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West Side Story
While most directors of his generation have by now gently faded from view, Steven Spielberg is still going strong, as witnessed by the legendary director’s new project, West Side Story. The new movie,...
Romeo+Juliet
Backyard Cinema specialise in bringing movies to life, using a variety of means including immersive sets, actors, and live music. For the company’s version of Romeo + Juliet, they’ve literally thrown ...
A movie version of Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley’s Romeo and Juliet is in the works
It’s the theatre blockbuster that never was. With bright young things Josh O’Connor (The Crown, The Durrells) and Jessie Buckley (War and Peace, Chernobyl) onboard, the National Theatre’s production o...
The Globe Open Air Cinema Weekend (postponed)
A month after reopening for site tours, the Globe has announced that it is staging an open air cinema weekend next month. Shakespeare on Screen is set to debut at the iconic Bankside theatre from the ...
Cineworld announces plans to shut all UK cinemas until spring
In a move which will send shock waves through the entire entertainment industry, movie giant Cineworld have confirmed that they are closing all of their UK cinemas until spring 2021. The move, which w...
Love Actually Live
Could we ask for a better treat at the end of this strangest of all years than Love Actually Live In Concert? The event, which combines a screening of Richard Curtis’s much loved movie with a li...
Secret Sofa
Immersive film company Secret Cinema have teamed up with Häagen-Dazs to launch an at home version of their legendary film events. The initiative, which is being dubbed “Secret Sofa”, will ...
Knives Out Review
Here is Peter Gray’s Knives Out review: For a movie based on such a tired genre, Knives Out is surprisingly refreshing. Rian Johnson’s homage to the works of Agatha Christie is both witty and en...
Downton Abbey the Movie
“A royal luncheon, a parade, and a dinner? “says Mrs Patmore on first hearing news of the Royal family’s visit to Downton Abbey. “I’m going to have to sit down”. I must say, by the end of Downton Abbe...
Emma.
Has the world of Jane Austen ever looked lovelier? Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Austen’s beloved novel of youthful hubris Emma. is a feast for the eyes, but no empty spectacle either. Music video p...
A City Without Cinemas
If, like myself, your weekly routine includes multiple trips to the cinema, then you will no doubt find the current cinema closures debilitating. London is home to such a wonderful and deeply varied s...
Sky Store Adds Cinema Premieres
If working from home is proving a challenge, then it’s about to get even more difficult thanks to Sky. The company has just announced that its Sky Store portal will in future premiere the latest cinem...
Promising Young Woman
Movie Postponed: Promising Young Woman was scheduled to be released on the 17th of April in the UK but due to the Coronavirus Crisis, the movie has been postponed. We will upload more information abou...
Sponge On The Run Movie
Sponge on the Run will be released in the UK on the 22nd of May 2020. There are few cultural icons more beloved among Gen-Z TV watchers than Spongebob Squarepants. Arriving at a perfect moment in hist...
Parasite Movie
This article about Parasite was published on the 1st of January 2020. What separates Bong Joon-Ho from many of his contemporaries is how he understands that the tone of a movie can be distinct from it...
Black Widow
In 2010, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still in its infancy. The imminently sprawling film empire had just three releases under its belt, with its most recent venture Iron Man 2 opening to undeser...
Tenet
I was once told by a media teacher in school that there were very few directors whose name alone could send a movie to number one at the box office. Spielberg was one, Tarantino another, with Scorsese...
Dolittle
After hanging up the Iron Man armour that not only redeemed his career but took it to incomparable new heights, you might expect Robert Downey Jr. to take one of several paths. Perhaps he would natura...
