Articles Posted in the " Highlights " Category

  • Cheat Sheet: Julianne Moore

    With over a staggering 50 movies tucked under that beautiful scarlet barnet, Julianne Moore is one of the most talented, varied, and genuinely lovely actresses in the world. But what on earth do we really know about her? Exactly, you selfish hounds. So, to celebrate the release of the genuinely lovely Crazy Stupid Love, we present our guide to Miss Moore…


  • Official Awards of the 68th Venice Film Festival

    Everybody loves a good award show, which is why we’re very excited to report the official winners of The 68th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia. The nominations, in spirit of the festival’s aim, help to raise awareness of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. And, with two UK winners on the list, we’re pleased to see that British cinema still has some excellent contenders in its midst…


  • The Top 10 Film Horses

    To celebrate the upcoming release of War Horse (and an all-girl, no Underwood BFF team) we decided to delve into the film archive and pull out (you guessed it!) the Top 10 Film Horses. Just for the record, this was never intended to happen; I pitched an article about novel-to-movie adaptations and, somehow, we ended up shaking on an equine extravaganza. From the likes of Troy and The Lord Of The Rings, all the way up to Shrek and Disney, it seems we’ve got enough material to keep even the most avid pony-philes happy…


  • The Top Ten Tearjerker Moments In Film

    Sometimes, just sometimes, we all need an excuse to squeeze a few tears out. It helps us prove that we’re not dead inside, for starters, and allows us to get all our angst out without anybody judging us. At least, they can’t judge us TOO harshly… here are our top ten tearjerkers, as selected by the BFF team from our film database.


  • Monday Mashup: GIRL SPECIAL

    Seeing as we’ve gone all overly ovary this week at BFF, it was only a matter of time before our womanly conversation turned (and stayed firmly on) the favourite topic of any womb-sack: HORSES. This week we’ve mashed together six of the cinema’s finest hoofy pals – can you make horse-head or tail of them?


  • Friday Face/Off: Actors and their private lives

    The division between celebrities’ public and private lives is growing ever more meaningless, with debauched actors regularly incurring more column inches for their off-camera shenanigans than their performances. But do they deserve this punishing degree of scrutiny? Two of our writers go head to head in this week’s Face/Off…


  • Top 10 Chat-Up Lines We Learned From The Films

    Heading out on the town tonight and looking to make some new, ahem, “acquaintances”? Not quite as adept with the lingo of love as you’d like to be? Been shot down more times than Boromir in The Lord Of The Rings? Now is not the time to panic, as we’ve done all the hard work for you. After scouring the film database, we’ve pulled out the top 10 chat-up lines that can be applied to any romantic situation, ever ever. So read them. Learn them. Dazzle the opposite sex with them and, when you get laid, send us a box of chocolates. We like chocolates…



  • The Top 10 WTF Moments Of George Lucas’ Career

    Ever since Star Wars fans staged a boycott against George Lucas’ latest milk-the-hell-outta-previous-success scheme (namely, his heavily adapted Blu Ray editions), we’ve been at breaking point with the bearded man. So, like your very own Ghost Of Film-Mistakes Past, I’ll be taking him backwards through time in the hopes that looking at his mistakes anew will make him a better person. Here are the Top 10 WTF Moments of George Lucas’ Career


  • The Rise and Rise of Justin Timberlake

    Justin Timberlake started out on a TV talent show like all the rest of them, but has gone on to make boy bands what they are today, become one of the most commercially successful singers in the world and star in some Hollywood movies, like Friends With Benefits which is out September 9. Oh, and he runs a record label, owns his own fashion brand, a couple of restaurants and his own brand of tequila.