On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the comedy Toast, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Directed by S.J. Clarkson from a screenplay by Lee Hall, Toast is based on the memoir by Nigel Slater. The film has the following synopsis: Wolverhampton,1967: nine year old Nigel Slater loves his mother though she is a hopeless cook, her finest offering being toast whilst he has great culinary aspirations. When she dies of asthma Nigel is left with a distant father but worse is to come when the ‘common’ Mrs.
Directed by S.J. Clarkson from a screenplay by Lee Hall, Toast is based on the memoir by Nigel Slater. The film has the following synopsis: Wolverhampton,1967: nine year old Nigel Slater loves his mother though she is a hopeless cook, her finest offering being toast whilst he has great culinary aspirations. When she dies of asthma Nigel is left with a distant father but worse is to come when the ‘common’ Mrs.
- 3/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Helena Bonham Carter has been gracing our screens for almost 40 years now.
Her often-wild, curly hair, thick eyebrows and loud cackle have become synonymous with a slightly off-the-wall character performance.
She was, however, first typecast as a virginal “English rose” in films such as A Room With a View (1985), helping to reinforce the Hollywood stereotype of the English as tea-sipping, bonnet-wearing toffs.
In fairness to the casting agents, though, arisocrat is a role Bonham Carter was born into. Her great-grandfather is H H Asquith, prime minister of the United Kingdom during the first half of World War One. Her uncle, Mark Bonham Carter, once dated Princess Margaret – a figure she would later play in The Crown.
Nevertheless, the quaint Victorian heroine shtick was never going to last.
“I drink booze, I smoke, and I’m hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and...
Her often-wild, curly hair, thick eyebrows and loud cackle have become synonymous with a slightly off-the-wall character performance.
She was, however, first typecast as a virginal “English rose” in films such as A Room With a View (1985), helping to reinforce the Hollywood stereotype of the English as tea-sipping, bonnet-wearing toffs.
In fairness to the casting agents, though, arisocrat is a role Bonham Carter was born into. Her great-grandfather is H H Asquith, prime minister of the United Kingdom during the first half of World War One. Her uncle, Mark Bonham Carter, once dated Princess Margaret – a figure she would later play in The Crown.
Nevertheless, the quaint Victorian heroine shtick was never going to last.
“I drink booze, I smoke, and I’m hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and...
- 1/31/2023
- by Tom Murray and Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
Lucy Walker, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of “Waste Land,” is working on her next ambitious documentary, “The Great Oven” shedding light on a grassroots food movement in the Middle East and South America.
The initiative, which was created in 2019 by James Gomez Thompson and Beirut-born Nour Matraji, has allowed for giant ornate ovens to be distributed to corners of the world that need them the most, including Lebanon and Colombia. Ovens were first delivered to the Lebanese/Syrian border to bring together communities from two sides of a decades- long sectarian conflict.
The character-driven film follows the journey of Gomez Thompson from Lebanon to Colombia, where a diverse group of people have been spearheading the solidarity movement. Many of them have been marginalized, notably stateless youth, refugee families, ex-child fighters and trafficked women.
“What started with something as simple as a community oven has opened a universe I could never imagine possible,...
The initiative, which was created in 2019 by James Gomez Thompson and Beirut-born Nour Matraji, has allowed for giant ornate ovens to be distributed to corners of the world that need them the most, including Lebanon and Colombia. Ovens were first delivered to the Lebanese/Syrian border to bring together communities from two sides of a decades- long sectarian conflict.
The character-driven film follows the journey of Gomez Thompson from Lebanon to Colombia, where a diverse group of people have been spearheading the solidarity movement. Many of them have been marginalized, notably stateless youth, refugee families, ex-child fighters and trafficked women.
“What started with something as simple as a community oven has opened a universe I could never imagine possible,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
About two-thirds into Sky Atlantic’s broadcast of King Rocker, Robert Lloyd – the subject of the film – is talking about how things were going from “bad to worse”. Unfortunately, an ad break comes in fractionally too soon and cuts him off; meaning what he actually says is “from bad to wor …” When the documentary resumes we have moved on, that final sibilant left unsaid. Probably forever. I’ve gone back and forth on this for ages, and I’m still not sure if it was intentional. It’s that sort of film.
