Duty Calls will be screened at the National Media Museum on Wednesday, as part of the Bradford International Film Festival. In Duty Calls, a dieting security guard confronts his nemesis – a snack vending machine. Duty Calls is directed and written by Paul Blinkhorn. Patrick Maloney plays Dave. Cinematography by Paul Anderton. Editing by Steven [...]
Principal photography has completed on No Regrets, a new short by Nicolas Challenor. Peter (Wayland Donlan) is a no-hoper who suddenly finds an opportunity to change his life, but he soon finds that the decisions we make can have far-reaching consequences. It took three intensive days around Bolton, both day and night shoots. “I tended [...]
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Bolt (John Travolta) is a superdog. He uses his powers to continually protect his owner Penny (Miley Cyrus) from the evil plans of Dr. Calico (Malcolm McDowell). Unfortunately, this is all a deception. Penny is an actress, Bolt isn’t super, and Calico’s henchmen are all stuntmen. When ratings slip, the Hollywood studio plans a storyline [...]
Jamal (Dev Patel) goes on “Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire” in order to contact his childhood love Latika (Freida Pinto) and ends up (look away now) winning the top prize of 20 million rupees. The film opens with the police interrogating Jamal, thinking he’s been cheating to reach the 10 million, and the story [...]
“I am not a crook!” Well, this film, based on the stage play, pleads otherwise. Frank Langella and Michael Sheen cut heads in the dramatised reworking of the events surrounding the famous interview in which Nixon admits his wrongdoing. I had just seen the original Watergate interview a few days before, and this may have [...]
Clint Eastwood is a grumpy old man. Or at least, he is as Walt in Gran Torino. Starting with the funeral of his wife, we’re quickly and explicitly put in the picture – he doesn’t get on with his family, he has no religion, and he’s a Korean war veteran. Then there’s Thao, a teenager [...]
Outline: When a bank robbery goes awry, Finn finds himself thrown together with his hostages. Current Status: Script Development