<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rssdatehelper="urn:rssdatehelper"><channel><title>FILM 24</title><link>http://www.film24.com</link><pubDate>207</pubDate><generator>Film 24</generator><description></description><language>en</language><item><title>Paris Hilton the Actress</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/01/27/paris-hilton-the-actress</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:18:53 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/01/27/paris-hilton-the-actress</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Film24 love a bit of celebrity gossip. We also love films (hmm, the name may have given that away). So what better opportunity to indulge in both, by watching Bottoms Up, starring Paris Hilton.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Film24 love a bit of celebrity gossip. We also love films (hmm,
the name may have given this away). So what better opportunity to
indulge in both, by watching Bottoms Up, starring Paris Hilton.
Paris stars as Hollywood socialite Lisa Mancini, who is the
daughter of a very rich man (hang on a minute, this sounds
familiar).</p>

<p>Her unlikely leading man is Owen, played by none other than
Jason Mewes, star of pretty much every Kevin Smith film going
(incidentally, Smith has a cameo role in this film as a Owen's
friend). When the two meet in LA, Owen instantly dismisses Lisa as
a girl solely interested in material things and high society, but
he soon finds out that you shouldn't always trust first
impressions.</p>

<p>We may laugh at Paris Hilton trying to pass herself off as an
actress, but bear in mind, she's had a fair amount of cinematic
roles ranging from romantic comedy (Bottoms Up), slapstick (Hottie
and the Nottie), horror (House of Wax) and independent films (Repo!
The Genetic Opera).</p>

<p>Which lead us to think, what gaps are there in her acting
résumé?</p>

<h4>An Achingly Cool Fantasy Film</h4>

<p>Surprisingly, Guillermo Del Toro hasn't snapped her up to star
in The Hobbit, though we imagine Paris would refuse to go through
the make up process that transforms you into a dwarf or a wood elf
anyway.</p>

<h4>A Fun for All the Family Animation</h4>

<p>Now studios have really missed a trick here, Paris has her own
doll, so it's surprising that some badly created CG feature hasn't
been created as a tie in. In all fairness though, would anyone
force their child to watch that?! Surely a voice cameo is on the
cards in the future though.</p>

<h4>The Summer Action Blockbuster</h4>

<p>As a media icon, Paris always wants to associate herself with
what's hot. Maybe she can impress Christopher Nolan into giving her
a part? Rumours suggest that the next Batman film will see Catwoman
arrive on the scene, and we can only imagine that Christian Bale
has been dying to work with her.</p>

<h4>The Intense Thriller</h4>

<p>Here Paris can draw on her own experience of having been banged
up for drunk driving. With a partly biographical storyline, it's
the fight for a wealthy heiress' freedom, that results in her&nbsp;
being incarcerated for 48 hours, and then forced to swan around a
luxury mansion for forty days. It will be nail-biting!</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Best Asylum Set Movies</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/12/best-asylum-set-movies</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:01:16 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/12/best-asylum-set-movies</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ From the dawn of Cinema one of Hollywood’s favourite subjects has been of insanity and the way it is treated in society.  Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island is the latest in a long line of great asylum set movies.  We take a look at some of the best.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Right from the dawn of Cinema one of Hollywood's favourite
subjects has been the nature of insanity and the way it is treated
in society. With his latest film <a href="/films/s/shutter-island"
title="Shutter Island">Shutter Island</a> being set on an island
for the criminally insane, Martin Scorsese is certainly no stranger
to this long tradition. With Leonardo DiCaprio in the driving seat,
and an outstanding cast that includes Sir Ben Kingsley, Michelle
Williams and Mark Ruffalo, Shutter Island is guaranteed to make you
question the nature of your sanity, and have you running from the
next person who offers you some asprin.</p>

<p>Here's a look at some of Hollywood's previous offerings from
inside the minds of the insane and the walls of asylums.</p>

<h3>Shock Corridor, (1963)</h3>

<p>Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) is an ambitious journalist
determined to gain literary recognition and thinks that the
quickest way to succeed is by posing as a mental patient to uncover
a mysterious murder. As he discovers more and more, Johnny is
slowly driven insane with hallucinations and horrifying dreams.
Finishing his book does eventually secure Johnny's literary
reputation, but only at the price of his sanity. While this movie
doesn't give a great reputation to asylums (no-one ever seems to
get better, and a sane man is driven insane on his really very
short stay), this black and white mystery is the sum of all that we
love about asylum movies.</p>

<h3>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, (1975)</h3>

<p>As only the second film to ever win all five major Academy
Awards, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a classic portrayal of
crazy-living. In a ploy to avoid the hard labour he would undertake
serving a standard prison sentence, Randle McMurphy (Jack
Nicholson), gets himself transferred to the care of Nurse Ratched
undertaking what he assumes will be a pleasant stay in a mental
institution. However, while under the Nurse's tyrannical control,
McMurphy make friends with his fellow patients and starts his quest
to liberate their minds, but at what cost?</p>

<h3>The Silence of the Lambs, (1991)</h3>

<p>Following in the footsteps of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
The Silence of the Lambs was the third film to ever win all five
major Academy awards, proving that it pays to set your movie in a
mental institution! Hannibal Lecter, played by the urbane Anthony
Hopkins, is an intellectual psychiatrist-turned-cannibal recently
entered into the Baltimore State Hospital for the criminally
insane. Lecter's knowledge and intellectual ability enables him to
run rings around the psychiatrists enlisted for his medical
progress, and makes him one of the most terrifying man-monsters of
the silver screen to date.</p>

<h3>Don Juan De Marco, (1994)</h3>

<p>Breaking the mould of other psych-ward, crazy person films Don
Juan De Marco stands out for its bold and upbeat depiction of
mental illness, with Johnny Depp providing a heartbreaking
performance of a young man who believes he is the legendary lover
Don Juan. While most delusional people seem to get their kicks out
of bringing others down, Don Juan is able to nurture love and
passion in others rekindling enthusiasm and excitement in his
psychiatrist who is played by Marlon Brando.</p>

