“Nothing is what it seems.” A seemingly offhand remark made early in Don’t Look Now is slowly revealed to be the theme around which the film revolves.
Nicolas Roeg’s directorial efforts may not have always connected with audiences immediately, but his impressionistic approach has aged like fine wine. Don’t Look Now, in particular, was decades ahead of its time upon its release in 1973.
The screenplay — written by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant (The Awakening), based on a 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier — analyzes the psychological effects of trauma through a horror lens; a motif we’ve seen explored many times over in recent years, from Ari Aster’s filmography to David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy.
Following the tragic drowning of their young daughter, architect John Baxter and bereaved wife Laura travel from their English country home to Venice to oversee the restoration of a church. After a...
Nicolas Roeg’s directorial efforts may not have always connected with audiences immediately, but his impressionistic approach has aged like fine wine. Don’t Look Now, in particular, was decades ahead of its time upon its release in 1973.
The screenplay — written by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant (The Awakening), based on a 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier — analyzes the psychological effects of trauma through a horror lens; a motif we’ve seen explored many times over in recent years, from Ari Aster’s filmography to David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy.
Following the tragic drowning of their young daughter, architect John Baxter and bereaved wife Laura travel from their English country home to Venice to oversee the restoration of a church. After a...
- 10/16/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Former U.K. health secretary Matt Hancock has been suspended as a Conservative Party member of parliament for signing up to hit ITV reality show “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!”
Conservative Party chief whip Simon Hart, who is in charge of party discipline, said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”
Hancock served as heath secretary when the U.K. was in the throes of Covid-19. He was sacked for flouting his own lockdown rules.
The BBC, citing a source close to Hancock, said: “Matt doesn’t expect to serve in government again, so it’s an incredible opportunity for him to engage with the 12 million Brits who tune in every single night. Matt has told the whips in Parliament and he will use his time...
Conservative Party chief whip Simon Hart, who is in charge of party discipline, said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”
Hancock served as heath secretary when the U.K. was in the throes of Covid-19. He was sacked for flouting his own lockdown rules.
The BBC, citing a source close to Hancock, said: “Matt doesn’t expect to serve in government again, so it’s an incredible opportunity for him to engage with the 12 million Brits who tune in every single night. Matt has told the whips in Parliament and he will use his time...
- 11/1/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Originally released in October 1973 during a golden age of horror, Don’t Look Now is slightly lesser known and notorious than the aforementioned, but is an equally striking genre masterpiece and “existentialist fable” that has lost little of its edge over the past forty five years.
The script (adapted from a story by Daphne Du Maurier) sees Architectural Restorer John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Laura (Julie Christie) relocate to Venice following the tragic death of their daughter, Christine. Once there, they encounter a creepy, blind psychic, Heather (Hilary Mason) and her sister Wendy (Clelia Matania), who tell Laura that the ghost of her daughter is sitting between them in a restaurant. The sisters then insist the couple return to London as John’s life could be in danger.
Don’t Look Now’s foreboding, dreamy set-up starts serenely but culminates in anguish with the classic slow-motion shot of...
The script (adapted from a story by Daphne Du Maurier) sees Architectural Restorer John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Laura (Julie Christie) relocate to Venice following the tragic death of their daughter, Christine. Once there, they encounter a creepy, blind psychic, Heather (Hilary Mason) and her sister Wendy (Clelia Matania), who tell Laura that the ghost of her daughter is sitting between them in a restaurant. The sisters then insist the couple return to London as John’s life could be in danger.
Don’t Look Now’s foreboding, dreamy set-up starts serenely but culminates in anguish with the classic slow-motion shot of...
- 7/23/2019
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
From its red stalker to its eerie strangers, this suspenseful classic set a template for horror – but its sexual intimacy adds a dramatic counterpoint few films can match
This week sees the restored rerelease of Nicolas Roeg’s eerie masterpiece Don’t Look Now from 1973, adapted by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. It’s a film that apart from everything else popularised the classic scary-movie template: start off with a family tragedy, follow it with an apparently therapeutic retreat or escape, an illusory easing of the sadness burden, then pivot to a horror nightmare, in such a way that the grotesque denouement appears to flower as a mysteriously logical escalation of that initial heartbreak. It’s a form taken up by Lars von Trier’s Antichrist and, this week, by Ari Aster’s Midsommar.
Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland play Laura and John,...
This week sees the restored rerelease of Nicolas Roeg’s eerie masterpiece Don’t Look Now from 1973, adapted by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. It’s a film that apart from everything else popularised the classic scary-movie template: start off with a family tragedy, follow it with an apparently therapeutic retreat or escape, an illusory easing of the sadness burden, then pivot to a horror nightmare, in such a way that the grotesque denouement appears to flower as a mysteriously logical escalation of that initial heartbreak. It’s a form taken up by Lars von Trier’s Antichrist and, this week, by Ari Aster’s Midsommar.
Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland play Laura and John,...
- 7/5/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Reed Mar 24, 2017
Examining some of the key turning points in the Star Trek series, with the projects that never quite made it to the screen...
“History is replete with turning points. You must have faith.” - Spock
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Star Trek has been with us for over 50 years in one form or another. It started in 1964 with the filming of the pilot episode of the original series, and it has continued to the present day, through films and subsequent TV series, along with other mediums such as books and video games.
