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Scoop on Netflix offers an inside look at the controversial Prince Andrew interview with Emily Maitlis, detailing the fallout and media dynamics. Romola Garai is part of a star-studded cast portraying key players in a high-profile BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. The film explores the British media's relationship with the royal family, sparking a global sensation with revelations about the Epstein scandal.

Netflix is bringing a very different royal drama to screens in Scoop this April. As the home of The Crown, the streamer has been fully invested in the British Royal family for several years, but this story is even more controversial, and star Romola Garai recently explained the story behind the movie.

Scoop (2024) BiographyDrama Release DateApril 5, 2024DirectorPhilip MartinCastGillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai, Billie PiperRuntime102 MinutesMain GenreBiographyWritersGeoff Bussetil, Peter MoffatStudioThe Lighthouse, Voltage TVTaglineOne Interview Can Change Everything

In November 2019, months after convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died,...

7 random things that happened on this day, December 15th, in showbiz history

1939 Gone With the Wind has its world premiere in Atlanta, Georgia. The premiere was very well documented because the movie was so famous even before release. It was three days (!!!) of festivities in Georgia for the world premiere to usher in the surefire blockbuster.  NYC followed a few days later and LA just after Christmas before the movie went nationwide in January of 1940. If you adjust for inflation it's still the highest grossing movie of all time.

1978 Ryan O'Neal risks a sequel to his blockbuster Oscar hit Love Story (1970) called Oliver's Story, new in theaters on this day. It's hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice and critics and audiences weren't fond... ...

Sir Christopher Lee, one of the world's most celebrated actors, has died at the age of 93.

In a career spanning seven decades, Sir Christopher had over 280 screen credits in film and TV, and brought some of cinema's most iconic characters to life - Dracula, Saruman, Mycroft Holmes, Count Dooku, Frankenstein's monster, The Wicker Man's Lord Summerisle and James Bond villain Scaramanga, to name just a few.

Take a look back at some of his most memorable career moments below:

1940s: Career beginnings with Rank

Sir Christopher Lee started his film career in the late 1940s following service in the Raf during World War II.

After the war ended, he turned down his old job at pharmaceutical company Beechams to train at the Rank Organisation's Company of Youth - nicknamed the 'Rank Charm School'.

1957: The Curse of Frankenstein

He made his debut with gothic horror producers Hammer Films in The Curse of Frankenstein.

Strictly Come Dancing topped the ratings with 9.82m (43.1%) on BBC One yesterday (October 12), overnight data reveals.

The show, which aired at 6.30pm, was up 570k on last week's episode. It peaked at 10.79m at 7.45pm.

Meanwhile, ITV rival The X Factor picked up 7.82m (33.3%) at 8pm, down 360k from last week. It peaked with 8.63m at 8.45pm, while a further 282k (1.4%) caught the programme on +1.

Back on BBC One, Atlantis took 4.66m (19.9%) at 8.30pm, down 400k on last week. Casualty was watched by 3.97m (17.6%) at 9.30pm, while The Rolling Stones Return to Hyde Park: Sweet Summer Sunday attracted 1.62m (12%) an hour later.

On BBC Two, Count Arthur Strong interested 330k (1.5%) at 7pm and Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar was seen by 650k (2.7%) at 7.30pm.

Dad's Army took 1.5m (6.4%) at 8.30pm and The 70s appealed to 1.38m (6%) at 9pm, while The Sarah Millican Slightly Longer Television Programme had 1.07m (5.6%) at 10pm.

Starz is excited to announce that the U.S. television debut of the Starz Original Miniseries Event “Dancing on the Edge,” will premiere on Saturday, October 19th at 10pm Et/Pt. The tuneful five-part drama will continue airing on Saturday nights at 9pm and stars Golden Globe® Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years of a Slave–releasing in October 2013, Salt, American Gangster), Matthew Goode (Stoker, A Single Man, Brideshead Revisited), Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award nominee Jacqueline Bisset (Joan of Arc, Two Jacks) and Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award winner John Goodman (The Monuments Men, Inside Llewyn Davis–both set to release in December 2013, Monster’s University). Written by the multi-award winning writer/director Stephen Poliakoff (Glorious 39, “Gideon’s Daughter,” “The Lost Prince...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 15, 2013

Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $24.97

Studio: Shout! Factory

Michael Caine leads a Nazi paratrooper plot to kidnap Winston Churchill in The Eagle Has Landed.