<h3>12 Monkeys, (1995)</h3>

<p>Mistakenly being sent back to the wrong date in time (to 1990
NOT 1996), James Cole (Bruce Willis) is incarcerated in a Baltimore
state hospital, where he is diagnosed with delusional paranoia and
treated by Dr. Kathryn Railly. Balked in his mission to save
humanity, Cole is lucky enough to have been locked up with the main
suspect of the film (a very entertainingly insane - or is he?- Brad
Pitt) allowing him to save the world while also making friends and
falling in love. As only a vehicle for preventing Cole from saving
the world, the institute in 12 Monkeys never comes across
especially well.</p>

<h3>Girl, Interrupted, (2000)</h3>

<p>Based on a best selling memoir, Girl, Interrupted follows the
story of Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder) through her stay at
Claymoore Hospital following an overdose of asprin. The film
scrutinizes the appropriateness of treatments for all the
fascinating and tragic characters, and following the episodic
nature of the book allows the audience to understand the fragmented
nature of the mind. With amazing performances from Ryder, Angelina
Jolie and Whoopi Goldberg amongst many others, Girl, Interrupted is
an incredible coming of age story full of passion and emotion.</p>

<h3>Session 9, (2001)</h3>

<p>When Gordon Fleming (Peter Mulan) ambitiously claims that he can
remove all the asbestos from the abandoned Danvers State Hospital
in only two weeks, he knows he is setting himself a hard task: With
a squabbling team, a new baby and a wife to contend with the job
proves even harder than he could have imagined, and when members of
his team start going missing Gordon finally snaps. Cut together
with taped interviews (Sessions 1 - 9) from a previous patient of
the hospital, Session 9 is a slow-burning, chilling horror that
couldn't have possibly be set anywhere other than an abandoned
mental institution.</p>

<h3>Gothika, (2003)</h3>

<p>Turning the genre on its head, Gothika sees Dr. Miranda Gray
(Halle Berry) being institutionalized into the very hospital that
she was working at when she becomes the main suspect in her
husband's murder. Gothika makes full use of all the horror
conventions that we would expect from horror movies with plenty of
atmospheric darkness, blood splattering all over the place that are
all drawn together with a scary soundtrack and lots of screaming.
Fundamentally undermining the mental hospital that she worked for
by proving that at least two of their inmates are perfectly sane,
Dr. Miranda also uncovers a serial rapist who roams the hall at
night, making this possibly one of the scariest hospitals of the
lot.</p>

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]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>They’re Ape-ing around again</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/12/they’re-ape-ing-around-again</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/12/they’re-ape-ing-around-again</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Planet of the Apes is on track for yet another reboot. Chatter on the street is that The Escapist director, Rupert Wyatt, has been enlisted to develop and direct a prequel.  The project has been tentatively titled Caesar after an ape who leads the rebellion against mankind in 1972’s Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. ]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Planet of the Apes is on track for yet another reboot.
&nbsp;Chatter on the street is that The Escapist director, Rupert
Wyatt, has been enlisted to develop and direct a Planet of The Apes
prequel.&nbsp; The project has been tentatively titled Caesar after
an ape who leads the rebellion against mankind in 1972's Conquest
of the Planet of the Apes.</p>

<p>Last revamped by weird and wonderful Tim Burton in 2001, it was
met with mixed reviews although financially it was a huge
success.&nbsp; Don't worry, apparently we will be spared the
talking monkeys who end up taking over Earth; instead the film will
be a sci-fi flick based on the science used by humans to create
super clever chimps.</p>

<p>Rupert Wyatt made his directorial debut back in 2008 with his
well received crime thriller, The Escapist, winner of the British
Independent Film Award for Best Achievement in Production. But with
all due respect, we're not sure that nine years is enough time to
get over the last one, let one whether we need another one.</p>

<p>Also if there's anyone out there listening, please don't go
making this one 3D.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Batman 3 will be the end</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/11/batman-3-will-be-the-end</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:31:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/11/batman-3-will-be-the-end</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Director Christopher Nolan confirmed reports that he is involved in the next Superman movie as well as revealing that Batman 3 will be his last.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Director Christopher Nolan confirmed reports that he is involved
in the <a href="/features/2010/02/10/christopher-nolan-master-of-the-superhero-makeover"
title="Christopher Nolan: Master of the Superhero makeover">next
Superman movie</a> as well as revealing that after Batman 3, he's
done with the franchise.</p>

<p>Talking to the LA Times about Superman, he said: "It's very
exciting, we have a fantastic story. And we feel we can do it
right. We know the milieu, if you will, we know the genre and how
to get it done right…[it] is a way of approaching the story I've
never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting."</p>

<p>Superman is undoubtedly the most recognisable superhero of all
and has become an icon in American culture; his adventures and
popularity establishing the character as an inspiration to many
across the globe, none more so than the comic book fans who trek
across states and countries to attend the convention.</p>

<p>They will be very pleased and excited that Nolan is involved in
the reboot, especially as he plans to approach it "in a not
dissimilar way [to the Batman films] in terms of trying to find an
incredible story in a way that audiences can engage with it the way
they engage with contemporary action films."</p>

<p>He remained elusive on the small question of who will be
Superman; maybe he could bring back the nineties favourites from
Superman and Lois, Dean Cain and Terri Hatcher. Ok maybe not.</p>

<p>Alas, Nolan isn't actually down to direct Superman, but his
involvement is exciting news.&nbsp;&nbsp; He will of course return
as director for Batman 3, to give fans an ending.</p>

<p>He said: "I'm very excited about the end of the film, the
conclusion, and what we've done with the characters,"</p>

<p>But it seems that the finale is proving difficult.
&nbsp;Jonathan Nolan, the director's brother is penning the script
and according to Chris Nolan is "struggling to put it together into
the epic story that you want it to be."</p>

