Features
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Oscars 2013: 85th Academy Awards nominations
At 13:30 GMT today, previously announced host for the evening Seth MacFarlane (of Family Guy fame) and US actress Emma Stone – star of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and the recently released Gangster Squad (2013) – announced the eagerly anticipated Oscar nominations for this year’s 85th Academy Awards ceremony, to be held in Los Angeles…
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Baftas 2013: Affleck’s ‘Argo’ wins big ahead of Oscars
Earlier this evening, returning host for the night Stephen Fry (who else – he was magnificent once again) announced the award winners for this year’s 2013 Baftas during a star-studded ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall – despite London’s Chinatown celebrations and a torrential rain/sleet storm. Pushed back to two weeks before the annual Academy…
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Baftas 2013: Mendes’ ‘Skyfall’ most nominated
Live-streamed to the world earlier this morning at bafta.org, the official nominations for the 2013 Baftas were revealed by rising British stars Alice Eve and Jeremy Irvine to an expectant online community. As heavily rumoured earlier this week, Sam Mendes’ Bond #23 Skyfall put in a strong showing, earning nods for Outstanding British Film, Best…
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Special Feature: The Most Anticipated Films of 2013
Happy New Year and welcome to 2013 one and all! The last twelve months truly offered something for all cinematic tastes, with barn-storming Hollywood blockbusters such as Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, Joss Whedon’s Avengers Assemble and Sam Mendes’ box office-busting Skyfall sating the appetites of mainstream audiences, whilst arthouse gems such as Michael…
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Special Feature: The Best Films of 2012
Yes, it’s that time of year again when critics and regular cinemagoers alike frantically put together their lists of the best cinematic produce of the previous twelve months. Whilst a number of high profile US blockbusters and comedies have failed to deliver the goods (we’re looking at you Prometheus), arthouse, documentary and experimental filmmaking has…
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Special Feature: Intel and VICE present ‘Four Stories’
Intel and the world-renowned W Hotel chain joined forces with VICE this month for short film competition Four Stories, that aimed to seek out the world’s next bright young things in film. From over 1000 submissions from aspiring filmmakers around the globe, developed into 10-minute short films, four were selected. A panel of industry judges…
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Special Feature: Cineworld aquires Picturehouse
Today it was announced that multiplex chain Cineworld had acquired Picturehouse Cinemas, a company renowned for their quality programming showcasing the best of independent, foreign and cult cinema. Many may be shocked and concerned by this announcement, and despite the best efforts of Picturehouse to promote the move as a positive one, members and loyal…
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Jameson Cult Film Club: ‘Seven Psychopaths’ Premiere
On Tuesday night of this week, CineVue we honoured to be invited along to the UK premiere of Martin McDonagh’s new film Seven Psychopaths (2012) at The Oval, near Bethnal Green, London. The special gala event was hosted by Jameson Cult Film Club, who are celebrating Seven Psychopaths as a potential cult classic of the…
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Special Feature: The FilmCraft Series
Unlike other art forms, cinema is a collaborative process more than any other. It involves directors, editors, writers, artists, costumes designers to name but a few different cogs, each of whom contribute their own element to a production. When we go to the cinema, from the latest arthouse release to the new Hollywood blockbuster, we…
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Special Feature: Ken Loach wins big at Scottish Baftas
The Scottish Baftas took place at Glasgow’s upmarket Radisson Blu Hotel last night where host Edith Bowman, an assortment of Scottish film and television personalities and five hundred guests were on hand to honour and celebrate the very best of film, TV and games over the past twelve months. After a red carpet that was…