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Bad Film

Watching a BAD FILM tonight, about some people stuck in a tunnel, Daylight with Sylvester Stallone... spotted Sage Stallone on the credits, guessed which one he was, yes it's Sylvester's son... man this is rubbish.Only 1.5k on the bike today....

new star wars film?

Stokey filming update

Various popbitch suggestions, one agreeing it might be Chris Morris, but one more interesting that it is Woody Allen.Apparently they're filming You Are What You Eat here today too....

Crap films

I saw a couple of films at the weekend, they're both rubbish, don't bother with them. Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, rubbish. Like a shit remix of the first film. Also The Whole Ten Yards, rubbish, and needlessly confusing. Or maybe that was just...

Shooting a film in Folkestone

I am shooting my first film and music video in Folkestone at the end of November and would love to hear from anybody who would like sponsor the film or if you are a soundwo/man, wardrobe assist or would like to be a production assistant then please g...

Got the first Darkness EP?

They have gone for decent amounts of money before, here's one just listed, good luck. Ah, here's the perfect accompaniment to the t-shirt I already have too...On to the blog, great weekend. Friday saw a visit from Emma and a rare trip to Chambers. Ve...

Everyone, ever, in the world

Got in to the Lord of the Rings Premiere by mistake, and everyone in the world of showbiz was there - all the cast of the film apart from Cate Blanchett I think (So Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Ian McKellan, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Sean Bean, stacks mo...

Cathy Shipton - Duffy in Casualty

Filming an episode of Casualty on my street and in one of the neighbours houses on 4th Dec. Lots of techie people around and a Lee Lighting Ltd. truck. That's about it

24 Hour Party People

"24 Hour Party People" is the story of Factory Records and The Hacienda, as experienced by Tony Wilson (played by Steve Coogan). And it's ace. It's a great story, mostly true, has a natural soundtrack, which is put to good use, it has funny bits, it ...

Lord of the Rings Review

Do you remember the last time you heard applause at the cinema? Seemed to happen all the time when I was a kid, whooping and cheering as the opening titles rolled up the screen. This was Hampshire, so possibly it was the wonder of electricity that pe...

Want to be in a video?

Ex-Verve band members Simon Jones and Simon Tong have formed a new group with Duncan Baxter, Mark Heaney and Dan MacBean. The five-piece, as yet unnamed, will be filming a gig for the video to their debut single Quicksilver in London this Monday (Mar...

I think I've liked all the French films I've seen

All three of them... I'm going to perk my French up a bit so I can watch more.

A burgeoning local film industry?

Sounds good, seen a couple of things in the paper about people making films locally, good luck with finding something locally.I (not Steve T) am still commuting daily from the West End of Folkestone into London, it's exhausting innit? I am being made...

Film crew

Spooks film crew were in situ outside United Grand Lodge again today - they had some big lights pointing in a window, while filming inside I suppose. Was definitely Spooks this time, the crew had it on their ID badges....

Spooks film crew

Again, boring, they're always there.

Dolphin Filming

Dave the Dolphin has been in touch again, firstly with a full filming schedule from the BBC (their Inside Out TV programme will be filming a Folkestone Dolphin special), and local people really ought to be involved... The plan is:Meet near the harbou...

Is this an ad for Cloverfield?

Not seen all of this yet, nor watched any with the sound up yet, but it was in this week's popbitch.com, is it one of those viral ads for Cloverfield?...

Farewell then, John Price

John left our team on Friday, did they get him a brand new car as a leaving gift?

See Ricky Gervais directing Karl Pilkington in his new film

here on The Culture Show, only for a couple more days though, get in quick. Look for the little bald caveman.More details on Ricky's movie blog on rickygervais.com.My neighbour told me yesterday there's a thing on Steve Wright's radio show called Ask...

ho ho ho very festive weekender

Started our weekend at the Christmas of Sorts night at the Whole World Cafe, it was GREAT, though the lady running the cafe was as unwelcoming as ever, perhaps it's her style... The band playing (more of a collective really) were great, I was expecti...

Fan made Thundercats fake movie trailer

This is amazing!

The A-Team movie

imdb.com saysThe A-Team (2010)With Bruce Willis, Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube. A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the US military, who suspect the four men of ...But then it wants me to sign up before it'll say any more! lots of...

Missing

Watched daytime TV today, there's a show called Missing on BBC1 but not repeated on iplayer, why not? It's a daytime soap type thing about a missing persons unit, but the interesting thing (interesting to me) is that it's all set and filmed locally i...

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

Who said there were no good films? Oh, me. Last night we watched Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a comedy science fiction film about, uh time travel, and it was brilliant. Don't know how I missed this one, it really was good. Knew nothi...

Hot Tub Time Machine

A great film, the best time travel comedy since the last time travel comedy, saw it on Saturday night and enjoyed it very much. You probably need to love the 1980s and time travel, specifically time travel comedy to get as much out of it as I did. Go...

Is Anybody There?

No not a needy cry for responses on the blog this time, I saw a film, Is Anybody There with Michael Caine. He was in it, I did not watch it with him. It was on TV, it was good. I don't watch many films but I thought I remembered somewhere that it was...

Not only did I watch a film

I read a book too, The Collaborators, a novel set in wartime Paris. Probably not the kind of story I would normally pick up but it's by Reginald Hill whose other books are ace. And this one was ace too! Not actually that many laughs, it seems occupie...

Cordelia and Justin, together at last

Charisma Carpenter out of off of Buffy and Angel is in a new film (new to me, straight to DVD I think) and Justin Hawkins is in it too, it's brit horror flick Psychosis:Via popbitch.I picked up from his twitterings there was a film about, it's not hi...

Lots going on at the Cheesegrater over the bank holiday

Take a look at what's on in Folkestone's Creative Quarter over the Bank Holiday Weekend and our great comedy, family, music and film events coming up in September.Don't forget our autumn subscriber offer: Visit Quarterhouse to pick up a copy of the b...

Film maker using time travel to promote himself!

Heard this on the Shaun Keaveney show this morning, it's in the proper news though:I expect George Clarke is the time traveller himself, I think he is an ancestor of mine. Or do I mean descendent?...

Blur

Reading warmup, got very drunk on vodka red bulls, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there. Off to Reading the next day.

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Dance Craze

Film, part of the skabour festival.
1981 British documentary film about the English 2 Tone music genre.

London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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Film @ Quarterhouse - A Crazy Heart

The harder the life, the sweeter the song. A faded country music musician (Jeff Bridges) is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life. With a chance for salvation, he begins the long journey to redemption, and along the way discovers just how hard li...

Film @ Quarterhouse - A Prophet

Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, �A Prophet� tells the story of 19-year-old Malik El Djbena who has been condemned to six years in prison.

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London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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The Grand Turk

The Grand Turk set to sail from Folkestone Harbour!The Grand Turk is probably best-known in Britain for her role in the 'Hornblower' and other films and television series. The ship has been a regular visitor to ports in Kent in the past, but this vis...

London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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DigiFestUK Southeast

[quote]Short film night opening what we hope will eventually become a full scale film festival. Special guest veteran stage and screen actor Ken Colley (Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and [arti...

London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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Film Screening: Death of a President

Assembling a vast array of recent media, manipulated and subtly altered, the film, which opened the Toronto Film Festival this year amid much controversy, is chilling in its believability and power. Through the lens of the future, Death of a Presiden...

London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

8 - 12

London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

8 - 12

London Film Museum - Charlie Chaplin: The Great Londoner

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