It’s not a great week for anything involving Citizen Kane. Not only did Mank – inspired by the creation of the 1941 film – lose big at the Academy Awards, but Citizen Kane no longer has a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. What’s the newly crowned king on the critical aggregation website? None other than […]
Paddington 2 with Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #81
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante stops by to fan out about the joyous Paddington 2… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante joins the […]
Exclusive Interview – Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn on Avengers: Endgame
Harrison Abbott chats with Avengers: Endgame Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn… Having contributed to the dazzling special effects of Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight, Stuart Penn is no stranger to big screen comic-book extravaganzas. That being said, he’s dipped his toes into plenty of other genres over the years, […]
Blu-ray Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017. Directed by Paul King. Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter Capaldi. SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and […]
Was 2017 Really A Record Year For British Cinema?
Neil Calloway isn’t convinced by the BFI’s claims about the British film industry… This week saw the release of the British Film Institute’s official statistics for 2017. As ever with these sort of things, it was a record-breaking year for British film. More people went to the cinema in the UK in 2017 than in […]
Paddington 2 becomes the best-reviewed movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes
StudioCanal’s acclaimed sequel Paddington 2 has set a new record on movie review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, where it has toppled Toy Story 2 to become the best-reviewed movie of all time. The Paul King-directed film, a follow-up to 2014’s box office smash, has scored 168 ‘fresh’ reviews, without a single ‘rotten’. That puts is […]
Jumanji holds off The Post and The Commuter to top MLK weekend
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle enjoyed a second week atop the US box office, holding off challenges from Steven Spielberg’s The Post, Liam Neeson actioner The Commuter, and the marmalade and sterling snaffling British blockbuster, Paddington 2. Sony’s surprise seasonal smash-hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle earned another estimated $27m, pushing its total towards the $300 million […]
Second Opinion – Paddington 2 (2018)
Paddington 2, 2018. Directed by Paul King. Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi, Brendan Gleeson, Imelda Staunton, and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect […]
Movie Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017 Directed by Paul King Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter Capaldi SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and […]
Warner Bros. has won the bidding war for Paddington 2 from The Weinstein Company
Warner Bros. has triumphed in the bidding war for the domestic rights to Paddington 2. After the fall from grace of The Weinstein Company following the myriad sexual misconduct allegations towards Harvey Weinstein, the independent studio was looking to offload the distribution rights to Paddington 2 before it files for bankruptcy protection. Warner Bros. has […]