We’re principally interested in the core of the franchise here, the TV series and films, and we’re going to take a look at some 'what if...' possibilities of projects that almost happened but didn’t. If you’re reading...
Examining some of the key turning points in the Star Trek series, with the projects that never quite made it to the screen...
“History is replete with turning points. You must have faith.” - Spock
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Star Trek has been with us for over 50 years in one form or another. It started in 1964 with the filming of the pilot episode of the original series, and it has continued to the present day, through films and subsequent TV series, along with other mediums such as books and video games.
We’re principally interested in the core of the franchise here, the TV series and films, and we’re going to take a look at some 'what if...' possibilities of projects that almost happened but didn’t. If you’re reading...
- 3/16/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Oct 11, 2017
In the late 1970s, an aborted feature film would have given the Klingons a striking movie outing...
It's March 1977, and there's a very odd party going on at Paramount. The champagne's flowing, the glasses are clinking, but the atmosphere's far from celebratory.
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Writers Alan Scott and Chris Bryant, who for the past six months had been working on a Star Trek movie script, have decided to leave the project following numerous rewrites and conflicted ideas from producers.
Susan Sackett, who was Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry's personal assistant at the time, was one of several people at that party. "The occasion was one of celebration," Sackett wrote in the seventh issue of Starlog magazine, "yet touched with the sadness of saying 'au revoir' to old friends.
In the late 1970s, an aborted feature film would have given the Klingons a striking movie outing...
It's March 1977, and there's a very odd party going on at Paramount. The champagne's flowing, the glasses are clinking, but the atmosphere's far from celebratory.
See related Arrow season 6: UK air date announced Arrow season 6: Rick Gonzalez interview Arrow season 5 episode 23 review: Lian Yu
Writers Alan Scott and Chris Bryant, who for the past six months had been working on a Star Trek movie script, have decided to leave the project following numerous rewrites and conflicted ideas from producers.
Susan Sackett, who was Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry's personal assistant at the time, was one of several people at that party. "The occasion was one of celebration," Sackett wrote in the seventh issue of Starlog magazine, "yet touched with the sadness of saying 'au revoir' to old friends.
- 3/14/2016
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
When I was a kid, I used to love a scary movie. I remember catching the original The Haunting (1963) one night on Channel 9’s Million Dollar Movie when I was home alone. Before it was over, I had every light in the house on. When my mother got home she was screaming she’d been able to see the house glowing from two blocks away. The only thing screaming louder than her was the electricity meter.
That was something of an accomplishment, scaring me like that. Oh, it’s not that I was hard to scare (I still don’t like going down into a dark cellar). But, in those days, the movies didn’t have much to scare you with. Back as far as the 50s, you might find your odd dismemberment and impaling, even an occasional decapitation, but, generally, the rule of the day was restraint. Even those rare dismemberments,...
That was something of an accomplishment, scaring me like that. Oh, it’s not that I was hard to scare (I still don’t like going down into a dark cellar). But, in those days, the movies didn’t have much to scare you with. Back as far as the 50s, you might find your odd dismemberment and impaling, even an occasional decapitation, but, generally, the rule of the day was restraint. Even those rare dismemberments,...
- 10/6/2015
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Chris Bryant has been replaced as shadow culture secretary by Michael Dugher after Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader on Saturday.
Bryant said he would be sorry to be leaving the culture brief, but will serve in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet as leader of the house of commons. Bryant had backed Yvette Cooper’s leadership bid.
Dugher is the Labour MP for Barnsley East and was the former shadow transport secretary. He has served in the shadow cabinet since 2010.
Dugher lists his interests as history, music, films and sport, and has served as the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary groups for brass bands.
Bryant’s final act
One of Bryant’s final acts as shadow culture secretary was to call for an investigation into communication between the Dcms and The Sunday Times after the paper reported details of the green paper on the BBC’s future ahead of its publication.
Bryant believes...
Bryant said he would be sorry to be leaving the culture brief, but will serve in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet as leader of the house of commons. Bryant had backed Yvette Cooper’s leadership bid.
Dugher is the Labour MP for Barnsley East and was the former shadow transport secretary. He has served in the shadow cabinet since 2010.
Dugher lists his interests as history, music, films and sport, and has served as the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary groups for brass bands.
Bryant’s final act
One of Bryant’s final acts as shadow culture secretary was to call for an investigation into communication between the Dcms and The Sunday Times after the paper reported details of the green paper on the BBC’s future ahead of its publication.
Bryant believes...
- 9/14/2015
- ScreenDaily
The BBC Trust has said that it "cannot endorse" Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's overhaul of the licence fee.
Osborne announced plans today for the BBC to begin covering the cost of free TV licences for over-75s starting in 2018/19, which will likely lead to large-scale service cuts.
Rona Fairhead, chairman of the BBC Trust, has since come out in opposition to the way Osborne's plan has been presented to the public.
"We accept this decision is a legitimate one for the government to take, although we cannot endorse the process by which it has been reached," Fairhead wrote in a letter posted on the BBC Trust's Twitter account.
"Clearly, beyond the current charter period it is for the government to determine both its policy on the over-75s concession and how that is funded. We could not, ultimately, obstruct any decision that you made."
Fairhead affirmed the...
Osborne announced plans today for the BBC to begin covering the cost of free TV licences for over-75s starting in 2018/19, which will likely lead to large-scale service cuts.