Michael Caine (Dressed to Kill), Donald Sutherland (1900) and Robert Duvall (The Conversation) lead a star-studded cast in the 1976 World War II action film The Eagle Has Landed, which makes its U.S. Blu-ray debut with this release from Shout! Factory.

Based on Jack Higgins’ best-selling novel, the film revolves around a Nazi plot to kidnap Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk village. Nazi officers Colonel Radl (Duvall), Colonel Steiner (Caine) and Liam Devlin (Sutherland) are enlisted to carry out the operation, which if successful, would irrevocably alter the outcome of the war. Disguised as Polish airmen, the team of paratroopers descends upon England only to be interrupted by an unforeseeable incident which threatens to derail their treacherous mission.

The 66th annual British Academy Film Awards are here! And there was much rejoicing.

We’re here at the Royal Opera House in London to bring you all the up to the minute news on who won, who looked really annoyed when they lost, and who knows what else will be in store for us tonight?

Lord Stephen of Fry is leading proceedings once again and I’ll be updating you fine people with the winners as they are announced.

The full list of awards and nominees can be found here, and as the awards are announced I’ll update the liveblog below with the nominees and the winners.

The ceremony is due to start at around 7pm and if you’re hungry for all the red carpeting then head over here to see the arrivals from around 5pm.

Updates will be added at the top…But not anymore as we’ve finished.

Chiwetel Ejiofor has been turning in great performances since Steven Spielberg spotted him and cast him in “Amistad” back in 1996, but it wasn’t until almost a decade later he started to make himself known to wider audiences in the likes of “Children of Men,” “Inside Man,” and, of course, “Serenity.” We’re particularly looking forward to a couple of his upcoming movies, “Half of a Yellow Sun” and Steve McQueen’s “Twelve Years a Slave,” but he’s also got an interesting looking project coming soon to the small screen. In late 2011 he starred in the BAFTA-winning BBC miniseries “The Shadow Line,” and he’ll next be seen in another BBC miniseries, “Dancing on the Edge,” which is directed by the acclaimed British playwright and television dramatist Stephen Poliakoff (“Glorious 39”). The five-part dramedy will follow a group of black jazz...

It's not often we get the chance to dwell on short films in these parts, what with so many long ones to fixate on, so it's a rare joy to be able to debut this new trailer showing newbie filmmakers at work in the shorter form. As you know, we're also partial to the odd pun around here so The Joy Of Six ticks multiple boxes. Well, two boxes. Click below to catch a glimpse of Romola Garai and Matthew Holness' directorial debuts, and Peter Mullan, Dame Judi Dench and Luke Treadaway on the other side of the camera. Garai's 21-minute directorial debut Scrubber gives her the chance to step away from the trials and tribulations of Atonement, Glorious 39, King Lear and the like and let someone else (her Crimson Petal And The White co-star Amanda Hale) take the strain as a young mum with a strange obsession.

Hello everyone and welcome to our favourite day in the British film calendar. We’re here in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for the 65th annual BAFTA awards and while the red carpet is being ironed and our colleagues fight off the cold anticipation is building for what should be an excellent evening.

Two of the films dominating the nominations are paeans to the magic of cinema with Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo up for numerous awards though a particular favourite of ours here on HeyUGuys, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, has been championed within the Academy and find itself up for Best Film, Director and a Supporting Actress nod for Carey Mulligan.

You can follow our coverage of the awards ceremony, with details of the winners as they are announced as well as other highlights from the Awards noted down before the BBC’s...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 13, 2012

Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99

Studio: The Weinstein Company/Anchor Bay Entertainment

Nominated for two Academy Awards, My Week With Marilyn got plenty of acclaim when it was in theaters but was screened in only a limited release.