This is, ostensibly, a documentary about a musician – Lloyd, the singer with 70s punk band The Prefects, which eventually morphed into cult Birmingham post-punk arty types The Nightingales. It tracks Lloyd’s hodge-podge career as he goes from art-rock frontman to record company boss, to band manager, to music video producer, to sit-com scriptwriter to pop solo artist,...
This is, ostensibly, a documentary about a musician – Lloyd, the singer with 70s punk band The Prefects, which eventually morphed into cult Birmingham post-punk arty types The Nightingales. It tracks Lloyd’s hodge-podge career as he goes from art-rock frontman to record company boss, to band manager, to music video producer, to sit-com scriptwriter to pop solo artist,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Marc Burrows
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
1917 director Sam Mendes and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight are among the Brits to score a prestigious award as part of the New Year’s Honours List 2020.
The distinguished awards are handed out once a year and recognize the outstanding achievements of 1,097 people across the UK.
Neal Street co-founder Mendes, whose one-hit war movie was released Christmas Day by Universal Pictures, and Knight, who also wrote BBC and FX’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol, have both received knighthoods, as has 12 Years A Slave director Steve Mcqueen.
“I’m amazed, delighted and extremely proud,” Mendes told Deadline. “I have stood on the shoulders of so many collaborators and colleagues over the last thirty years – actors, writers, designers, producers, technicians – to whom I owe a huge debt of gratitude. I would not be receiving this honor without them.”
Elton John, who was the subject of biopic Rocketman, becomes a Companion of Honour,...
The distinguished awards are handed out once a year and recognize the outstanding achievements of 1,097 people across the UK.
Neal Street co-founder Mendes, whose one-hit war movie was released Christmas Day by Universal Pictures, and Knight, who also wrote BBC and FX’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol, have both received knighthoods, as has 12 Years A Slave director Steve Mcqueen.
“I’m amazed, delighted and extremely proud,” Mendes told Deadline. “I have stood on the shoulders of so many collaborators and colleagues over the last thirty years – actors, writers, designers, producers, technicians – to whom I owe a huge debt of gratitude. I would not be receiving this honor without them.”
Elton John, who was the subject of biopic Rocketman, becomes a Companion of Honour,...
- 12/27/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC may have lost The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4 but it is now cooking up a new baking competition.
The British public broadcaster has ordered Celebration from Bristol-based production company Hungry Gap Productions. The show is set to air on BBC Two and emerged after putting out a casting call for contestants.
“Do you wow your neighbours with your amazing party food? Are your delicious desserts the star of every special occasion? Does your colleague make the best birthday cakes? We would love to hear from amateur cooks and bakers who would like to be part of an exciting prime-time food programme all about celebration food. We’re on the hunt for amateur cooks who make the UK’s best celebration food. Whether it’s you, or somebody you know, please get in touch,” producers said.
So far, sounds suspiciously like Bake Off.
Hungry Gap Productions was founded in 2016 by Pete Lawrence,...
The British public broadcaster has ordered Celebration from Bristol-based production company Hungry Gap Productions. The show is set to air on BBC Two and emerged after putting out a casting call for contestants.
“Do you wow your neighbours with your amazing party food? Are your delicious desserts the star of every special occasion? Does your colleague make the best birthday cakes? We would love to hear from amateur cooks and bakers who would like to be part of an exciting prime-time food programme all about celebration food. We’re on the hunt for amateur cooks who make the UK’s best celebration food. Whether it’s you, or somebody you know, please get in touch,” producers said.
So far, sounds suspiciously like Bake Off.
Hungry Gap Productions was founded in 2016 by Pete Lawrence,...
- 8/31/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Charming Peter Llewellyn Davies in Finding Neverland. Plucky, kind Charlie Bucket in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. A young Nigel Slater in Toast. Heroic Astro Boy. After a career largely spent playing friendly, good-hearted types, it appears Freddie Highmore was harbouring a dark secret full of murderous impulses and disturbing mommy issues. Either that, or he’s just decided to try something very different, as he’s signed to play the young Norman Bates in TV prequel Bates Motel.Us telly network A&E has developed the show, and appears so enthusiastic about it that it jumped straight to ordering 10 episodes of the show, with the first script written by Anthony Cipriano and the show itself to be overseen by former Lost man Carlton Cuse, who recently tweeted about the attention-grabbing construction of the Bates Motel and house on a road in Vancouver.So Highmore will be the younger Norman Bates,...