Rona Fairhead, chairman of the BBC Trust, has since come out in opposition to the way Osborne's plan has been presented to the public.
"We accept this decision is a legitimate one for the government to take, although we cannot endorse the process by which it has been reached," Fairhead wrote in a letter posted on the BBC Trust's Twitter account.
"Clearly, beyond the current charter period it is for the government to determine both its policy on the over-75s concession and how that is funded. We could not, ultimately, obstruct any decision that you made."
Fairhead affirmed the...
- 7/6/2015
- Digital Spy
The BBC will take on the cost of free TV licences for over-75s as part of the Chancellor's latest budget.
George Osborne has already given a flavour of cuts the BBC can expect, but it is now clear that the BBC will have to shoulder the £650 million annual cost of free licences.
The BBC will begin to cover some of the cost from 2018/19, and will be fully responsible for free licences by 2020/21, according to The Guardian.
To put it into perspective, the extra money the corporation will have to find every year is equivalent to around a fifth of its current £3.7 billion income, and it is likely that the BBC will have to make cuts to popular services to cover the cost.
Shadow Culture Secretary Chris Bryant has criticised the Conservatives' plan, saying that it is "no way to run a whelk stall, let alone the best broadcaster in...
George Osborne has already given a flavour of cuts the BBC can expect, but it is now clear that the BBC will have to shoulder the £650 million annual cost of free licences.
The BBC will begin to cover some of the cost from 2018/19, and will be fully responsible for free licences by 2020/21, according to The Guardian.
To put it into perspective, the extra money the corporation will have to find every year is equivalent to around a fifth of its current £3.7 billion income, and it is likely that the BBC will have to make cuts to popular services to cover the cost.
Shadow Culture Secretary Chris Bryant has criticised the Conservatives' plan, saying that it is "no way to run a whelk stall, let alone the best broadcaster in...
- 7/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Entertainment One (eOne) and Creative England will plough a combined £500,000 into regional drama development as they bid to unearth a hit on the scale of Broadchurch.
The two organisations joined forces this week to develop and finance a high-end drama slate from UK producers and writers based in the regions.
Each will contribute £250,000 towards the development of up to 24 projects in the next two years.
Successful shows will be distributed by eOne, while the initiative will help to fulfil not-for-profit Creative England’s remit to nurture talent across the country.
“We have an agenda to grow an original slate in the UK, which will become our European hub,” said eOne executive vice-president of global production Carrie Stein. “Our agenda is complementary with Creative England’s: to nurture talent and grow businesses to appeal beyond the UK market.”
She added: “One strand of the project will be for high-end writers to develop shows like The Missing, Downton Abbey or Broadchurch...
The two organisations joined forces this week to develop and finance a high-end drama slate from UK producers and writers based in the regions.
Each will contribute £250,000 towards the development of up to 24 projects in the next two years.
Successful shows will be distributed by eOne, while the initiative will help to fulfil not-for-profit Creative England’s remit to nurture talent across the country.
“We have an agenda to grow an original slate in the UK, which will become our European hub,” said eOne executive vice-president of global production Carrie Stein. “Our agenda is complementary with Creative England’s: to nurture talent and grow businesses to appeal beyond the UK market.”
She added: “One strand of the project will be for high-end writers to develop shows like The Missing, Downton Abbey or Broadchurch...
- 6/25/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Dear Mrs Burley,
I have a question. As a journalist with ‘…over a million minutes of presenting live TV’ - as your Twitter bio informs us - are you not aware of basic Journalism concepts?
Have you fallen so deep into Mr Murdoch’s pocket that terms such as objectivity, impartiality and balanced opinion have become as disposable as the media in which you now preside over?
To sit and watch your embarrassing attempt at ‘journalism’ during the interview with Merlin Entertainment Chief Executive Nick Varney was…well…painful. You alluded to the most farcical interview style, one driven purely by content and controversy, failing to give any form of balanced insight throughout. What’s more you attacked a man based on hearsay, speculation and an aggressive agenda styled round the trash produced by Fox News and the like (yet another convenient entity of Rupert Murdoch’s empire).
A journalist,...
I have a question. As a journalist with ‘…over a million minutes of presenting live TV’ - as your Twitter bio informs us - are you not aware of basic Journalism concepts?
Have you fallen so deep into Mr Murdoch’s pocket that terms such as objectivity, impartiality and balanced opinion have become as disposable as the media in which you now preside over?
To sit and watch your embarrassing attempt at ‘journalism’ during the interview with Merlin Entertainment Chief Executive Nick Varney was…well…painful. You alluded to the most farcical interview style, one driven purely by content and controversy, failing to give any form of balanced insight throughout. What’s more you attacked a man based on hearsay, speculation and an aggressive agenda styled round the trash produced by Fox News and the like (yet another convenient entity of Rupert Murdoch’s empire).
A journalist,...
- 6/17/2015
- Shadowlocked
The latest Game of Thrones episode (season five, episode eight – titled 'Hardhome') seems to have sparked an utterly ecstatic meltdown on Twitter, it was that good.
Excited? Us too. And to build on the anticipation here's our spoiler-free round-up of some of the most orgiastic praise the show received from Us audiences when it aired.
UK viewers, if you were thinking of going out tonight, cancel those plans. Something very big is coming.
