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Paddington 2 confirmed, with Paul King returning to write and direct

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StudioCanal is pressing ahead with family comedy sequel Paddington 2 and has secured the first film’s director Paul King to return, according to a report over at Deadline. SEE ALSO: Paddington becomes StudioCanal’s quickest film to sell 1 million copies on Blu-ray and DVD SEE ALSO: Watch a trailer for the first Paddington film As […]

M. Night Shyamalan thriller starring James McAvoy titled Split, release date revealed

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M. Night Shyamalan’s (The Visit latest thriller, starring James McAvoy (Victor Frankenstein), has been titled Split and will be released in January 2017, according to Deadline. SEE ALSO: Four more join James McAvoy in M. Night Shyamalan’s new Blumhouse film SEE ALSO: It Follows cinematographer to shoot new M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split is set […]

Sightseers star Alice Lowe to shoot debut feature Prevenge whilst pregnant

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British actor and filmmaker Alice Lowe (Sightseers) is set to shoot her directorial debut Prevenge this month whilst more than seven months pregnant, according to Screen Daily. SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ review of Sightseers Lowe, who also co-wrote Sightseers with fellow star Steve Oram (Aaaaaaaah!), will star in the film as a […]

The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Perspiration Implementation’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory’s middling ninth season. This week, the boys tried their hand at sport and the girls offered to help Stuart with a business problem… This season of The Big Bang Theory is finally settling into its groove. The issue is that that’s not necessarily a […]

The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 3 Review – ‘Cross-Channel Discount Buying’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the teams were tasked with buying a list of very specific products – in both Calais and Kent. Who would be able to negotiate the best prices? The negotiating task is always one of the highlights of The Apprentice and it’s unusual to see […]

Comedian Chris Rock to host 2016 Oscars ceremony

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Stand-up comedian and actor Chris Rock (Top Five) is set to host the Oscars for the second time in 2016, the Academy has officially announced. SEE ALSO: Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys heading to Empire season 2 Rock, who previously hosted the awards ceremony in 2005, will follow Neil Patrick Harris’ divisive gig as host […]

It Follows cinematographer to shoot new M. Night Shyamalan thriller

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M. Night Shyamalan (The Visit) has hired It Follows cinematographer Mike Gioulakis to shoot his new thriller, which is to go in front of cameras in two weeks. SEE ALSO: Four more join James McAvoy in M. Night Shyamalan’s new Blumhouse film SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ review of The Visit Gioulakis also […]

John Carpenter wins plagiarism lawsuit over Luc Besson thriller Lockout

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Luc Besson’s (Lucy) production company Europacorp has been ordered by a French court to pay €80,000 in damages after John Carpenter (Halloween) filed a lawsuit claiming that Besson-produced thriller Lockout infringed the copyright of his own Escape From New York. SEE ALSO: John Carpenter to executive produce Escape from New York remake SEE ALSO: Clive […]

The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 2 Review – ‘Cactus Shampoo’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the two teams were tasked with branding and advertising a cactus-based shampoo. Things got a little hairy… Advertising tasks on The Apprentice are usually pretty easy to predict, with a runaway director derailing their team’s chances by running around like Terrence Malick trying to […]