Michael Palin in conversation + American Friends Screening

Michael Palin a Patron of The Phoenix Cinema, will be appearing at a Phoenix Restoration Fundraising event. He'll be screening his 1991 film, American Friends, and then host a Q&A session.


This will be a rare chance to hear the extraordinary and witty Michael Palin talk about his travels, work and career.

American Friends
Francis Ashby (Michael Palin) a middle-aged Oxford tutor on a hiking trip in Switzerland in 1861. There he meets the American Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her 18-year old ward Elinor (Trini Alvarado). Ashby is drawn to them both, particularly Elinor, but is rather surprised when they arrive in Oxford and rent a house. Women are not allowed in the College, nor are Fellows allowed to marry, which puts him in an embarrassing situation. Ashby's rival for the post of College President, Oliver Syme, takes full advantage of this to try and discredit Ashby. However the situation is finally resolved and Ashby and Elinor are finally married.

The plot was based on a real-life incident involving Palin's great-grandfather, Edward Palin

Tickets are £25 (£23 concs) with a £2 discount for Friends. Tickets are sure to sell fast, so book online now to ensure a good seat. All ticket sales benefit the Phoenix Centenary Restoration Project.

Michael Palin in conversation + American Friends Screening

Where
Phoenix Cinema
52 High Road, East Finchley, London, N2 9PJ

When
6:45pm, Thurs 8 April, 2010

For more info & to book tickets head over to the Phoenix Cinema

Rec 2 Trailer & first 5 minutes

Zombie Fest! [Rec] 2 the long awaited sequel to Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's Spanish zombie smash hit is being released at the end of May


[Rec] 2 picks up where the low budget but incredibly tense and innovative [Rec] left of and follows a medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras sent into the sealed off apartment to control the "situation".

[REC] 2 Movie Trailer - [REC] 2 UK Trailer

It looks like [Rec] 2 has bigger budget and lost the headache inducing low quality (but authentic) camera work.

But wait there's more we dug out the first 5 minutes of [Rec] 2 from our archives. Unfortunatley it's in its original Spanish- but it does give a feeling of what to expect.

Rec 2 Trailer & first 5 minutes

When
[Rec] 2 has an expected UK release date of 28 may, 2010

Iron Man 2 Black Widow Character Sheet & Iron Man 2 Poster + Stark Website

If bringing you the new Iron Man Extremis Trailer was not enough. A new website for Stark Industries advertising the Stark Expo 2010 has just gone live over here: http://www.starkexpo2010.com/



We also present not 1 but 2 new Iron Man 2 posters:


It has been pointed out that Mickey Rourke has disappeared from the poster. In fact no villains are featured at all. I wonder if a separate Villains poster is on the way?

Behold the Black Widow / Scarlett Johansson character poster:


Iron Man 2 Black Widow Character Sheet & Iron Man 2 Poster + Stark Website

When
Iron Man 2 hits the big screens in the UK on 30 April, 2010

Iron Man : Extremis Trailer

With only a month to go till Iron Man 2 smashes the big screen. I watched Jon Favreau's Zathura: A Space Adventure for the first time and was pleasantly surprised at how good it actually is.

I disliked Jumanji and following the sequels always worse than the first film didn't give it a chance. But Favreau really pulls the story story together to make Zathura one of those rare cases where the sequel is actually better than the first film. I'm hoping for a similar scenario with Favreau's Iron Man sequel. The first Iron Man is going to be hard to beat but if anyone can it's Favreau. With that mind I bring you the trailer for Warren Ellis's Iron Man: Extremis. The Motion Comic will be released on April 16 by Marvel Knights. So it'a aimed at a slightly mature audience.

In Iron Man: Extremis - Tony Stark faces his greatest threat ever—a terrorist transformed into an unstoppable force with the powerful bio-engineered Extremis super-soldier serum! Now Tony Stark redefines Iron Man’s mission for the 21st century, setting the Armored Avenger on a new direction that’ll alter his life forever…if he can find a way to defeat a modern day nightmare! At about 1:25 you can see the chest repulsor transmitter from the Mark III suit evolve into the RT of the MARK 21 Extemis suit - a version of which is seen in the most recent Iron Man 2 trailer.