<p>But fear not, the man behind the scripts of The Dark Knight and
The Prestige is unlikely to disappoint.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Twilight: Eclipse</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/11/twilight-eclipse</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:18:33 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/11/twilight-eclipse</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The full trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is here. Let the screaming commence.]]><![CDATA[ 
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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><a
href="http://blog.film24.com/2010/03/twilight-eclipse-sneak-peak-of-mini-trailer/">
&gt; Blog: Eclipse teases Twilight fans</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Guy Ritchie wants to direct Arthur</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/10/guy-ritchie-wants-to-direct-arthur</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:03:32 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/10/guy-ritchie-wants-to-direct-arthur</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[  King Arthur, not Russell Brand’s Arthur. Guy Ritchie clearly enjoyed basking in the glitzy Hollywood glory of Sherlock Holmes last Christmas as he prepares to take on another literary epic.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Guy Ritchie clearly enjoyed basking in the glitzy Hollywood
glory of Sherlock Holmes last Christmas as he prepares to take on
another literary epic in the form of King Arthur.</p>

<p>Working with Trainspotting scribe John Hodge, they are believed
to be basing their screenplay on Le Morte d'Arthur, Thomas
Mallory's 15th century collection of tales on the legendary
figure.</p>

<p>Mallory's compilation of stories includes Arthur's birth and
death, his knight Lancelot, Guinevere and Lancelot's affair, the
quest for the Holy Grail, and the breaking of the Round
Table.&nbsp; It'll be a tough quest to fit all of this into one
film, which may mean the start of a Ritchie trilogy.</p>

<p>There have already been a number of movies dedicated to the King
- a meagre 751 in fact - but after seeing a James Bond-esque
version of Arthur Conan Doyle's <a href="/films/s/sherlock-holmes"
title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>, we're expecting King
Arthur and his knights to be given the same Guy Ritchie
treatment.</p>

<p>In related news, Jude Law revealed that Robert Downey Jnr and
himself are interested in reprising their Holmes and Watson roles
and could be filming later this year.&nbsp; Guy Ritchie must be
loving this post-Madonna Hollywood epic success, let's just hope he
doesn't get Swept Away by it all.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Birds Eye View 2010</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/02/birds-eye-view-2010</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:30:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/02/birds-eye-view-2010</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The fifth annual Birds Eye View Film Festival continues this week. The unique festival showcases some outstanding talent from female film-makers around the globe.  ]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Kathryn Bigelow has made history by becoming the first woman
ever to pick up an Academy Award for best director. &nbsp;It's a
momentous moment for the film industry and female film-makers
everywhere. &nbsp;One group has been flying the flag for <a
href="/features/2010/01/26/female-film-makers" title="Female Film-makers">women
directors</a> since 2002 and this week marks the fifth of their
official <a
href="http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/?lid=304&amp;fromday=11&amp;frommon=03&amp;fromyear=2010&amp;today=11&amp;tomon=03&amp;toyear=2010">
Birds Eye View</a> Film Festival.</p>

<p>This week the BEV festival continues to showcase a variety of
films directed by women plus a host of thrilling entertainment.
This is not a festival just for feminists and fans of art films,
this is a festival for everyone who loves film.</p>

<p>With a range of movies such as Drew Barrymore's debut Whip It to
the superb winner of the Cannes Special Jury Award, Father of My
Children, Birds Eye View isn't about feminism or elitism, they're
about celebrating great films made by women in an industry where
women find themselves hugely outnumbered by men.</p>

<p>Here's the trailer for the festival and check out <a
href="http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/?lid=304&amp;fromday=11&amp;frommon=03&amp;fromyear=2010&amp;today=11&amp;tomon=03&amp;toyear=2010">
Birds Eye View's Festival Calendar</a> to see what's on.</p>

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]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oscars 2010</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/08/oscars-2010</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:37:42 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/08/oscars-2010</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Hurt Locker beat Avatar to take the best picture and best director awards, while the Brits went home empty handed.
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<p>The Hurt Locker beat Avatar to take the best picture and best
director awards, while the Brits went home empty handed.</p>

<p>While both The Hurt Locker and Avatar were nominated for nine
awards each it was Kathryn Bigelow's the Hurt Locker that came out
on top with six wins while Avatar took three.</p>

<p>While Avatar made history with its record breaking ticket sales,
Bigelow has broken another record by becoming the first woman ever
to win the directing award. The Hurt Locker is also the lowest
grossing film to win the best picture Oscar.</p>

<p>Britain's Best Acting nominees Colin Firth, Dame Helen Mirren
and Carey Mulligan lost out to Best Actors Jeff Bridges for Crazy
Heart and Sandra Bullock for her role in The Blind Side.</p>

<p>Sandra Bullock also made history by becoming the first person to
ever win an Oscar and a Razzie - which she also accepted on the
weekend for her role in All About Steve.</p>

<p>The supporting actor awards went to Christophe Waltz and
Mo'nique for Precious which also won the writing award for best
adapted screenplay.</p>

<p><a
href="http://blog.film24.com/2010/03/oscars-winners-2010-in-pictures/"
 target="_blank" title="Oscar Winners in Pictures">&gt; Picture
Gallery: Oscar Winners 2010</a></p>

<p><a href="/features/2010/02/05/oscars-2010">&gt; Oscar
Predictions 2010</a></p>

<p>FULL LIST OF WINNERS</p>

<p>Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz<br />
 (<a href="/home/films/i/inglourious-basterds"
title="Inglourious Basterds">Inglourious Basterds</a>)</p>

<p>Best Animated Feature Film: <a href="/films/u/up"
title="Up">Up</a><br />
 (Directed by Pete Docter)</p>

<p>Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy
Heart)"<br />
 Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett<br />
 (<a href="/films/c/crazy-heart" title="Crazy Heart">Crazy
Heart</a>)</p>

<p>Best Original Screenplay: <a href="/films/t/the-hurt-locker"
title="The Hurt Locker">The Hurt Locker</a><br />
 (Mark Boal)</p>

<p>Best Animated Short Film: Logorama<br />
 (Directed by Nicolas Schmerkin)</p>

<p>Best Documentary Short: Music by Prudence<br />
 (Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett)</p>

<p>Best Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants<br />
 (Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson)</p>

<p>Best Makeup: Star Trek<br />
 (Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow) Best Adapted</p>

<p>Screenplay: <a href="/films/p/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire"
title="Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire">Precious:
Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire</a><br />
 (Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher)</p>

<p>Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique<br />
 (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)</p>

