The Great Gatsby Official Trailer

Oh lord.  This is amazing.  I do love a Baz Lurhmann Film but this looks quite something.

More excitingly for me, is the Hollywood debut of Amitabh Bachchan as Meyer Wolfsheim.  A long time coming and he looks wonderful.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

The Raid

A derelict apartment building in Jakarta has become a safe-house for the most dangerous killers and gangsters. A SWAT team infiltrate the building, under the cover of darkness, to remove its owner - a notorious drug lord named Tama.  They come up against the most unbreakable forces ever, a mixture of gangsters and fiercely protective residents working side by side to protect their homes.

Not since Ong Bak, has there been an action film like this.  It was bloody amazing!  I don’t think I have squealed so much at the sheer speed of the martial arts fighting or the level of violence in such a long time.  Some of the choreographed fight scenes were poetic like dance sequences.  It doesn’t throw you straight into the action a bit fast from the beginning so it’s hard to see or understand who is who in this story, but very quickly you catch up. The heroes are surprising and full of heart, some win and some lose.  But the overwhelming feeling is that you want them to win.  They are in a blind battle and most certain to lose.  Full of politics as well as gruesome fight scenes, one particular fight scene in a corridor rivals the twisty turny Gordon-Levitt fight sequence in Inception.

Shot beautifully, with great direction from Welsh director Gareth Evans, it’s quite possibly the best action film of the year, forget The Expendables II, get thee to The Raid.  In fact, I want to see it again, who wants to come with me?

Tron: Uprising - New Trailer

I am not normally excited about kids cartoons but this is amazing. 

I
AM
IN

Team 1000 at Raise the Roof Kenya

RTRK is the charity I have worked with for some time and I am very passionate about the cause.  Please take a few minutes out of your day to read and sign up to Team 1000.  If 1000 people saved £100 over 100 days, we could get the money we need to build an amazing development centre.

Get involved, change the world.  Its your call.

http://raisetheroofkenya.com/

and while you are there, you can sponsor me as I run my legs off doing the Bupa 10k.
http://www.justgiving.com/Imrun-Donate-A-Bra-Islam

Prometheus International Launch Trailer

I have been purposefully avoiding all trailers and links to Ridley Scott's Alien prequel Prometheus.  I already know too much about the new Batman well ahead of release that none of it will be a surprise, so I wanted to keep Prometheus sacred.

Until the very special trailer premiered in the middle of the very excellent Homeland on Channel 4 last night, it seems my trck record has been broken.

To put it simply, ITS AMAZEBALLS.

2 Broke Girls

2 Broke Girls smacked straight into E4 this week and being a fan of Kat Denning's quirky nature in every film I have seen her in, I thought I would give it a go.

I expected gritty comedy, obsceneness and filthy jokes a plenty.

What I got was badly written, wooden acted crap.  Since when is this funny?   The rude jokes weren't smart or clever, only frat boys can like this dross.  It could have been a bit smarter instead it appealed to the base demographic.  It was just plain stupid.  I shall not be watching again.

That is all.

Bafta TV nominations

Hi all,

The BAFTA TV Nominiations are out today.  See the full list below.
Quite happy with them this year, what do you think?

Leading Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock (BBC One)

Dominic West - Appropriate Adult (ITV)

John Simm - Exile (BBC One)

Joseph Gilgun - This is England ’88 (Channel 4)

Leading Actress

Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult (ITV1)

Nadine Marshall - Random (Channel 4)

Romola Garai - The Crimson Petal and the White (BBC Two)

Vicky McClure - This is England ’88 (Channel 4)

Supporting Actor

Andrew Scott - Sherlock (BBC One)

Joseph Mawle - Birdsong (BBC One)

Martin Freeman - Sherlock (BBC One)

Stephen Rea - The Shadowline (BBC Two)

Supporting Actress

Anna Chancellor - The Hour (BBC Two)

Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (ITV1)

Miranda Hart - Call the Midwife (BBC One)

Monica Dolan - Appropriate Adult (ITV1)

Entertainment Performance

Alan Carr - Alan Carr Chatty Man (Channel 4)

Dara O’ Briain - Mock The Week (BBC Two)

Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

Harry Hill - Harry Hill’s TV Burp (ITV1)

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Jennifer Saunders - Absolutely Fabulous (BBC One)

Olivia Colman - Twenty Twelve (BBC Four)

Ruth Jones - Stella (Sky One)

Tamsin Greig - Friday Night Dinner (Channel 4)

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

Brendan O’Carroll - Mrs Brown’s Boys (BBC One)

Darren Boyd - Spy (Sky One)

Hugh Bonneville - Twenty Twelve (BBC Four)

Tom Hollander - Rev. (BBC Two)

Single Drama

Holy Flying Circus Tony Roche, Owen Harris, Kate Norrish, Polly Leys Hillbilly Television, TalkbackTHAMES/BBC Four

