You've
probably already seen the trailers for The
Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit,
but have you seen the trailer for Rock Of
Ages starring Tom Cruise, Russell
Brand, Alec Baldwin and Paul Giamatti?
I'm guessing no....?
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To ease the pain of that, watch The Hobbit
trailer again. It'll make you feel better:
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Hopefully you'll be going to the cinema to see these
wonderful films... If you were thinking of downloading
them, here is a clip of The
Last Cinema which tells the story of what if the
fight against piracy was lost.
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Anyway, that was random. Now some television news
about an HBO show I like called Boardwalk
Empire: Sadly, I accidentally read what happens
in the surprise twist at the end of Season 2... I'm
not so cruel as to ruin it for you readers who may
just be discovering this series... Shame on those
people who ruined it for me! Damn you my favourite
blog BestWeekEver.tv!!!
Damn you.... but thank you so much for your awesome
Breaking
Bad recaps! Legend.
Learn
about Prohibition and the dodgy men who made the most
of it in Boardwalk Empire –
on Blu-ray and DVD January 9th.
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December
10, 2011
Zach Braff has written and is starring
in the play All New People. This
production will be coming to London!!! It will run
in the capitol from February 22nd until April 28th,
2012.
Momentum Pictures has released 5 of their unforgettable
contemporary classics on Blu-Ray for the first time!
Amelie (celebrating 10 years!), Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Control,
Requiem For A Dream, and
Lost in Translation.
To
celebrate Amelie's 10 years, here is a clip of the
director of Amelie – Jean Pierre Jeaunet:
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We are also going to be giving away 2, count em, 2
copies of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind on Blu-Ray! Enter
here!
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September
25, 2011
The 55th annual BFI London Film Festival
will be running from October 12-27 this year! They've
just released a new iPhone / Android app to help you
plan your schedule! There are absolutely too many
films to list out on our site, but check out the full
programme on BFI.
Public ticket bookings start September 26th... Tomorrow
people!!! Get on it!
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Jedward are totally awesome in a very peculiar and
uncomfortable way. They have just added a new London
date for their CARNIVAL tour and have announced a
full tour in Germany - this is no surprise that they're
big in Germany..... Someone had to get passed the
torch from The Hoff. Anyway, book
your tickets to see JEDWARD:
DECEMBER
1st Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2nd Blackpool Opera House
4th Birmingham Symphony Hall
5th Cardiff St. David's Hall
6th LONDON HMV Hammersmith Apollo
JANUARY
18th Hamburg Große Freiheit
19th Berlin Huxleys
21st Offenbach Capitol
22nd Düsseldorf Stahlwerk
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August
1, 2011
Wild Beasts are hugely popular. After
selling out their London Shepherds Bush Empire Date
in November, they've added a second on the 24th! They've
also just unveiled a new video for Bed of Nails.
I do love this band. Check out the vid:
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The 68th Venice Film Festival is
not far off. The annual film fest officially known
as La Biennale di Venezia has just
unveiled its lineup! Highlights include:
OMAS ALFREDSON - TINKER, TAYLOR, SOLDIER,
SPY Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John
Hurt
ANDREA ARNOLD - WUTHERING HEIGHTS Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets,
Oliver Milburn
AMI CANAAN MANN - TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Chloe
Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
GEORGE CLOONEY - THE IDES OF MARCH [OPENING FILM] Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel
Wood
DAVID CRONENBERG - A DANGEROUS METHOD Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen (formerly
hawt), Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel
ABEL FERRARA - 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paz de la Huerta
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN - KILLER JOE Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple,
Gina Gershon
STEVE MCQUEEN - SHAME Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James
Badge, Nicole Beharie
ROMAN POLANSKI - CARNAGE Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz,
John C. Reilly
TODD SOLONDZ - DARK HORSE Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken (the epitomy
of cool), Justin Bartha, Selma Blair
JAMES FRANCO - SAL (some experimental
weird shit I'm sure) Val Lauren, James Franco (even with the
odd factor... phwoar), Jim Parrack
TODD HAYNES - MILDRED PIERCE [TRIBUTE TO TODD HAYNES] Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood,
Melissa Leo
AL PACINO - WILDE SALOME Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Anderson
STEVEN SODERBERGH - CONTAGION Matt Damon (I will ALWAYS pronounce this
a la Team America), Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard
(I can "phwoar" a girl... so... PHWOAR),
Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne
WHIT STILLMAN - DAMSELS IN DISTRESS [CLOSING FILM] Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody (O...M....G....
MegaPHWOAR), Megalyn Echikunwoke, Analeigh Tipton
All I got from this listing is Adam
Brody. Will my dreams of meeting Seth
Cohen finally come true?
