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Moon, Fish Tank & An Education Lead the Bifa Nominations

27 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The 12th annual British Independent Film Awards announced their nominations for the 2009 awards this morning and Duncan Jones’ Moon and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank lead the way with 7 and 8 nominations respectively.

Looking down the list, which you can find after the jump, the variety of talent being honoured here is truly astounding and shows the British Film Industry is very good health. Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop has a number of nominations for its cast and crew, Peter Capaldi and director Iannucci as well as a nomination for its exceptional script in Best Screenplay catergory.

One of my favourite films of the year, Lone Scherfig’s An Education, has a host of nominations for its script, actors and Scherfig herself as Best Director. The ceremony takes place on the 6th of December and HeyUGuys hope to on hand to help celebrate what has been as outstanding year for British film. »

- Jon Lyus

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Bifa Nominees: Abbie Cornish, Michael Fassbender and More

27 October 2009 5:29 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Oh, agony! The British Independent Film Award nominations have arrived (in October? Damn that’s early) to serve up the dread reminder that there is no such thing as ‘day and date” releases outside of rare mega blockbusters. I suppose I should thank the celluloid cosmos. In a way the erratic nature of film distribution helps me to continue living my blissfully delusional life wherein I pretend that people would actually flock to more challenging higher quality international cinema if they only had access to it and could see it and talk about it at the same time. Isn’t this one reason that television is so popular? It’s communal. Movies are supposed to be communal but it doesn’t work out that way so much.

Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank

I have no idea when I’ll ever have a chance to see Fish Tank for example, which »

- NATHANIEL R

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BIFAs Uncovers 2009 Nominees

26 October 2009 11:36 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Which movies are vying for the 12th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have been unraveled on Monday, October 26 at Soho House in London with the announcement of 2009 nominees. Receiving the most nods was "Fish Tank", an Andrea Arnold's drama that won the Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

The movie revolving around the turbulent relationship a 15-year-old girl has with her mother and her new boyfriend has collected 8 nominations in total. Vying for the major categories including best British film, best director and best screenplay, it also placed its leading actress Katie Jarvis in competition for best actress and most promising newcomers.

Following behind "Fish Tank" with seven noms was Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon". "An Education", "In the Loop" and "Nowhere Boy", in the meantime, gathered six counts each. Other movies with multiple nominations were "Bright Star" with four, "Katalin Varga" with three, and »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Fish Tank Leads Bifa Nominations

26 October 2009 11:14 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

The first cab off the award-season ranks, the British Independent Film Awards, or BIFAs, has announced its nominations, with the Andrea Arnold's high-acclaimed Brit drama Fish Tank picking up eight and Duncan Jones' space elergy Moon in hot pursuit with seven nods.In a strong year for high-calibre British filmmaking, Arnold and Jones joined Lone Scherfig, Jane Campion, and Armando Iannucci in the Best Director category. Iannucci's sweary satire was also recognised in the Best Film category, alongside An Education, Fish Tank, Moon, and Nowhere Boy, while Peter Capaldi's turn as Malcolm T#ck@r has scored him a Best Actor nomination.Among those picking the lucky winners will be Jodie Whittaker, Idris Elba, Liam Cunningham, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan. One shoe-in for a gong is Daniel Day Lewis who'll be honoured with the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film by an actor. »

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Arnold's Fish Tank and Jones' Moon Lead 2009 Bifa nominations

26 October 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. The major "snub" is that the committee of 70 were high on Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop and Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy (they all received 6 nominations) but failed to include Jane Campion's Bright Star in the Best British Independent Film category. Of the nominations we are most happy to see Edward Hogg receive some love for White Lightnin’ in the Most Promising Newcomer category and we are happy to see that Tom Hardy received kudos for his psychotic perf in Bronson. With only one nomination, it »

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Movie Review - 'In the Loop'

28 August 2009 1:10 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

In the Loop

Starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, and James Gandolfini

Directed by Armando Ianucci

Rated R

"I have spoken to the Prime Minister,” shouts British government communications officer Malcolm Tucker, adding, “whether or not it happened or not is irrelevant. It is true!"

That’s the fun and the trouble with In the Loop, a dizzyingly, fast-paced political satire that is less about what is said in government than how it is spoken. You can't afford to take a scene off precisely because there's never an ounce of concrete information. All we know for sure is that the wrong thing was said and it has led both the UK and the Us to the brink of invasion.

The key word in the entire film is “unforeseeable,” which is how British Secretary of State for International Development Simon Foster describes the possibility of a Us-uk invasion of the Middle East. »

- Colin Boyd

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The Top Ten Movie Insults

25 August 2009 11:38 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

To celebrate the release of In The Loop on UK DVD and Blu-Ray this week, we count down the Top Ten Movie Insults. Normal 0 false false false Top Ten Insult in Films

Malcolm Tucker : In The Loop

Style:  Outspoken vicious and so so funny!