The independent film, which grossed $13 million at the box office, stars Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) as the titular blonde bombshell and Kenneth Branagh (Pirate Radio) as actor Sir Laurence Olivier. Both were nominated for Oscars for their performances.

In the drama movie, Marilyn Monroe makes her first trip to London to film The Prince and the Showgirl with Olivier. There, she befriends Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne, Glorious 39), the film’s third assistant director, but as their relationship progresses, he begins to focus less on the movie and more on rescuing Marilyn from the pressures of celebrity life.

Julia Ormond (The Music Never Stopped) and Emma Watson...

Romola Garai has said that she is flattered by comparisons to Kate Winslet. The Junkhearts and The Hour actress said that Glorious 39 director Stephen Poliakoff was "very generous" when he told Digital Spy that she was "the next Kate Winslet" back in 2009. Garai told Stylist of Poliakoff: "He's a very dear friend of mine, who I love. He's an incredibly kind director and an amazingly brilliant man. "He was obviously trying to garner as much publicity for the film as possible. And that is a good way to get publicity! Obviously, I'm flattered. It's a very nice thing to say - albeit (more)...

The WWF-uk is pleased to share with you this short film Astonish Me starring Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, Christian McKay and introducing Will Jacklin. In a tale of adventure and discovery showcasing some of the extraordinary species recently found around the world, Astonish Me has been created by writer Stephen Poliakoff and director Charles Sturridge to celebrate the WWF’s 50th anniversary.

On a sidenote, actor Bill Nighy, writer Stephen Poliakoff and the film’s composer Adrian Johnston, all worked on the 2009 film Glorious 39.

BBC nature series Ocean Giants launched with 5.45m on Sunday night, while Stephen Poliakoff's Glorious 39 premiered on BBC Two with 2.6m, the latest audience data has revealed. Ocean Giants, the Stephen Fry-narrated mini-series on the undersea world of whales and dolphins, averaged 5.45m (22.7%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour, easily outperforming Law & Order: UK's 3.91m (16.3%) on ITV1 and 215k (1.1%) on +1. BBC Two's screening of Glorious 39, a suspense thriller starring Bill Nighy and Romola Garai, was watched by 2.43m between 9pm and 11pm, while 194k (0.9%) tuned in on BBC HD. Top Gear revved up 1.86m (9.6%) in the 7pm hour and 162k (0.8%) in HD, before business reality TV show Dragons' Den slumped to 2.96m, down 780k week-on-week. An additional 311k (1.4%) caught the show on BBC HD. Britain's (more)...

Comedian who made her name on TV in the 1980s takes role in new work celebrating the teaching profession

Hollywood stars and the public sector are rarely mentioned in the same breath. But thanks to dramatist Stephen Poliakoff, that is about to change. Multimillionaire, comedian and Hollywood actress Tracey Ullman is to return to the British stage after a 20-year absence in a new play by Poliakoff about the importance of teachers and the public service ethos in our lives.

The British star, who established herself as a household name in America in the 1980s, is returning to appear in My City, which will open at London's Almeida theatre early in September. It will be Poliakoff's first theatrical work for 12 years, following his acclaimed television dramas Shooting the Past and The Lost Prince.

The award-winning writer wrote the "powerful and surprising" play before news of the cuts in education, but...

An Aardman Production For Sony Pictures Animation Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen Also On Board

Culver City, Calif. – Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in North America.

Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to...

Veteran British TV actor Hugh Bonneville will star in the 3D steampunk action feature "Captain Nemo" for Shoreline Entertainment says Heat Vision.

The story serves as a pseudo sequel to Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and finds Captain Nemo joining forces with President Ulysses Grant to battle an evil genius who is causing naval disasters.

Pearry Teo will direct the project which begins filming in Beijing this August. Illuminate Hollywood will handle the 3D visual effects while Mark Rudnitksy and Amy Krell are producing.