- 9/17/2012
- EmpireOnline
In "Toast," a film adaption of famed cook Nigel Slater's memoir, Nigel -- played by Freddie Highmore -- has been bewitched with food since childhood. After losing his rather cooking-challenged mother, his father hires a house keeper, Mrs. Potter, (Helena Bonham Carter), and she quickly takes her place in the home -- and his father's heart.
As Nigel ages, his love of cooking emerges from under the covers and it's a full-fledged war between step-son and step-mother. However, Highmore himself has grown tremendously since his 2005 debut in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Hollywood has the reputation of ruining its child stars, yet the 19-year-old British star has managed to avoid that dangerous path, and he's remained relatively unfazed by celebrity culture.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, Highmore talks becoming Nigel Slater for "Toast," having his first on screen gay kiss and growing up Hollywood.
As Nigel ages, his love of cooking emerges from under the covers and it's a full-fledged war between step-son and step-mother. However, Highmore himself has grown tremendously since his 2005 debut in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Hollywood has the reputation of ruining its child stars, yet the 19-year-old British star has managed to avoid that dangerous path, and he's remained relatively unfazed by celebrity culture.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, Highmore talks becoming Nigel Slater for "Toast," having his first on screen gay kiss and growing up Hollywood.
- 2/15/2012
- by Crystal Bell
- Huffington Post
David Lynch, London & Edinburgh
Has Lynch really retired? Maybe not, but you get the feeling he has done all he can and he's created a body of work that only gets stronger with age. Even "failures" like Dune are worth revisiting, while triumphs such as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man or Mulholland Drive can be watched over and over – with the help of this retrospective. Lynch's influence has seeped into not just cinema but advertising, design and music, where his new disguise as "Lana Del Rey" seems to be working out just fine.
BFI Southbank & Edinburgh Filmhouse, Wed to 11 Mar
Steve Rose
Barbara Hammer, London
"Radical content deserves radical form," says Hammer and, since the late 1960s, the American experimental film-maker has been pushing the boundaries of both film language and sexual politics with a steady succession of works focusing on lesbian identity, both personal and political. The titles...
Has Lynch really retired? Maybe not, but you get the feeling he has done all he can and he's created a body of work that only gets stronger with age. Even "failures" like Dune are worth revisiting, while triumphs such as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man or Mulholland Drive can be watched over and over – with the help of this retrospective. Lynch's influence has seeped into not just cinema but advertising, design and music, where his new disguise as "Lana Del Rey" seems to be working out just fine.
BFI Southbank & Edinburgh Filmhouse, Wed to 11 Mar
Steve Rose
Barbara Hammer, London
"Radical content deserves radical form," says Hammer and, since the late 1960s, the American experimental film-maker has been pushing the boundaries of both film language and sexual politics with a steady succession of works focusing on lesbian identity, both personal and political. The titles...
- 1/28/2012
- by Steve Rose, Katrina Dixon
- The Guardian - Film News
Gillian Anderson, best known for playing Agent Scully in The X Files, has been unveiled as the new face of Charles Dickens' tormented Miss Havisham, in the BBC's festive adaptation of Great Expectations.
The American actress looks every bit the jilted bride imagined in the Victorian classic, but her performance is sure to be measured against that of Helena Bonham Carter, who is playing the same character in a production to be released next year to coincide with Dickens' 200th anniversary.
The 43-year-old may be best known for her dealings with the supernatural, but she's also previously proven she can do period drama, having been nominated for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her role as Lady Dedlock in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House in 2005.
The production also stars Ray Winstone as the dastardly Abel Magwitch, David Suchet as Miss Havisham's lawyer, Mr Jaggers, and Douglas Booth...
The American actress looks every bit the jilted bride imagined in the Victorian classic, but her performance is sure to be measured against that of Helena Bonham Carter, who is playing the same character in a production to be released next year to coincide with Dickens' 200th anniversary.
The 43-year-old may be best known for her dealings with the supernatural, but she's also previously proven she can do period drama, having been nominated for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her role as Lady Dedlock in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House in 2005.
The production also stars Ray Winstone as the dastardly Abel Magwitch, David Suchet as Miss Havisham's lawyer, Mr Jaggers, and Douglas Booth...
