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Andrea Riseborough has bagged a role in Tom Cruise's new movie.

The W.E. actress and former Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko have both joined the cast of the

Hollywood heavyweight's upcoming sci-fi film, which hasn't yet been named, reports Variety.

In the film, Earth has become a wasteland and the human race is living above it in the clouds. Mission Impossible star Cruise will play a veteran soldier, stationed on the planet, who repairs drones that fight off alien life.

Quantum Of Solace actress Kurylenko, 32, will play the soldier's partner and Riseborough, 30, will star as a new love interest.


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CHLOE MORETZ says it was a "dream" to work with MARTIN SCORSESE - who she tricked into thinking she was British - in new film Hugo.

The 14-year-old US actress was selected by the acclaimed director to appear in the film after she hoodwinked him during her New York audition.

She said: "I completely fooled him into thinking I was a British actress and then at the end of the audition I went back into my American accent.

"He said 'hold on are you American? I was like 'I am American,' so I tricked Martin Scorsese."

Muppet alphabet quiz

By Daniel Smith on Nov 23, 11 11:13 AM

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Here's the Muppet alphabet, but can you name them all?

Answers after the jump.

Dark Knight 1966 style

By Daniel Smith on Nov 16, 11 02:15 PM

Retro cool!

I have to say I was fairly worried about the adaptation of Tintin.

Herge's comic book adventure hero and his little dog Snowy were always a favourite of mine growing up.

When I headed to Birmingham's new Giant Screen Cinema at Millennium Point recently I did so with some trepidation.

Even the combined forces of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg couldn't allay my fears.

Thankfully, not only did the film blow me away and stay loyal to the film it also got me trawling eBay and Amazon for second hand copies of books I once stupidly threw out with my Action Men and Star Wars figures.

Despite doing away with most of the storyline of the The Secret Of The Unicorn the film is a relentless, fast-paced adventure packed full of drama, laughs and intrigue.

I loved it.

I also loved the new Giant Screen, a state-of-the-art cinema screen that displayed this film in glorious 3D. Such was the quality that you almost forgot you were watching amination at times.

A great film and a great setting at Birmingham's premier cinema experience.

More info at www.giantscreencinema.co.uk


birds1.jpgSt Paul's Church in the Jewellery Quarter was transformed this week as the Jameson Cult Film Club arrived in Birmingham for a screening of The Birds.

The church became the Bodega Bay Chapel on Thursday evening as it hosted a pre-Halloween screening of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror.

On arrival at the venue, guests were invited to explore the church and surrounding graveyard, where numerous crows lurked in the shadows.

birds465.jpgEntering the venue by candlelight, guests were greeted by the sound of a church organ, crows hiding in the rafters of the chapel and sinister images of birds projected onto the ceiling. 

The audience was also treated to free cocktails for the screening.

Jameson Cult Film Club is planning another visit to Birmingham next year.

For more information, visit the website at http://jamesoncultfilmclub.com or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/jamesoncultfilmclub.

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The return of Vigo!

By Daniel Smith on Oct 27, 11 10:21 AM

A hacked 360 Kinect brings forward Vigo the Carpathian!

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Click on the poster to embiggen. Have fun!

Review: War Games (18+)

By Steve Wollaston on Oct 13, 11 08:18 PM

 

War-Games-DVD-66491.jpgWell if you are after a very warped, very gruesome and totally twisted film to watch this Halloween then look nowhere else.

War Games is uber-grim.

Inspired by true events, War Game sees a group of friends hunted down by psychopathic ex-soldiers, who turn their holiday into hell.

The friends quickly begin to realize that they are alone in the woods (of course) and that they are quickly and systematically being brutally picked off one by one.

They don't know why and they don't know who is next.

This is not a film for the feint-hearted, it's at times unsettling and displays some of the most graphic horror scenes I have seen.

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