Best Insult:   Too Many to pick:

'Climbing the mountain of conflict"? You sounded like a Nazi Julie Andrews!'

'You know, if I could, I'd punch you into paralysis!'

'Kiss my sweaty balls, you fat fuck.'

'No offence, son, but you look like you should still be at school with your head down a fucking toilet.'

'Don't get sarcastic with me, son. We burned this tight-arsed city to the ground in 1814. And I'm all for doing it again, starting with you, you frat fuck. You get sarcastic with me again and I will stuff so much cotton wool down your fucking throat »

- Paul

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DVD release inspirations including I Love You, Man

24 August 2009 3:45 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Hello again Boxwishers, or should we say “Hallo und guten tag”, as we’ve all gone Inglourious Basterds crazy here at Boxwish HQ. Yes, we’re head over heels for the new Quentin Tarantino film starring Brad Pitt and we’re not the only ones as Pitt and his rag-tag bunch of Nazi-scalpers have shot to the top of the Us box office. So if you haven’t yet seen it, we heartily recommend, and if you have, maybe check out these other film fancies heading to DVD from today. There’s bromance giggles in I Love You, Man, political comedy with In The Loop and clean cut Disney fun in Race to Witch Mountain. Now who can say no to that?

If you see… Groom-to-be Peter (Paul Rudd) search for a male buddy to be his best man and stumbles upon Jason Segel’s free-wheeling slob Sydney in lads comedy I Love You, »

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Review: In the Loop

21 August 2009 12:42 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Plot: In the days leading up to a U.S led war in the Middle East, a none-too-bright UK Minister, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander), finds himself in hot water with the Prime Minister.s top spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) when he calls the war .unforeseeable.- leading to a trip to Washington D.C for the minister, and his young aide (Chris Addison). There, they encounter a general (James Gandolfini) - opposed to the war, a young lobbyist (Anna Chlumsky), who authors a paper that casts... »

- Chris Bumbray

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Malcolm Tucker Mouths Off

18 August 2009 7:58 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Armando Iannucci's In The Loop was a great piece of filmmaking all round but there's no disputing the fact that the movie's highlight was Peter Capaldi's sweary Scottish spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker. In honour of this most profane of anti-heroes and as a tribute to some of cinema's most creative expletives, here's an unedited, uncensored, utterly offensive clip reel of In The Loop's best Tucker insults.Warning: may contain more foul language than every Tarantino film combined. In The Loop is available to buy on DVD from Monday 24 August. »

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[TV] Torchwood: Children of Earth

12 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

I should qualify this review by saying that this is the first piece of Doctor Who media with which I have had any sort of contact. It’s not that I haven’t had any desire or interest; I just haven’t gotten around to it. With that said, I am judging this only as a stand-alone miniseries, and not as a continuous piece of the Doctor Who universe.

The Torchwood Institute is a fictional organization in Britain dedicated to defending the Earth from any an all extraterrestrials threats. This particular series focuses on the Cardiff branch of the institute, which is composed of Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), and Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd). Naturally the institute is bound to get involved when all of the children of Earth suddenly freeze mid-motion and start to chant the phrase ‘we are coming’ in a Village of the Damned-like unison. »

- Anders Nelson

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Movie Awards preview: Actor Of The Year

11 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Among the six Brits and two Americans in the running for Digital Spy's Actor Of The Year prize are James Bond star Daniel Craig, the chameleonic Michael Sheen and Hollywood comeback king Mickey Rourke. Read on for a rundown of the eight leading men nominated at our first ever Movie Awards. > Click here to cast your vote at the Digital Spy Movie Awards Peter Capaldi (In The Loop) A supporting character in The Thick Of It, the BBC show from which In The Loop is based, Peter Capaldi stole the movie as ferocious Downing Street spin doctor Malcolm Tucker. His yells of "shut it, fetus boy" and "f**kity bye" made him one of the most memorable villains of the year. > Trailer Sacha Baron Cohen (Brüno) After the gut-bustingly funny Borat, Cohen brought another of his TV creations to cinemas with Brüno. His fearless performance (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Armando Iannucci, In The Loop

10 August 2009 8:27 AM, PDT | Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews | See recent Filmmaker Magazine_Director Interviews news »

Peter Capaldi And James Gandolfini In Director Armando Iannucci'S In The Loop. Courtesy IFC Films. Scottish writer-director Armando Iannucci has made a slow and steady progression toward becoming a film director. The Glasgow-born Italian Scot originally was planning to become a priest (like Martin Scorsese) but the lure of the entertainment world won out over the less glamorous prospect of a life of piety and celibacy. Iannucci attended the University of Glasgow then studied English at Oxford University, where he discovered his passion for comedy. He next got a job as a radio producer on comedy shows for the BBC, and by the early 90s he was working on the iconic sketch show Week Ending and had created both the edgy faux newscast On the... »

- Nick Dawson

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The Ten Best and Five Worst Films of 2009 (So Far)

