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Category Archives: News
PREVIEW: James Purefoy stakes a claim for action stardom
By Ray Bennett British filmmaker Michael J. Bassett likes rain, mud and gore. Making his third feature film, the sword and sorcery epic “Solomon Kane” due for release by Entertainment on Feb. 19, he tested his star James Purefoy … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Solomon Kane', James Purefoy, Michael J. Bassett
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Sergey Dvortsevoy’s brilliant ‘Tulpan’ opens in UK
By Ray Bennett I had a very enjoyable dinner at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival two summers ago with Kazakhstan film director Sergey Dvortsevoy to celebrate his marvelous film “Tulpan”, which finally reaches cinemas in the United Kingdom this … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Tulpan', Festival de Cannes, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, New Wave Films, Pawel Pawlikowski, Sergey Dvortsevoy
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World Soundtrack Awards: Wins for Desplat, Rahman, Hamlisch
By Ray Bennett GHENT, Belgium – French Golden Globes Award-winner Alexandre Desplat (above right) was a double honouree at the 9th World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday as he was named film composer of the year and picked up the prize … Continue reading
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Tagged A.R. Rahman, Alexandre Desplat, Andy Garcia, Carter Burwell, Film Festival Ghent, Mark Streitenfelt, Marvin Hamlisch, World Soundtrack Awards
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An ‘Ishtar’ treat from Paul Williams at the ASCAP awards
By Ray Bennett I know quite a few songwriters and one of their guilty secret favorite movies, and mine too, is the colossal flop 1987 movie “Ishtar” in which Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman play inanely bad songwriters caught up … Continue reading
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Donovan, Natasha Bedingfield win BMI London Awards
By Ray Bennett LONDON – “Pocketful of Sunshine” performed by Natasha Bedingfield, written by Bedingfield and Danielle Brisebois and published by EMI Music, won the Robert S. Musel Award for song of year at the annual BMI London Awards Tuesday … Continue reading
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Tagged BMI London Awards, Danielle Brisebois, David Arnold, Donovan, Natasha Bedingfield
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‘Prisoner’ star Patrick McGoohan dies at 80
LONDON – Mel Gibson told me that when was casting his Oscar-winning best picture “Braveheart,” he kept saying he wanted someone like Patrick McGoohan to play the vital role of William Wallace’s nemesis, Longshanks, King Edward I (pictured below) Finally, … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Braveheart', 'Columbo', 'The Prisoner', Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan
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Rock icon Delaney Bramlett dies aged 69
By Ray Bennett Very sad to hear of the death on Dec. 27 of the great Delaney Bramlett whose recordings with then wife Bonnie (nee Lynn O’Farrell) in the band Delaney & Bonnie were among the most formative of … Continue reading
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ tops British Indie Film Awards
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” (pictured), a tale of a young boy from Mumbai who becomes a surprise success on “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire”, was named best film at the British Independent Film … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Slumdog Millionaire', Alexis Zegerman, British Independent Film Awards, Danny Boyle, Dev Patel, Eddie Marsan, Michael Fassbender, Steve McQueen, Vera Farmiga
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Lots of awards contenders in UK January film releases
By Ray Bennett The January UK release schedule is chock-a-block with awards contenders including two with much-anticipated Kate Winslet performances, another with Anne Hathaway, and several films featuring potential BAFTA and Oscar candidates for best actor such as Benicio Del … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", 'Milk', 'The Reader', Anne Hathaway, Brad Pitt, Cue Entertainment, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn
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Carl Morgan, a real newspaperman, dies at 77
By Ray Bennett LONDON – I was sad to get a phone call last night from Trevor Wilhelm, a reporter at Canada’s Windsor Star, who said Carl Morgan (pictured), former editor of that newspaper, had died. Carl was city editor … Continue reading
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