Movie Previews

21 February 2008

Top Action Heroes - 2. Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones, one of the most iconic action heroes, is all set to make a return to the big screen this May after an almost twenty year hiatus.For more than ...

21 February 2008

Oscars Best Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton

Tilda SwintonAge:47Role:Karen Crowder in Michael ClaytonSynopsis:Clooney plays a burnt-out lawyer and professional 'fixer' who gets caught up in events that surrounded a corporate cover up. Clooney once again gives a ...

21 February 2008

Oscars Best Supporting Actress - Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse RonanAge:13Role:Briony Tallis in AonementSynopsis: It's 1935 and thirteen year old Briony Tallis, an aspiring writer with a wild imagination, is fascinated by the behaviour of the adults around her, ...

21 February 2008

Oscars Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett

Cate BlanchettAge:38Role:Jude Quinn in I'm Not ThereSynopsis ‘I'm Not There’ is a biographical film reflecting the life of musician Bob Dylan. It depicts the iconic singer-songwriter through seven distinct stages ...

21 February 2008

Oscars Best Supporting Actress - Amy Ryan

Amy RyanAge:39Role:Helene McCready in Gone Baby GoneSynopsis:Set in Boston in a neighbourhood of Dorchester four year old Amanda McCready has disappeared without a trace. The child's aunt and uncle plead ...

21 February 2008

Oscars Best Supporting Actress - Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee Age: 83 Role: Mama Lucas in American Gangster Synopsis: American Gangster is based on the true story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a Harlem crime lord of the 1970s. He took on the mafia ...

21 February 2008

The Women

Adaptation of Clare Boothe Luce’s play of the same name, first made famous by director George Cukor’s iconic 1939 film.Set in New York City’s modern whirl of fashion and publishing, ...

21 February 2008

Boss Of It All

The owner of an IT firm wants to sell up. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind when unpopular ...

21 February 2008

Planet B-Boy

With compelling characters and vibrant dance sequences, "Planet B-Boy" is set in the international world of b-boying – the urban dance more commonly known as "breakdancing."Weaving between the vivid backdrops ...

20 February 2008

Breakthrough Actor - Leslie Mann

Despite having been in the acting industry for a number of years it's only recently that Leslie Mann has really come to the attention of the cinema going audience.Leslie started ...

20 February 2008

Norah Jones Q&A

What were your first thoughts on being asked to play the lead in My Blueberry Nights? Amazement. It came out of nowhere. The director, Wong Kar Wai, approached my agent ...

20 February 2008

Top Action Heroes - 3. The Terminator

With great one line like "Hasta la vista, baby", Terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a great villain but also a great hero.Set in 1984 cyborg assassin the terminator has ...

20 February 2008

Oscars Best Actor - Johnny Depp

Johnny DeppAge:44Role:Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Character: ...

20 February 2008

Oscars Best Actor - Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee JonesAge:61Role:Hank Deerfield for In The Valley of ElahCharacter:Tommy Lee Jones plays Hank Deerfield, a retired military man investigating the mysterious disappearance of his soldier son, Mike, in this ...

20 February 2008

Oscars Best Actor - George Clooney

George ClooneyAge:46Role:Michael ClaytonCharacter: Michael Clayton is a burnt out lawyer and professional ‘fixer’ who gets caught up in events that surround a corporate cover up.Previous Oscar Wins:One in 2006 for ...

20 February 2008

Oscars Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis

Daniel Day LewisAge:50Role:Daniel Plainview in There Will Be BloodCharacter:Set over a twenty year period the Will Be Blood follows Daniel Plainview (Day Lewis), who rises from a lowly silver miner ...

20 February 2008

Oscars Best Actor - Viggo Mortensen

Viggo MortensenAge:49Role:Nikolai Luzhin in Eastern PromisesCharacter: The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Mr. Mortensen) is a driver for one of London’s most notorious organized crime families of Eastern ...

19 February 2008

Top Action Heroes - 4. John McClane

Die Hard, which was released in 1988, saw Bruce Willis shoot to stardom and go on to resurrect the character a further three times as well as influence a whole ...

19 February 2008

Oscars Best Actress: Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard Age: 32Role: Edith Piaf in La Vie En RoseCharacter: The film, directed by Olivier Dahan follows the life of Edith, the Little Sparrow, between 1916 – 1963 from her ...

19 February 2008

Oscars Best Actress: Laura Linney

Laura Linney Age: 43Role: Wendy Savage in The SavagesCharacter:The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history.Having wriggled their way out ...

19 February 2008

Oscars Best Actress: Julie Christie

Julie Christie Age: 66Role: Fiona in Away From Her.Character: In Away From Her Christie stars as Fiona who, along with her husband, must face the fact that her forgetfulness is ...

19 February 2008

Oscars Best Actress: Ellen Page

Ellen Page Age: 20 Role: Juno MacGuff in Juno Character: Juno is a clever sixteen year old girl who, after her first sexual experience, discovers that she is pregnant. What follows is a string of adult decisions ...

19 February 2008

Oscars Best Actress: Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Age: 38 Role: Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: The Golden Age Character: Elizabeth I’s rule is being challenged by King Philip II of Spain who wants to restore Catholicism ...

18 February 2008

Top Action Heroes - 5. Jason Bourne

When the Bourne Identity was released in 2002 it was labelled the America's answer to James Bond but over the three instalments Bourne has become a successful franchise in its ...