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News Round-Up Jan 30th – Feb 3rd

Another week, another torrent of news which nobody will care about by Monday. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care now! A thorough grounding in contemporary film trivia is the best CV in the world, and we’re here to make sure you get the job of your dreams (working in Blockbuster)…

Friday Drinking Game: Star Wars, Episodes I – III

Do you know what’s out next week? The 3D version of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, that’s what. We’re warily eyeing our invite to the screening and wondering how we could possibly get out of going. To keep us distracted from the inevitably disappointing experience, we’ve decided to get very drunk and mock George Lucas. So grab some Ewoks, a bucketful of booze and a novelty lightsaber-stirrer; things are about to get messy…

Orange (Wednesday)s And Lemons #55

OH MY GOD IT’S COLD! The best place to be when it’s cold is definitely tucked up in a warm, germy cinema, breathing in everyone else’s diseases and comforting your pancreas with a dose of nutritious citrus. But what will your eyes do whilst your pancreas is having a smoothie and your immune system is dying? Time to find out!

Silent Cinema in the Digital Age

The first silent film to win an award in ninety years is doing more than that – it’s sweeping the board at every ceremony going. But will The Artist‘s unprecedented success herald a new trend of homages to the silent films which continue to shape modern pop culture? Nicola Marchant finds out more…

Cheat Sheet: Charlize Theron

She was in Monster! She was in those J’Adore adverts! She’s… she’s… wait, she’s South African? You don’t know nearly enough about Charlize Theron, and frankly its getting on our nerves. With the release of Young Adult just around the corner, it’s time you stopped hopefully googling disgusting words about her and got to grips with some cold, hard facts.

Top 10 Missed Opportunities For Killing Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler has irritated the hard-working folks at BFF Towers just one too many times. He’d been treading a dogged path with us, pumping out horrible slapstick comedies, but then he did Funny People. And we thought “hey… maybe we’ve been wrong about Adam? Maybe he’s not so… OH MY GOD IT’S JACK AND JILL!!! The horror! THE HORROR!” So then we decided to invent fun and new ways to murder him. Roll on the top 10 missed opportunities for killing Adam Sandler…

This week’s releases: the trailers

Sure, you could read about this week’s releases. You could engage in intellectual discourse about the benefits of the latest action-thriller over the seductive Oscar fodder, you could peruse the latest cinematic theories and pluck your opinions from the pantheon of great critique – but you know what? It’s Sunday. Let’s just watch all the trailers instead.

News Round-Up Jan 25th-28th

It’s Saturday morning – you’d planned to get up early and make the most of the day, but instead you hid under the covers until quarter to eleven like a shut-in with a passion for snuggliness. You’re such a failure. But never mind – if you’re not going to experience the world first-hand, you can just catch up on the best of the week’s movie news with our regular round-up!

Friday Drinking Game: Indie Rom-Coms

Brand-new indie rom-com Like Crazy has hit cinemas, bringing with it a wealth of brutal honesty and bitter views on love. Hurray! How will we cope with all of this unsugared reality? By drinking, that’s how! Grab yourselves a suitable alcoholic bevvy, a stack of DVDs and a handful of cynical friends… things are about to get messy.

Top 5 least anticipated films of 2012

You’ve seen the lists of forthcoming blockbusters, superheroes and potential Oscar-fodder, but what are the 2012 films you haven’t heard of and have no interest in seeing? H Anthony Hildebrand has all the inessential (and made up) details.