<p>Best Art Direction: <a href=""
title="Avatar (2004)">Avatar</a><br />
 (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg - Art Direction; Kim Sinclair -
Set Decoration)</p>

<p>Best Costume Design:<a href="/films/t/the-young-victoria"
title="The Young Victoria">The Young Victoria</a>(Sandy Powell)</p>

<p>Best Sound Editing:The Hurt Locker<br />
 (Paul N.J. Ottosson)</p>

<p>Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker<br />
 (Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett)</p>

<p>Best Cinematography: Avatar<br />
 (Mauro Fiore)</p>

<p>Best Original Score: Up<br />
 (Michael Giacchino)</p>

<p>Best Visual Effects: Avatar<br />
 (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R.
Jones)</p>

<p>Best Documentary Feature: <a href="/films/t/the-cove"
title="The Cove">The Cove</a><br />
 (Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens)</p>

<p>Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker<br />
 (Bob Murawski and Chris Innis)</p>

<p>Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto
de Sus Ojos)<br />
 Argentina<br />
 (Directed by Juan José Campanella)</p>

<p>Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges<br />
 (<a href="/films/c/crazy-heart" title="Crazy Heart">Crazy
Heart</a>)</p>

<p>Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock<br />
 (<a href="/films/t/the-blind-side" title="The Blind Side">The Blind
Side</a>)</p>

<p>Best Film Kathryn Bigelow (<a href="/films/t/the-hurt-locker"
title="The Hurt Locker">The Hurt Locker</a>)</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2010 Independent Spirit Awards</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/08/2010-independent-spirit-awards</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/08/2010-independent-spirit-awards</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ It may have lost out at the Oscars but Precious was the talk of the night at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. On 7th March, Film24 screened the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards hosted by Eddie Izzard from sunny Los Angeles.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>This weekend wasn't just about the Oscars; on 7th March, Film24
screened the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards hosted by Eddie Izzard
from sunny Los Angeles.</p>

<p>It was a great night for Precious as it took home best feature,
Gabourney Sidibe took the best female lead award and Mo'nique
struck a double wammy with her Spirit award and Oscar for best
supporting female.</p>

<p>We made our <a href="/features/2010/02/05/the-spirit-awards-nominations"
title="The Spirit Awards Nominations">predictions</a> and while we
were on the money a couple of times, sadly we were way off on
others. &nbsp;For a full list of winners (and our predictions) read
on.</p>

<p>If you like your Indie flicks, check out the 1994 film, <a
href="/features/2010/02/18/sleep-with-me" title="Sleep With Me">Sleep With Me</a>
on Monday 8th March on Film24, Sky 157 - the film features a cameo
from Quentin Tarantino.</p>

<h4>Best Feature</h4>

<p><strong><a href="/films/p/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire"
title="Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire">Precious</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: <a href="/films/s/sin-nombre"
title="Sin Nombre">Sin Nombre</a>)</p>

<h4>Best Director</h4>

<p><strong><a href="" title="A Serious Man">Ethan
and Joel Coen, A Serious Man</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Lee Daniels, Precious)</p>

<h4>Best Male Lead</h4>

<p><strong><a href="/films/c/crazy-heart" title="Crazy Heart">Jeff
Bridges, Crazy Heart</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Colin Firth, A Single Man)</p>

<h4>Best Female Lead</h4>

<p><strong><a href="/films/p/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire"
title="Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire">Gabourey
Sidibe, Precious</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious)</p>

<h4>Best Supporting Male</h4>

<p><strong>Woody Harrelson, The Messenger</strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Christian McKay, <a
href="/home/films/m/me-and-orson-welles" title="Me and Orson Welles">Me and Orson
Welles</a>)</p>

<h4>Best Supporting Female</h4>

<p><strong><a href="/films/p/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire"
title="Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire">Mo'Nique,
Precious</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Mo'Nique, Precious)</p>

<h4>Best First Feature</h4>

<p><strong><a href="/films/c/crazy-heart" title="Crazy Heart">Crazy
Heart</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: <a href="/films/a/a-single-man"
title="A Single Man">A Single Man</a>)</p>

<h4>Best Screenplay</h4>

<p><strong>Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber,</strong>
<strong><a href="/home/films/5/500-days-of-summer"
title="500 Days of Summer">(500) Days of Summer</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction:&nbsp;Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman:
The Messenger)</p>

<h4>Best First Screenplay</h4>

<p><strong>Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious</strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Tom Ford, A Single Man)</p>

<h4>Robert Altman Award</h4>

<p><strong>A Serious Man</strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: A Serious Man)</p>

<h4>Best Documentary</h4>

<p><strong>Anvil! The Story of Anvil</strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: Food Inc)</p>

<h4>Best Foreign Film</h4>

<p><strong><a href="" title="An Education">An
Education</a></strong></p>

<p>(Film24's prediction: <a href=""
title="A Prophet">A Prophet</a>)</p>

<h3>Best Cinematography</h3>

<p><a href="" title="A Serious Man">A Serious
Man</a></p>

<h4>John Cassavetes Award (best feature made for under
$500,000)</h4>

<p><strong><a href="/home/films/h/humpday"
title="Humpday">Humpday</a></strong></p>

<h4>Acura Someone to Watch Award</h4>

<p>Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Easier With Practice</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dudley Moore’s Arthur to get Brand new take</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/08/dudley-moore’s-arthur-to-get-brand-new-take</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/08/dudley-moore’s-arthur-to-get-brand-new-take</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Former lothario and now loved-up Russell ‘I’m a serious actor’ Brand is to play the title role of Arthur in the remake of Dudley Moore’s famous 1981 comedy.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Former lothario and now loved-up Russell 'I'm a serious actor'
Brand is to play the title role of Arthur in the remake of Dudley
Moore's famous 1981 comedy.</p>

<p>The story follows happy drunk playboy Art - surely a cinch for
Brand - who is set to inherit a fortune from his wealthy parents if
he marries Susan, a woman he does not love.&nbsp; His marriage to
Susan is arranged, but of course, he meets a working class woman
who he falls head over heels in love with, which jeopardises his
arrangement with his family and therefore his inheritance.</p>