Page Eight David Hare, Bill Nighy, David Heyman, David Barron A Heyday Films, Runaway Fridge TV, Carnival Films production in association with NBC Universal for BBC/BBC Two

Random Polly Leys, Kate Norrish, Debbie Tucker Green, Nadine Marshall Hillbilly Television/Channel 4

Stolen Sita Williams, Rebecca Hodgson, Stephen Butchard, Justin Chadwick Open Door Films Ltd/BBC One

Mini Series

Appropriate Adult Neil McKay, Lisa Gilchrist, Julian Jarrold, Jeff Pope ITV Studios/ITV1

The Crimson Petal and the White David M Thompson, Steve Lightfoot, Marc Munden, Lucinda Coxon Origin Pictures, Cité Amérique/BBC Two

This is England ‘88 Production Team Warp Films/Channel 4

Top Boy Charles Steel, Alasdair Flind, Ronan Bennett, Yann Demange Cowboy Films/Channel 4

Drama Series

The Fades Susan Hogg, Caroline Skinner, Jack Thorne, Farren Blackburn BBC Production/BBC Three

Misfits Petra Fried, Howard Overman, Murray Ferguson Clerkenwell Films/E4

Scott and Bailey Production Team Red Production Company/ITV1

Spooks Production Team Kudos Film & Television/BBC One

Soap & Continuing Drama

Coronation Street Production Team ITV Studios/ITV1

EastEnders Production Team BBC Productions/BBC One

Holby City Production Team BBC Productions/BBC One

Shameless Paul Abbott, George Faber, David Threlfall, Lawrence Till Company Pictures/Channel 4

International

Borgen Adam Price, Jeppe Gjervig Gram, Tobias Lindholm, Camilla Hammerich DR/BBC Four

The Killing Soren Sveistrup, Piv Bernth, Kristoffer Nyholm, Sofie Grabol DR, ZDF Enterprises/BBC Four

Modern Family Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd 20th Century Fox/Sky One

The Slap Jessica Hobbs, Kris Mrksa, Helen Bowden, Penny Chapman Matchbox Pictures/BBC Four

Factual Series

The Choir: Military Wives Lucy Hillman, Stephen Finnigan, Gareth Malone, Tim Carter Twenty Twenty Television/BBC Two

Educating Essex David Clews, Andrew Mackenzie-Betty, Beejal-Maya Patel, Grace Reynolds Two Four Productions/Channel 4

Our War Colin Barr, Bruce Goodison, John Douglas, Stuart Bernard BBC Productions/BBC Three

Protecting Our Children: Damned If We Do Damned If We Don’t Sacha Mirzeoff, Emma Burman, Petra Graf, Anna McGill BBC Bristol Factual/BBC Two

Specialist Factual*

British Masters James Fox, Jonty Claypole, Matt Hill, Richard Wilkinson BBC Vision Productions/BBC Four

Frozen Planet Vanessa Berlowitz, Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, David Attenborough A BBC, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A, ZDF, Skai, Open University Co-Production in association with Discovery Canada/BBC One

Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret Production Team Blink Films/Channel 4

Wonders of the Universe James van der Pool, Brian Cox, Jonathan Renouf, Michael Lachman BBC London Factual Productions/BBC Two

*Specialist Factual is given in honour of Huw Wheldon

Single Documentary**

9/11: The Day That Changed the World Leslie Woodhead, Kate Botting, Brian Lapping, Talya Tibbon Brook Lapping Productions/ITV1

The Fight of Their Lives Gabriel Clark, John McKenna ITV Sport/ITV1

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die Craig Hunter, Charlie Russell, Rosy Marshall, Gary Scott Keo North/BBC Two

We Need To Talk About Dad (Cutting Edge) Peter Dale, Elizabeth Stopford Rare Day Ltd/Channel 4

**Single Documentary is given in honour of Robert Flaherty

Features

DIY SOS: The Big Build Simon Knight, Hannah Corneck, Ben Rowland, Beth Brooks BBC Productions/BBC One

Hairy Bikers’ Meals on Wheels Nicola Moody, Tom Clarke, Paul Ratcliffe, Lisa Edwards Optomen Television/BBC Two

The Great British Bake Off Anna Beattie, Richard McKerrow, Simon Evans, Emma Willis Love Productions/BBC Two

Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea Paul Crompton, Philip Shotton, Matt David, Anton Short Steadfast Television/BBC Four

Reality & Constructed Factual

An Idiot Abroad Production Team Risk Productions/Sky One

Don’t Tell The Bride Lisa Edwards, Harry Lansdowne, Jon Rowlands, Rebecca Bayatti Renegade Pictures/BBC Three

Made in Chelsea Production Team Monkey Kingdom Productions/E4

The Young Apprentice Michele Kurland, Colm Martin, Darina Healy, Andy Devonshire TalkbackTHAMES/BBC One

Current Affairs

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark Production Team Al Jazeera/Al Jazeera English

Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields Callum Macrae, Chris Shaw, Jon Snow ITN/Channel 4

The Truth About Adoption (Panorama) Roger Graef, Tom Giles, Claire Johns, Todd Downing Films of Record/BBC One

Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed (Panorama) Frank Simmonds, Paul Kenyon, Matthew Chapman, Joe Casey BBC Productions/BBC One

News Coverage

BBC News at Ten: Siege of Homs Production Team BBC News/BBC One

Channel 4 News: Japan Earthquake Production Team ITN/Channel 4

ITV News at Ten: Battle of Misrata Production Team ITN/ITV1

Sky News: Libya Rebel Convoy – Live Production Team Sky News/Sky News

Sport & Live Event

Frankenstein’s Wedding: Live in Leeds Meredith Chambers, Eleanor Moran, Richard Fell, Pat Connor BBC Wales in collaboration with BBC North/BBC Three

The Royal Wedding (BBC) Production Team BBC Entertainment & Events/BBC One

Rugby World Cup Final Tony Pastor, Paul McNamara, Phil Heslop, Roger Pearce ITV Sport/ITV1

Tour De France 2011 Steve Docherty, Gary Imlach, James Venner, Carolyn Viccari V Squared TV/ITV4

New Media

Autumn Watch Jeremy Torrance, Phil Windley, Roger Webb, Tim Scoones BBC/ BBC Online

The Bank Job Production Team Endemol, Chunk, Monterosa/Channel4.com

Misfits Matt Jarvis, Chloe Moss, Alexandra Wall, Mike O’Leary Clerkenwell Films/E4.com

Psychoville Production Team BBC/BBC Online

Entertainment Programme***

Celebrity Juice Dan Baldwin, Leon Wilson, Toby Baker, Ed Sleeman TalkbackTHAMES/ITV2

Derren Brown: The Experiments Derren Brown, Simon Dinsell, Iain Sharkey, Fiona Cotter-Craig Objective Productions/Channel 4

Harry Hill’s TV Burp Spencer Millman, Peter Orton, Harry Hill Avalon Television/ITV1

Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Comedy Roadshow Michael McIntyre, Addison Cresswell, Andrew Beint, Anthony Caveney Open Mike Productions/BBC One

***The Entertainment Programme BAFTA is given in honour of Lew Grade

Comedy Programme

Charlie Brooker’s 2011 Wipe Alison Marlow, Al Campbell, Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker Zeppatron/BBC Four

Comic Strip: The Hunt for Tony Blair Nick Smith, Peter Richardson, Pete Richens Great Western Pictures/Channel 4

The Cricklewood Greats Peter Capaldi, Adam Tandy, Tony Roche BBC Productions/BBC Four

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Stewart lee, Richard Webb, Tim Kirkby BBC Productions/BBC Two

Situation Comedy

Fresh Meat Production Team Objective Productions, Lime Pictures/Channel 4

Mrs Brown’s Boy’s Brendan O’Carroll, Stephen McCrum, Ben Kellett, Martin Delany BBC Scotland, BBC Productions co-production with BocPix in association with RTE/BBC One

Friday Night Dinner Robert Popper, Steve Bendelack Popper Pictures, Big Talk Productions/Channel 4

Rev. Production Team Big Talk Productions/BBC Two

YouTube Audience Award

Celebrity Juice

Educating Essex

Fresh Meat

Frozen Planet

Sherlock

The Great British Bake Off

Avengers Assemble

This was quite possibly the most fun comic super hero movie I have ever seen.  I squealed like a little girl throughout the film, caught up in the excitement and the action.

Definitely go and see it people.  I am too excited to write a proper review but I will let an expert do it for you.  Read Stuart Barr's review on Screenjabber here. http://www.screenjabber.com/the-avengers-review

One Word - HULK!

The Woman in Black

The first branded Hammer horror movie in years, The Woman in Black came out fighting.  It promised old skool scares, jumps and screams.  And boy does it deliver!

The Woman in Black centres around a young lawyer Arthur Kipps (played very skillfully by Daniel Radcliffe) who travels to a remote village to deal with the estate of a recently deceased local woman.  He soon finds that the ghost of a scorned woman starts being vengeful against other residents.

I have to say I jumped quite a few times, there were a couple of real scary moments in there that I didn't expect at all!  I have seen lots of horror films in my time and they don't really scare me any more but this one got me!  For a proper old skool scare, this is the film for you.  Radcliffe does well to shake off his Potter cloak, grows some stubble and acts his chops off.  Ciaran Hinds is still great although I don't feel he is utilised as much as he should be.

And with the news that a second WiB offering is on its way, I can be scared all over again!

John Carter

Now I don't want to say too much, what with it being a conflict of interest and all, but having watched John Carter before I started working at Disney I can say this.

I loved it.  Its great entertainment, full of amazing CGI, laughs, romance and adventure.  Don't listen to the haters, go check it out!

P.s. Give me a bit of Taylor Kitsch any day!