http://www.6degreesfilm.com all the latest from hollywood and the uk film industry en hypelondonproductions 2006 tony@hypelondon.co.uk hypelondon productions info@hypelondon.co.uk http://www.6degreesfilm.com/images/header.gif In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, “SHERLOCK HOLMES” sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge.  The action-adventure mystery “SHERLOCK HOLMES” is helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie, and stars Robert Downey Jr as Holmes, and Jude Law as Watson. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=1259 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:42:53 BST The James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD Collection is out to buy on 17th July. With the highest quality picture and sound and all new bonus material, this is the ultimate DVD collection. We take a look at what has become a 'Bond' business and also have 5 titles on DVD to give away in this weeks competition. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=41 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:47:30 BST To celebrate this weeks releases of The James Bond Ultimate Edition Collection, Failure To Launch (starring Sarah Jessica Parker), Oscar winning Tsotsi and Steve Martin in The Pink Panther all out to buy on DVD Monday 17th July, we have them all on DVD to give away to several lucky winners. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=10 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:48:08 BST Sony Pictures Releasing announce the launch of the new theatrical trailer for Spider-Man 3 opening in cinemas worldwide in May 2007. A specimen from the moon gives Spider-man new powers and a black suit, while Spider-man must battle the Hobgoblin, Sandman, Venom, and other dangers. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=368 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:48:41 BST Still out at cinemas is this summer's most eagerly anticipated film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. We had a little chat with Johnny, Orlando, Keira, Bill Nighy and Jack Davenport at the UK premiere and speak with British actor Mackenzie Crook about his role in this second installment. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=372 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:49:20 BST Its a quiet night in Middleton, and everything seems peaceful in this sleepy suburban town. But as the night approaches the fateful hour of 11:14 pm, a series of events begins to unfold which will ultimately have deadly consequences. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=384 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:22:20 BST Also screening at the BFI London IMAX with some stunning 3D imagery, we take a look at how Bryan Singer's Superman Returns compares with the original Richard Donner movies of the 70's and 80's. g http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=43 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:25:58 GMT Film4 is releasing its subscription shackles and becoming a free-to-air site from Sunday July 23rd, opening with the free-to-air premiere of Sofia Coppola's Oscar winner Lost in Translation. See the TV spots, directed by Kevin Spacey, here first starring Ewan McGregor, Judy Dench, Christian Slater and Willem Defoe. On the eve of the launch of Film4, Channel 4 counts down Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die as voted for by a panel of film experts. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=35 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:54:12 BST The Talent Circle Shorts Film Festival takes place this week between 17-24 July in venues across Soho and consists of screenings, seminars, workshops, panel discussions, networking, industry events (for film talent) and parties each and every day - all free of charge. The awards ceremony will take place at the Odeon in Covent Garden on 24 July, followed by a VIP closing night party. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=30 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:56:04 BST The landmark annual festival, which showcases the work of some of the UK's most talented young filmmakers, will run for a week from 29th July until 4th August. Awards for the best director in each category will be presented on Thursday 3rd August at the star studded Festival Awards night held at one of London's hottest venues, The CC Club in Piccadilly. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=8 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:57:03 BST A programme of short films made by women, is coming to screens across London, Cambridge Film Festival and music festivals, including Big Chill and Bestival, this summer. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=37 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:57:59 BST Plans are underway for a series of events celebrating The Times 50th bfi London Film Festival which will run from 18th October to 2nd November. These will include a special screening under Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square as well asthe largest surprise film screening, showing simultaneously in 50 venues across the city. There are also expected to be a number of short films from leading directors celebrating London that will be specially commissioned for the festival. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=26 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:58:55 BST Expanded from a short film by actor/director Scott Coffey, this Los Angeles-set comedy follows its title character (bravely and expertly played by Naomi Watts) through a series of humiliations as she struggles to establish herself in Hollywood without sacrificing her identity or integrity. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=386 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:00:11 BST Adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=385 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:01:51 BST This summer sees the eagerly awaited big screen debut of 14 year old special agent Alex Rider in Stormbreaker, based on the first of Anthony Horowitz's chart-topping series of novels about a teenage superspy. We speak with Director Geoffrey Sax. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=409 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:42:34 BST An unconventional romantic comedy, starring Hollywood A'listers Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, that follows a couple's often comical, sometimes painful, but always entertaining journey into the unraveling and deconstruction of a once solid and loving relationship. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=411 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:43:03 BST The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the under cover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice. Interviews with Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx and Michael Mann now running online. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=125 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:33:14 BST From Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warholl, American Psycho) comes The Notorious Bettie Page, a provocative exploration of sexuality, religion and pop culture as she takes us into the 1950s and the fascinating world of famous pin-up girl, Bettie Page. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=515 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:34:11 BST From writer-director M. Night Shyamalan comes Lady in the Water, a story he originally conceived for his children. In London to promote the film, alongside stars Giamatti and Howard, the director explained the personal nature of the project. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=555 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:28:00 BST Time stands still in this hypnotic triptych from Taiwanese director, Hou Hsiao-Hsien. A gallery of memory fragments, slowly drifting in and out of black, Three Times does not so much tell a story as offer a series of glimpses at one. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=514 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:35:35 BST We have 3 DVD's to give away of the romatic family comedy, Yours, Mine and Ours, out on DVD and UMD to buy and rent this week, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=11 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:36:35 BST Spike Lee's 24th feature film Inside Man is a heist movie in the grand tradition of the genre. A large-scale heist thriller with an A-list cast, the film focuses on the tense negotiations between a streetwise NYPD detective and a criminal mastermind. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=438 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:37:59 BST Trailers now running online of M. Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water, Penelope Cruz in Volver, Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Jack Black in Nacho Libre, comedy You, Me And Dupree and more. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:39:14 BST The Times Bfi London Film Festival is delighted to announce that this year's 50th edition will open on Wednesday 18th October with the European premiere of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, directed by Oscar winning documentary director Kevin Macdonald. 6 Degrees Film will be bringing you all the latest news as the festival announces it's programme on Thursday 14th September. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=42 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:21:49 BST Open Evening on Tuesday 22nd August 7.00pm: The Metropolitan Film School offers a range of open enrolment courses for people who are interested in developing a career in the film industry. There are no academic entry requirements, they are more interested in your determination and talent than your academic ability. Further information available online http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=39 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:22:17 BST Film4 Summer Screen returns for nine nights in August, transforming the magnificent 18th century courtyard of Somerset House into a full-scale, open-air cinema with state-of-the art giant screen, 35mm projection and surround-sound. This year's outdoor experience brings together everything you love about films, with a line-up of classic thrillers, amazing flights of fantasy, crowd-pleasing comedy, chilling horror and astonishing alien action. Relax and soak up the atmosphere with good food, drinks and DJs before the film. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=41 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:22:58 BST James Appleton's quirky comedies have seen him be commissioned by the Film Council, while his shorts have won awards, appeared at festivals all over the world, downloaded onto the PSP console and even screened on the Berlin underground. 6 Degrees Film talks with James about his thriving success as a short film director and his latest film :-). http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=56 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:03:44 BST We have teamed up with Film4 Summer Screen and have one pair of tickets to give away to the closing night screening of The Big Lebowski at the magnificent 18th century courtyard of Somerset House. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=12 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:04:39 BST Described by Director Terry Gilliam as Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho, and based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name, Tideland depicts the world of Jeliza-Rose, where fireflies have names, squirrels talk, and the heads of four dolls, separated from their bodies, keep her company. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=608 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:05:27 BST Often topping the best of the UK film charts The Third Man is the quintessential espionage thriller, a noirish search through the rubble of war-torn Vienna for the elusive rotter of the title. Now screening at the NFT http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=505 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:06:06 BST To celebrate the release of this months DVD releases, out to buy and rent from Monday, we have 3 copies of Crash, Fateless, Hell, Clean and The Merchant Ivory Box Set to give away. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=13 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:31:13 BST The Edinburgh International Film Festival underscored its position as the world's oldest continuous-running film festival when it opened for the sixtieth time this week. We report live from the festival. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=47 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:31:55 BST From the creators of Training Day, Harsh Times is a hyper-realistic story of friendship, loyalty and ambition set on the extremely rough streets of south central L.A, following two lifelong friends as they each try to rise above the violence of the streets. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=567 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:32:33 BST Adaptation of James Ellroy's novel, inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history, about two 1940s L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of starlet Elizabeth Short (Scarlett Johansson), who was brutally murdered. