All Entries in the "Film" Category
WIN CYRUS FILM GOODIES
To celebrate the release of the Cyrus DVD, we’ve teamed up with 20th Century Fox to offer you the chance to win a risque Cyrus T-Shirt and bumper sticker goody set. Jonah Hill (Superbad, Get Him To The Greek) and John C Reilly (Step Brothers, Tallahdega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby) star in this [...]
ZOMBIE IT UP FOR BRISTOL IGFEST 2010
As night falls an eerie quiet descends over the centre of Bristol. A car has been over turned, a corner shop has been abandoned…then you hear the noises…of hundreds of people moaning and the dragging of feet…coming nearer and nearer. You’d better…RUN! The zombies are coming! This September igfest, the Interesting Games festival returns to [...]
REVIEW: BURNING BRIGHT DVD
A film with a tiger, a hurricane and Meat Loaf is hardly a recipe for success on paper, but thankfully Burning Bright is pleasant surprise. At an ultra-tight 80 minutes the film tells the story of Kelly (Briana Evigan) who is juggling the twin priorities of looking after her autistic brother Tom while trying to [...]
REVIEW: SONS OF CUBA DVD
This startling documentary takes a look at the uncompromising and sometimes cruel world of the children’s boxing scene in Cuba. The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. Sons of Cuba follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 [...]
CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER
The Cornwall Film Festival are holding two fundraising screenings of the sensational The Girl Who Played with Fire, the much-anticipated sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which had its South West Premiere to a packed audience at the Cornwall Film Festival in 2009. A representative of the Cornwall Film Festival will introduce the [...]
REVIEW: KICK ASS DVD
Any film which includes a loving father teaching his 11 year old daughter how to take a bullet in her kevlar vest before heading off for ice cream is well worth watching. The comic book adaptation has exploded in recent years with mixed results. Thankfully this film manages to poke fun at the genre whilst [...]
REVIEW: LEBANON DVD
War is hell, so the saying goes. With shop shelves groaning under the weight of films full of bloody combat and cliched characters a few films set themselves apart and reveal the trauma, humanity and inhumanity that war brings. Set entirely within the claustrophobic confines of a tank during the 1982 Israeli/Lebanese conflict the story [...]
WIN MOTHER OF INVENTION DVD
Everyone loves a good mocumentary and we’ve bagged three copies of the Mother of Invention DVD to give away – simply email your full name, address and mobile number to 247@outofhand.co.uk before September 1, remembering to put MOTHER OF INVENTION in the subject line. Walking in the heavy shadows of Napolean Dynamite and Little Miss [...]
Film Trailers
This is the new home of all things about film in 247 Magazine, please bear with us as we update this page, but in the meantime, please check the following trailers for current and forthcoming releases: Film Trailers by Filmtrailer.com NOT SURE WHAT TO SEE? Read the reviews for all the latest films HERE and [...]
CALLING ALL STUDENTS: E4 JOINS THE EXETER PICTUREHOUSE TO LAUNCH FREE STUDENT CINEMA CLUB
Set up in partnership with E4 and the Exeter Picturehouse, Slackers Club offers members the chance to attend special free screenings every month – brand new E4 shows, classic movies or a sneaky peak at a film yet to be released. The first event is on Thursday 29 October at 1pm, with a preview of [...]