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Also coming up is the annual Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. Running from August 5-29th in...
well... Edinburgh. Theatre, comedy, cabaret, music,
the works. This is the place to be for the arts lovers
of the world. We'll have some roving reporters
(aka minions) on the scene covering the festie
for us, but here's a heads up of some off-the-beaten-track
comedy stuff you may want to check out:
Lady Cariad's Characters Cariad Lloyd
15:55, 6-27th August (not 17th)
Space 3, The Voodoo Rooms www.ladycariad.wordpress.com
-
The Inflatables - short form improvised comedy. Featuring Andrew Gentilli, Dylan Buckle and many
more...
17:00, 6-27th August (not Sundays)
Ryan's Bar
That's right - FRIENDLY FIRES have
joined the already amazing Bestival
lineup!! This means that both Friendly Fires
and Chromeo will be playing the same
festie and all my modern musical dreams have come
true! www.bestival.net
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North London based singer-songwriter Jon Spanyol
has announced that he is running a competition to
find a remix for the B-side of his upcoming single
Ignorance Is Bliss. Not only will the winning
entrant be featured on the record due for release
in September, there are also three more great prizes
up for grabs:
* A song dedicated to the winning remix artist,
recorded to professional quality, covering any subject
matter of your choice (within reason)
* A signed copy of the limited edition Jon Spanyol
"Good Things" EP
Noel Gallagher alert!!! High
Flying Birds' first ever single The Death
of You And Me will be out August 21st!!
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So...
this Harry Potter nonsense is done.
What'd you think?
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July
3, 2011
Very
much looking forward to this upcoming film THE
HELP. Based on the New York Times Bestseller....
coming to a cinema near you very soon:
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The wonderful Patrick Wolf has been
added to the line up of The Apple Cart festival. Exciting....
www.theapplecartfestival.com
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Even more exciting news.... the one and only BJORK
has been added to this year's Bestival line up as
the Sunday headliner! Going to be legendary.
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June
19, 2011
It's all about Blake Lively in the
news at the moment... but the guy who plays her brother
Eric on Gossip Girl is doin some
movie stuff too... such as STAKE LAND!
Check it:
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And now a trailer you REALLY want to see... the LAST
EVER Harry Potter:
That
is all....
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May 14, 2011
The Big Feastival
1st - 3rd July 2011
Clapham Common
IN AID OF THE PRINCE’S TRUST
& JAMIE OLIVER FOUNDATION
A
festival that involves FOOD!!! Music (Mystery
Jets, Soul II Soul, The
Charlatans, Athlete, etc...)
and all for a good cause. But seriously, Mystery Jets
AND food... I'm in! www.thebigfeastival.co.uk
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The Apple Cart Festival
Sunday 7th August 2011
Victoria Park
Another
new festival... The Apple Cart comes to London's Victoria
Park and has a strong focus on comedy, music and the
arts in general. They've also just announced the AMAZING
Tim Minchin will be performing on
the Comedy Stage! He is SO good live! SCORE! www.theapplecartfestival.com
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Get Loaded in the Park
Sunday 12th June 2011
Clapham Common
More
news from the promoters of Clapham Common's fave festie
- In addition to the already announced Razorlight,
The Cribs, Noisettes, Darwin Deez, Patric Wolf, Johnny
Flynn, Slow Club, and British Sea
Power, we now have The Rifles, About
Group, Connan Mockasin, Spector & Six Nation State...
www.getloadedinthepark.com
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April 18, 2011
My fellow Canadian Owen Pallett is
set to perform his album Heartland in its
entirety, with full orchestral accompaniment from
the Britten Sinfonia . The show is
happening on May 8th at the Barbican as part of the
Steve Reich season!
Patrick Wolf, Johnny Flynn, Slow
Club, Los Campesinos!, and
more have been added to an already awesome lineup
for this year's Get Loaded In The Park!
www.getloadedinthepark.com
This
year's Oscars champ The King’s Speech
is coming out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download
from May 9th, 2011! It just tugs the heart strings,
don't it!!!
And on the opposite end of the film spectrum, TEEN
FLICK ALERT! This one looks awesome. Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls, Walt Disney Pictures presents... PROM:
Back to festival reality... Bestival
has announced a few more yummy additions to their
fun lineup. These include Santigold,
Johnny Flynn, King Creosote&Jon Hopkins
and more! www.bestival.net
Tinchy Stryder is everywhere these
days! Including Gaymers Camden Crawl!
The MC will be making an appearance to perform an
intimate show at this year's crawl. Venue shall remain
a secret until the day.. ooh.. check it! www.thecamdencrawl.com
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April
3, 2011
Finally
another news update from us! We figured spring is
on the horizon, it's time to go out gigging and planning
our festival trips for the summer! So, what do we
have to choose from?
