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In a post on social media , Waititi wrote: "This Halloween, let's spare a thought for those sad lost souls who couldn't achieve their dreams of becoming artists, and thus settled, and became critics." He added: "The same…
Written and directed by Barker, Obsession was released earlier this year and has gone on to become one of the highest-grossing independent films ever. Made on a budget of $750,000, it has now grossed over $525million at…
This latest instalment ended with a thrilling confrontation between Tom Hardy's fixer Harry Da Souza and Johnny Flynn's agent of chaos, Frankie. Once again, Hardy, Flynn and their co-stars, including Pierce Brosnan and…
A message on social media announced that Ellis died "peacefully" on 30 October, after "complications from a chronic illness". With his stirring, heartfelt croon, Ellis gave voice to one of the most enduring hits of the…
The glitch-effect track is lifted from forthcoming 4-tracker ‘EP 3’, out December 4th. It’s the coda in a trilogy of EPs Smith has released in the span of a few months: four tracks of future garage and IDM that calls to…
And, for the first time in seven years, all of the celebrity contestants taking part will be returning stars of Strictly past. The dancing duos will each perform a brand new festive-themed routine, as well as taking part…
Whether it’s making it in the studio, or performing it live, the K-Pop all-rounders put their heart and soul into every project. But music also acts as a soundtrack to their lives – when they’re travelling, when they’re…
Both are shown in full, in close up and in real time. The condemned man's last cigarette is smoked in full. The unease (to put it mildly) of the audience was palpable. Wiscot Aftersun Not horror but horribly tense. I was…
The present-day equivalent proposed by writer and director Matt Harlock is BritLit posterboy Will Mercer (Danny Horn), much admired for his debut novel A Random Act yet presently mired in indecision over a follow-up that…
Coming from Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan, the series follows Bridget, a nurse at a Dublin nursing home, and Paul, a young car thief trying to escape prison and criminal debts. Their lives are upended when a…