Win world premiere tickets to St George’s Day
LondonFilmFanatiq has one pair of tickets to give away for the world premiere of St George’s Day! The lucky winner will rubs shoulders with the cast and be one of the first to see this cracking new British thriller on 29 August, ahead of its 7 September release.
To enter, just follow @LondonFilmFan and re-tweet the embedded tweet after the jump. The competition will close at 23.59 on Monday 27 August and the winner will be contacted the following day.
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The Dictator storms London with the World Premiere
London’s Royal Festival Hall was the scene for Admiral General Aladeen’s unveiling of his new film The Dictator on Thursday night, 10 May. The General presided over the festivities that saw various cast members and British celebs of various rankings rubbing shoulders with the great leader on the red carpet. Amongst those in attendance were co-star Anna Faris, director and former Seinfeld scribe Larry Charles, Bridesmaids‘ Chris O’Dowd, Mohammed Al Fayed, and actress Isla Fisher, wife of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Here are a handful of photos from the evening:
Admiral General Aladeen flanked by his security team at the world premiere in London
Arthur Christmas World Premiere
Christmas landed early in London today, as the world premiere for Aardman Animation’s Arthur Christmas was held at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square. Decorated pine trees lined the red carpet as snow fell overhead. On hand for the celebration, which helped to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, were Aardman legends Peter Lord and Nick Park. Joining cast members Bill Nighy, Ashley Jensen and Ramona Marquez, were director Sarah Smith, writer Peter Baynham and an array of British talent including the ever jolly Nick Frost.
Edith Bowman prepares to host the Arthur Christmas world premiere
Bowman interviews the voice of Grand Santa, Bill Nighy
Aardman's Peter Lord and Nick Park discuss Arthur Christmas
Review: The Three Musketeers
Paul WS Anderson’s The Three Musketeers can be simply summed up as a camp crap-fest that has neither the charm nor wit of the Pirates of the Caribbean films it appears desperate to emulate. Touting Orlando Bloom, here in a relatively small support role, the question of why this take on the famous tale didn’t secure bigger stars is quickly answered by witnessing this dull, mess of a film with some of 2011’s worst dialogue packed into its near two-hour runtime.
Freddie Fox, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, Matthew Macfadyen and Luke Evans at the World Premiere at London's Westfield Vue
The film begins nicely enough with a digital rendering of an old European map atop which various nations’ army figurines are placed as the shot pans over and through, illustrating the most effective use of 3D The Three Musketeers employs. It’s all downhill from there. Each musketeer is introduced through their specialty: Athos (Matthew MacFadyen) the skilled diver; Aramis (Luke Evans) who attacks from above; and Porthos’ (Ray Stevenson) reliance on brute strength. Thrown into the mix is Milla Jovovich’s M’Lady, whose specialty is over-acting and betrayal. Through a series of rapid and convenient contrivances, would-be Musketeer D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) runs into all three separately and brings the trio back together, despite having no cause to fight for. Luckily, the three still live together, for some unexplained reason, along with their bumbling servant, Planchet (James Corden). While Corden’s appearance initially injects a laugh into the film, his welcome is well worn-out once pigeon poop has splattered on his face. Eventually the group must prevent further war between Duke of Buckingham’s (Bloom) England and King Loius’(Freddie Fox) France. This is done in the most absurd of manners and is essentially about the retrieval of a diamond necklace.
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