<p>Director of US show Modern Family, Jason Winer, has signed on to
direct Brand in the role which originally won 2 Oscars.&nbsp; No
word on who will play Arthur's love interest, originally played by
Liza Minelli, however seeing as <a href="/features/2010/03/05/more-blue-creatures-coming-to-the-big-screen"
title="Katy Perry's acting debut">Katy Perry is moving into the
acting world</a>, maybe Brand will sideline her for a role.</p>

<p>Arthur 2 has a lot to live up to, especially with Brand in the
title role; a role that Adam Sandler would probably have been more
suited to, however only time will tell if he can catch the essence
of Moore's character with more depth than his portrayal of
Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Aldous Snow.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Controversial British Films of 2010</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/07/controversial-british-films-of-2010</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:58:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/07/controversial-british-films-of-2010</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last year the British film industry did what it does best – the usual mix of swishy period dramas and handsome biopics of Brit heroes. This year it looks like British film is in a ruder, riskier and more dangerous mood. A bunch of home-grown movies are about to attract a few spluttering, outraged headlines, often, as is the case, before anyone’s seen them. Religion, suicide bombers, underage violence - just a few of the taboos about to be covered... all rather exciting really. So which ones are going to attract the fuss and which genuinely deserve to?]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Last year the British film industry did what it does best - the
usual mix of swishy period dramas and handsome biopics of Brit
heroes.</p>

<p>This year it looks like British film is in a ruder, riskier and
more dangerous mood. A bunch of home-grown movies are about to
attract a few spluttering, outraged headlines, often, as is the
case, before anyone's seen them. Religion, suicide bombers,
underage violence - just a few of the taboos about to be covered...
all rather exciting really.</p>

<p>So which ones are going to attract the fuss and which genuinely
deserve to?</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<div style="text-align: center">
<h4>Four Lions</h4>
</div>

<p><img src="/media/540769/fourlions copy_594x318.jpg"  width="594"  height="318" alt="four lions"/></p>

<p>A comedy about five clueless British suicide bombers preparing
for a high profile attack... yup, that should set pulses racing
down at the Daily Mail. We reckon this is in safer hands than you
might think though. Especially the comedy. &nbsp;It's the directing
debut of the brilliant Chris Morris, the creative force behind the
acidic TV news satire <em>Brass Eye</em> and <em>The Day
Today</em>. He describes it as exposing the "Dad's Army side of
terrorism" and with sightings of 'suicide bomber crows' and
jihadists dressed as the Honey Monster and a Ninja Turtle this
promises to be gruesomely funny. Morris also claims to have spent
three years researching the subject and talking to all sides, from
secret police to imams, so there's every chance that he could find
something a bit more heartfelt and insightful between the set piece
gags.</p>

<p><strong>Prediction media outrage: 8/10</strong></p>

<p><strong>Predicted tabloid headline: "Taliban this
filth."</strong></p>

<div style="text-align: center">
<h4>The Infidel</h4>
</div>

<p><img src="/media/540774/the infidel.jpg" width="600" height="321" alt="The Infidel"/></p>

<p>David Baddiel this time wades into the choppy waters of
religious tolerance with a screenplay that, on paper at least,
looks set to annoy. Omid Djalili is an East London minicab company
owner and 'relaxed' Muslim... well until he discovers he was
adopted as a child and is in fact Jewish. It's a neat premise that
opens up a chance for a lively, comedy discussion on what it means
to be Jewish. Baddiel, best known for laddish footie banter with
"Fantasy Football League" will be keeping it as light as possible,
aiming squarely at the jokey stereotypes of his own faith. The
'Jewish training' will certainly involving dancing like Topol from
Fiddler on the Roof and learning to love matzha ball soup. Baddiel
says he made the film because he's "a fan of life-swap comedy", and
he loves Djalili and his "big funny face." - so funny in fact it
might be hard to take too much offence.</p>

<p><strong>Predicted media outrage: 4/10</strong></p>

<p><strong>Predicted tabloid headline: "Putting the fun into
fundamentalism."</strong></p>

<div style="text-align: center">
<h4>Kick-Ass</h4>
</div>

<p><img src="/media/540784/kick-ass.jpg" width="600" height="321" alt="Kick Ass"/></p>

<p>Not strictly a British film, but it is by Matthew Vaughan whose
emerging as one of the best Brit directors working today. He has
only two previous behind the camera credits - <em>Stardust</em> and
<em>Layer Cake</em>, with his latest movie, in terms of the
eye-watering violence at least, much more in line with the later.
And this is why certain groups acting as self-appointed guardians
of moral decency are starting to froth at the corner of their
mouths. The plot essentially follows a kid ( Aaron Johnson ) who
tries to become a superhero without having any particular special
power - just a rubbishy green costume and ability to withstand a
lot of pain. Now enter another disguised vigilante, Hit-Girl played
by Chloe Moritz who was only 12 at the time of filming... and quite
an entrance it is as she turns on some bad guys with the words "OK
you c***s, let's see what you can do know!"</p>

<p>A spokesman for the Australian Family Association, who'd
reluctantly dragged themselves down to an early screening to be
offended, described the movie as having "inappropriate" values.
Possibly, but it also has all the style, snap and cult grooviness
to make it one of the finest comic book adaptation of the year.</p>

<p><strong>Predicted media outrage: 6/10</strong></p>

<p><strong>Predicted tabloid headline: "Kick-Ass kicks
ass."</strong></p>

<div style="text-align: center">
<h4>The Disappearance of Alice Creed</h4>
</div>

<p><img src="/media/540779/disappearanceofalice.jpg" width="600" height="321" alt="Disappearance of Alice"/></p>

