Posts Tagged ‘Michael Caine’
The Artist’s Jean Dujardin teams up with Vincent Cassel
Following his Golden Globe success, French actor Jean Dujardin could be set to reunite with The Artist's producer, Thomas Langmann, to make a comedy alongside Vincent Cassel. The Artist, has been heavily nominated at this year's award ceremonies, with Dujardin's performance already earning him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
Batman Audiences Baffled By Bane
Warner Bros is reported to be 'scared to death' after audiences claimed they couldn't understand the dialogue from the latest Batman villain, Bane, in The Dark Knight Rises. A six minute prologue was shown as a preview of the latest instalment in Christopher Nolan's series of Batman films before IMAX screenings of Mission: Impossible...
The Dark Knight Rises – news on setting and prologue
Batfans will be excited to hear that Christopher Nolan has finally revealed some juicy news about the next Batman film. The Dark Knight Rises will be set eight years after The Dark Knight, which ended at a rather crucial time for our hero. In an effort to give the people of Gotham hope and keep the image of the White Knight alive, Batman...
Educational Cinema – Our top 10 school films
This week, TFR takes a look at the films taking place in the classroom. Academia is always going to be an important aspect of who we are and what we want to do for a living. Some of us might even become teachers ourselves. But what films best sum up the classroom environment? Larry Crowne is a romance set around teacher and pupil, but what...
We’re the Brits in America!
This Friday sees the release of Arthur, starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. An English playboy living in America, Arthur stands to receive a $950 million inheritance - as long as he marries heiress Susan Johnson, played by Jennifer Garner. Unfortunately, he's fallen for the charms of a tour guide, played by Greta Gerwig - forcing him...
Cameron Diaz joins Firth for Gambit
Cameron Diaz has won a role in Colin Firth's next flick Gambit. The film is a remake of a 1966 comedy drama of the same name but this time around the script has been written by the Coen brothers. It will be directed by Michael Hoffman who is know for The Last Station. It has not been confirmed whether Firth will definitely star in the...
Quiz: Who won the Oscar nom?
Get your acceptance speech at the ready... This week the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced, so we thought we'd take a look at past nominees and test your knowledge of the winners. Break a leg! [QUIZZIN...
Brits shine in Bafta Rising Star nominations
The Brits have done us proud again by leading the way in nominations for the coveted Rising Star Award at this years BAFTA ceremony. The five actors nominated are former Bond girl, Gemma Arterton, Kick-Ass star Aaron Johnson, soon-to-be Spiderman Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy who gave an exceptional performance as Charles Bronson and the only...
Watch Get Carter at Newcastle Racecourse
Win tickets to see Get Carter, the British gangster film classic to be screened at one of the key locations for the movie, Newcastle Racecourse. To celebrate the luxury exhibition screening of Get Carter at Newcastle Racecourse on Thursday, 2rd December, Volkswagen and The Film Review have teamed up to offer one lucky winner the chance...
Tom Hardy cast in next Nolan Batman film
A new possible villain joins the Batman crew: Tom Hardy. Fellow hero, or Heath Ledger's follow-up villain? So far, so good: Christopher Nolan's Batman films have been adored by fans and critics alike, his dark, Frank Miller-inspired vision of Gotham and its inhabitants giving us Christian Bale's Batman and even more notably, Heath Ledger's...
First peak at the love story of the year – Gnomeo and Juliet
There is nothing we like more at TFR Towers than a garden gnome or two, so imagine our delight when we saw the trailer for Gnomeo and Juliet. A sneak peak of the film hit the internet yesterday, as did the first images of the Touchstone Pictures film which will be in 3D. As you may have worked out, Gnomeo and Juliet is a re-telling of...
Leo DiCaprio smoulders at Inception UK première
Looks like Leonardo DiCaprio still has what it takes to make the ladies go wild, judging by the pictures of the hysteria at last night's Inception UK première. Hundreds of screaming fans headed down to Leicester Square to catch a glimpse of Leo and the other stars as they walked the red carpet. After a recent lack of A-listers at London...
Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest film set to be a hit
Leonardo DiCaprio's latest film is getting rave reviews already and is being touted as the film of the summer. Inception which stars Leo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page, tells the story of Dom Cobb an 'extractor' who invades rich and powerful people in their sleep and takes their deepest secrets from their subconscious. Information about...
Ten football films you need to see
So, England may have done appallingly in the World Cup, but we still love football and always will. Instead of celebrating our team this summer, we thought we'd remind you about ten great football films to watch that will take your mind off things. The Firm We're talking about the original 1998 TV film version of The Firm, not last year's...
Is Anybody There?
Micheal Caine can't exactly pick the scripts like he used to, but he must've still thought he was onto a good one here... Although 2007's Boy A went straight to TV, the feature-length show was lauded a critical success, which means the big screen follow-up of director John Crowley has been highly anticipated. The film tells the story of a...