Warren Ellis and Adi Granov adapt the story and the animation was produced by Marvel Knights Animation

Iron Man : Extremis Trailer

Where
http://marvel.com/

When
The Iron Man : Extremis 20 minute Pilot episode will be available on 16 April.

New Salt pics released as well as trailer date

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt’s efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who Is Salt?”

Tom Cruise was close to signing up to play Edwin A. Salt before dropping out at the last minute, leaving Angelina Jolie to step in. Salt is directed by Phillip Noyce and also stars; Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andre Braugher. You can also expect a full trailer to be released this Thursday at Quicktime.





For the high res pictures head over to http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/salt/

More high budget dross? Or is Salt going to be kick ass? What do you think?


New Salt pics released

When
Salt has an expected UK release date of 20 August 2010.

More info at www.whoissalt.com

Cannes 2010 Poster unveiled

Prior to the announcment the official Selection on April 15^th, the Festival de Cannes unveils its 2010 poster. The 63^rd edition image is a photograph of Juliette Binoche by Brigitte Lacombe.

(Credit : copyright © Brigitte Lacombe – graphic design Annick Durban)

Continuing the series of heroines as representations of screen mysteries, initiated two years ago, festival organizers were charmed by this allegorical figure of the cinema who gives life to the image with a single stroke of her luminous brush.

The figure illuminates the scene with her presence; the magic of her enigmatic gaze heightened by her austere attire, the grace of her gesture is an invitation to follow.

The festival will be presided over by Jury President Tim Burton. The festival runs from the 12 May with a Gala screening of Ridley Scott's Robin Hood and closes on the 23rd May.

Cannes 2010 Poster unveiled

When
12 - 23 May, 2010

More info at Cannes 2010

Tron if done by Saul Bass Posters & Titles

More astounding fan art. By now you have seen the Hexagonall Tron titles if they were done by Saul Bass clip. Today we got an email letting us know that Hexagonall had created 8 posters to support the Saul Bass Tron titles clip. Awesome stuff.

Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences.

During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Amongst his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the text racing up and down what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of the United Nations building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that raced together and was pulled apart for Psycho (1960).

To see bigger versions of the posters head over to Hexagonall's blog here: http://hexagonall.com/blog/

Tron if done by Saul Bass Posters & Titles

New Iron Man 2 TV Teaser

I'm not obsessing over Iron Man 2 or anything like that :). But over the weekend Paramount released another teaser clip with new bits. Pretty Damn sweet! War Machine rocks! The porto/mobile Iron Man suit looks real good and Black Widow has been undercover in the States so long that she no longer has a Russian accent. What do you think? After the clip is the latest Iron Man 2 poster.

New Iron Man 2 TV Teaser

When
Iron Man 2 is expected to hit the big screens on 30 April, 2010

Chat with Robert Rodriguez Live

This Wednesday at 1PM Robert Rodriguez is hosting an online fan chat about PREDATORS and you can participate right here!

Fans around the world are invited to chat with Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez about the upcoming motion picture PREDATORS on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010. Broadcasting from his Austin, Texas headquarters, Robert Rodriguez will be online three times during the day to accommodate fans from different time zones

If you would like to take part, click the RSVP link below next to 05:00AM PST session. Create an account and come back just before 1PM on Wednesday. Alternatively if you would just like to watch & listen no sign up is neccessary, just bookmark this page and come back at 1pm on Thursday.

A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, PREDATORS was shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimród Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary reluctantly leading a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet…as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers: mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members—human “predators” now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. In addition to Adrien Brody, the film stars Topher Grace, Alice Braga, and Laurence Fishburne. Co-starring are Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Oleg Taktarov and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali.

