About Me
Rosie Kinsella: Nottingham Graduate based in St Albans and freelance journalist with a love for all things film.
Hope you enjoy the site and all my cinematic ramblings, this site is mostly just an excuse to chalk hours in the cinema down to 'research'. I particularly love classic Hollywood and animated cinema.
Favourite films include Gone With the Wind, The Apartment and Notorious (No not the one about the rapper, the Hitchcock one!).
The Girl On Fire Returns In The New Hunger Games: Catching Fire Trailer
For the already huge Hunger Games following and the rapidly growing fanbase of Jennifer Lawrence (which apparently includes everyone in the world), the wait is over to see Katniss Everdeen back in action in the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire Trailer. Hot of the heels of her Oscar win for Silver Linings … Read more
The Hangover III Trailer Makes a Grand Entrance
The trailer for the eagerly anticipated finale the newly dubbed ‘Wolfpack trilogy’ is as madcap and frantic as expected. Going deeper than the road trip- party route, it opens with Alan going off the rails (if he wasn’t already) after the death of his father. Arranging an intervention the old gang, Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu … Read more
Stoker
Comparisons have already been made between Korean director Park Chan Wook’s (Oldboy) work and the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, none more apparent that with his first English language Feature Stoker. With clear parallels between Hitch’s 1943 classic Shadow of a Doubt (both featuring an eerily charismatic Uncle Charlie who is not all he seems), … Read more
Rust and Bone
Judging from Jaques Audiard’s previous films, A Prophet and The Beat My Heart Skipped, it would be unwise to go into Rust and Bone expecting lighter fare. Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a bullish street fighter moves himself and his son from Belgium into his estranged sister’s garage in France hoping to make something of himself as a street … Read more
Get In Losers, We’re Going To The Mean Girls Musical!
To distract us from the pain of knowing that the hilarious comedy series 30 Rock has now aired its last episode, creator Tina Fey has announced the greatest news ever – the ridiculously quotable Men Girls is going to be a musical! Speaking at the SAG awards (see the video below), Fey confirmed that she … Read more
Les Miserables
Plot Adapted from Victor Hugo’s iconic novel, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a prisoner, breaks his parole and his attempts to make a new life for himself in post-Revolution France. Pursued by the relentless law officer Javert (Russell Crowe) he tries to hide his past life from his adopted daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried). The various host … Read more
Quartet
Plot The arrival of the renowned singer Jean Horton (Maggie Smith) at a retirement home for ageing opera singers disrupts the life of her ex-husband (Tom Cortenay) who is also a resident. Along with their friends, they attempt convince her to reprise one of their past performances for a fund-raising concert in celebration of … Read more
The 2013 Oscar Nominations Announced
Here’s something to brighten up your January! the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced this morning at 5.30 AM Los Angeles time (1.30 UK time). Emma Stone and this year’s Oscar host Seth Macfarlane announced the awards and Macfarlane even bagged a nomination himself for best original song from Ted for … Read more
My Top Ten Films of 2012
So please forgive me for being a few days late with my top ten films of last year but I was too weighed down with food and alcohol to get to my laptop for a few days! And besides, there were a few last minute films I had to watch lest they get missed out … Read more
Golden Globe 2013 Nominations Announced, Plus A Message From Our Hosts!
The Nominations are in! As selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Lincoln takes the lead with seven nominations making it the most nominations any Steven Spielberg film has ever received. Les Miserables, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty also all continued their success from yesterday’s SAG Award nominations, strengthening their already strong Oscar chances. With more acting categories than the … Read more
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