Starting
ASAP, new Domino Records signing
Austra is in town next weekend and
playing XOYO on Saturday April 9th, and Corsica Studios
on the 12th! Fun!
Straight
onto the festies... Guilfest
has added Peter Andre and
Erasure to their list of acts to
appear... joining the already announced Razorlight
(they're Baaack!) and James BlCunt.
www.guilfest.co.uk
Onto the meaty stuff... Our fave festival BESTIVAL
has an amazing lineup which inclues a headline by
The Cure (yup, THAT The
Cure) AND... a further lineup including some of my
faves like Chromeo, Metronomy,
Noah & The Whale, Ms
Dynamite, PJ Harvey, Mogwai,
Kelis, James Blake,
Village People (THE VILLAGE
PEOPLE???) and so many more. Love this festival! Seriously
tho... do they mean THE VILLAGE PEOPLE???
www.bestival.net
Bestival's sister festival CAMP BESTIVAL
also has some good-uns for us including Shrek
the Musical! I love it. Also some random
comedy and music (BLONDIE!!!) stuff.
www.campbestival.net
And now for an update on a London Festival Institution,
Get Loaded in the Park is back after
a year's hiautus!!! This time round we got Razorlight
(spreading like one of Johnny Borrell's stds....), The Cribs, Noisettes,
Darwin Deez and British Sea
Power to start with... www.getloadedinthepark.com
Guess who's playing Gaymer's Camden Crawl?? Those
RAZORLIGHT boys sure do get around!!
Joining Razorlight are the likes of British
Sea Power, Saint Etienne,
Simian Mobile Disco, The
Lemonheads, Guillemots,
CockNBullKid, Dananananaykroyd,
Lethal Bizzle, Slow Club
and MORE! www.thecamdencrawl.com
Speaking
of COCKNBULLKID, she's just unveiled
the video for her brand new single 'Asthma Attack'.
Enjoy:
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February
15, 2011
Hot
off their Grammy / Brit wins, Arcade Fire
are to play Hyde Park in London on June 30th with
special guests Brit winners Mumford &
Sons, Beirut and The Vaccines!
The dates have been ANNOUNCED! The 55th BFI
London Film Festival is ON! October 12 -
27 2011. See you there.
Speaking of LFF, one of my faves
from 2010 was Richard Ayoade's directorial
debut, Submarine. It's finally hitting
UK theatres March 18! Here's why you should watch
it:
Meryl
Streep as Margaret Thatcher.
Need we say more?
Domino Record's new signing Austra
will be releasing their debut album Feel It Break
on May 16th! To hold you over til then, here
is their video for Beat and the Pulse:
Green Man Festival headliners for
2011 will be.... Fleet Foxes! Tickets
on sale now! www.greenman.net.
Recently there was the special fan preview screening
for the upcoming release of I Am Number Four
which is in cinemas Feb 23rd! Here are some pics of
stars Alex Pettyferand
Teresa Palmer with director
DJ Caruso!!
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January
28, 2011
Oscar
noms were doled out this week. Where is DAFT
PUNK's TRON LEGACY for best
soundtrack????? ROBBED!!!!!! And Tron for visual effects?
Nada????
MEN have announced details of two
London shows set to take place in February. The band
will play The Lexington on Feb 8th and will support
Sleigh Bells at Heaven on Feb 14th as part
of the NME Awards shows.
Ladytron are BACK! Their new single
ACE OF HZ will be out March 14th!
Yup, that's Gossip Girl's Chuck Bass
- Ed Westwick - in a new film. Chalet
Girl will be in Cinemas March 16th!
Arcade Fire are awesome. And they
are going to play Hyde Park in London on June 30th
with special guests Mumford & Sons, Beirut
and The Vaccines.
Do you remember Hal? Well after about
6 years, they are back with their second album!! Get
a taster at www.halmusic.bandcamp.com.
The NME Awards are back and will
be honoring the legendary DAVE GROHL
with their Godlike Genius Award. Also, all
the great acts of today will be fighting it out for
the top prizes. The awards will be held at the O2
Academy Brixton on February 23rd. The party won't
be over on the night.... The NME Awards Big
Gig at Wembley Arena on February 25th will
see the Foo Fighters performing live!
What happened to RAZORLIGHT??? In
addition to shocking the world with their latest press
photo (is this a LOOK?), they have also been announced
as the Main Stage headliner's for GUILFEST
on Saturday July 16th! In spite of their
oddness and Johnny Borrell's hateable cockiness, it
will be good to have them back. Maybe. Time will tell.
At least it will be interesting.