Streaming .TV shows by Ustream

Chat with Robert Rodriguez Live

Where
Your computer screen

When
1:00pm, Weds 31 Mar, 2010

Scott Pilgrim trailer breakdown

If like me you have not read Scott Pilgrim vs. the World yet and are now unsure of reading the comic or seeing the film first. The dilemma being a bit like Doc Brown's time paradox: if you read the comic first - will the film will be a known quantity and will have to work harder to keep you entertained and interested? Will the film have to live up to the comic? Will you be disappointed if it fails? But if you see the film first will you miss vital insight into the mythology as well as possible in-jokes?

As with Kick-Ass, of which I had only read the first issue of the series. I have decided to see Scott Pilgrim the film first and then read the comic. This will allow me to enjoy the film unencumbered by preconceived expectations. If you disagree do let me know.

With that in mind I found The Gamervision breakdown below really handy; it gives a 101 on Scott Pilgrim, some comparisons between the Comic & the trailer and unfortunatley some possible spoilers.

If you found this interesting you may like my Losers post over here.

Scott Pilgrim trailer breakdown

Ridley & Tony Scott's new Blade Runner?

This week we have heard two pieces of Blade Runner news that may be related. Let's start with the most recent "flash".

A few weeks ago Henry Jenkins (a Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts as well as all round Convergence Culture player) sat down with with Steven Lisberger (director of the original Tron) to discuss Tron; its social relevance of, his experience of making Tron and how Tron: Legacy fits.

The discussion is currently made up of 9 clips, with more to come. In the first clip, in reference to people connecting with ground breaking Sci Fi from a certain period - Henry Jenkins says at around 4:22 :

“with the Scott Brothers returning to Blade Runner, with a new project right now which is roughly the same vintage.”

The full post and interview clips can be seen over here on Henry Jenkins website. It's insightful a well worth a browse.

We suspect that Jenkins is referring to "Purefold" a web series to be developed by Ag8, Ridley and Tony Scott’s RSA Films and Baby Cow Productions. The series was to consist of five- to 10-minute webisodes set shortly before 2019, when Blade Runner took place and aimed initially at the Web moving to television.

Which brings me to the second news flash this week , yesterday we were given the heads up that the Purefold project had been cancelled! You can read the full statement on the Ag8 website here.

We still live in hope of Blade Runner being revisited.

Update #1: 29 March
After a bit of digging we found a video presentation from Ag8 that pitches/explains Purefold, the people involved and touches on how it is related to Blade Runner. Wow! It really was an ambitious project that seems a little ahead of its time. I'm hoping that it's reincarnated at some point.

b.TWEEN 09 - Ag8 talk about Purefold from info btween on Vimeo.

Ridley & Tony Scott's new Blade Runner?

JAMES BOND mania at Fan Fest 2010

Fan Fest and the London Film Museum have teamed up to bring us Fan Fest - The Ultimate Spy And Sci-fi Event. Although this is not an official Bond event but looking at the programme it promises to be the biggest and best Bond related event this year, as well as a must visit for film fans.

Fan Festival is proud to present their first collectors convention and signing event at the London Film Museum in County Hall.

Fan Fest events include:
- An exhibition Of Original Props And Costumes
- Spy School For Jr. Spies
- Collectibles
- Real Spy Experiences
- Speed Boat Rides On The Thames
- Biggest Signing Of Bond And Sci Fi Actors & Actresses
- QA Sessions with the stars
- An exclusive lifetime achievement award ceremony hosted by Cinema Retro Magazine for Sir Christopher Lee (Separate tickets for this are available)

The weekend of the 24th and 25th April 2010 will be packed with opportunities to meet some of your favourite actors and actresses from the movie industry. Stars of the British film industry will be on hand for signings among the collector’s tables and exhibition pieces on display.

Exhibition pieces on display will include:
Little Nellie – The autogyro from You Only Live Twice.

If you didn't see my previous Bond 23 catchup post, this is an excerpt regarding Nellie.