Bonneville's long resume stretches back two decades and includes the likes of "Lost in Austen," "Married for Life," "Tipping the Velvet," "The Robinsons," "Bonekickers," "Courting Alex," "Five Days" and films like "Notting Hill," "Mansfield Park," "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," "Iris," "Glorious 39" and "Burke and Hare". He currently stars in "Downton Abbey" and played a pirate captain in last week's episode of "Doctor Who".

On May 10, Magnolia will release the British medieval adventure film Black Death, about the outbreak of the bubonic plague across England during the 14th Century, on Blu-ray and DVD.

Actions speak louder than words for Sean Bean in Black Death.

Written and directed by Christopher Smith (Triangle) and starring Sean Bean (Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief), the movie opens as Europe begins to fall under the shadow of the “Black Death.” As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife and even the church begins to lose its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach, and there is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Bean), a fearsome, sword-slashing knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors. He...

DVD Playhouse—March 2011

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Allen Gardner

127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.

Amarcord (Criterion) Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning, autobiographical classic might...

Glorious 39 is the latest film from director Stephen Poliakoff, and it stars Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, and Julie Christie as a traditional British family who must content with the encroaching brutality of World War II. The Glorious 39 Blu-ray and DVD are available in stores now. We have an exclusive look at this enthralling drama with an exclusive featurette that includes interviews from the cast and the crew. For an in-depth look behind-the-scenes of Glorious 39, click on the clip below.

Click to watch Exclusive: Cast Interview Featurette!

Glorious 39 was released in 2009 and stars Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Eddie Redmayne, Asier Newman, Christopher Lee. The film is directed by Stephen Poliakoff.

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2010 was a strong year for British film-making, as the strength of UK contenders at this week’s Bafta Awards confirmed. Any cursory glance through this year’s Oscar nominations will also confirm the depth of the talent pool that these fair isles can draw from these days- two Best Films, a director, a lead actor, and a best supporting nod for each sex- right now, it’s good to be British. And to walk a horribly over-trodden road, it is clear that Britain really has got talent.

Now back to those two Best Film nominations. Both The King’s Speech and 127 Hours are thoroughly British films: one may have been filmed in London and the other in Utah, but cut them and both would bleed the red, white and blue of the Union Jack. In celebration of the fact, and to draw attention to some of...

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Waiting For "Superman" The impassioned, well-meaning Waiting for "Superman" prods at an important and disconcerting issue: the failure of the American school system. But that's all it really does. It prods and points fingers, blaming unions and funding conflicts, all the while tossing out animated statistics to highlight how severe the problem is. Interspersed between this are heart-on-sleeve stories of five families hoping to gain entry to overcrowded charter schools, the procedure for which requires public school students to take place in a lottery. It's a deeply depressing process, and the film's frustration is justified. So what's the solution? Waiting for "Superman" has some half-hearted ideas about what needs to be done, but very little (if any...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Game of Death" (2011)

Directed by Giorgio Serafini

Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.

"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)

Directed by Meng Hua Ho

Released by Funimation

An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.

"Daylight Robbery" (2008)

Directed by Paris Leonti

Released by Well Go USA

Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.

"Disconnect" (2011)

Directed by Robin Christian...

Someday someone will compile a list of every film ever made that features a Nazi plot at its center. You’d find Glorious 39 on this list, and, assuming it’s in descending order by quality, it’d be somewhere near the top third. The film’s plot has its fair share of intrigue and some great performances filling it out, but ultimately it just can’t keep up the pacing needed to keep the story clipping along and it begins to sag midway through. Glorious 39 deserves to be seen, but it’s not the taut suspenseful thriller it could have been.

Anne Keyes (Romola Garai) lives a posh existence in Britain’s upper class in the months preceding the country’s declaration of war against a belligerent Hitler. She spends her days lounging about in fields and enjoying extravagant dinners with friends (David Tennant) and attempting to make...

Someday someone will compile a list of every film ever made that features a Nazi plot at its center. You’d find Glorious 39 on this list, and, assuming it’s in descending order by quality, it’d be somewhere near the top third. The film’s plot has its fair share of intrigue and some great performances filling it out, but ultimately it just can’t keep up the pacing needed to keep the story clipping along and it begins to sag midway through. Glorious 39 deserves to be seen, but it’s not the taut suspenseful thriller it could have been.