Do Not be distracted during tonight's #GameofThrones - Do not talk. Do not text. Do not tweet.
Commit. Fully.
Enjoy. #GoT
— Chris Bryant (@ChristophBryant) June 1, 2015
Last 20 minutes of #GameOfThrones had me like... pic.twitter.com/2vBP0A1ayY
— Chance Ettredge (@ChanceEttredge) June 1, 2015
Tonight's #GameofThrones was undoubtedly best of the season, and one of the best episodes of the show ever. Outstanding! #Hardhome
— Stewart Sowman-Lund (@StewartLundNZ) June 1, 2015
That was absolute madness!!!! All completely new territory! #GameofThrones
— Michael Normanton...
Excited? Us too. And to build on the anticipation here's our spoiler-free round-up of some of the most orgiastic praise the show received from Us audiences when it aired.
UK viewers, if you were thinking of going out tonight, cancel those plans. Something very big is coming.
Do Not be distracted during tonight's #GameofThrones - Do not talk. Do not text. Do not tweet.
Commit. Fully.
Enjoy. #GoT
— Chris Bryant (@ChristophBryant) June 1, 2015
Last 20 minutes of #GameOfThrones had me like... pic.twitter.com/2vBP0A1ayY
— Chance Ettredge (@ChanceEttredge) June 1, 2015
Tonight's #GameofThrones was undoubtedly best of the season, and one of the best episodes of the show ever. Outstanding! #Hardhome
— Stewart Sowman-Lund (@StewartLundNZ) June 1, 2015
That was absolute madness!!!! All completely new territory! #GameofThrones
— Michael Normanton...
- 6/1/2015
- Digital Spy
Business secretary Vince Cable and shadow minister for the arts Chris Bryant have committed to keeping UK broadcaster Channel 4 under public ownership if Labour or the Liberal Democrats win the general election.
A cross-party gathering of British politicians and members of the Creative Industries Council (Cic), the joint forum for the creative industries (including film, TV, fashion and games) to lobby government on their behalf, gathered yesterday for a reception at the House of Commons to highlight the success of the UK’s creative industries and call on policy-makers to continue nurturing the sectors after the May general election.
In attendance were the current Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chris Bryant, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Culture. All three reiterated their support for the UK’s creative industries, while Liberal Democrat Cable and Smith also made a point of declaring their own party’s backing for Channel 4 to remain a public...
A cross-party gathering of British politicians and members of the Creative Industries Council (Cic), the joint forum for the creative industries (including film, TV, fashion and games) to lobby government on their behalf, gathered yesterday for a reception at the House of Commons to highlight the success of the UK’s creative industries and call on policy-makers to continue nurturing the sectors after the May general election.
In attendance were the current Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chris Bryant, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Culture. All three reiterated their support for the UK’s creative industries, while Liberal Democrat Cable and Smith also made a point of declaring their own party’s backing for Channel 4 to remain a public...
- 3/10/2015
- ScreenDaily
The first time I saw Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now was October 2008, as I was watching a slew of films in an effort to put together a list of my top ten scariest films. In the end, I came up with six, Don't Look Now wasn't one of them. I mention this because I initially watched this movie under the impression it was tremendously frightening. I had never seen it before, but everything I read about it spoke to how terrifying it was. I didn't find it frightening in the least, not then and not now. However, revisiting it with this new Criterion Blu-ray release gave me a chance to watch it with different eyes and I found myself appreciating it a bit more. Granted, I still can't bring myself to say I'm an overall fan of the picture, but watching it without the expectation it will be something it isn't,...
- 2/13/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Will Farrell and Jimmy Fallon in drag, Boris Johnson on Westminster power, and the world's fastest two-seater car
There's a bit of a rap theme to this week's selection, kicking off with Justin Timberlake joining Jimmy Fallon for the latest instalment of his history of rap. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor Brian Williams raps The Sugar Hill Gang's classic Rapper's Delight – with a little help from a few friends. And if you thought that blend of words and music was impressive, you will love our amazing tongue twister rap – the video features the 67th take apparently!
Michelle Obama appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell in drag to promote her Let's Move! campaign. In a sketch for a fake Nickelodeon show called Ew!, she popped in to show "Stacy" and "Sarah" why eating right and exercising are not "ew!" things to do.
No one knows...
There's a bit of a rap theme to this week's selection, kicking off with Justin Timberlake joining Jimmy Fallon for the latest instalment of his history of rap. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor Brian Williams raps The Sugar Hill Gang's classic Rapper's Delight – with a little help from a few friends. And if you thought that blend of words and music was impressive, you will love our amazing tongue twister rap – the video features the 67th take apparently!
Michelle Obama appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell in drag to promote her Let's Move! campaign. In a sketch for a fake Nickelodeon show called Ew!, she popped in to show "Stacy" and "Sarah" why eating right and exercising are not "ew!" things to do.
No one knows...
- 2/28/2014
- by Janette Owen
- The Guardian - Film News
Kay Burley today celebrated 25 years at Sky News by signing a new five-year contract with the channel.
We celebrate the occasion by revisiting nine of her most memorable moments - from making Peter Andre cry to an embarrassing religious faux pas:
1. Insania!
Trust Kay Burley to really stick the knife in! The presenter was tugging at poor Andre's heartstrings during an interview with the popstar which suddenly moved onto his family, with questions like: "Do [your children] know that their mummy's got married [to Alex Reid]?" She then brought out footage of Dwight Yorke doubting Andre's initial claims that he was going to adopt Dwight's son Harvey.
