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High School Musical star Zac Efron on growing up in new film 17 Again

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What made you want to make 17 Again your next film?
Honestly, there was an opportunity when I read this script that I recognised. There were so many roles post High School Musical that were just high school stories. They were regular high school characters. They were dealing with high school romance and high school scenarios and high school drama. In 17 Again, I had an opportunity to play a 37-year old man, which is someone I can in no way relate to. And that seemed more interesting. Read the rest of this article »

Ralph Brown talks to Rachel Pegg about The Boat That Rocked and life as a pirate music man

There’s a huge buzz around this film, do you think this will become one of those seminal British movies?
Yes I do, because it will be the first draft of history for anyone who wants to talk about pirate radio in the UK. In future years people are going to say, what about pirate radio stations? The Boat That Rocked will be the first thing that they relate to. I think it was a brilliant idea and, in that sense, it’s cornered that market. Also, it’s also a very simple film about the joy of music, and it’s a feelgood moment. We could all do with one of those, I think. Read the rest of this article »

Film editor Terry Rawlings talks to Andy Morton

Alien is available on DVD. © 2009. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

In today’s movie-fixated culture, blockbuster actors and directors are routinely accorded celebrity status – but filmmaking has always been very much a team effort, and few team members’ roles are as visible, yet underrated as that of the editor. Terry Rawlings may not be a household name, but you’ll almost certainly have seen his work. He recently retired from a forty-five year career working with many of Hollywood’s most successful directors, on iconic movies including Women in Love, The Devils, Tommy, The Duellists, Blade Runner, Alien, Chariots of Fire and Watership Down. Read the rest of this article »

Mathew Horne on slapstick, buddy banter and why Lesbian Vampire Killers can be seen as a feminist text

Is there a straight man/funny man dynamic between you and James Corden?
Yes, although there’s a certain dynamic set up. I don’t quite know how to put it really as I don’t quite know what it is, but I think I’m funny in a different ways to James’s funny.
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