Anne Keyes (Romola Garai) lives a posh existence in Britain’s upper class in the months preceding the country’s declaration of war against a belligerent Hitler. She spends her days lounging about in fields and enjoying extravagant dinners with friends (David Tennant) and attempting to make...

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This week, we have some extremely influential films hitting the shelves… Hoffman and Redford get Blu in All The Presidents Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula, the story of the two reporters who exposed the details of Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal. Richard Attenborough’s definitive biopic Chaplin gets it’s 15th Anniversary Blu-Ray, with it’s talented ensemble cast led by Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role. A film as controversial as it is fantastic, Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango In Paris steams up your TV with the legendary Marlon Brando and the seductive Maris Schneider. Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck earned Cher an Oscar, earning you a great Blu-Ray for your home film library. You don’t have to be “mad as Hell” anymore, as Sidney Lumet’s Network is now on Blu-Ray. This week rounds out with...

Good news for historical drama lovers! taut, star-studded historical drama of wartime conspiracy,

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Total Images: (36)');">Underworld), a career politician and Member of Parliament. Anne still lives in the family home with her father, mother Maud (Jenny Agutter,...

Gordon and the Whale has teamed up with Entertainment One to give our readers the chance to win Glorious 39 on Blu-ray. For your chance to win, all you have to do is fill out the form after the break. Deadline ends at 11:59 Pm on February 14th. On February 15th, we will select a winner via random drawing and notify them by email. Good luck, movie lovers!

Read more on Giveaway: Win Glorious 39 on Blu-ray…...

Getting cast by Steven Spielberg in one of his films can mean big things for a young actor. Just look at Christian Bale for an example of someone who has enjoyed long-term benefits. And with Senor Spielbergo setting up his next film, World War One drama War Horse, he’s in need of an actor to star. According to The Playlist, he’s picked Eddie Redmayne.Redmayne, a chestnut brown horse who got his start as a colt on Lord of the Rings, stands 15 hands high and enjoys cantering about in fields in his off duty time. As his name implies, his mane is reddish brown and… What’s that, boss? He’s actually a human? And this is Empire, not Horses Daily, and if I make another lame equine pun, I’m fired? Right then…Actually, Redmayne already has a few credits under his belt – he’s appeared in...

Eddie Redmayne has landed the lead role in Steven Spielberg's War Horse, according to The Playlist. Citing inside sources, the website has claimed that the Brit actor is "locked" for the role of Albert in Spielberg's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel. The story centres on Albert's quest to reunite with his horse Joey after the animal is sold to the cavalry at the outbreak of World War I. Redmayne's acting credits include Black Death, which is in UK cinemas from tomorrow, Glorious 39 and the (more)...

Coded Pictures began production this week on the suspense drama Junkhearts in London, with a cast headed by Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky), Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio), Romola Garai (Atonement), and newcomer Candese Reid. The picture follows “a vulnerable ex-soldier haunted by his past, who finds himself manipulated by a young couple as they attempt to use his home as a drugs den.” This is director Tinge Krishnan’s feature debut with a script from Simon Frank (The Dry Cleaner). Hit the jump for the full press release.

Here’s the official press release:

Eddie Marsan, Tom Sturridge And Romola Garai Join “Junkhearts” As Film Cameras Roll In London

London: 1 June 2010 – Award winning actor Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky; Vera Drake, Sherlock Holmes) is joined by talented cast members: Tom Sturridge (The Boat That Rocked, Vanity Fair, Being Julia), Romola Garai (Vanity Fair, Atonement, I Capture the Castle) and newcomer Candese Reid in director...

After inhabiting the duplicitous Lola Quincey in the 2007 big screen adaptation of Ian McEwan’s Atonement and the similarly deceitful Celia in Stephen Polikoff’s Glorious 39 last year Juno Temple’s star has risen dramatically in the past few years.