<p>Gemma Arterton came to a sticky end, covered in crude oil on a
bed, in <em>The Quantum of Solace</em>. Now she spends much of this
film tied to one as a kidnap victim. Her abductors are played by
Eddie Marsan and Martin Compson... and that's it. A great cast, but
the fact that there's only three of them points to a micro budget
in operation - which is why this might be trying to whip up some
attention for itself. From the sneak early clips this looks like
the grim, brutal kidnapping of a defenceless girl. The kind of
claustrophobic, torturous, <em>Saw</em> territory we're all getting
a bit sick of. But don't be too fooled... J Blakeson's feature
debut has earned a few rave reviews in Toronto, and cryptic
mentions of the "balance of power" that suggest the film is a lot
smarter and less exploitative than it might make out. There's a
good chance this is going to be terrific, although it's a little
too low key to rustle up a media storm.</p>

<p><strong>Predicted media outrage: 4/10</strong></p>

<p><strong>Predicted tabloid headline: "Bond girl is bound on
bed."</strong></p>

<div style="text-align: center">
<h4>Mr Nice</h4>
</div>

<p><img src="/media/540789/mrnice.jpg" width="600" height="321" alt="Mr Nice"/></p>

<p>There's already a very slight whiff of controversy about this
one, the same kind that surrounded the 1996 memoirs of the same
name. The Mr. Nice here is Howard Marks, a colourful drug dealer
who &nbsp;quickly went from personal use to become biggest dope
dealer in the world. As he says in the trailer - "A dealer is
really someone who buys more dope than he can smoke." A lot more as
it happened - at the height of his powers he was shifting 30 tonnes
of marajuina in a single run. Eventually the coppers caught up with
him and he spent 7 years in a U.S. jail for his troubles. Marks is
still pretty unrepentant, and for some people that doesn't make him
very nice. &nbsp;Add that to a trailer that on first viewing makes
the life the lead look a complete hoot - &nbsp;women, money,
rolling around with women on pile of money... all too glamorous for
some sections of the media perhaps. But look a little closer and
it's clear the film will cover how Mark's exploits damaged his
family and marriage. The real scoop here is perhaps that fellow
Welshman Rhys Ifans has finally been given a decent role.</p>

<p><strong>Predicted media outrage: 3/10</strong></p>

<p><strong>Predicted tabloid headline: "Ifans wins
fans."</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alice Through The Looking Glass (1)</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2009/12/22/alice-through-the-looking-glass-(1)</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:57:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2009/12/22/alice-through-the-looking-glass-(1)</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A young Kate Beckinsale stars in Lewis Carroll’s classic story, Alice Through The Looking Glass. The film also stars British favourites, Gary Olsen as Tweedle-Dum and Steve Coogan as Gnat.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>A young Kate Beckinsale stars in a modern adaptation of Lewis
Carroll's classic story, Alice Through The Looking Glass which
continues on from Alice in Wonderland. The film also stars British
favourites Gary Olsen as Tweedle-Dum and Steve Coogan as Gnat.</p>

<p>In this story Alice is played by the mother, who falls asleep
while reading the the bedtime story to her daughter. Walking
through the Looking Glass, Alice finds herself in Chessland, a
magical and fun world. There she meets the Red and White Queens, as
well as many other amusing friends on her journey across the
chessboard countryside.</p>

<p>Alice Through The Looking Glass is showing on Film24, Sky 157 on
Saturday 6th March 2009.</p>

<p>The new version of <a href="/films/a/alice-in-wonderland"
title="Alice in Wonderland">Alice in Wonderland</a> directed by Tim
Burton is out in cinemas now.</p>

<p>Watch the very first ever version of <a
href="/features/2010/03/05/the-original-alice-in-wonderland"
title="The Original Alice in Wonderland">Alice in Wonderland from
1903</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Original Alice in Wonderland</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/05/the-original-alice-in-wonderland</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:03:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/05/the-original-alice-in-wonderland</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Watch the first ever film version of Alice In Wonderland from 1903, just 37 years after Lewis Carrol wrote his novel.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale has recently
been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged
materials.</p>

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<p>Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight
years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by
Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel's
original illustrations.</p>

<p>Similarly to Tim Burton Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen,
and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat
is played by a family pet.<br />
<br />
 With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice
in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that
time.</p>

<p>Film archivists have been able to restore the film's original
colours for the first time in over 100 years.<br />
<br />
 To find out more about the film visit <a
href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/974410/">BFI Screen
Online</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3>Related Links</h3>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="/films/a/alice-in-wonderland" title="Alice in Wonderland">&gt;
Review: Alice in Wonderland 2010</a></p>

<p><a
href="http://blog.film24.com/2010/03/alice-in-wonderland-premiere-pics/">
&gt; Blog: Alice in Wonderland stars look a far cry from their
characters at premiere</a></p>

<p><a href="/features/2010/02/25/odeon-retreats-into-its-rabbit-hole"
title="Odeon retreats into its rabbit hole">&gt; News: Odeon
retreats into its rabbit hole</a></p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More Blue creatures coming to the big screen</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/05/more-blue-creatures-coming-to-the-big-screen</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:13:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/05/more-blue-creatures-coming-to-the-big-screen</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Long before Avatar and those blue Na’vi’s ruled Pandora, there were already blue mythical creatures roaming the cartoon channels called the Smurfs; and now they’ve got their own movie.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Long before Avatar and those blue Na'vi's ruled Pandora, there
were already blue mythical creatures roaming the cartoon channels
called the Smurfs; and now they've got their own movie.</p>

<p>Katy Perry will be making her movie debut alongside Alan
Cumming,&nbsp;Jonathan Winters and George Lopez, who have all
signed up to lend their voices to the smurfs.</p>

<p>Playing the live action lead in Sony's live action/CGI animated
flick&nbsp;is American TV and Broadway star Neil Patrick
Harris.</p>

<p>Jonathan Winters will voice Papa Smurf; Alan Cumming will take
on Gutsy Smurf, while George Lopez will be heard as Grouchy
Smurf.</p>

<p>Winters is already familiar to the role having voiced several of
the characters back in the 80's in the Hanna-Barbara cartoon
series.</p>

<p>Popstar Katy Perry will make her movie debut; we suspect to
voice the only female Smurf in the clan, Smurfette.</p>

<p>No details about Harris' real life character yet but seeing as
the role of the sorcerer villain and Smurf-hater Gargamel is going
begging, maybe it will be him.</p>