Andre began to well up, but that didn't stop Burley going straight for the jugular by asking him how he would feel if Reid wanted to adopt his children. And if that wasn't enough, she then rephrased it and attempted to ask it again! Andre terminated the interview but Burley remained totally unfazed.
We celebrate the occasion by revisiting nine of her most memorable moments - from making Peter Andre cry to an embarrassing religious faux pas:
1. Insania!
Trust Kay Burley to really stick the knife in! The presenter was tugging at poor Andre's heartstrings during an interview with the popstar which suddenly moved onto his family, with questions like: "Do [your children] know that their mummy's got married [to Alex Reid]?" She then brought out footage of Dwight Yorke doubting Andre's initial claims that he was going to adopt Dwight's son Harvey.
Andre began to well up, but that didn't stop Burley going straight for the jugular by asking him how he would feel if Reid wanted to adopt his children. And if that wasn't enough, she then rephrased it and attempted to ask it again! Andre terminated the interview but Burley remained totally unfazed.
- 11/1/2013
- Digital Spy
London – A British Labour party politician has said U.S. authorities should press corporate corruption charges against Rupert Murdoch's media empire after a secret recording of the media mogul emerged. In the tape Murdoch indicates that bribing of public officials was widespread in Britain's newspaper industry and also seems to signal that he was aware of bribery at his own company, specifically tabloid The Sun, describing it as "the culture of Fleet Street." Analysis: News Corp. Noose Tightens in U.S. Member of Parliament Chris Bryant, who has himself been compensated for phone hacking by the defunct News of
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- 7/5/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welsh reality show The Valleys has come under fire from local MPs and politicians in the country. Rhondda MP Chris Bryant and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood have spoken out about the MTV series, which features nine housemates who are taken out of the Valleys and moved to Cardiff. The first episode featured the cast bragging about their oral sex skills, with one female regularly flashing her boobs, another female urinating on her co-stars and one posing with only fish covering her modesty during a beach photoshoot. > 'The Valleys' on MTV - review: The grubbiest TV show ever? "It's called The Valleys but it doesn't happen in the Valleys, it happened in Cardiff. It's all about people getting very drunk and being as deliberately outrageous as they (more)...
- 9/26/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
BBC execs will be hoping Danny Boyle's opening ceremony will beat the ratings for the Diamond Jubilee Concert
A glance at the recent history books suggests two things about the BBC's coverage of the Olympics. First, that at least one aspect of its output will be controversial, whether it is inappropriate presenters, inadequate highlights, or a pair of shorts that are just too short.
Second, in ratings terms the BBC's Olympics programming will do to other broadcasters what Usain Bolt tends to do to the other runners in the 100 metres.
This year's Games are likely to be no different, with 2,500 hours of coverage across its various channels (including 24 dedicated Olympics services) and the corporation's critics lined up to seize anything as inappropriate as an 2012-themed sickbag.
The London 2012 Games, it can be reasonably assumed, will be the most popular ever with UK viewers, with BBC schedulers unhindered by the...
A glance at the recent history books suggests two things about the BBC's coverage of the Olympics. First, that at least one aspect of its output will be controversial, whether it is inappropriate presenters, inadequate highlights, or a pair of shorts that are just too short.
Second, in ratings terms the BBC's Olympics programming will do to other broadcasters what Usain Bolt tends to do to the other runners in the 100 metres.
This year's Games are likely to be no different, with 2,500 hours of coverage across its various channels (including 24 dedicated Olympics services) and the corporation's critics lined up to seize anything as inappropriate as an 2012-themed sickbag.
The London 2012 Games, it can be reasonably assumed, will be the most popular ever with UK viewers, with BBC schedulers unhindered by the...
- 7/27/2012
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
When I was a kid, I used to love a scary movie. I remember catching the original The Haunting (1963) one night on Channel 9’s Million Dollar Movie when I was home alone. Before it was over, I had every light in the house on. When my mother got home she was screaming she’d been able to see the house glowing from two blocks away. The only thing screaming louder than her was the electricity meter.
That was something of an accomplishment, scaring me like that. Oh, it’s not that I was hard to scare (I still don’t like going down into a dark cellar). But, in those days, the movies didn’t have much to scare you with. Back as far as the 50s, you might find your odd dismemberment and impaling, even an occasional decapitation, but, generally, the rule of the day was restraint. Even those rare dismemberments,...
That was something of an accomplishment, scaring me like that. Oh, it’s not that I was hard to scare (I still don’t like going down into a dark cellar). But, in those days, the movies didn’t have much to scare you with. Back as far as the 50s, you might find your odd dismemberment and impaling, even an occasional decapitation, but, generally, the rule of the day was restraint. Even those rare dismemberments,...
- 3/31/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
A lot has been written since the sad passing of Ralph McQuarrie on the 3rd of March this year. He’s the artist who is credited with coming up with the designs for Darth Vader, Chewbacca, C3PO & R2D2 to name a few. It has been said that without him, there would have been no Star Wars at all as it was his illustrations that convinced 20th Century Fox to give Star Wars the green light.