And with films such as Greenberg, the Cannes contender Kaboom and Dirty Girl on her card in the next year Temple’s profile is attracting much attention, and it seems that the Hollywood tentpole is the next stop, as THR have the news that she is in talks to play the Queen in Paul W. S. Anderson 3D version of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers.

If negotiations go to plan Temple will join something of a stellar cast which includes Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Matthew Macfayden, Christoph Waltz, Mads Mikkelsen and Milla Jovovich, and while Temple is familiar to those following British indie scene this film will...

MPAA ratings: May 19, 2010. The following feature-length motion pictures have been reviewed and rated by the Classification and Rating Administration pursuant to the Motion Picture Classification and Rating program. Each of the designated ratings is defined as follows under the Motion Picture Classification and Rating program.

G -- General Audiences. All ages admitted.

PG -- Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

PG -13 --Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

R -- Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Nc-17 -- No One 17 And Under Admitted.

Film Distributor Reason Rating 8: The Mormon Proposition  Red Flag Releasing Rated for some language/sexual references. R And Soon the Darkness   Anchor Bay Films Rated for some violence and brief torture. R Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Warner Bros. Pictures Rated for animal action and humor.

PG Charlie St. Cloud  Universal Studios...

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2121.

8: The Mormon Proposition Rated R For some language/sexual references. And Soon The Darkness Rated R For some violence and brief torture. Cats and#038; Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore Rated PG For animal action and humor. Release Date: July 30, 2010 Charlie St. Cloud Rated PG-13 For language including some sexual references, an intense accident scene and some sensuality. Release Date: July 30, 2010 Doc West's Conscience: Part 1 Rated PG For western violence, brief language and smoking. Don't Look Up Rated R For horror violence and gore. Eat Pray Love Rated R For brief strong language. Note: Intends To Appeal To The C.A.R.A. Appeals Board Release Date: August 13, 2010 Ecstasy Of Gold Rated R For western violence. The Extra Man Rated R For some sexual content. Eyeborgs Rated R For violence and some language. Glorious 39 Rated R For some violent images,...

This is the Pure Movies review of Glorious 39 (starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Juno Temple and Eddie Redmayne, directed by Stephen Poliakoff). Stephen Poliakoff’s return to the big screen has not been a timid one. Predominantly a TV writer, Poliakoff has made his most recent step up to feature film one of the most dramatic, harrowing tales of the year. It is a shame then that what makes this film most enjoyable is also, when applied too heavily, what dampens its brilliance. Set around a wealthy, influential MP’s family as the country is on the cusp of entering a war with Germany for the second time, the story centres around the adopted daughter Anne (Romola Garai, Atonement) and her intuitive suspicions surrounding the death of family friend, and overly vocal advocator of the war on Hitler, Hector (David Tennant).

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

DVD & Blu-ray, Lionsgate

It's Heath Ledger's final film. There, that's got that out of the way. There's no way around mentioning this fact as, unlike Terry Gilliam's previous movie-making problems, the tragic and unexpected death of his lead actor greatly impacts on the movie itself here – and not in entirely detrimental ways. The aged Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) drags his mysterious sideshow act around London with the help of his daughter (a respectable turn from model Lily Cole), an apprentice, and a grumpy dwarf. His "act" involves sending volunteers through a magical mirror into the titular Imaginarium, a strange zone where dreams take flight, which is revealed to be part of a long-fought wager with Tom Waits's Devil, with the very concept of imagination is at stake. Ledger plays an amnesiac they find hanging from a bridge over the Thames, who's not the innocent he first appears.

We all have film sequences that stick in our minds. Some are shared by many – such as the shower scene from Psycho – others are particular to us. Here our film critic and a panel of leading movie-makers reveal their favourites. What are yours?

Who will ever forget the first time they saw the 45-second shower-room murder in Hitchcock's Psycho? I remember 1959 and 1961 as the years when my first two children were born. But the first thing that comes to mind about the year in between was seeing Psycho, which I'd been looking forward to since a radio programme I'd produced the previous October, when Hitchcock had enticingly described Psycho as "my first real horror film". Entering the Plaza, Lower Regent Street, the day the film opened, I passed the cardboard cut-out of Hitchcock in the foyer, from which a tape recording of the Master's familiar Leytonstone undertaker's voice warned us...

