio Times Christmas film poll puts It’s A Wonderful Life at the top

We all have our favourite films we love to break out at Christmas-time and now, the Radio Times has announced the results of its Christmas Film poll. The poll collected 2,882 ballots, so this should be a pretty definitive list, let's see. Yep, It's A Wonderful Life is right at the top, with a heart-warming...

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