His designs for Star Wars are immediately recognizable if you are a fan of science fiction or not, and are now part of our societies pop culture. His images from Star Wars represent science fiction to the general masses and because of this, they are exploited to sell everything from cars to mobile phones. Rest assured that if the images of Vader or C3PO weren’t burnt into your conscience, no advertising company would consider using them.
His designs for Star Wars are immediately recognizable if you are a fan of science fiction or not, and are now part of our societies pop culture. His images from Star Wars represent science fiction to the general masses and because of this, they are exploited to sell everything from cars to mobile phones. Rest assured that if the images of Vader or C3PO weren’t burnt into your conscience, no advertising company would consider using them.
- 3/8/2012
- by Amarpal Biring
- Obsessed with Film
London — Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
In the 15 settlements whose financial terms were made public, amounts generally ran into the tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) – although Law received 130,000 pounds (about $200,000) to settle claims against the now-shuttered News of the World tabloid and its sister paper, The Sun.
News Group Newspapers admitted that 16 articles about Law published in the News of the World between 2003 and 2006 had been obtained by phone hacking, and that the actor had also been placed under "repeated and sustained physical surveillance." The company also admitted that articles in The Sun tabloid misused Law's private information – although it didn't go so far as to admit hacking.
In a statement, Law said Murdoch's tabloids had been "prepared to do...
In the 15 settlements whose financial terms were made public, amounts generally ran into the tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) – although Law received 130,000 pounds (about $200,000) to settle claims against the now-shuttered News of the World tabloid and its sister paper, The Sun.
News Group Newspapers admitted that 16 articles about Law published in the News of the World between 2003 and 2006 had been obtained by phone hacking, and that the actor had also been placed under "repeated and sustained physical surveillance." The company also admitted that articles in The Sun tabloid misused Law's private information – although it didn't go so far as to admit hacking.
In a statement, Law said Murdoch's tabloids had been "prepared to do...
- 1/19/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Title: The Hunters Directed by: Chris Bryant Starring: Steven Waddington, Diana Agron, Chris Briant, Tony Becker, Terence Knox Running Time: 111 minutes, Rated R A group of men spend their weekends together at a little spot in the wilderness called Fort Goben. It’s a place where men can be men, and hunt some humans who just happen upon their private sanctuary. Just a typical weekend with the guys. Director Chris Briant plays Le Saint, an Iraq war veteran suffering from Ptsd who is trying to live a normal life, and is anxious to use his analysis skills in an investigation into several missing persons cases. When he chooses to meet...
- 1/17/2012
- by juliana
- ShockYa
New York - News International , the U.K. newspaper unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is close to reaching settlements of at least 10 lawsuits brought by public figures tied to phone hacking charges, Bloomberg News reported. The settlements with politicians and others, including celebrity lawyer Graham Shear and Labour Party lawmaker Chris Bryant, are expected to be finalized before the first civil trial in the phone hacking saga starts next month, it said citing a document it obtained. Their voice mails were hacked to get stories for News Corp.’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid, it said.
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- 1/6/2012
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alternative metallers Blessed by a Burden have been around for a full year and have already gotten signed to a record deal. Guitarist/programmer Josh Osborne along with his band mates Harrison Lea (vocals), Michael Mutzhaus (guitar), and Chris Bryant (drums) have set themselves up for a challenge as a band. “As far as the music industry in the town, Vegas is a city of hungry rebels ready to hate. Venues come and go on a weekly basis as do bands. I think if you can make it in Vegas that are definitely an accomplishment but a key move in our “local success”, was getting out of town and touring as...
- 7/17/2011
- by nperez
- ShockYa
Some unexpected figures have taken centre stage, from the Four Weddings actor to the News of the World's political editor
Hugh Grant
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star is an unlikely expert on press regulation, but the actor has become an unofficial spokesman for hacking victims, and an articulate critic of the tabloid press in general and the News of the World in particular. Grant was also hacked, although he is unlikely to take action against the paper, and railed against politicians for failing to tame Rupert Murdoch. He said this week: "This is the watershed moment when, finally, the public starts to see ... just how low and how disgusting this particular newspaper's methods were." He visited ex-News of the World journalist Paul McMullan at his Dover pub and secretly recorded a conversation in which McMullan alleged Rebekah Brooks "absolutely" knew about hacking.
Ed Miliband
The Labour leader has...
Hugh Grant
The Four Weddings and a Funeral star is an unlikely expert on press regulation, but the actor has become an unofficial spokesman for hacking victims, and an articulate critic of the tabloid press in general and the News of the World in particular. Grant was also hacked, although he is unlikely to take action against the paper, and railed against politicians for failing to tame Rupert Murdoch. He said this week: "This is the watershed moment when, finally, the public starts to see ... just how low and how disgusting this particular newspaper's methods were." He visited ex-News of the World journalist Paul McMullan at his Dover pub and secretly recorded a conversation in which McMullan alleged Rebekah Brooks "absolutely" knew about hacking.
Ed Miliband
The Labour leader has...
- 7/8/2011
- by James Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
A harsh spotlight is falling on Rupert Murdoch in the latter chapter of a visionary, but controversial career in which he has personified his empire like no publisher since William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer in the late 1800s. “We have let one man have far too great a sway over our national life,” an indignant Labour Party member, Chris Bryant, declared when the latest revelations from the years-long scandal thrust News Corp. into acute crisis management the past 24 hours. For a mogul that seems to relish the power that comes...
