EMMA – a new take on a well loved story

EMMA – a new take on a well loved story. Look for it from February 14th onwards! Georgian Regency England which is the era where this film, inspired by the 1815 novel of Emma by Jane Austen takes place, is depicted in an instantly enchanting catalogue of book readers, musicians and glamorous landed gentry tete…

BAFTA Film Awards 2020: Sam Mendes film 1917 win 7 awards

Bafta Awards have taken place at the Royal Albert Hall, London, where World War One film 1917 was the big winner with seven awards, including Best film, best British film, best director and best cinematography. Joker won three awards including the best actor for Joaquin Phoenix while Renee Zellweger was named the best actress for…

Way forward for 5G networks

A couple of months ago, the heads from 18 small British telecoms companies met at a London bank to discuss investment, strategy, and mergers. In the meeting, they were asked if they thought the Chinese could eavesdrop through back doors in Huawei equipment all 18 hands went up. One of the bankers then asked, if…

New gadgets spotlighted at CES

Amazon and Google have hired lots of floor space at CES to spotlight products that tie into their virtual assistants. LG display says it has a 65in ceiling mounted screen that can be rolled up when not in use. Min-LED involves using smaller light-emitting diodes than normal to illuminate a screen’s colour pixels which allowed…

Star Wars the rise of Skywalker premier

The Rise of Skywalker, the final film in the epic Star Wars had its debut screening in Hollywood. The plot details of Star Wars have been kept under wraps but director JJ Abrams has said the trio’s characters –Rey, Finn and Poe will be reunited on-screen after dividing in 2017’s The Last Jedi.   Daisy…

Terry O’Neill, British Photographer to the stars dies aged 81

  Terry O’Neill British photographer whose work captured iconic images of London’s Swinging Sixties died of prostrate cancer on Saturday night. He photographed iconic celebrities including David Bowie, Elton John, Queen and The Rolling Stones and received a CBE last month for services to photography.   O’Neill dreamed of becoming a jazz drummer ended up…

Joker nets $1bn in global boxoffice

Comic book film Joker passed the $1bn  (£772m)  in global ticket sales this weekend, becoming the first R-rated movie to do so despite not releasing in China. Joker became the most profitable comic book movie of all time earlier this month. Director Todd Phillips made the movie on a budget of $62.5m (£49m) a fraction…