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Justin Timberlake’s love of guns, Film

Justin Timberlake’s love of guns

Justin Timberlake reveals his love of guns and how his grandfather gave him his first one, when he was 10.

By | Film | Monday, 17 October 2011 at 1:31 pm

Pigs bladders, ape television and brain-scrambling fog, Arts

Pigs bladders, ape television and brain-scrambling fog

The Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival is a myriad of digital, experiential and submersive art forms defined by these and other questionable buzzwords. During 48 hours at the arty get-together in Liverpool this weekend I touched a pig’s bladder, watched David Shrigley tattooing arms with biro, and, most abnormally, watched apes watching a television sitcom starring humans dressed as apes.

By | Arts | Tuesday, 4 October 2011 at 5:01 pm

Jared Leto: You either kick someone’s ass, or they kick yours, Notebook

Jared Leto: You either kick someone’s ass, or they kick yours

Jared Leto started his career as a teenage hearthrob in nineties drama ‘My So-Called Life’. Since then, he has played supporting roles in big Hollywood hits such as ‘Fight Club’, as well as the lead in art house cult classics, including ‘Requiem for a Dream’. Having gone to extremes for roles in the past, he discusses whether he’d do the same again, and talks about his most recent release ‘Mr Nobody’.

By | Notebook | Tuesday, 27 September 2011 at 6:00 am

The Awakening – Trailer, Film

The Awakening – Trailer

The Awakening is the chilling new supernatural thriller from Nick Murphy, starring Dominic West (The Wire, 300), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Oscar-nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake).

By | Film | Tuesday, 20 September 2011 at 1:28 pm

Straw Dogs – Trailer, Film

Straw Dogs – Trailer

A married couple return to their small hometown to prepare the wife’s family home for sale. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals leading to a violent confrontation.

By | Film | Tuesday, 20 September 2011 at 10:00 am

The Smurfs – Trailer (With Katy Perry Intro), Film

The Smurfs – Trailer (With Katy Perry Intro)

Audiences everywhere are in for a Smurfy good time as the Smurfs make their first 3D trip to the big screen in Sony Pictures Animation’s hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs.

By | Film | Monday, 19 September 2011 at 4:26 pm

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Exclusive Interview With John Hurt, Film

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Exclusive Interview With John Hurt

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons.

By | Film | Monday, 19 September 2011 at 3:34 pm

I Don’t Know How She Does It – Trailer, Arts

I Don’t Know How She Does It – Trailer

Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks star in I Don’t Know How She Does It, a comedy from director Douglas McGrath (Emma, Infamous) and producer Donna Gigliotti (The Reader, Let Me In).

By | Arts, Film | Sunday, 18 September 2011 at 6:00 am

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Trailer, Arts

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Trailer

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons.

By | Arts, Film | Saturday, 17 September 2011 at 10:00 am

New ‘Misfits’ short film to premiere online, Arts

New ‘Misfits’ short film to premiere online

Fans of E4’s Bafta-winning television show ‘Misfits’ are in for a bittersweet treat, ahead of the third series the channel has unveiled a short film that will premiere online next week. Sadly, when the programme returns in October one member of the Asbo Five will not be coming back. Robert Sheehan who plays Nathan Young is leaving the show.

By | Arts | Monday, 5 September 2011 at 3:30 pm

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