<p>The Smurfs were created by Pierre Culliford in 1958, leading to
multiple print and screen adaptations worldwide.</p>

<p>Director Raja Gosnell must have a penchant for cartoon-movie
adaptations, having previously brought us both Scooby-Doo
movies.</p>

<p>Filming is due to start next month and is set for a summer
release next year.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Big Night In</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/05/big-night-in</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:31:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/05/big-night-in</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Every week Film24 sifts through the latest DVDs and Blu-Rays, summing them up in as compact and descriptive a nutshell as we can, to make your life that bit easier.  ]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Every week Film24 sifts through the latest DVDs and Blu-Rays,
summing them up in as compact and descriptive a nutshell as we can,
to make your life that bit easier.</p>

<p>Undoubtedly, the week's big release is Stephanie Meyer's second
instalment in her Twilight saga, <a href="/films/n/new-moon"
title="New Moon">New Moon</a>.&nbsp; Human heroine Bella (Kristin
Stewart) is shattered and distraught after her vampire love Edward
(Robert Pattinson) suddenly skips town.&nbsp; Finding comfort in
the shape of Jacob (Taylor Lautner), she learns to be herself again
but at the same time, she's deliberately placing herself in
dangerous situations.&nbsp; Her thrill seeking adventures escalate
into a real danger for Edward, culminating in a meeting with
dangerous vampire clan, the Volturi.&nbsp; Vampires vs. werewolves,
Edward vs. Jacob, which team are you?&nbsp; Film24 swayed back and
forth... and back and forth again.&nbsp; Maybe we can just be Team
Edwob.</p>

<p><br />
 If vampires and werewolves leave you wanting more of the
supernatural fodder don't fret because <a href="/films/z/zombieland"
title="Zombieland">Zombieland</a> is here.&nbsp; Shaun of The Dead
successfully paved the way for zom-coms and this one joins the
zombie comedy bandwagon.&nbsp; Starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse
Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, as humans who have
survived the zombie apocalypse, they must&nbsp; they try to find a
safe haven free from zombies.&nbsp; Sort of a road trip movie with
not as many zombies as you would think but don't expect to be
terrified; this is a likeable silly comedy, not a horror film.</p>

<p><img src="/media/7024/paranormal.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Paranormal Activity"/></p>

<p>Supernatural goes even further this week with the release of The
Fourth Kind, a fact based movie about the strange goings on in
Nome, Alaska.&nbsp; Based on the concept that makes you think what
you are watching is real; interviews with abductees and strange
goings-on videoed from police camera's, it's interspersed with a
definite script.&nbsp; Director Olatunde Osunsanmi relies on the
perception of the audience to make this film work as a frightening
movie however we never actually see aliens or anyone abducted.</p>

<p>For a real scare bring <a href="/films/p/paranormal-activity"
title="Paranormal Activity">Paranormal Activity</a> back
home.&nbsp; Most recently causing a stir in Italian cinemas, with
no age restrictions, Italian children as young as 7 suffered panic
attacks after seeing the film.&nbsp; Rated 15 in the UK, it's
definitely not for 7 year old children. Director Oren Peli filmed
the fictional movie on a video camera in his own house for the
lowly budget of £9,000.&nbsp; The movie revolves around young
couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a presence in their
home which becomes increasingly disturbing while they are sleeping,
or rather, trying to sleep.&nbsp; Watch this alone at your peril
and be prepared to sleep with the lights on for a while.</p>

<p>Michael Caine returns in a starring role in British crime
thriller, <a href="/features/2009/11/22/daniel-barber-interview"
title="Daniel Barber Interview">Harry Brown</a>.&nbsp; Harry is a
widowed Northern Ireland ex-marine living alone on a grim housing
estate in Elephant and Castle; one that's quickly plummeting into
one full of hoodie wearing thugs fighting and selling drugs in the
street.&nbsp; When his friend is murdered, Harry is forced to
return to his marine roots to seek revenge.&nbsp; Caine is
outstanding, as always, and Harry Brown portrays with great effect
the solitary loneliness that many of the elderly in this country
suffer from today.</p>

<p><img src="/media/4970/harrybrown.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Harry Brown"/></p>

<p>Definitely a week for the supernatural but underneath the
vampires and werewolves, there's friendship and romance; beneath
the zombie's there's a lot of laughs; the scary thrillers provide a
means to stay up all night; and beneath the hellish London, there's
a story with a deep resonance to life in this country today.&nbsp;
A great pick 'n' mix of films to feast your eyes on; whatever genre
takes your fancy.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Indiana Jones 5 in the works</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/04/indiana-jones-5-in-the-works</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:07:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/04/indiana-jones-5-in-the-works</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Harrison Ford has confirmed there will be a fifth Indiana Jones movie within the next few years.  Speaking to the BBC, Ford revealed that alongside George Lucas and Steven Spielberg; they have agreed on a “gem of an idea” to continue the legacy of one of film’s most iconic action stars.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Harrison Ford has confirmed there will be a fifth Indiana Jones
movie within the next few years.&nbsp; Speaking to the BBC, Ford
revealed that alongside George Lucas and Steven Spielberg; they
have agreed on a "gem of an idea" to continue the legacy of one of
film's most iconic action stars.</p>

<p>Fans may be sceptical of his statement seeing as the last
instalment, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
didn't go down to well with critics or die-hard fans when it was
released in May 2008 despite being the biggest of the franchise at
the box office.</p>

<p>Seeing as Spielberg has a number of projects to get through
before he can get started (including the screen adaptation of
Tintin), Harrison Ford, currently 67 years old, will reach the
grand age of 70 by the time this comes around.</p>

<p>No mention yet of whether Shia LeBeouf, who starred in Indy 4 as
Ford's son, will be reprising his role but he almost certainly
won't be taking the helm of the franchise and wearing the hat just
yet.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Justin and Cameron</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/03/justin-and-cameron</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:40:11 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/03/justin-and-cameron</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Justin Timberlake has signed up to star alongside former girlfriend Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictures’ Bad Teacher, which starts shooting next month.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Justin Timberlake has signed up to star alongside former
girlfriend Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictures' Bad Teacher.</p>