- 7/8/2011
- by Johnnie L. Roberts
- The Wrap
‘Nothing is what it seems’ is the main theme and much quoted line from this 1973 classic horror. In fact is it even a horror? It could easily be a psychological thriller or a drama dealing with grief and love. Though released in the same year as The Exorcist, it is Nic Roeg’s adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier short story that is often cited as the film that revolutionised the genre into an intelligent form.
Roeg stepped into this film barefooted, after slipping off a pair of other great reinventions in Performance and Walkabout; yet many critics say these earlier films were his better work and the type he should have continued to produce. I disagree. It was the enigma and the sense of nothing truly being what you experienced in Don’t Look Now that makes it Roeg’s finest venture into the cinematic arts. Furthermore, because this...
Roeg stepped into this film barefooted, after slipping off a pair of other great reinventions in Performance and Walkabout; yet many critics say these earlier films were his better work and the type he should have continued to produce. I disagree. It was the enigma and the sense of nothing truly being what you experienced in Don’t Look Now that makes it Roeg’s finest venture into the cinematic arts. Furthermore, because this...
- 6/24/2011
- Shadowlocked
Don't Look Now, the 1973 supernatural thriller which topped Time Out's 2011 poll of the 100 best British films, has undergone a digital restoration and is now on its way to Blu-ray, it's been announced.
This creepy and ominous tale starred Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland and was directed by Nicolas Roeg, who also made The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) starring David Bowie as an alien who arrives from a dying planet, and The Witches (1990), which starred Anjelica Huston. During his long career, Roeg was part of the second unit on David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia and almost directed the 1980 Flash Gordon movie.
Allan Scott and Chris Bryant wrote the screenplay for Don't Look Now, based on Daphne du Maurier's short story.
Released in UK cinemas as a double bill with another horror classic, The Wicker Man, it is notable for its creepy atmospherics and abundant symbolism; the blind psychic...
This creepy and ominous tale starred Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland and was directed by Nicolas Roeg, who also made The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) starring David Bowie as an alien who arrives from a dying planet, and The Witches (1990), which starred Anjelica Huston. During his long career, Roeg was part of the second unit on David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia and almost directed the 1980 Flash Gordon movie.
Allan Scott and Chris Bryant wrote the screenplay for Don't Look Now, based on Daphne du Maurier's short story.
Released in UK cinemas as a double bill with another horror classic, The Wicker Man, it is notable for its creepy atmospherics and abundant symbolism; the blind psychic...
- 3/24/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Fully restored from the original materials! On Bluray for the first time June 27th 2011 "Don't Look Now" From the director of "Walkabout", "The Man Who Fell To Earth" "Bad Timing" .The Best British Film Ever Made. Time Out Poll 2011 Directed by Nic Roeg Written by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant Based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier Starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie Certificate: Tbc / Running Time: Tbc "Don't Look Now" stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in Nic Roeg's brilliantly atmospheric adaptation of the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Following the death of their daughter, John and Laura Baxter travel to Venice where he is to oversee the restoration of an old church. Here they encounter a pair of elderly sisters: one of them a blind psychic...
- 3/23/2011
- www.ohmygore.com/
Anyone who has seen Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film Don't Look Now will remember that little red coat. Peter Bradshaw on the pity and terror it still evokes
It is red: red as a wound, or some mutant traffic signal without an amber or a green – the red plastic mac worn by a dead little girl. In director Nicolas Roeg's 1973 movie classic of the English supernatural, Don't Look Now trailer, based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier, this mac is what she is wearing when she drowns in the pond of her parents' English country home. Her art historian father, John, later takes his grieving wife Laura away for a healing trip to Venice (of all the ironic waterlogged places), having accepted a commission to restore a church building.
There, two strange, elderly ladies persuade his wife that their daughter, Christine, is speaking to them from beyond the grave,...
It is red: red as a wound, or some mutant traffic signal without an amber or a green – the red plastic mac worn by a dead little girl. In director Nicolas Roeg's 1973 movie classic of the English supernatural, Don't Look Now trailer, based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier, this mac is what she is wearing when she drowns in the pond of her parents' English country home. Her art historian father, John, later takes his grieving wife Laura away for a healing trip to Venice (of all the ironic waterlogged places), having accepted a commission to restore a church building.
There, two strange, elderly ladies persuade his wife that their daughter, Christine, is speaking to them from beyond the grave,...
- 1/20/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Here's some interesting concept art and story details from an unproduced Star Trek film from 1976-1977 called Planet of the Titans. This version was written by Chris Bryant and Allan G. Scott. As you know we ended up with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but before that there was Star Trek: Phase II, and before that there was this Planet of the Titans. The script was well received by the studio at first, but things lost momentum when Philip Kaufman was hired to direct the movie. He and Gene Roddenberry had conflicting ideas on the story and plot. Ultimately they couldn't develop a script that satisfied everyone so the writers left the project in the hands of Kaufman who explained,
My version was really built around Leonard Nimoy as Spock and Toshiro Mifune as his Klingon nemesis,” says Kaufman. “My idea was to make it less “cult-ish”, and more of an adult movie,...
My version was really built around Leonard Nimoy as Spock and Toshiro Mifune as his Klingon nemesis,” says Kaufman. “My idea was to make it less “cult-ish”, and more of an adult movie,...
