Saving lives isn’t a laughing matter. Unless, of course, it’s the wonderfully misanthropic genius Dr Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) giving the diagnosis. But how do you keep a straight face on-set when the derisive doctor starts venting vitriol? Lisa Edelstein, who plays his boss – the much-tormented Lisa Cuddy – has developed a system. “We… [Read more…]
August 23, 2010
Best known as wizardy scallywag Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter uber-franchise, Rupert Grint gets a bit more serious for Cherrybomb, where mastering magic gives way to the more difficult task of mastering a Northern Irish accent. “I felt out of my comfort zone,” Grint tells Review. “It was an accent I… [Read more…]
August 22, 2010
It’s a little-known, but unsurprising, fact that Sir Terry Pratchett is single-handedly responsible for three per cent of the total book trade in the UK, with more than 2.5 million of his novels sold a year in this country. What is more surprising is how long it has taken to adapt his Discworld works into… [Read more…]
August 19, 2010
With Spooks and Ashes To Ashes under her belt, Keeley Hawes is fast becoming the doyenne of the British small screen. Yet the well-connected actor prefers her viewing from across the pond… “I would rather watch American drama because inevitably you are going to know someone in a British programme and think, ‘Oh, that’s so… [Read more…]
August 9, 2010
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the video store, along comes a blast of classic fishy thrills in the creature feature tearing up YouTube: Mega Piranha. “It’s a rollercoaster ride of giant piranha action,” says star Paul Logan, who plays a Navy SEAL sent to stop a school of genetically… [Read more…]
July 26, 2010
Virgin Media will make available to watch on-demand three days before the release of the movie on DVD and Blu-ray. The exclusive deal with Warner Bros. UK will see the film made available through Virgin Media’s Movies on Demand service for £14.95, with a finished copy of the DVD sent to customers a few days… [Read more…]
June 28, 2010
A Clockwork Orange, Manhunt, Child’s Play and even The Matrix have at one time or another been blamed by the media for the violent actions of individuals in the past. Now just days after the shootings that have rocked Cumbria, a story in the Telegraph yesterday delicately suggested the violence in Steven Seagal movie On… [Read more…]
June 28, 2010
FremantleMedia will use a number of forthcoming air shows to promote the release of newly-restored 1973 documentary series, The World At War, out on Blu-ray and DVD on Sept. 20. The distributor has teamed up with Biggin Hill International Air Fair in Kent this weekend to screen excerpts from its Battle of Britain episode, “Alone”,… [Read more…]
June 25, 2010
Project Canvas, the joint venture to develop a common IPTV standard, has cleared its final hurdle after the BBC Trust today approved the BBC’s involvement in the initiative. The BBC – along with six other partners, BT, Channel 4, Five, ITV, Talk Talk and Arqiva (the company that operates online video platform SeeSaw) – has… [Read more…]
June 4, 2010
If you think facing Sir Alan is scary, just spare a thought for the candidates in British thriller Exam. Eight characters at the final stage of the interview process are shut in a room and given 80 minutes to answer a single question. When they turn over their question papers, however, they’re blank. Oddly, when… [Read more…]
September 15, 2010
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