Due to unavailability of cinema venue in India because of the success of My Name Is Khan , the ‘From Blighty with Love’ season will now start on 5 March, not 26 February as previously scheduled. The season will run from Monday 5 March until Thursday 18 March.

From Blighty with Love will be the first time that independent British films will be presented to the English speaking audience in India, and will feature the simultaneous screening of each film on multiple screens in 2K digital cinemas in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. It will also feature three live ‘in-conversation’ events with British directors.

The ‘in-conversation’ events will include Stephen Poliakoff, director of the season’s opening night film Glorious 39, and Armando Iannucci, the Oscar-nominated director behind In the Loop, who will take part in live webcast Q&A answering questions from Indian audiences from a studio in London. Sally Potter, the director of Rage,...

London -- India is awaiting a heavy dose of British movies with Julian Jarrold's "Brideshead Revisited," "In The Loop," directed by Armando Iannucci and Stephen Poliakoff's "Glorious 39" all landing on the subcontinent with U.K. Film Council backing.

The Council's "From Blighty With Love" is a startup project aiming to push British movies into Indian theaters.

Eight movies will debut in India through the program, which will unspool in theaters in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore from Feb. 26 through March 11.

The project is supported by partners including the Mumbai Film Festival, BBC Entertainment and Reliance.

The other projects are James Marsh's "Man On Wire," Stephan Elliot's "Easy Virtue," Michael Winterbottom's "Genova," Sally Potter's "Rage" and Francois Ozon's "Angel."...

The 2009 drama Powder Blue was notable for two main reasons: Jessica Biel went topless and writhed on a strip-club stage and Patrick Swayze made his final appearance on celluloid before his death in September.

Biel's boobs propelled her to second place in Zap2It's Top 10 Celebrity Nude Scenes of 2009, where she was beaten only by Eva Amurri's raunchy role in Californication.

For those of who you missed all the fuss and the flashes of flesh, or want to see it again, the film is released on DVD in the UK tomorrow (Monday, January 25).

Powder Blue follows four people as they embark on different journeys that lead them all to the same place.

Swayze plays Velvet Larry, the sleazy owner of a strip joint where Rose Johnny (Biel) works as a dancer whose son is in a coma.

The ensemble cast also includes Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Smokin' Aces), Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland,...

One month, 280 films and 70,000 words later, my guide to the films of 2010 is now complete. I hope you've enjoyed reading it all - it's been utterly exhausting but an ultimately rewarding venture I've been single-handedly pulling together since early December. If you have liked it, my only request is that you help spread the word about it now that it's all done.

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Vincere

Opens: 2010

Cast: Filippo Timi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Corrado Invernizzi,...

St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

Opens: 2010

Cast: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley

Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson

Summary: A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton’s Gold ensues as the feisty and ever-resourceful schoolgirls of St Trinian’s face their most fearsome establishment rivals yet - the villainous Pomfrey and his sidekicks from the women-hating secret society known as AD1.

Analysis: While it didn't travel much beyond the UK, 2007's reboot of the "St Trinian's" franchise nearly doubled its £7 million production budget in sales in the UK alone - making it one of the top grossing independent British films of the past decade. Reviews were decidedly mixed but generally pretty weak at the time, so the greenlighting of a sequel surprised quite a few.

Despite a critical drubbing, the core audience of young British teenage girls seemed to be satisfied by...

Shanghai

Opens: 2010

Cast: John Cusack, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chow Yun-Fat

Director: Mikael Hafstrom

Summary: In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man arrives in Shanghai to find his friend recently murdered. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.

Analysis: After being granted permission to shoot in the Chinese city, the $10 million production found its permit quickly being revoked by the Government who expressed concerns about the script. The result is Bangkok and the United Kingdom standing in for the real Shanghai which seems kind of against the entire point.