- 12/31/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
The movie Burlesque is a watered-down, weedy attempt to make stripping acceptable to women
In the film, Burlesque, Christina Aguilera plays a small-town girl with a dream. "I just wanna sing wearing slutty knickers!" Actually she doesn't say this, but she may as well have done.
The makers of Burlesque may have been trying for the ambience of Cabaret or Moulin Rouge, but the result is a daytime soap opera with a few crummy basques thrown in. Christina frugging like she's had too much Fanta at the school disco. Cher smouldering like a half-melted candle. More basques, pants, boas, leatherette, doffed sparkly bowler hats, and tapped canes. A queasy mix of Showgirls meets Seaside Special.
Shocking. But not in the way you'd think. Burlesque isn't a convention-defying movie about freedom, destiny, art; it is a boring movie about how nice your pants are.
The theme of "Cor, underwear!" was so...
In the film, Burlesque, Christina Aguilera plays a small-town girl with a dream. "I just wanna sing wearing slutty knickers!" Actually she doesn't say this, but she may as well have done.
The makers of Burlesque may have been trying for the ambience of Cabaret or Moulin Rouge, but the result is a daytime soap opera with a few crummy basques thrown in. Christina frugging like she's had too much Fanta at the school disco. Cher smouldering like a half-melted candle. More basques, pants, boas, leatherette, doffed sparkly bowler hats, and tapped canes. A queasy mix of Showgirls meets Seaside Special.
Shocking. But not in the way you'd think. Burlesque isn't a convention-defying movie about freedom, destiny, art; it is a boring movie about how nice your pants are.
The theme of "Cor, underwear!" was so...
- 12/26/2010
- by Barbara Ellen
- The Guardian - Film News
Plus Robert Pattinson blushes for MTV, McDonalds angers conservatives and gays alike, and Gareth Thomas goes digital.
I can't think of a PG-13 caption.
We're not the only ones who think Danny Miller has been "acting his socks off" on Emmerdale, and now he's on the cover of Gay Times with Marc Silcock for an article titled "Farm Boys." Looking at the photo, I was wondering when Marc is going to strip down for Cosmo UK like Danny did. If you wanted to know all things Gareth Thomas, you're in luck, because Wales' rugby hero has expanded his digital empire beyond Twitter now with GarethThomasOnline.com. Note, there are lots and lots of pictures. Ian Thorpe is one of several Aussie celebrities stepping out of their comfort zone to act in a one off of One Night In Emerald City for charity. The censored graphic novel of Importance of Being...
I can't think of a PG-13 caption.
We're not the only ones who think Danny Miller has been "acting his socks off" on Emmerdale, and now he's on the cover of Gay Times with Marc Silcock for an article titled "Farm Boys." Looking at the photo, I was wondering when Marc is going to strip down for Cosmo UK like Danny did. If you wanted to know all things Gareth Thomas, you're in luck, because Wales' rugby hero has expanded his digital empire beyond Twitter now with GarethThomasOnline.com. Note, there are lots and lots of pictures. Ian Thorpe is one of several Aussie celebrities stepping out of their comfort zone to act in a one off of One Night In Emerald City for charity. The censored graphic novel of Importance of Being...
- 6/15/2010
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Hello and welcome to my new biweekly column Tim Mcavoy's Brit Bits! You may remember me from such video blogs as Gay in the UK where myself and co-host Ryan vlogged about all things from the United Kingdom.
What? You missed Gay in the UK? Well, in that case allow me to introduce myself. I’m Tim Macavoy, a gay culture junkie from London, Ingerlaaaand. It will be my job to tell you what’s gay on our telly, who’s been queering up the news and relating other hijinks I generally find myself in. Coming up this week, new Who, an orange man, and are you a friend of Dorothy’s?
Oh, and in case you’re wondering about my choice of picture, that’s me trying to finish a book I was reviewing for another website, whilst simultaneously rehearsing for a Shakespeare tour I was acting in...
What? You missed Gay in the UK? Well, in that case allow me to introduce myself. I’m Tim Macavoy, a gay culture junkie from London, Ingerlaaaand. It will be my job to tell you what’s gay on our telly, who’s been queering up the news and relating other hijinks I generally find myself in. Coming up this week, new Who, an orange man, and are you a friend of Dorothy’s?
Oh, and in case you’re wondering about my choice of picture, that’s me trying to finish a book I was reviewing for another website, whilst simultaneously rehearsing for a Shakespeare tour I was acting in...
- 4/12/2010
- by Tim Macavoy
- The Backlot
LONDON -- As the temperature in London soared Tuesday, relations between the BBC and Labor MPs went off the scale as one parliamentarian compared the pubcaster's annual report to disgraced energy giant Enron. BBC director general Greg Dyke, who went to the House of Commons to present the report to the Media Select Committee, was predictably furious and called Labor MP Chris Bryant's comments "outrageous." Commenting on the report, Bryant attacked BBC chairman Gavyn Davies and the pubcaster's board of governors as "complacent in the extreme" and said that the document "feels more like an Enron annual report than a BBC annual report." He accused the BBC governors of omitting the broadcaster's failure to reach its target for independent commissions and glossing over the fact that it is spending money on digital channels many license payers cannot receive.
- 7/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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