Cinema
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Review: The Social Network
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Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network is that rarest of things – an intelligent Hollywood movie totally absent of cheap thrills, stunts, or special effects and which assumes equal intelligence on the part of the audience as it tells a complex and, at times, emotional story of young people and the business decisions they made. Based…
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Handling the truth – Aaron Sorkin on The Social Network
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The Social Network – the big screen portrayal of the claims and counterclaims surrounding the genesis of Facebook – opens in the UK next week and we were lucky enough to be on hand when writer Aaron Sorkin and cast members Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield met the press in London. “I don’t…
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Global broadcast for Les Miserables 25th Anniversary performance
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A special 25th Anniversary performance of Les Miserables is to be shown live at cinema screens across the globe on October 3rd to allow fans of the hit musical to take part in the celebrations. The performance will be beamed from London’s O2 where a host of internationally renowned performers including Matt Lucas, Alfie Boe,…
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UK premiere for East Is East sequel at London Film Festival
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West Is West, the long awaited sequel to Ayub Khan-Din’s acclaimed movie East Is East, is to get its UK premiere at the London Film Festival next month before heading to UK cinemas next February. Those lucky enough to be attending the 35th Toronto International Film Festival this weekend were treated to the film’s world…
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Research shows third of cinema goers take advantage of Orange Wednesdays promotion
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New research by YouGov SixthSense has revealed that 37% of UK adults who’ve visited the cinema in the past 6 months have taken advantage of the Orange Wednesdays promotion to buy two tickets for the price of one.
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Hoodie scares in Cherry Tree Lane
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Coming to selected cinemas and DVD later this month, British horror flick Cherry Tree Lane tells the story of an ordinary British who family, headed by former The Bill and Doctors actor Tom Butcher, face their worst fears when their normal, everyday lives are destroyed by a group of vicious youths who subject them to…