Jennifer Lawrence Interview Hunger Games Catching Fire Premiere

Oscar winning star Jennifer Lawrence faced press ahead of the world premiere of Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire in London. The beautiful actress spoke about what she admires most about her character Katniss Everdeen and how the character has developed since the traumatic events of the first Hunger Games.

Jennifer also talks about how she trained for the new film and how she feels about the more extravagant costumes Katniss gets to wear this time. Talking about her own real life red carpet experiences Jennifer shares both her excitement and embarrassment, opening up in particular about how she coped after her infamous Oscar tumble and wardrobe malfunctions. Jennifer also takes time to thank her amazing family for supporting her and making her astonishing career possible.

Full video Interview below. Watch, share, enjoy and may the odds be ever in your favour:

British Independent Film Awards Nominations 2013

The Moët British Independent Film Awards  nominations have been announced this morning by Ewan McGregor. The ceremony itself will take place on 8th December at Old Billingsgate in central London.

Now in its 16th year, the Awards were created in 1998 by Raindance and set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British film-making, to honor new talent, and to promote British films and film-making to a wider public. The consistently star studded awards bash will by hosted again by actor James Nesbitt, soon to be seen as Bofur the Dwarf in The Hobbit sequel. 

Full list of nominees below:

Best British Independent Film

Metro Manila
Philomena
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up
Le Week-end

Best Director

Jon S Baird – Filth
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Sean Ellis – Metro Manila
Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
David Mackenzie – Starred Up

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

Charlie Cattrall – Titus
Tina Gharavi – I Am Nasrine
Jeremy Lovering – In Fear
Omid Nooshin – Last PassengerPaul Wright – For Those In Peril

Best Screenplay

Jonathan Asser – Starred Up
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Steven Knight – Locke
Hanif Kureishi – Le Week-end
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena

Best Actress

Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – Le Week-end
Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
Felicity Jones – The Invisible Woman
Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now

Best Actor

Jim Broadbent – Le Week-end
Steve Coogan – Philomena
Tom Hardy – Locke
Jack O’Connell – Starred Up
James McAvoy – Filth

Best Supporting Actress

Siobhan Finneran – The Selfish Giant
Shirley Henderson – Filth
Imogen Poots – The Look Of Love
Kristin Scott Thomas – The Invisible Woman
Mia Wasikowska – The Double

Best Supporting Actor

John Arcilla – Metro Manila
Rupert Friend – Starred Up
Jeff Goldblum – Le Week-end
Eddie Marsan – Filth
Ben Mendelsohn – Starred Up

Most Promising Newcomer

Harley Bird – How I Live Now
Conner Chapman / Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant
Caity Lotz – The Machine
Jake Macapagal – Metro Manila
Chloe Pirrie – Shell

Best Achievement In Production

A Field in England
Filth
Metro Manila
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up

Best Technical Achievement

Shaheen Baig – Casting – Starred Up
Johnnie Burn – Sound Design – Under the Skin
Amy Hubbard – Casting – The Selfish Giant
Mica Levi – Music – Under the Skin
Justine Wright – Editing – Locke

Best Documentary

Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
The Moo Man
The Spirit of ’45
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

Best British Short

L’Assenza
Dr Easy
Dylan’s Room
Jonah
Z1

Best International Independent Film

Blue is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
The Great Beauty
Wadjda

The Raindance Award

Everyone’s Going to Die
The Machine
The Patrol
Sleeping Dogs
Titus

Awards TBA:

The Richard Harris Award (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)The Variety Award
The Special Jury Prize

The Jury:

Jury Chair – Penny Woolcock (Director), Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Actress), Art Malik (Actor), Ate de Jong (Director), Bart Layton (Director), James Floyd (Actor),  Jill McCullough (Dialect Coach), Julien Temple (Director), Liza Marshall (Producer), MyAnna Buring (Actress), Natascha McElhone (Actress), Pippa Harris (Producer), Roland Gift (Musician), Sally El Hosaini (Director), Sandy Powell (Costume Designer), Steve Hamilton Shaw (Producer).

The Awards will take place on the 8th December at Old Billingsgate, hosted by James Nesbitt.

Divergent Teaser Trailer & Character Posters

Check out a selection of character posters and the accompanying teaser trailer for the highly anticipated dystopian action-adventure based on the series of novels by Veronica Roth. Set in a future world where society is divided into distinct factions based on rigidly defined personality traits,  young heroine Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late.

Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet the film is set for a UK release on April 4 2014. The latest full length trailer below also helps further explain exactly what it means to be Divergent.

The new posters certainly set a dark and menacing tone, although they might also serve as very tasteful tattoo parlor adverts:

 

X-Men Days of Future Past Trailer

Here’s the first full length teaser for X-Men Days of Future Past, the sequel to superb franchise reboot X-Men First Class which ambitiously tries to integrate the new generation of X-men with the stars of the original trilogy. The film also marks the return of director Bryan Singer, following the regrettable departure of Matthew Vaughn.

Loosely based on one of the most iconic story arcs from the X-Men comic-books, the film sees Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine sent back in time to try and recruit the help of the young Magneto and Professor X to prevent a grim apocalyptic future from becoming a reality. It introduces new cast members and arguably the X-Men’s most iconic nemesis, the deadly robotic Sentinels. While this first trailer gives little away as far as plot and new faces, it does have an ominous soundtrack that implies it’s going to be a pretty emotional ride for our mutant heroes.

 

Only Lovers Left Alive Review

The Plot:

Adam and Eve are two centuries old vampire lovers reuniting after some time apart, in an effort to sooth reclusive musician Adam’s growing disdain for mankind and despair for the future. Their blissful domestic reunion in Adam’s dilapidated home and on the dark streets of Detroit is however, rudely interrupted by the arrival on Eve’s sassy little sister Ava.

The Good:

Tom Hiddleston has emerged from his role as mischievous comic book villain Loki as an undisputed global superstar. His soft spoken wit and piercing stare is a magnificent fit for melancholic vampire Adam. Hiddleston gives a sensitive and subtle performance as he prowls around Adam’s decaying home, brooding beneath tussled jet black hair. It’s a sharp reminder that his broad range stretches well beyond fan favourite Loki.

Tilda Swinton is an actress with a naturally ethereal and other worldly quality, rarely if ever has it been put to such effective use as in this performance. Beneath a flowing mane of bleached blonde hair she is the perfect visual and emotional counterpoint to Tom Hiddleston’s Adam. Eve’s enthusiastic optimism instantly balances out Adam’s sullen melancholy.

Swinton and Hiddleston create a remarkable chemistry together, depicting a fascinating portrait of a centuries old marriage. Eve and Adam share a convincing dynamic of casual understanding, tenderness, occasional lust and mutual obsessions. Their lethargic approach to existence seems entirely appropriate for creatures unconcerned with the pressures of human mortality.

Alongside the electrifying central paring, John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska add an extra dimension of colourful personality to the film. Wasikowska is effectively precious and irritating and Eve’s immature vampire sister. Meanwhile John Hurt adds some gravel voiced gravitas to proceedings as an immortal Christopher Marlowe.

Director Jim Jarmusch has a cult following based on his flair for charismatic slow paced storytelling and distinctive visual style. Only Lovers Left Alive echoes much of his finest work like Ghost Dog and Broken Flowers. The film has a languid pace, but it’s consistently thoughtful and packed with wry dark humour.

As with many of Jarmusch’s  films Only Lovers Left Alive embraces the full awesome power of music with a soundtrack that enhances the scenery and characterisation in a way dialogue and visuals alone never could. It’s an expertly deployed tool for setting a subtle tone for the film and uniting the radically different landscapes of Detroit and Tangiers.

Set entirely at night, for obvious reasons, the film has dark magical quality to its visual that lends an added air of gothic romance to proceedings. Even the decaying urban wasteland of an abandoned Detroit has a strange excitement about it in the dark corners of the night.

The Bad:

Those unaccustomed to Jarmusch’s unhurried style of storytelling may perhaps find the film a little slow moving. Likewise those searching for Twilight style romantic melodrama or hoping for genuinely scary Vampire horror may both be left disappointed. In truth Jarmusch panders to neither stereotype and his creatures of the night are very much full and complex characters in their own right.

The Ugly Truth:

Only Lovers Left Alive is a seductive gothic romance of the highest caliber; boasting magnetic performances, black comedy and a well-chosen soundtrack. Director Jim Jarmusch successfully reclaims Vampires from the clutches of young adult fiction and restores their brooding menace and lust.

Check out our interview with star Tom Hiddleston on the red carpet at the London Premiere as part of the BFI London Film festival 2013: