Posts Tagged ‘Ewan McGregor’
Cannes Film Festival 2012 Jurors Announced
The jurors for this year's Cannes Film Festival, who will choose the winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or prize, have officially been announced. It was revealed back in January of this year that Italian filmmaker, Nanni Moretti, would be overseeing the 2012 committee as president of the jury - a role which was filled last year by Robert...
Star Wars 3D posters: no Jar Jar in sight!
Star Wars fans rejoice! The wait for the upcoming 3D releases of the franchise are nearly upon us. And the new posters for Episode One: The Phantom Menace have been revealed. Last year it was announced that George Lucas has been a busy man, digitally enhancing all six films in the franchise, ready to bring them back to theatres next...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen trailer
The latest trailer for the film adaptation of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has been released, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt. Ewan McGregor stars as a fisheries scientist, who is roped into implementing the plans of an ambitious Yemeni Sheik (Amr Waked) to start salmon fishing in the Gulf state by the UK Prime Minister's press...
Watch out giants – Jack the Giant Killer trailer is here!
If you liked the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, but thought it was lacking a certain...action element, then you won't be disappointed with Jack the Giant Killer. By the looks of the new trailer, there is plenty of climbing and fighting, not to mention burning trees being hurled around by an enormous, angry giant. Nicholas Hoult has grown...
The Doctors on Film
This Friday sees the released of the 3D comedy horror remake of Fright Night, directed by Craig Gillespie. The film stars David Tennant, who is perhaps best known for his TV role as the Doctor in the long-running sci-fi programme, Doctor Who. With this mind, we take a look at other instances of the Doctor's various incarnations making their way...
Revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival opens
The Edinburgh International Film Festival began its 11-day run today, with a number of changes having been implemented since last year's event. The EIFF is the longest continually-running film festival in the world, with the first festival being held in 1947 in a response to the Edinburgh's International Festival refusal to include films...
Danny Boyle to direct Trance
Danny Boyle has announced that his next film will be a London-based thriller, titled Trance. You might be forgiven for thinking that Boyle had enough on his plate since being announced as the artistic director for the 2012 Olympic games opening ceremony in London, but it seems the award-winning director already has plans in place for his...
Plan B and Ray Winstone to star in The Sweeney
Ben Drew, aka rapper Plan B, will star in opposite Ray Winstone in a remake of classic 70s police drama, The Sweeney. The Brit Award-winning musician has already appeared in film's such as Adulthood and 4.3.2.1, and is currently in the process of completing his first stint as a director for upcoming film, Ill Manors. Now it seems he is...
Rachel Weisz to play wife of transexual Nicole Kidman
Rachel Weisz has reportedly joined Nicole Kidman in the cast of the upcoming sex-change drama, The Danish Girl. The Danish Girl is based on a novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, which was published back in 2000. Set in 1920s Copenhagen, it tells the story of Lili Elbe - the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Artist...
A Quiz Less Ordinary: Danny Boyle quiz
Last Friday saw release of 127 Hours, the latest film from award-winning director Danny Boyle. 127 Hours tells the extraordinary real-life story of mountain climber Aron Ralston (played by James Franco), who became trapped by a boulder in Utah for more than five days and was forced to go to extreme lengths in order to survive. However, this...
Sharleen Spiteri to make acting debut in Between Weathers
Texas singer, Sharleen Spiteri, will make her acting debut in Between Weathers. We might be more used to seeing her singing bluesy-rock songs as the lead singer of Scottish-based band, Texas, but Spiteri is obviously very much In Demand, as she will be taking a leading role in the film, which tells the story of a remote Scottish island...
Top Ten Music Movies: The Best of Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll
With the release of The Runaways biopic this Friday, we thought we'd take a quick look at some of the best music-inspired movies... 1. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll Line-up? Andy Serkis stars as Ian Dury, alongside Naomie Harris, Ray Winstone, Noel Clarke and Mackenzie Crook Lyrical content? Serkis gives an uncanny portrayal of...
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Despite a cryptic title, and an even stranger trailer that reveals nothing about the content of the film, Grant Heslov’s second film ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’ is an unexpected comedy gem. Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by UK journalist Jon Ronson, the start of the film introduces investigative reporter Bob Wilton...
Ewan McGregor hands Danny Boyle an olive branch but whacks Irvine Welsh in the face on the way
Ewan McGregor might like to bear a grudge, but after nine years, has he finally buried the hatchet with Danny Boyle? The pair looked to be chums for life after 1996 hit Trainspotting - Boyle even appeared to be making the Scot director his muse when he promised him the lead in 2000 blockbuster The Beach. Studio bosses had a different idea, though,...
Angels and Demons
Clearly not scared of facing the Pope’s wrath, Columbia Pictures is dishing out yet another Dan Brown adaptation for the big screen... Penned by the writer before The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons acts as a prequel to famed mega hit novel – and so this time round we see Tom Hanks fighting off the years to play an ever so slightly younger...