"Whilst chatting to the London Film Museum team (@ldnfilmmuseum) it was mentioned that Little Nellie (James Bond's Gyroscope from You Only Live Twice) had arrived for Fan Fest and was in the building. No need to mention that my anticipation level for Fan Fest shot up. With the lineup they are programming Fan Fest may be the best film event this year."

Picture taken at the Imperial War Museum as part of the For Your Eyes Only Exhibition

From Iron Man – Tony Stack’s prototype suit he uses to escape the desert as worn by Robert Downey Jr.
To celebrate the launch of Clash of the Titans we shall have original props and costumes on display.

Guests attending will include:

James Bond himself
James Bond - George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

Bond Villains
Jaws - Richard Kiel (Mean Machine, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker)
Mr. White - Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace)
Necros - Andreas Wisniewski (The Living Daylights)
Eric Kriegler - John Wyman (For Your Eyes Only)
The Meyer Twins (Octopussy)
Mr. Ling - Burt Kwouk (Pink Panther Series, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice )

Bond Allies
Shane Rimmer (The Spy Who Loved Me, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, Thunderbirds)
Christopher Muncke (The Spy Who Loved Me, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope)
Sadruddin - Albert Moses (Octopussy, Man Who Would Be King, The Awakening)
Stanley Morgan (Dr No)
John Moreno (For Your Eyes Only, Sweeney)
Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy)
Santos - Alkis Kritikos (For Your Eyes Only)

Bond Girls
Octopussy - Maud Adams - (The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy)
Carole Ashby (Octopussy, A View to A Kill)
Martine Beswick (From Russia with Love, Thunderball, 1,000,000 years BC, Hammer films)
Pussy Galore - Honor Blackman (The Avengers, Goldfinger)
Miss Moneypenny - Caroline Bliss
Naomi - Caroline Munro (Hammer, Bond, The Abominable Dr. Phibes)
Marayam d'Abo (The Living Daylights, Leon the Pigfarmer, Dr. Zhivago, TV)
Edward De Souza (Hammer, Bond)
Jill Masterson - Shirley Eaton (Goldfinger, Carry On)
Mary Goodnight - Britt Ekland (Wicker Man, Get Carter, The Man with the Golden Gun)
Caron Gardner (Goldfinger, The Saint)
Sylvia Trench - Eunice Gayson (Dr. No, From Russia With Love)
Kate Gayson (Goldeneye)
Jenny Hanley (Magpie, Bond, Hammer)
Helene Hunt (Octopussy)
Madeline Smith (Countess Dracula, Live and Let Die)
Dolly - Blanche Ravalec (Moonraker)
The Golden Girl - Margaret Nolan (Goldfinger, Carry On)
Deborah Moore (Goldeneye, Die Another Day )
Tilly Masterson - Tania Mallet (Goldfinger)
Valerie Leon (Carry On Films, Hammer Films, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Italian Job, Never Say Never Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, The Hai Karate Girl )
Bettine LeBeau (Dr No)

And makers of the magic
World famous armourer - Terry English (Clash of the Titans 2010 Excalibur, Aliens, Sword of the Valiant)
Double Oscar Winning Special Effects Wizard - Brian Johnson (Alien)
Special Effects legend - Bob Keen (Hellraiser, Highlander, Empire Strikes Back)

James BOND mania at Fan Fest 2010
Where
The London Film Museum
County Hall, Riverside Building next to London Eye
South Bank, London SE1

When
10:00am to 6:00pm, Sat 24th & Sun 25th April, 2010 (Last entry at 5pm)

More info and tickets available at FAN FEST or at The London Film Museum

Starsuckers DVD gets a release date

Starsuckers, the highly controversial documentary about a media obsessed by celebrity will be available for purchase on 12 April.

With Starsuckers Chris Atkins, the director of BAFTA-nominated Taking Liberties takes us on a fascinating journey into the dark underbelly of modern media, uncovering the real reasons for our addiction to fame and blowing the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it as well as members of the public that are duped by the media machine.

