Category Archives: News

Krakow Film Music Festival gets under way

Posted on September 26, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett The 7th edition of the Krakow Film Music Festival, which began in the Polish city on Thursday, has tripled the number of tickets sold to 30,000 this year, organisers said.

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Distributors put focus back on movies

Posted on August 1, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett With the World Cup only a memory, distributors aim to play catch-up in August with a wide range of theatrical releases to attract fans back to cinemas. There’s plenty of action, animation, comedy, drama, fantasy and suspense … Continue reading →

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New ‘Doctor Who’ to bow in cinemas and on TV

Posted on August 1, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett BBC Worldwide said that Peter Capaldi’s debut in the title role of “Doctor Who” will be shown in cinemas across the UK and Ireland as well as on BBC One on Aug. 23.

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Alan Rickman’s ‘A Little Chaos’ to close TIFF

Posted on July 22, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett The Toronto International Film Festival announced that its closing film will be Alan Rickman’s period romance “A Little Chaos” starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenhaerts, which Lionsgate will release in the UK.

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‘The Imitation Game’ to open London film fest

Posted on July 21, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett “The Imitation Game” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as World War II code-breaker Alan Turing will be the opening film at the 58th BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 8 with simultaneous showings of the red-carpet event in cinemas … Continue reading →

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So long, Gentleman Jim Garner …

Posted on July 20, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett Three times I interviewed James Garner, who has died aged 86, once in a long phone call and twice on set in Hollywood, and each time it was because he agreed to talk about someone else.

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Monty Python show set to be biggest for Event Cinema

Posted on July 1, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett Picturehouse Entertainment said that its July 20 screening of “Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go” will be the biggest Event Cinema broadcast yet seen in the UK.

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BFI to screen sci-fi spectacular at British Museum

Posted on June 16, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett The BFI has announced a sci-fi film spectacular called “Sci-fi: Days of Fear and Wonder” with classic titles to kick off in the grounds of the British Museum in London on the August bank holiday weekend.

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Restored Orson Welles classic set for re-release

Posted on June 10, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett Park Circus said it will release Orson Welles’s classic 1947 film noir “The Lady From Shanghai” with a new 4K restoration in UK cinemas on July 25. The exhibitor said the restored Sony Pictures title was “ripe … Continue reading →

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When Knowlton Nash became Superman at CBC News

Posted on May 26, 2014 by admin

Very sad to see that Knowlton Nash, who had a long career with the CBC and was the face of CBC News for more than a decade, died on May 24. He was 86. As the TV writer for the … Continue reading →

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