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Sean Wilson Oct 27, 2017

Film score composer Michael Giacchino's music made for an incredible evening at the Royal Albert Hall...

It's one thing for a celebrated film score composer to share their art with the public. Imparting their impish glee and warm personality on a vast crowd at the Royal Albert Hall makes for a far more entertaining evening all round.

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That's exactly what happened when the noted Michael Giacchino decided to celebrate his fifth decade with an audience of rapt spectactors and Hollywood A-listers: not so much a dry concert recitation as an effusive celebration of one person's journey into the movie industry. Directors Jj Abrams, Colin Trevorrow, Pete Docter and more all chimed in with live appearances to salute the hard-working, dynamic and...

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To mark the theatrical release of the upcoming critically acclaimed, Mel Gibson directed, Hacksaw Ridge we have a collection of official movie props to give away. Including the letter used by Tom Doss (Hugo Weaving) during Desmond’s (Andrew Garfield) court martial complete with envelope, as well as a selection of Dog Tags including Lerwin Glover, as played by Sam Worthington.

The winner will receive:

3 x Tom Doss Letters (2 x envelopes)

1 x Vernon Jessop Dog Tag

1 x Hollywood Zane Dog Tag

1 x Lerwin Glover Dog Tag

2 x Hacksaw Ridge Dog Tags

1 x Stamp – (as approved by Us Army Examiner)

Hacksaw Ridge is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss (BAFTA winner and Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield) who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon,...

Mel Gibson’s first movie as a director in over decade, Hacksaw Ridge had it’s world premiere, out of competition, at the Venice Film Festival, taking place on it’s long standing home of the island of Lido, last night, and, as reported by Deadline, the movie moved the audience to their feet, receiving a 10 minute standing ovation after the credits rolled. You would think this was nothing out of the ordinary, expect standing o’s are a something of a rarity for this particular festival. Six minutes in, Gibson and stars Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, and Luke Bracey were asked to go down into the audience, where they mingled with those in attendance. Telling the true story of Desmond Doss (Garfield), the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honour, a pacifist and army medic who saved 75 fellow soldiers on Okinawa without even carrying a gun,...

Mel Gibson hasn’t stepped behind a camera since 2006’s Apocalypto, but his first directorial effort in ten years does promise to be something special, with Hacksaw Ridge telling the true story of Corporal Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), an army medic in World War II who refused to take up arms. Labeled a coward by his comrades, he ended up saving seventy five men in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of the war without firing a single bullet, earning him the honour of being the first contentious objector to receive the Us congressional Medal of Honour. This movie look nothing short of incredible, with the bulk of that resting solely at the feet of Garfield who could very well end up coming out of this with an Oscar nomination for a show stopping performance. It is also some really intriguing subject matter for Gibson to tackle, offering a refreshing twist...

"We're descending toward Hill Valley, California, at 4:29 pm, on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015."

Great Scott, the future has finally arrived! The above date is burned into the minds of Back to the Future fans as the day Doc Brown and Marty McFly travel to in the screen classic's 1989 sequel.

Hoverboards and flying cars may not be in widespread use, but there's still plenty of Bttf goodies for fans to get their teeth into today. From a Jaws 19 trailer to a Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunion, consider this your hub for all things 21/10/2015-related - and make sure to keep coming back as we'll update with the latest news, clips and virals as they arrive.

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Hugo Weaving has joined the cast of Mel Gibson's star-studded Australian film Hacksaw Ridge.

Weaving will join Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Rachel Griffiths and Richard Roxburgh in the film, which is now in production.

Hacksaw Ridge is the true story of conscientious objector, Desmond Doss (Garfield), who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing a gun..

Believing that the War was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon.

Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He is the only conscientious objector to ever win the Us Medal of Honour.

Weaving will play Garfield's son, Tom Doss.

Producers of the film include Bill Mechanic, Bruce Davey, Paul Currie, David Permut and executive Producer,...

Nsw will be the primary filming location for Mel Gibson's, Hacksaw Ridge.

The film is set to generate about 720 jobs and and over $26 million in production expenditure across central Sydney, Western Sydney and regional Nsw.

It will commence production in September and will be based at Fox Studios Australia and primarily filmed in locations across New South Wales..

Producers of the film include Bill Mechanic, Bruce Davey, Paul Currie, David Permut and Executive Producer, James M Vernon..

Pre-production starts this month (July 2015) and the film is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016..

It will star Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Social Network) with screenplay by Australian writer Andrew Knight and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Robert Schenkkan.

Gibson said Nsw was a great place to film. ..

