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X + Y – FEATURED PREVIEW
Autistic* teenage maths prodigy Nathan (Asa Butterfield, known for ‘Hugo’) struggles when it comes to building relationships with other people, not least with his mother, Julie (Sally Hawkins). In a world difficult to comprehend, he finds numbers satisfying and safe.
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URBAN CINEFILE - 18th ANNIVERSARY – 936 EDITIONS
Dear Valued Readers
Thank you for sharing our passion for cinema over all these weeks as they turn into months and years, each Thursday the movie gods delivering another batch of new movies in cinemas and a further batch on DVDs – and increasingly on digital platforms.
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FCCA AWARDS NOMINATIONS – FILMS OF 2014
Leading with nine nominations is The Water Diviner, followed by The Babadook and Predestination both with eight. Five nominations have been awarded to Charlie’s Country, Felony, The Rover and Tracks.
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BEST AND WORST FILMS OF 2014
Everybody loves lists – it’s a genetic thing humans have. So here are our lists for the best and worst films we have seen during 2014. In our opinion, of course.
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SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS 2014 - WINNERS
Cezary Skubiszewski scores Screen Music Awards trifecta and David Hirschfelder wins Feature Film Score of the Year.
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BRINGING CAPTAIN NEMO BACK
Earlier this year, The Hollywood Reporter said that Columbia Pictures had bought Alfred Gough and Miles Millar's script Captain Nemo, based on the fictional character of the same name. To the excitement of fans everywhere, the premise of the film was supposed to offer "a new take on the iconic antihero" first introduced to readers in Jules Verne's 1870s classic, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
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Runner Runner: a lesson the hard way
In Runner Runner, Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake) is a cool kid on the block handling his Masters studies in finance at Princeton University on one side and working as a marketing representative for one of the largest online gambling companies. When he is forced to put an end to his side business by the head of his university, Furst finds it hard to keep up with his tuition payment as well as living day-to-day like he is accustomed to. In order to pay his way through the rest of his college, he decides to risk all of his remaining savings at an online casino poker game hoping to win big the last time.
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SAG AWARDS NOMINEES FOR 2014
You can’t argue with the Screen Actors Guild nominations this year (well, we don’t), a magnificent range of performances by (mostly) American actors (in mostly American films) across generations, genres and characters. But, in our opinion, there should be a sixth slot for Lead Actor: (Englishman) Tom Hardy for Locke. And there is one Australian: Naomi Watts for St Vincent.
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SEQUELS – THE BEST AND WORST OF 2014
Fans of futuristic dystopian flicks may have recently come across the news of a new Terminator sequel, due to hit our screens in 2015. What else is there on the horizon?
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2011
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2012
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2013
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2014
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URBAN CINEFILE - NEWSLETTERS 2015
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