A covert operation filmed over a 2-year period, the film uses a combination of previously unseen footage, undercover reporting and stunts that fool the public and the media alike as well as animation to reveal the toxic effect that the media is having on all of us including our children. It also argues how truth has become a distant memory in some modern news reporting and presentation, and climaxes with shocking revelations about Live 8.

Starsuckers peels back the onion skin and reveals dirty secrets like:
- How much Simon Cowell pays publicist Max Clifford.
- What the PR guru does to protect one of his influential clients who enjoys sex in public places.
- Would you like to know what Samuel L Jackson, Clint Eastwood, Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes think about celebrity culture and their fans.
- how to make a quick £600 for a fake story that a reporter is too lazy to substantiate.

Previously unseen bonus footage available exclusively on the DVD includes tongue-in-cheek interviews with 50 Cent, Samuel L Jackson, Keira Knightley, Clint Eastwood, Emma Watson, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Chris Noth, Jennifer Tilly, William Moseley, Eddie Izzard and Ralph Fiennes talking and their relationship with fame and their fans.

Atkins's previous film Taking Liberties (also known as Taking Liberties Since 1997) is a documentary film about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and increase of surveillance under the government of Tony Blair released in 2007.


Starsuckers DVD gets a release date

When
Expected UK release date of 12th April 2010

More info over here at http://www.starsuckersmovie.com/ or follow Director Chris Atkins @atkinsc99 for updates.

The Other Guys Poster

An amusing motion poster for The Other Guys has been unleashed onto the web. To see it right click on the dark oblong below and select "Play".

In The Other Guys two mismatched New York City detectives (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops whom they idolize -- only things don't quite go as planned.

The Other Guys Poster

When
Expected UK release date: 2 September, 2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Teaser Trailer

Edgar Wright's epic of epic epicness Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has a teaser trailer and it's pretty damn fine. Rumour was - that the UK was going to get a peak of the trailer attached to Kick-Ass which opens today. But here it is in all is glory.

Scott Pilgrim's (Michael Cera) life is so awesome. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, "between jobs," and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, roller blading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. But the path to Ms. Flowers isn't covered in rose petals. Ramona's seven evil exes stand between Scott and true happiness. Can Scott beat the bad guys and get the girl without turning his precious little life upside-down?

The film is based on the Oni Press graphic novel Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life,



Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Teaser Trailer

When
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has an expected UK release date of 6 August, 2010

For more info head over to www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/

The Losers 6 New Character Posters

Joel Silver's big screen adaptation DC/Vertigo's comic is expected to hit the UK screens on the 9 April, in anticipation we bring 6 brand new character sheets.As with the trailer (see here for a frame by frame comparison) I think they do the comic justice. What do you think?


A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

The Losers 6 New Character Posters

When
Expected release date of 9 April, 2010

Jameson Cult Film Club Screening of Moon

Real film fans will go anywhere for a good film and that includes the Moon (or at least a bastion of British Science dressed up like a space station).

I was one of the lucky film aficionados that managed to go to the Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Moon at The Royal Institution on St Patrick’s day.

[Freeze Frame!] I’d be surprised if you didn’t know - but The Jameson Cult Film Club, is a Cult film Club that seasonally screens cult films in interesting locations and tops the evening off with a "socially lubricated" get together that allows fans to discuss the finer points of the film over a Jameson Cocktail. If that wasn’t enough Jameson are also the sponsor of Empire Magazine’s glamorous ‘Done in Sixty Seconds’ competition.

This year’s Jameson Cult Film Club season has seen screenings of Trainspotting at The Village Underground, An American Werewolf in London, Dracula, Colin & Halloween at The Union Chapel Islington, This Is Spinal Tap at The Clapham Grand and the season ending with a fan chosen and eagerly anticipated screening of Duncan Jones’s Moon at The Royal Institution.

Fans were asked to vote for their choice of film to be screened between cult classics Donnie Darko, H.G. Wells’ classic War of The Worlds or Duncan Jones’s Moon.

