Ping Pong Playa - Watch & Look

Ping Pong Playa is directed by Jessica Yu and is written by her and Jimmy Tsai. It's a comedy and it has been doing the rounds on the festival circuit. I've watched the trailer and seen a few clips and it's looking really good. 

Righteous Kill Stills

Hamlet 2 Review Online

Hamlet 2 gets a 6 of out 10 according to this guy.


Not a great score. We'll see for ourselves soon.

The Curious Twenty Minutes Of Benjamin Button.

Kim Voynar from the mighty Cinematical has seen a chunk of The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.
"The 20 or so minutes of Benjamin Button, on the other hand, gave an idea of what the film will be, but wasn't so compelling that it energized the room. That said, though, I have considerable faith in Fincher's talent as a director

Slumdog Millionaire

/film has this and another pic from Danny Boyle's new film, Slumdog Millionaire. What do you think it's all about then?

And whatever happened to Boyle’s Alien Love Triangle?

Saw V Stills

Here is a pic from Saw V.

Wanna see more ?

This is CNN ...W.

Simon Pegg Video Diary

Simon Pegg is starting to become renowned not only for with his partnership with Edgar Wright, or his chemistry with Nick Frost, but for his behind the scenes video diaries.
This one below is for his new one, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People.
I'm not loving this film to be honest, but it looks like they had a lot of fun putting it together.

Kate Winslet Is John Lennon's Mother

Look what I found.


Kate Winslet is set to star in a new film about John Lennon. No, she's not playing Lennon I'm Not There style.

Wall·E: Another View. Advertising, Colour And Banter

After watching the cutie little robo-nerd I thought it was intelligent on a number of levels. The messages it tackled were fantastic, yet some things played on my mind. Much pondering was had.

The result of this pondering lead me to boring a few friends about the devilishly sophisticated modern advertising techniques that are included.

Pumpkinhead: Collector's Edition

The Strangers Sequel Coming Up

The first one hasn't hit our cinemas yet, but husband-and-wife Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman should be chuffed (is that a spoiler ?!) as their film The Strangers, has made enough money to start work on the sequel.

Robert Downey Jr's Specialist Subject Is...

According to a Hollywood Insider, Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to voice a character in DreamWorks Animation's send-up of the superhero genre, Master Mind. The send-up is about a villain who loses his will to live after accidentally killing his arch rival.

Frank Miller's The Spirit - THE FIRST REVIEW

Below are snippets of what looks like being the first review (that I'm aware of) for Frank Miller's The Spirit. The full review from VoicesOffCamera can be seen on that garish film gossip behemoth. Have a pinch of salt handy.

Aaron Sorkin & The Facebook Movie

Well, the big game is about to start. Liverpool vs Standard Liege. Must win. I think it's gonna be a 3-0 beating. But I digress....


Aaron "The West Wing" Sorkin is writing a film for Sony about facebook. Hmmm. I can believe it I guess. But as a way of researching, Sorkin has joined facebook, and also set up a group.

The Incredible Hulk On DVD, Blu ray, And iPod

October 21st is the release date for The Incredible Hulk on DVD and Blu ray. There's three versions - a three-disc limited run Special Edition DVD, a two-disc Blu-ray release with 3D packaging and the bog standard single-disc.

Time Bandits And Watchmen Sequel News Involving Terry Gilliam

Over at the Rich Johnston's awesome comics column Lying In The Gutters, there's a very interesting piece regarding Terry Gilliam and his "curse".

Helen Mirren's Greatest Work - Soon To Be On Uncut DVD

In a shock decision by the BBFC, the uncut version of the notoriously pricey and epic filth fest Caligula has been granted an 18 Certificate for its forthcoming DVD release.

Woody Is A Zombie

Woody Harrelson has signed up to star in horror comedy Zombieland, directed by Ruben Fleischer. Harrelson will play Albuquerque, a zombie fighter who finds friendship with another man after seemingly being the only two survivors in a world over-run by zombies. Hmmm....

Choke Clip

I am off to watch R.E.M in concert (and I'm not much of a fan).

In no relation whatsoever, here is a tiny clip from Choke, an upcoming black comedy directed by Clark Gregg and adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's novel. The film is scheduled to be released end of September. Cheers to Gus for sending this my way.

RocknRolla Titles

Guy Ritchie is a one trick pony. His latest RocknRolla is getting decent reviews so I will see it.
I absolutely loved the titles from Prologue. Enjoy.