<p>Shooting begins later this month on the romantic comedy which
also stars Jason Segel and Lucy Punch.</p>

<p>The plot follows the misadventures of a social-climbing junior
high instructor (Diaz) who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy,
sets out to seduce a substitute teacher (Timberlake).</p>

<p><a
href="http://blog.film24.com/2010/03/justin-timberlake-and-cameron-diaz-sign-up-for-rom-com/">
&gt; Blog: We don't think it's JT's acting ability that nabbed him
this role...</a></p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Zoolander to stalk the catwalk one more time</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/03/zoolander-to-stalk-the-catwalk-one-more-time</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/03/zoolander-to-stalk-the-catwalk-one-more-time</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Almost a decade after Stiller’s Derek and Hansel (Owen Wilson) strutted their funky moves down the catwalk in Zoolander, it’s been confirmed that there will be a sequel.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Almost a decade after Stiller's Derek and Hansel (Owen Wilson)
strutted their funky moves down the catwalk in Zoolander, it's been
confirmed that there will be a sequel.</p>

<p>Comedy lovers have long anticipated a sequel about the
adventures of the "really, really, ridiculously good looking" but
dim-witted fashion icon and after a long wait; they've got what
they wanted.</p>

<p>Alongside Tropic Thunder writer, Justin Theroux, Stiller is
working on a script 10 years after the events of the first movie
with Derek and Hansel trying to make a modelling comeback.</p>

<p>Implying that Owen Wilson will return as Hansel and no doubt
wife, Christine Taylor will return as well, Stiller added that if
Will Ferrell agrees to return as villain Mugatu, then they'd love
to have him on board.</p>

<p>Stiller, Wilson and Ferrell back together again?&nbsp; Sounds
like comedy gold to us.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Heavy Rain game to wash up in cinemas</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/02/heavy-rain-game-to-wash-up-in-cinemas</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:49:25 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/02/heavy-rain-game-to-wash-up-in-cinemas</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Heavy Rain, the newly released and heavily hyped Playstation thriller, has shot to the top of the gaming charts this week, receiving high praise for its style and emphasis on plot; a welcome departure from the norm game-playing of shooting everything in sight.]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Heavy Rain, the newly released and heavily hyped Playstation
thriller, has shot to the top of the gaming charts this week,
receiving high praise for its style and emphasis on plot; a welcome
departure from the norm game-playing of shooting everything in
sight.</p>

<p>In fact, it's doing so well at the top of the charts that it's
also attracting the eye of movie bigwigs.&nbsp; New Line Cinema,
the studio behind the Lord of The Rings trilogy, have bought the
rights with a view to adapting it into a film.&nbsp; With four lead
characters (a father, a photographer, a FBI agent and a retired cop
turned private detective) they must each take different roads to
end the terror inflicted on their city by the Origami Killer.</p>

<p>Playstation 3 gamers, however, had a shock when they woke up
this morning to an error message on their beloved consoles, meaning
that they were unable to connect to other gamers online, with some
also experiencing offline difficulties.&nbsp; The 'error: 8001050f'
message is thought to be related to the calendar resetting on
February 28 to January 1, 2000.&nbsp; Sony has since declared that
this bug has now been fixed.</p>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Secret Cinema 'Wings of Desire'</title><link>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/02/secret-cinema-'wings-of-desire'</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:22:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.film24.com/features/2010/03/02/secret-cinema-'wings-of-desire'</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Eighties Bohemians, East Germans and Angels walked the streets of Shepherds Bush last night as Secret Cinema brought to life Win Wender's modern classic Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin).]]><![CDATA[ 
<p>Eighties Bohemians, East Germans and Angels walked the streets
of Shepherds Bush last weekend as <a
href="http://www.secretcinema.org"
title="Secret Cinema official site">Secret Cinema</a> brought to
life Win Wender's modern classic <a
href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093191/" title="More info">Wings
of Desire</a> (Der Himmel über Berlin).</p>

<p>In the elegant but decayed Pavilion cinema (soon to be converted
into a 4 * hotel), lovers embraced in darkened corners, leather
clad bohemians passionately debated, a live band performed sultry
music, trapeze artists performed and wary policemen patrolled.. And
despite the inevitable drizzle, bratwurst was served on the
roof.</p>

<p>Secret Cinema provided the perfect industrial backdrop for Win
Wender's mesmerising and inspirational tale of the angels who watch
over a war-scarred and divided Berlin. Visually stunning and with a
beautifully spiritual and dreamlike script, Wings of Desire follows
the angels as they float across the city and observe its
inhabitants inner thoughts and feelings.</p>

<p><img src="/media/513871/wings of desire, music_318x212.jpg"  width="318"  height="212" alt="Secret Cinema" class="left"/></p>

<p>Starring Peter Falk as at once himself, Columbo and a fallen
angel this award-winning post-modern film is less a
straight-forward narrative and more a sensory experience, combining
visually stunning aesthetics with emotive music and poetic
dialogue.</p>

<p>Wings of Desire could have been designed for Secret Cinema. It
perfectly embodies the mantra that the event is for all those that
love challenging, pioneering and stimulating cinema. Whether a new
or dedicated fan of the event or watching this masterpiece for the
first time or tenth time, every member of the audience enjoyed a
unique experience of an incredible work of art.</p>

<p><img src="/media/513876/wings of desire, trapeze_287x191.jpg"  width="287"  height="191" alt="Secret Cinema " class="clear right"/></p>

<p>As Marion's final trapeze act closed the film, a rope artist
neatly synced with the onscreen action, casting graceful shadows
onto the peeling ceiling. Win Wender's Angels can only see the
world in monochrome: watching Wings of Desire within the Secret
Cinema community and against the backdrop of the Pavilion's
decaying beauty, cast this glorious film into brilliant
technicolour.</p>

<p>Make sure you don't miss out on the next Secret Cinema event -
join the <a
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Secret-Cinema/46896241052"
title="Join the community">Facebook group</a> for all the secrets
and clues.</p>

<p><img src="/media/377678/secret cinema_184x158.jpg"  width="184"  height="158" alt="Secret Cinema"/></p>
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