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History and success of animation explored in new book
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A new book exploring the history of animation – from the earliest experimentations with the genre through to the latest digital films from studios such as Pixar – goes on sale this September. Published by Aurum Press, Stephen Cavalier’s The World History of Animation is described as “a global history of animation” which will “appeal…
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Overdrive announces Windows Phone app
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Windows smartphone owners can now access ebooks and audiobooks from their local library thanks to a new app from OverDrive, the company which powers digital services for many UK and international libraries.
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The Muppets confirmed for Empire's weekend celebration of film
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The Muppets are coming to the 02 this summer as part of the Empire Presents BIG SCREEN weekend celebration of film. Back in April we reported that studios 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures UK had joined forces with film magazine Empire to host a weekend of screenings, Q&A’s and master classes with…
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First Look: Marc Warren as 'Cool Hand Luke'
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Mad Dogs and former Hustle star Marc Warren is heading up the cast of the stage adaptation of Donn Pearce’s acclaimed novel ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and we have a great in-character picture of Marc to share with you. The play opens at the Aldwych Theatre on Monday 3 October with previews from the 23rd September.…
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Freeview highlights Summer of subscription-free HD sport
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Digital TV platform Freeview is hoping a “summer of subscription-free sport” will drive take-up of Freeview HD set-top-boxes which can offer up to 500 hours of HD storage.
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On DVD & Blu-ray: Unknown
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Liam Neeson identity theft thriller Unknown comes to DVD and Blu-ray on July 18th and is now available to pre-order from the seenit.co.uk store.