New York, I Love You. Newport, I Hate You

Check this out -
The trailer for the episodic film New York, I Love You, 12 short films about the iconic city.
Pretty much everyone who is anyone is in it, and Orlando Bloom.

Two Fan Made Batman Posters

Cher. Catwoman. Caped Crusader

One reputable UK newspaper and one not so are reporting that the next Batman film (The Caped Crusader) will start production next year. Johnny Depp is very likely to play The Riddler and Christopher Nolan's first choice to play Catwoman is Cher. She will play it with as a old vamp apparently and will be nothing like any other Catwomen.

Superman Reboot: No Nuclear Man

Is this a good idea ?


WB's President Jeff Robinov has told the Wall Street Journal the following -

Trainspotting Sequel And Prequel Coming ...?

Megan Fox In A Film Within A Film

Megan Fox playing Sophie Maes playing Mother Teresa.

An Apology From The WB President

Many of you have written to me to express your disappointment in our moving “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to Summer 2009.
Please be assured that we share your love for Harry Potter and would certainly never do anything to hurt any of the films. Over the past 10 years, we have nurtured and protected each film, and the integrity of the books upon which they are based, to the best of our ability.

Download Free Copy Of The Dark Knight!

Somers Town Snippet

The second reason why I love LOVEFiLM is they sometimes host a number of interviews and exclusive clips. This is a prime example. I have always been a massive fan of Shane Meadows' work. I remember seeing Small Time when I was at school, and I've followed his work ever since.

Burn After Reading Bonanza

I woke up this morning and read a lot about the Watchmen legal saga. Some of the bits and pieces I've read need burning let me tell you ... I'll collate everything and give it to you people a bit later...


Never mind that for now, Burn After Reading is the opener for the Venice Film Festival next week. It's the premiere for the Coens' latest, and I hope to provide you with all the news and goss from the event.

What Just Happened?

Just a quickie.
Robert De Niro in What Just Happened ?
Enjoy the trailer below.

FAKE Transformers 2 Poster?

This isn't real surely!??!

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

The Duchess - Behind The Scenes

The BBC financed The Duchess is out in September and lucky LOVEFiLM members get to watch a behind the scenes video. Lucky? Not any more....

Criterion Presents Bottle Rocket, The Third Man, Others

Start saving your pennies.
Criterion have announced their November schedule and they're moving into High-Definition (at last). The highlights for me are Bottle Rocket and The Third Man.

Full specs and cover pics for each film are here for you to read.

Watch Bits Of Synecdoche, New York And Learn Some French At The Same Time

Bonjour. Above is the poster you've seen before I guess. But now there are three french subtitled clips from Charlie Kaufman's baffling new movie - Synecdoche, New York.

We Are Here. We Are Waiting.

You lucky, lucky people. You're drowning in new poster goodness today here at BRWC.

Iron Man DVD/BD Details

Thank you to MoviesOnline for this ...


DVD:
Iron Man: Ultimate Edition two-DVD set is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Total running time is 125 minutes.

Australia Posters - Three Of 'Em

I'm liking these three new posters promoting Baz Luhrmann's new flick. I found them here.


They suggest a feeling in the same vain as Gone With The Wind. Especially the first one above. What are Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman running away from in the other two below ?

Hitchcock & Truffaut

JustPressPlay is where I found this gem.



You might have heard of the Hitchcock/Truffaut book, a remarkable book-length interview where François Truffaut interviewed Alfred.

Saw V Blood Drive Marketing Material

Below are two one-sheet posters for the Saw V blood drive. In this fifth installment of the franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.

Tony Stark In Foursome Sex Tape Shock !!

Well, not quite. The Iron Man DVD/BD is due next month, and one of the deleted scenes has been released via /film, via Access Hollywood. It's below.

The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema Of Dreams

If I had the time and money I think setting up a film festival would be high on the list of things to do, if I had the time and money. Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton obviously has both time and the cash, as she has set a film festival held in a former bingo hall. I read about this at Hello magazine.

The Dark Knight - Gardner's Take

Hello, and welcome to battleroyalewithcheese - the blog about films and that. We hope to provide you people with news, interviews, gossip, podcasts and anything regarding film.


We're still sorting it all out behind the scenes (Ant and Dave, two of the BRWC team, are incredibly lazy - c'mon boys) but we think it'll be good fun and will run smoothly.


Anyway, below is Gardner's (another BRWC member) bracket-happy take on a little known film called The Dark Knight.