6 August 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

2009's Ten Best and Five Worst Films (So Far) We're technically over halfway through 2009, but a disproportionately large number of great films tend to spring up in the latter months of the year, so let's call it halfway for the sake of our collective sanity. It hasn't been a terrific year for filmgoing so far this year, but there have been enough films worth celebrating to justify a roundup. Keep in mind that these rankings are tentative - they're largely based on single viewings, and my estimates of their relative worth may vary over the course of the year. My principal question when ranking new film is: "which films am I most eager to watch again?" With that in mind, my top ten films of the year so far, in descending order: 10. Star Trek (Podcast review) [1] listen now [2] If someone had told you back in January that the summer of »

- Simon

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In the Loop

5 August 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »

Release Date: July 24 (limited)

Director: Armando Iannucci

Writers: Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Ian Martin and Tony Roche

Starring: James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, Paul Higgins and Gina McKee

Cinematographer: Jamie Cairney

Studio/Run Time: IFC Films, 106 mins.

In the Loop begins with the British Secretary of State for International Development Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) accidentally stating that war is unforeseeable. What seems like a tautological statement to him, whereby he means that all the future is in fact unforeseeable, ends up misunderstood as an anti-war sentiment. After another of his verbal blunders is interpreted to mean the opposite, he’s quickly dragged into the realm of international politics, where the lives of millions in a possible Middle Eastern war are determined by the name of a committee, whether the time of a meeting can be changed and if a constituent’s wall collapses.

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Iannucci "chuffed" about 'Loop' Dsma noms

31 July 2009 8:52 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Armando Iannucci has revealed his delight at In The Loop's four Digital Spy Movie Award nominations. The comedy, a big screen spinoff of BBC sitcom The Thick Of It, leads the pack at Digital Spy's inaugural movie awards with nods in the movie of the year, actor of the year (for Peter Capaldi's turn as spin doctor Malcolm Tucker), best comedy and best movie marketing categories. "In The Loop is my first film, so I'm absolutely chuffed and (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Movie Review: In the Loop (2009)

31 July 2009 2:43 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Peter Capaldi and Chris Addison in In the Loop

Photo: IFC Films The villain/hero of In the Loop is not so much a who as it is a what, and even that what can't be clearly defined as director Armando Iannucci and a staff of five talented writers pieced together one of the most smartly written and superbly executed political comedies I have ever seen, if not the absolute pinnacle of the genre. It's not often I watch a movie and feel confident in saying it is "the best" or "one of the best" of anything, but without a doubt In the Loop is one of the best comedies I have ever seen and one that does not get old (I have seen it three times now). However, do not wait to watch it on DVD. It is meant to be seen with a large audience, all of you »

- Brad Brevet

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'Loop' leads 'Digital Spy Movie Awards' noms

30 July 2009 4:02 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Digital Spy has announced the nominations for its inaugural Movie Awards. British comedy In The Loop leads the pack with four nominations in the Movie Of The Year, Actor Of The Year (for Peter Capaldi), Best Comedy and Best Movie Marketing categories. Sacha Baron Cohen's outrageous comedy Brüno and Mickey Rourke's comeback film The Wrestler follow with three nominations each. Both Cohen and Rourke feature as Actor Of The Year contenders, while The Wrestler's Marisa Tomei faces competition from Penelope Cruz, Kristen Stewart and Kate Winslet for the Actress Of The Year prize. Frost/Nixon, Looking For Eric, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and Star Trek all complete the nominees for the Movie Of The Year trophy. The Best Blockbuster (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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News: Children of Earth DVD Competition!

28 July 2009 3:48 PM, PDT | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Wahey! That's right folks we've got 3 copies of the Torchwood: Children of Earth DVD to give away to our faithful readers, and all you have to do is answer a very simple question at the foot of the page... Featuring all five installments of Torchwood: Children of Earth, the DVD boxset stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David Lloyd. They are joined by a superb guest cast that features Cush Jumbo as Lois Habiba, Kai Owen as Rhys Williams, Peter Capaldi as John Frobisher, Paul Copley as... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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New on DVD This Week

28 July 2009 3:32 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week we’re particularly interested in. Plus, some old favorites (and not so favorites) coming out this week for the first time on Blu-ray.

Movies

Fast & Furious ~ Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster (DVD and Blu-ray)

Repulsion – Criterion Collection  ~ Catherine Deneuve (Blu-ray)

12 Monkeys ~ Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeline Stowe (Blu-ray)

Dragonball: Evolution ~ Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Yun-Fat Chow, and Emmy Rossum (DVD)

This Is Spinal Tap ~ Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer (Blu-ray)

Fast & Furious 4 – Movie Collection ~ Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster (DVD)

Bart Got a Room ~ William H. Macy (DVD)

The 10th Victim ~ Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, and George Wang (DVD)

Miss March ~ Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, and Molly Stanton (DVD)

The 10th Victim ~ Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, »

- Joe Gillis

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