Cusack himself has emphatically endorsed the project in interviews, calling it a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity", but being stuck at the cash-strapped Weinstein Company means that its release plans are unsure beyond a vague promise of a limited bow around Easter.

A Prophet

Opens: February 12th 2010

Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb

Director: Jacques Audiard

Summary: Sent to prison, Malik El Djebena falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins their confidence but uses his intelligence to discreetly develop his own network.

Analysis: Finally scoring a limited release in the Us in February, Jacques Audiard's violent and hard-edged prison drama won the Grand Prix at Cannes, scored Best Film at the London Film Festival, and is already the hotly tipped favourite to take the Oscar for Best Foreign Film late next month.

Reviews have been stellar around the world for the film which quickly became the most universally admired entry in the often hotly contentious first week of Cannes back in May. From a breakout performance by Tahar Rahim,...

Glorious 39 sees Doctor Who star David Tennant appear alongside stars such as Bill Nighy and Julie Christie in a World War II drama that is considerabl different from any that has gone before. Morden Hall Park in Merton, Wimbledon was the location for much of the shooting on the film, the first time the location has been used - the historic Snuff Mill and surrounding buildings were transformed with the magic of cinema to resemble 1930s Britain. Zoë Colbeck, manager of the National...

Georgia

Opens: 2010

Cast: Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Johnathon Schaech

Director: Renny Harlin

Summary: An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire of the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008, and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial.

Analysis: A timely parable on war, or Hollywood propaganda filmmaking at its worst? Wherever it goes, especially in Europe and the former Soviet states, "Georgia" will cause a lot of talk and controversy as the incidents depicted are still so fresh in many's minds. Like all topics of the sort, it'll also have its strong supporters and detractors having opinions on the film long before a frame of footage is screened anywhere.

Shot on-location in Tbilisi, the project also marks a potential return to form for Finnish director Renny Harlin. Given the right material the skilled action director delivered three...

Georgia

Opens: 2010

Cast: Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Johnathon Schaech

Director: Renny Harlin

Summary: An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire of the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008, and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial.

Analysis: A timely parable on war, or Hollywood propaganda filmmaking at its worst? Wherever it goes, especially in Europe and the former Soviet states, "Georgia" will cause a lot of talk and controversy as the incidents depicted are still so fresh in many's minds. Like all topics of the sort, it'll also have its strong supporters and detractors having opinions on the film long before a frame of footage is screened anywhere.

Shot on-location in Tbilisi, the project also marks a potential return to form for Finnish director Renny Harlin. Given the right material the skilled action director delivered three...

Case 39

Opens: January 1st 2010

Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Kerry O'Malley

Director: Christian Alvart

Summary: A family services social worker thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case - a troubled 10-year old girl whose parents try to kill her. The social worker decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.

Analysis: Despite the presence of promising German director Christian Alvart ("Pandorum"), 'Case' has sat on a shelf since late 2006 and is finally being quietly shuffled out this year for one very good reason - it stinks. Having opened in Australia a few months back, reviewers utterly savaged the film as both incredibly dumb and utterly ludicrous. Lead star Renee Zellweger also scored personal criticism to a level rarely seen in film reviews outside of comments about Nicole Kidman's 'more alien than the...

Case 39

Opens: January 1st 2010

Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Kerry O'Malley

Director: Christian Alvart

Summary: A family services social worker thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case - a troubled 10-year old girl whose parents try to kill her. The social worker decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.

Analysis: Despite the presence of promising German director Christian Alvart ("Pandorum"), 'Case' has sat on a shelf since late 2006 and is finally being quietly shuffled out this year for one very good reason - it stinks. Having opened in Australia a few months back, reviewers utterly savaged the film as both incredibly dumb and utterly ludicrous. Lead star Renee Zellweger also scored personal criticism to a level rarely seen in film reviews outside of comments about Nicole Kidman's 'more alien than the...

After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.

Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.

Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.

13

Opens: 2010

Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent

Director: Géla Babluani

Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The...