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  • The London Korean Film Festival Returns!

    The London Korean Film Festival Returns!

    Now in it’s 8th successful year the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) 7th-22nd November, presented by the Korean Cultural Centre UK returns with a diverse line up, giving audiences across the capital and the UK an opportunity to celebrate the very best of contemporary Korean Cinema from this year with UK and European premieres of box office hits, critically acclaimed titles and retrospective programmes across various genres as well as offering unique access to the cream of Korean film talent with events from visiting directors and actors.

    The LKFF continues to grow from strength to strength, showcasing both established and emerging talents in the Korean Film Industry. The festival’s Film Forum at the Korean Cultural Centre creates an opportunity for Korean and UK film industry experts and filmmakers to meet and help foster links between South Korea and UK to encourage funding investment, co-productions and access to post production.

    The London Korean Film Festival programme takes place between 7th – 15th November across venues in London including the Odeon West End for Opening and Closing Night Galas, Odeon Covent Garden, Odeon Panton St, Odeon Kingston, Curzon Soho and the Korean Cultural Centre. For fans of Korean cinema who are not in London a selection of LKFF programme highlights will travel to Oxford, Bradford and St. Andrews between 16th – 22nd November.

    The 2013 London Korean Film Festival takes place between 7th – 22nd November at various locations across London and the UK. For further information visit: www.koreanfilm.co.uk

  • UK Trailer For Jeune & Jolie Hits

    UK Trailer For Jeune & Jolie Hits

    Here’s the new UK trailer for the new film from Francois Ozon, starring Marine Vacth.

    A stunning portrayal of a 17 year old girls journey of sexual discovery, Francois Ozon’s coming-of-age story JEUNE ET JOLIE, which screened in Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is set to be released in cinemas across the UK on the 29th November. A star-making performance by newcomer Marine Vacth in the lead role, the film also screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and receive its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October.

  • Bad Grandpa: Convenience Mart Clip

    Bad Grandpa: Convenience Mart Clip

    Here’s another clip!

    86 year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion, his 8 year-old Grandson Billy in “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa”. This October, the signature Jackass character Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) and Billy (Jackson Nicoll) will take movie audiences along for the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera.

    Along the way Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places and situations that give new meaning to the term childrearing. The duo will encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens.

    Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed up comedy.

  • Smash And Grab, The Story Of The Pink Panthers: Review

    Smash And Grab, The Story Of The Pink Panthers: Review

    Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers is the interview-based documentary regarding the world’s most organised and prolific gang of diamond thieves in the world.

    Directed by Havana Marking, responsible for other documentaries such as Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer and Hell and Back Again, the story behind the meticulously planned raids is told impressively through interviews with two genuine members of the group. For obvious reasons the two “Panthers”, Mike and Lela, wanted their identity concealed, which is done by cutting edge animation reminiscent of the style used in likewise interview-constructed film Waltz With Bashir.

    While discovering the ways in which the world spread ring of criminals have collectively stolen $330,000,000 worth of jewelry since the early 90s is incredibly interesting, a little more depth is added through the reasoning behind the Pink Panthers. Both Mike and Lela grew up in Yugoslavia and due to the breakdown of the country and rise in mafia networks under the state of Milosovic, their story becomes compelling. Rather than just greedy felons, they both present an outstanding reasoning behind their work and more importantly actually come across as likeable characters.

    Not only is the story well orchestrated, but is backed up with interludes from reporters, real CCTV footage and various people involved with some of the heists, including a world famous break in, in Dubai where two men were caught and convicted.

    The unique story is cleverly produced and woven with the history of a country divided by war and crime. Keep and eye out for this one. Already released in cinema the DVD will be out on 21 October.

  • Non Stop

    Non Stop

    Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown) Non-Stop stars Liam Neeson as Air Marshal Bill Marks, who whilst on a transatlantic flight has to track down a mysterious perpetrator ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.

    Also starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Dockery, Non-Stop is released in UK cinemas on February 28th 2014.