- 11/23/2011
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
With the feature film version of Great Expectations currently filming, the BBC TV version will be hitting our screens this Christmas and here's a first look at some stills of the young cast:
Oscar Kennedy (represented by Curtis Brown) who played the young Nigel Slater in last year's acclaimed TV adaptation of the TV chef's memoir Toast, takes on the role of Young Pip. He shares the role with Douglas Booth (also represented by Curtis Brown), who appeared as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2011.
15 year old Izzy Meikle-Small (represented by United Agents) who starred as Young Cathy in Never Let Me Go, and recently filmed Young Molly in Private Peaceful, and 24 year old Vanessa Kirby (represented by Ken McReddie), who also made Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2011 list, share the role of Estella.
The all-star cast includes Gillian Anderson as Miss Haversham, Ray Winstone as Magwitch, and David Suchet as Mr Jaggers,...
Oscar Kennedy (represented by Curtis Brown) who played the young Nigel Slater in last year's acclaimed TV adaptation of the TV chef's memoir Toast, takes on the role of Young Pip. He shares the role with Douglas Booth (also represented by Curtis Brown), who appeared as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2011.
15 year old Izzy Meikle-Small (represented by United Agents) who starred as Young Cathy in Never Let Me Go, and recently filmed Young Molly in Private Peaceful, and 24 year old Vanessa Kirby (represented by Ken McReddie), who also made Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2011 list, share the role of Estella.
The all-star cast includes Gillian Anderson as Miss Haversham, Ray Winstone as Magwitch, and David Suchet as Mr Jaggers,...
- 11/22/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
The first pictures have emerged of the Corpse Bride actor as Dickens' celebrated jiltee in Great Expectations. Is she too young for the role? Or has she goth what it takes?
Is this the most glamorous ever Miss Havisham? The first pictures have emerged of Helena Bonham Carter in the role of the celebrated jiltee in the upcoming Great Expectations adaptation, directed by Mike Newell. At 45, Bonham Carter is by some distance the youngest actor to play Havisham in recent times – you have to go back to David Lean's 1946 adaptation to find a comparable figure, in the shape of then 46-year-old Martita Hunt.
Even though Havisham's age is not explicitly stated in Dickens' novel, did he have Bonham Carter's cobweb-laden crypto-goth look in mind for the mansion-dwelling recluse, as she holes up with only her rotting wedding cake and pliable niece Estella for company? Whatever else, Bonham Carter is...
Is this the most glamorous ever Miss Havisham? The first pictures have emerged of Helena Bonham Carter in the role of the celebrated jiltee in the upcoming Great Expectations adaptation, directed by Mike Newell. At 45, Bonham Carter is by some distance the youngest actor to play Havisham in recent times – you have to go back to David Lean's 1946 adaptation to find a comparable figure, in the shape of then 46-year-old Martita Hunt.
Even though Havisham's age is not explicitly stated in Dickens' novel, did he have Bonham Carter's cobweb-laden crypto-goth look in mind for the mansion-dwelling recluse, as she holes up with only her rotting wedding cake and pliable niece Estella for company? Whatever else, Bonham Carter is...
- 11/4/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Get ready for an intense food fight with Toast!
Based on the book by Nigel Slater about his life, Toast is the story of Nigel (Oscar Kennedy, Freddie Highmore), a young boy with a passion for food. Unfortunately, his mother and father are poor cooks. As his mothers chronic asthma gets worse, so does Nigel.s relationship with his father (Ken Stott). That only deepens when his mother passes and his father starts a relationship with Mrs. Potter (Helena Bonham Carter), a housewife with a dodgy marriage. As their relationship deepens, Nigel turns to food even more. He spends his time in home economics learning to cook, and even takes a job at a local pub. The only problem is that Mrs. Potter, who has now become his step mother, is not going down without a fight, and will not give up her kitchen so easily.
What a fantastic story!
Based on the book by Nigel Slater about his life, Toast is the story of Nigel (Oscar Kennedy, Freddie Highmore), a young boy with a passion for food. Unfortunately, his mother and father are poor cooks. As his mothers chronic asthma gets worse, so does Nigel.s relationship with his father (Ken Stott). That only deepens when his mother passes and his father starts a relationship with Mrs. Potter (Helena Bonham Carter), a housewife with a dodgy marriage. As their relationship deepens, Nigel turns to food even more. He spends his time in home economics learning to cook, and even takes a job at a local pub. The only problem is that Mrs. Potter, who has now become his step mother, is not going down without a fight, and will not give up her kitchen so easily.