Despite assurances that War of the Worlds would be screened in Technicolour Moon topped the poll with 59% and the countdown to launch began.

[Unfreeze!]

I made my way to The Royal Institution, the home of British Science for the last 200 years. The RI’s goal is to connect people with science and my guest & I certainly did embrace the World of Science on the evening. This was actually a double hit for me - as I had planned to visit the RI at some point. So a visit combined with a big screen screening of Moon got the double thumbs up from me.

The queue for entry was wrapped around the block a testament to the growing popularity of The Jameson Cult Film Club, after a brief wait we made our way into the foyer and were greeted by a number of hosts who checked us in and ensured we had all the necessary bits and pieces all underneath a giant glowing Moon and Michael Faraday statue. The flash of bulbs letting us knows that this was a gala evening.

We made our way around the corner in the spectacularly lit up RI (which accentuated the already space station like feel of the venue) to be greeted by a Popcorn vendor as well as a deteriorating Sam Bell languishing on a space age sofa.

Escorted along space station corridors and up moon beam stairs by silver haired “Moonies” we found the packed Lunar Bar. My choice for the evening was a simple Jameson and Ginger Beer which hit the spot.

We took a short walk around the Moon station to discover the chill out pod, which not only was steeped in science history but was the chill out room, the DJ hypnotising the crowd with a space themed playlist. After navigating more space corridors we found the Bay waiting area, leading into the screening room. This room was the highlight of the experience for me, not only was Moon Art Director Hideki Arichi in attendance but he was standing next to; the very suit Sam Bell wore on his lunar walks! Geek out.

Subsequently I have discovered via the Man Made Movies Blog that not only was Arichi there but Actor Benedict Wong (Thompson, one of the two poe faced Lunar Industries executives that run the operation), Visual Effects Supervisor Gavin Rothery and Visual Effects Editor Barrett Heathcote were all in attendance.

In lieu of having any pics of the Moon team from the night. I bring you an envy raising pic of Moon Director Duncan Jones and myself discussing Sam Bell's fate - taken at a preview screening of Moon way back when.

As you probably know Duncan Jones is currently shooting Source Code in Montreal with Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright and Michelle Mona. Source Code is a sci-fi story centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter who witnesses a train explosion. Updates on Source Code can be found on http://blog.manmademovies.co.uk or by following Duncan Jones on twitter @manMadeMoon

Silver haired “Moonies” were on hand to dispense space dust and we found the new Sam Bell keeping a watchful eye on the deteriorating Sam whilst tending his plants.
After a quick top up and nearly getting run over by Sam and his remote control Moon buggy we made our way out of Bay 03 for the main show. As we entered the auditorium Sam Bell in full space descended from above, landed and moon walked off, OK so it was more of a slo-mo Moon bounce than a walk.

The short prior to the main feature was the smile inducing “Blake’s Junction 7” starring; Martin Freeman, Johnny Vegas and Mackenzie Crook amongst others.

As you can see by the trailer “Blake’s Junction 7” is part of a hilarious short film trilogy along with “Ant Muzak” and “World of Wrestling”. If you are quick you can see all of them on YouTube now.

At this point we received a long distance transmission from Tess Bell wishing us well on the journey we were about to undertake. Nice touch Jameson and this pips you ahead of all other immersive film experiences.

I have to say watching Moon for the second time allowed me to analyse different aspects of the film as the story unfolds and the scenes where new Sam Bell and old Sam Bell interact are incredibly touching and have replaced the Sci Fi styled visual scenes as the best part of Moon for me. Rockwell really did deserve some kind of *cough* Oscar acknowledgement for his role as Sam Bell.

After the film we headed back to the chill out pod to discuss the weighty issues presented in the film over another cocktail. Finally we sneaked into the space lift and took a self guided tour of the Royal Institution.

Thanks for the great night @JamesonCultFilm and we are looking forward to the next one.

Jameson Cult Film Club Screening of Moon

For more information and tickets follow @JamesonCultFilm or head over to Jameson Cult Film Club