.I can't think of a better place to shoot this film than here in Sydney and Nsw, where I was fortunate...

An emerging Australian filmmaker will get the chance to work with Mel Gibson on his WW2 drama Hacksaw Ridge, which will start shooting in Australia in October.

The Australian Directors Guild and Screen Australia today announced a director.s attachment to the project, the first for an international film.

Hacksaw Ridge will chronicle the battle for Okinawa's Maeda Escarpment and the heroic actions of aid-man Private First Class Desmond Doss. A Seventh Day Adventist, Doss was the first conscientious objector to win the Congressional Medal of Honour.

The Amazing Spider-Man.s Andrew Garfield will play Doss. His story was featured in Terry Benedict.s 2004 TV documentary The Conscientious Objector.

The producers are Pandemonium Films. Bill Mechanic, Lightstream Pictures. Paul Currie and Icon.s Bruce Davey, Gibson.s business partner. ScreenCorp.s James M Vernon is the executive producer.

Robert Schenkkan penned the original drafts and Randall Wallace ( Braveheart, We Were Soldiers...

Mel Gibson is in talks to direct a WW2 drama in Australia, his first film as a director since Apocalypto in 2006.

Due to start shooting in September, Hacksaw Ridge will chronicle the battle for Okinawa's Maeda Escarpment and the heroic actions of medic Private First Class Desmond Doss.

A Seventh Day Adventist, Doss was the first conscientious objector in Us history to win the Congressional Medal of Honour.

According to Screen Daily, Variety and other media, The Amazing Spider-Man.s Andrew Garfield is in talks to play Doss. His story was featured in Terry Benedict.s 2004 TV documentary The Conscientious Objector.

The producers are Pandemonium Films. Bill Mechanic, Lightstream Pictures. Paul Currie (who is currently shooting romantic thriller 2.22 in Sydney) and Icon.s Bruce Davey, Gibson.s business partner.. ScreenCorp.s James M Vernon is the executive producer.

Robert Schenkkan penned the original drafts and Randall Wallace (who wrote Gibson's...

Love him or hate him, Mel Gibson never makes wimpish decisions when it comes to the work. He’s handled a variety of opposing epochs, viewpoints and styles in his directorial duties. In front of the camera, he’s demonstrated a capability for comedy, drama and action. So, professionally, while his efforts may be divisive, you can’t question his unfettered commitment to film. Whether his highly-publicized private life holds any sway over your perception of him, may affect how intrigued you are by his next project – Hacksaw Ridge.

According to Deadline, the Aussie is in very, very early negotiations to direct the tale about a U.S. Army Medic who served in World War II. Based on the true story of Desmond Doss, the film will orbit the life of the medic who refused to kill during the Battle of Okinawa. His actions were later rewarded as he was...

Shooting his first film in Australia, fantasy/adventure The Moon and the Sun, Us producer Bill Mechanic is so rapt with the Australian crew he.s keen to work with them again.

That may happen later this year as Mechanic plans to team again with La-based Australian producer Paul Currie on 2:22, a thriller about an air traffic controller who investigates a mysterious flash of light. Currie will direct from a screenplay based on an original concept by Todd Stein and Nathan Parker.

And Mechanic hopes to shoot another film, WW2 drama Hacksaw Ridge, in Australia next year.

The Moon and the Sun stars Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt, Fan Bing Bing, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, Ben Lloyd-Hughes and Pablo Schreiber, directed by Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer, Bratz, Raise Your Voice).

The $40 million film is shooting at the Docklands after two weeks at the Palace of Versailles in France, where the...

Feature film competition five world premieres and four regional premieres, including multi award-winner In Bloom.

The Sarajevo Film Festival (Sff), running August 16-24, has announced the Feature, Short and Documentary Competition titles comprising 50 films.

Selectors and the Sff team viewed 750 films from the region, including 200 feature films, 150 documentaries and 400 short and animated films.

Across the three Competition sections are 15 world, seven international and 18 regional premieres.

The main competition will feature five world premieres including Carmen, the first feature by Romanian director Doru Nitescu.

It is a family drama co-written by Tudor Voican, known for Periferic and Medal of Honour. The Filmex Romania production stars Doru Ana from Principles of Life, Adrian Titieni from Child’s Pose and Maia Morgenstern.

Greek director Dimitris Bavellas’ debut feature Runaway Day is a black-and-white film exploring how young Greeks feel lost in modern day Athens, a city under financial occupation. It starts Maria Skoula from Wasted Youth.