What a fantastic story!
- 10/21/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nigel Slater was intrigued by the world of food at a very young age. The movie Toast is based on the life of the renowned food writer and chronicles his life as a child who lost his mother and spent the rest of his childhood being raised by his father and his housekeeper, Mrs. Potter.
Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Scott and Freddie Highmore, Toast is a movie that follows the trials and tribulations of a family and depicts Slater as a young person who finds solace is home economics class and working in the kitchen at a local pub.
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Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Scott and Freddie Highmore, Toast is a movie that follows the trials and tribulations of a family and depicts Slater as a young person who finds solace is home economics class and working in the kitchen at a local pub.
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- 10/8/2011
- by rnazarali
- Foodista
Get ready for an intense food fight with Toast!
Based on the book by Nigel Slater about his life, Toast is the story of Nigel (Oscar Kennedy, Freddie Highmore), a young boy with a passion for food. Unfortunately, his mother and father are poor cooks. As his mothers chronic asthma gets worse, so does Nigel’s relationship with his father (Ken Stott). That only deepens when his mother passes and his father starts a relationship with Mrs. Potter (Helena Bonham Carter), a housewife with a dodgy marriage. As their relationship deepens, Nigel turns to food even more. He spends his time in home economics learning to cook, and even takes a job at a local pub. The only problem is that Mrs. Potter, who has now become his step mother, is not going down without a fight, and will not give up her kitchen so easily.
What a fantastic story!
Based on the book by Nigel Slater about his life, Toast is the story of Nigel (Oscar Kennedy, Freddie Highmore), a young boy with a passion for food. Unfortunately, his mother and father are poor cooks. As his mothers chronic asthma gets worse, so does Nigel’s relationship with his father (Ken Stott). That only deepens when his mother passes and his father starts a relationship with Mrs. Potter (Helena Bonham Carter), a housewife with a dodgy marriage. As their relationship deepens, Nigel turns to food even more. He spends his time in home economics learning to cook, and even takes a job at a local pub. The only problem is that Mrs. Potter, who has now become his step mother, is not going down without a fight, and will not give up her kitchen so easily.
What a fantastic story!
- 10/7/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While the United Kingdom has finally joined the rest of Europe in first-class dining — just look at all the mouth-watering dishes Steve Coogan puts away in “The Trip” — the old joke was that airplane food was the national cuisine of England. And it’s that world of tinned vegetables and pork pies that made a foodie out of chef and author Nigel Slater, whose memoir is the basis for “Toast.” Watching the film, unfortunately, is like going to a restaurant where they fill you up with tasty appetizers and delicious...
- 10/7/2011
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Not even Moneyball could beat The Lion King 3D at the box office this weekend, as Anthony D'Alessandro reports, but it's for Moneyball that we've got a roundup rolling on and on beyond all reason. IndieWIRE's Peter Knegt notes that "the specialty box office had a clear winner in Weekend," and we've got a roundup on that one as well.
"Wholly unrelated to the 1975 Sam Peckinpah film of the same name, Killer Elite is distinguished by one no-mercy, eye-gouging, testicle-punching brawl, and one whoppingly indifferent screenplay," writes Nick Pinkerton in the Voice. A quick sketch from Time Out Chicago's AA Dowd: Jason Statham "plays an ex-special-ops agent yanked out of retirement when someone kidnaps his mentor (Robert De Niro, in the Liam Neeson role). The guilty party, a deposed dictator with a chip on his shoulder, wants our erstwhile Transporter to knock off a trio of British mercenaries. 'I'm done with killing,...
"Wholly unrelated to the 1975 Sam Peckinpah film of the same name, Killer Elite is distinguished by one no-mercy, eye-gouging, testicle-punching brawl, and one whoppingly indifferent screenplay," writes Nick Pinkerton in the Voice. A quick sketch from Time Out Chicago's AA Dowd: Jason Statham "plays an ex-special-ops agent yanked out of retirement when someone kidnaps his mentor (Robert De Niro, in the Liam Neeson role). The guilty party, a deposed dictator with a chip on his shoulder, wants our erstwhile Transporter to knock off a trio of British mercenaries. 'I'm done with killing,...
