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Restored classic western ‘High Noon’ in UK debut on Blu-ray

Posted on September 10, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Fred Zinnemann’s Oscar-winning 1952 western ‘High Noon’ will be released for the first time on Blu-ray Disc in the United Kingdom on Sept. 16 by Eureka Entertainment.

Posted in Film, News | Tagged 'High Noon', Dmitri Tiomkin, Eureka Entertainment, Fred Zinnemann, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Masters of Cinema | Comments Off

BAFTA to keep theatrical eligibility and add casting prize

Posted on August 7, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – BAFTA announced today that, following what it calls a “broad consultation”, eligibility rules regarding the theatrical release required for a film to qualify for the EE British Academy Film Awards will not change for 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, News | Tagged Casting, EE British Academy Film Awards; BAFTA, Original Score | Comments Off

FILM REVIEW: ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’

Posted on July 26, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett Quentin Tarentino’s ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ is a lazy, self-indulgent and violent story about the unrequited love of a movie stuntman for a two-bit action star. Set in 1969, it’s a laboured bromantic … Continue reading →

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TIFF19 announces first galas and closing film ‘Radioactive’

Posted on July 24, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Working Title’s 19th-century biopic “Radioactive”, starring Rosamund Pike (pictured) as Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, will have its world premiere at the closing gala of the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 14. Organisers announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'Radioactive', Rosamund Pike, TIFF19, Toronto International Film Festival, Working Title | Comments Off

Robbie Robertson and The Band doc to open TIFF 2019

Posted on July 18, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The documentary feature ‘Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band’ will have its world premiere at the Opening Night Gala of the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 5, TIFF announced today.

Posted in Film, News, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band', Brian Glazer, Daniel Roher, Joanna Vicente, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, Ron Howard, TIFF19, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

Sidney Lumet on high comedy and great acting

Posted on June 25, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – American filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who was born 95 years ago today and died in 2011, made a series of fine and gripping social dramas from the 1950s through the 1980s but he was a big … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Interviews, Memory Lane, Recalling ... | Tagged 'Garbo Talks', Anne Bancroft, Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet | Comments Off

‘Under Fire’ with Nolte, Cassidy and Hackman new on Blu-ray

Posted on June 17, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Great news! Roger Spottiswood’s excellent 1983 political thriller ‘Under Fire’ starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris and Jean-Louis Trintignant is out today on Blu-ray Disc in the U.K. from Eureka Entertainment.

Posted in Film, News, Previews | Tagged 'Missing', 'Salvador', 'State of Siege', 'Under Fire', Clayton Frohlman, Ed Harris, Eureka Entertainment, Gene Hackman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jerry Goldsmith, Joanna Cassidy, John Alcott, Nick Note, Pat Metheny, Roger Spottiswood, Ron Shelton | Comments Off

That time with a lobster on a boat off New Brunswick

Posted on May 11, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett / The Windsor Star / Feb. 19 1972 When eating a lobster, don’t break open its body on a boat in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, you may never eat lobster again. Don’t misunderstand, the lobster in New … Continue reading →

Posted in Memory Lane, Recalling ... | Tagged New Brunswick, Passamaquoddy Bay, St. Andrews, The Windsor Star | Comments Off

FILM REVIEW: Natalie Portman in ‘Vox Lux’

Posted on May 3, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Just as in ‘Jackie’ two years ago, Natalie Portman gives a scintillating performance of a driven and complicated woman in a not very successful picture. Director and screenwriter Brady Corbet’s ‘Vox Lux’, which opens today … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'Vox Lux', Brady Corbet, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Scott Walker, Sia, Stacy Martin, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

Cheers to our Will, not sorry old George

Posted on April 23, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett Today is St. George’s Day named for the patron saint of several places such as Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal and Russia. Oh, and England. We English, of course, don’t mark April 23 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged Ben Whishaw, Chichester Festival, Donmar Warehouse, Imogen Stubbs, Kate Fleetwood, Kelly Reilly, Matthew McFadyen, Michael Gambon, Michael Grandage, National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, Patrick Stewart, Peter Hall, Rebecca Hall, Rupert Goold, Simon Russell Beale, St. George, Tom Hiddleston, Trevor Nunn, William Shakespeare, Zoe Wanamaker | Comments Off