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Oh EA, you really don’t help yourself do you? First you cancel a game post-development despite there being a market for it, then you absorb and liquidise a bunch of promising development companies, shoe-horn DRM into a game where it doesn’t belong, force developers to abandon their key audience by taking their franchise ‘in a different direction’, and have games edited in such a way that their quality is massively reduced. The list goes on much much longer I’m afraid, but we can probably sum up your current reputation with two small words: golden poo.

But here’s the thing: while ol’ Electronic Arts may have made a nasty habit of peeing off their consumers (and even people who aren’t their consumers come to think of it) over the last few years, it’s unfair to portray them as the Satan-worshipping Scrooge like corporation that we frequently do.

Video Gaming began in 1972 with the introduction of the instant classic Pong. Since then, the popularity and quality of video games has sky-rocketed. 40 years on and we can all but create reality. Gameplay, graphics and the entire production of games is better than ever. This is why the question stands - is this the Golden Age of video games?

Most people have their own opinion on what this age was and really it comes down to what age you are. A gamer’s age depicts which generations they have played through, and subsequently the games. Almost every gamer would believe it is the generation they played the most, be that 80’s, 90’s, 00’s or whenever, that is the best. The 80’s was a very distinct age for gaming. In 1983, Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System (Nes) and virtually spawned the gaming world as we know it. The 80’s saw classic games like Super Mario Bros.,...

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, Tuesday, After Christmas, and the other nominations for the 2011 Gopo Awards (Premiile Gopo) have been announced. The 5th Annual Gopo Awards (Premiile Gopo) ”are the national Romanian film awards, similar to the Academy Awards (U.S.A.), the Goya Awards (Spain), or the César Award (France). They are presented by the Association for Romanian Film Promotion.” The full listing of the 2011 Gopo Awards (Premiile Gopo) is presented below.

Best Film

Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceau?escu (The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu)

Producer, Velvet Moraru; Director, Andrei Ujic?

Eu când vreau s? fluier, fluier (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle)

Producer, C?t?lin Mitulescu, Daniel Mitulescu; Director, Florin ?erban

Mar?i, dup? Cr?ciun (Tuesday, After Christmas)

Producer, Drago? Vîlcu; Director, Radu Muntean

Medalia de onoare (Medal of Honour)

Producer, Liviu Marghidan; Director, Peter C?lin Netzer

Morgen

Producer, Anca Puiu; Director, Marian Cri?...

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu has been named the Best Romanian Film at the 11th Best Film Fest edition - a festival which awards the Best in Romanian film of the previous year. Its director, Andrei Ujică, has also won the Best Director category. The award for the Best Film released in Romania during 2010 went to David Fincher’s The Social Network, while The White Ribbon/Das Weisse Band by Michael Haneke received the Best European Film award. Victor Rebengiuc was named Best Actor in a Romanian film, for his role in Medal of Honor/Medalia de onoare directed by Călin Peter Netzer, while the Best Actress award went to Ozana Oancea for her performance in Răzvan Rădulescu and Melissa de Raaf’s First of All, Felicia/Felicia, înainte de toate. James Cameron’s Avatar has been the best film at box office in Romania during 2010. Avatar took in almost...

[Editor's note: I've asked our team of world film correspondents to dish out their top 5 films of the year from their respective countries. Here's Marin Apostol's take on the Best in Romanian Cinema in 2010.] It was one more vintage year for Romanian films on the world cinema scene. The long-awaited film from Cristi Puiu in the Cannes' Un Certain Regard selected Aurora won over some critics (including two on our site) but those who didn;t give the film a glowing review accused the film which runs at 180 minutes of being too long. Despite this, the film has been sold to more than a dozen countries (including The Cinema Guild in the U.S.) and it will be released internationally next year, as well as domestically. Another Romanian film that received a lot of good reviews through the year has been Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, After Christmas. This was the movie that pushed La Times' Steven Zeitchik to say that, "Romanians can't make a bad film. It's, like, illegal in their country. Or at least not in their DNA." Romanians were especially proud by...

Those compiling their best of the year lists would do well to consult the roll-call of gong-winners handed out by an august band of international critics

Any perspicacious film festival-goer or festival-watcher will have noticed that one of the prizes awarded at most festivals, in addition to the Golden Palms, Golden Lions or Golden Leopards etc, is the Fipresci (Federation International de la Presse Cinematographic) – aka the international film critics' award. In principle, this should be the most prestigious and sought-after prize of all, because the juries are made up of professional film critics (usually five, each from a different country) who are paid to tell the public what is good or bad and why.

Unfortunately, the Fipresci prize does not carry with it any money but, in theory, it does help the film gain a distributor. However, on one occasion, I remember that a director, who had just won the Fipresci prize,...