Play It Again – Love Actually

By Jess Lomas November 20, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]

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Soula coaster – Cloud Atlas review

By Simon Miraudo February 27, 2013 Cloud Atlas could have been a freak show. It features a cavalcade of stars – each playing multiple characters – masquerading as members of the opposite sex across six seemingly disconnected storylines that span hundreds of years. Souls recur across lifetimes. Not everyone stays the same race. Tom Hanks appears […]

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Full Monty director to deliver Bridget Jones’s Baby?

Oscar-nominated director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) is in talks to helm the third instalment of the Bridget Jones saga, Bridget Jones’s Baby. According to Deadline, Cattaneo entered talks with Universal Pictures and Working Title following the exit of Paul Feig (Bridesmaids). It is believed author and screenwriter Helen Fielding wanted a British director to […]

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Bridesmaids director abandons Bridget Jones 3

Bridesmaids helmer and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig has walked away from Bridget Jones 3 after spending several months working on the script with an eye to direct. According to Deadline, the split between Feig and Working Title Films/Universal Pictures was amicable, and that “both sides agreed … that maybe this is just a quintessential […]

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Bridesmaids director in talks for Bridget Jones 3

Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is quickly becoming the go-to guy for female-centric comedies (the irony there being, of course, he is a guy). According to The Daily Mail, Feig is in negotiations to direct a third instalment of the Bridget Jones series. The Mail elaborates by saying the status of the film at this time […]

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