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=803 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:21:23 BST A riveting documentary offering a passionate and inspirational look at Al Gore's commitment to expose the myths and miscinceptions that surround global warming, with a chilling expose of the facts on this environmental crisis and an impassioned call to arms to us all, to stop global warming. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=312 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:21:59 BST Robin Williams delivers a compelling performance as a storyteller caught in the middle of a "mystery of the heart" in The Night Listener. Based on the real experiences of his friend, the author Armistead Maupin, Williams plays a late night radio presenter who beguiles his audience with tales of his own life http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=88 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:22:35 BST International designer fashion and lifestyle brand Carolina Herrera New York are delighted to announce the first ever Carolina Herrera 212 Innovation Awards, an exciting new awards scheme set up to reward young creative talent which will be launched in the UK in 2006. The theme of the inaugural 2006 Awards will be film. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=53 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:23:19 BST The Times BFI 50TH London Film Festival's programme was announced today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron. Book-ending the fortnight long Festival, the European premiere of Kevin Macdonald's THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND with Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson opens the event on Wednesday 18th October, and the Closing Gala on Thursday 2nd November brings the 50th celebrations to an end with the UK premiere of Alejandro Gonzlez Irratu's BABEL, starring Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Gael Garca Bernal. 6 Degrees will be bringing you interviews with directors and cast, premiere reports and daily news updates throughout the festival. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=42 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:23:51 BST The Departed is the highly anticipated crime drama from seven-time Academy Award nominee Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. Inspired by Hong Kong smash hit, Infernal Affairs, The Departed is set in South Boston where the state police is waging war on organized crime. Out Oct'06. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=778 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:24:43 BST Ellen DeGeneres has been set to host the 79th Academy Awards telecast, producer Laura Ziskin announced this week. It will be DeGeneres' first time as Oscar® host, as well as her first appearance on an Academy Awards telecast. The ceremonies honoring film achievements for 2006 will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2007. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=52 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:25:17 BST The Raindance Film Festival is cruising into its 14th year and once again, there will be a flood of screenings of the best indie films from around the world. Having previously hosted the premieres of Memento and Dead Man's Shoes, Raindance 2006 will open with the London premiere of Brothers of the Head on Wednesday 27th September. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=29 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:25:54 BST In the contemporary thriller Right At Your Door Rory Cochrane plays Brad, husband to Lexi (Mary McCormack), LA resident and one of many shocked witnesses to the dirty bombs that have exploded downtown. But he quickly discovers that, as chaos ensues and the toxic ash rains down, the effects of these explosions are only just beginning to be felt. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=87 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:26:52 BST Premiering at this years Edinburgh Film Festival, Snow Cake is a taught drama focusing on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman (Sigourney Weaver) and a man (Alan Rickman) who is traumatized after a fatal car accident. We speak with Sigourney Weaver about her experiences playing an autistic woman. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=86 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:27:24 BST In the original new comedy, Little Miss Sunshine, Toni Collette stars as a mother who is trying to hold her family together, during a stressful cross country road trip. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=85 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:27:56 BST Since he began making shorts over thirty years ago, Pedro Almodóvar has emerged as one of Europe's leading directors with such contemporary classics as All About My Mother and the Oscar-winning Talk To Her. Yet more so than any other before it, the Spanish auteur's latest film Volver – which won him Best Screenplay at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival – is a work steeped in personal nostalgia. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=556 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:28:51 BST James Appleton's quirky comedies have seen him be commissioned by the Film Council, while his shorts have won awards, appeared at festivals all over the world, downloaded onto the PSP console and even screened on the Berlin underground. 6 Degrees Film talks with James about his thriving success as a short film director and his latest film :-). http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=56 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:29:31 BST The Lord of the Rings fans will be able to spend a whole night watching all of Peter Jackson's Oscar®-winning films in this stunning trilogy at one of two presentations at the BFI IMAX. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=16 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:38:29 BST Children of Men envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Interviews now running online. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=807 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:39:07 BST Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood . . . or so they think. That's all about to change because no one has ever seen their favourite fairy tale quite like this -- turned upside-down, inside-out and reinvented as a computer-animated caper comedy that at last reveals the shocking true-crime investigation behind the legend. Out at cinemas nationwide next Friday. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=808 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:39:37 BST The 14th Raindance Film Festival opened this week to a tremendous reception with Brothers of the Head. In attendance was Producer Simon Channing Williams, Writer Toni Grisoni and stars of the film Luke and Harry Treadaway who play conjoined twins the Howe brothers headlining a rock band in the 70s. Guests on the evening also included Ralph Fiennes and Samantha Morton. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=29 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:13:29 BST Public bookings are now open for this years The Times BFI 50th London Film Festival, opening on Wednesday 18th October with The Last King of Scotland. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=42 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:14:05 BST To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, Claude Lelouch's mesmerising breakneck journey through 1970s Paris, the short film C'était un Rendezvous has finally been released on Special Edition DVD. An underground phenomenon, the DVD includes exclusive candid interview footage of the director. "Makes Bullitt look like a cartoon" Jeremy Clarkson. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=813 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:14:28 BST Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone tells the true story of the heroic survival and rescue of two Port Authority policemen who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on 9/11. Feature interview with Stone and Jimeno now online. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=313 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:15:05 BST Next week sees the releases of Last Exit To Brooklyn 2 Disc Special Edition and The Jake Gyllenhaal Collection from the Metrodome Group, out to buy on DVD from 2nd October. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=17 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:15:40 BST The 14th Raindance Film Festival came to a dramatic climax last night with the closing night gala and world premiere of Ed Blum's highly anticipated British comedy Scenes of a Sexual Nature. Prior to the screening, Raindance Director Elliot Grove announced the winners of this years Jury Prizes, selected by a jury that included Dame Judi Dench, Lou Reed, Mark Ramone and ER's Parminder Nagra. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=29 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:10:25 BST Crime drama from seven-time Academy Award nominee Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg, set in South Boston where the state police is waging war on organized crime. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=778 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:10:58 BST Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, starring Anne Hathaway and Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, is about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses in the wonderful world of fashion. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=814 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:11:20 BST We have 5 DVD's of District 13 and Grudge 2 out on release next Monday 9th October, courtesy of Momentum Pictures, to give away this week to 10 lucky readers. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=18 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:11:43 BST The Festivals first big weekend hit off with the quirky comedy Stranger Than Fiction which had the audience in stitches at the Odeon West End where the audience were treated to an on stage introduction by Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and Will Ferrell, who plays the lead Harold Crick, a tormented IRS taxman. Dustin Hoffman then gave a brilliant Screen Talk the following day at the NFT to a packed auditorium. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=42 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:25:15 BST In honour of Halloween next week, we're giving away two very special box sets to celebrate the DVD releases of The Ultimate Hammer Collection and The Omen Pentology. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/competitions.php?id=21 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:25:46 BST To celebrate the release of The James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD collection and the Buy Bond Get Bond Free promotion, MGM Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment invite you to explore ultimate interactive insight into the James Bond world. Be in with the chance to win an exclusive trip to see the Bond set at Pinewood Studios. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/features.php?id=102 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:26:12 BST Robbie Williams seeks emerging filmmakers to create a short film for a track from new album 'Rudebox' in a competition launched with independent filmmakers' community Shooting People. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=55 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:26:40 BST The London Film Festival attracted a frenzied crowd to London's West End last night when Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater and Freddy Rodriguez donned the red carpet for the European premiere of Bobby. We also have updates and pictures from this weeks red carpet gala screenings which welcomed Sacha Baron Cohen in character (Borat), Kate Winslet (Little Children) and Toby Jones (Infamous). http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=42 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:57:54 BST In its ninth year, the BIFA's has established itself as one of the most important awards ceremonies in the British film industry, and is regarded as a kick-off to the Awards Season. Nominations this year include Best Actor/Actress awards for Forest Whittaker, Peter O'Toole, Juliette Binoche and Helen Mirran. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/news.php?id=56 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:58:27 BST Interview with Tobin Bell who plays Jigsaw, a terminally ill killer who brings others to grisly justice for their crimes, faults and failings in Saw III. Opening at cinemas nationwide in time for Halloween, Saw III is the most psychologically intense and disturbing chapter in this sick and twisted trilogy. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=817 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:59:24 BST With Oscar-buzz already humming, it's no surprise that All The King's Men has staked an early claim. Everything you'd expect from an Oscar contender is present and correct – political analogy, an intense central performance and a top-tier cast. http://www.6degreesfilm.com/reviews.php?id=842 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:59:44 BST