- 9/25/2011
- MUBI
Title: Toast Directed By: Sj Clarkson Written By: Lee Hall, adapted from Nigel Slater’s memoir Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Oscar Kennedy, Victoria Hamilton, Freddie Highmore Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 9/13/11 Opens: September 23, 2011 The way to a man’s heart may be through his stomach, but there is this big exception: it helps if you like the cook. Watching Sj Clarkson’s period piece, which takes place in small-town British Midlands during the sixties, you’ll be tempted to re-think the Scepter’d Isle as Europe’s prime location for godawful food, but Lee Hall’s script, adapted from food writer Nigel Slater’s memoir, makes us wait a while before liberating a...
- 9/14/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
There are certain duos that just work, and children and food is a fool-proof.
In the upcoming "Toast," Nigel, played by Freddie Highmore, was bewitched with food since childhood. After losing his rather cooking-challenged mother, his cleaner, Mrs. Potter, (Helena Bonham Carter) quickly takes her place.
As Nigel ages, his love of cooking emerges from under the covers and it's a full-fledged war between step-son and step-mother.
Based on the childhood of food writer Nigel Slater,"Toast" looks like a deliciously good time.
Watch:...
In the upcoming "Toast," Nigel, played by Freddie Highmore, was bewitched with food since childhood. After losing his rather cooking-challenged mother, his cleaner, Mrs. Potter, (Helena Bonham Carter) quickly takes her place.
As Nigel ages, his love of cooking emerges from under the covers and it's a full-fledged war between step-son and step-mother.
Based on the childhood of food writer Nigel Slater,"Toast" looks like a deliciously good time.
Watch:...
- 8/24/2011
- by Jessie Heyman
- Huffington Post
Everyone loves movie trailers; we can’t get enough of them here in The City of Films. It’s an art form that stands alone from the film itself and has a remarkable power to move us. Trailers can give us chills, laughs, goose bumps and some even anger us. We can’t always post them all, so here’s where we play catch up; watch More Trailers:
Flying Sword of Dragon Gate
Release Date: December 2011 (China) IMAX 3D
Synopsis: The story of the struggle between a Ming Dynasty general (played by Jet Li) and his rival, a powerful eunuch (played by Chen Kun). Tsui Hark directed and also wrote the script, which is a retelling of the story of his 1992 classic New Dragon Gate Inn.
Toast
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Synopsis: Based on the bittersweet story of food writer Nigel Slater’s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield,...
Flying Sword of Dragon Gate
Release Date: December 2011 (China) IMAX 3D
Synopsis: The story of the struggle between a Ming Dynasty general (played by Jet Li) and his rival, a powerful eunuch (played by Chen Kun). Tsui Hark directed and also wrote the script, which is a retelling of the story of his 1992 classic New Dragon Gate Inn.
Toast
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Synopsis: Based on the bittersweet story of food writer Nigel Slater’s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield,...
- 8/22/2011
- by Graham
- City of Films
Check out the trailer for Sj Clarkson’s upcoming comedy-drama “Toast” with Helena Bonham Carter. “Toast” is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960’s Britain. Based on the heart-wrenchingly bittersweet story of food writer, Nigel Slater’s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, Toast is a delicious love letter to the tastes [...]
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- 8/18/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Two Exciting Films Are Coming To Landmark Theaters In Los Angeles For Limited Engagements (Other Cities To Follow) Toast
British charming comedy from chef Nigel Slater.s memoir, stars Freddie Highmore. Helena Bonham Carter
Opens October 7, 2011 at Nuart in Los Angeles
W2 Media presents Toast, opening on October 7, 2011, at Landmark.s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles for a one-week engagement.
Toast is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960.s Britain. Based on the hilarious and touching memoir of food writer Nigel Slater.s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, it.s a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that turned a young boy into a lifelong foodie. Nigel.s mother (Victoria Hamilton) appears to have been the world.s worst cook, boiling unopened cans of food to a soggy pulp and nervously refusing young Nigel.s (Oscar Kennedy) suggestions that she try an occasional fresh veg.
British charming comedy from chef Nigel Slater.s memoir, stars Freddie Highmore. Helena Bonham Carter
Opens October 7, 2011 at Nuart in Los Angeles
W2 Media presents Toast, opening on October 7, 2011, at Landmark.s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles for a one-week engagement.
Toast is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960.s Britain. Based on the hilarious and touching memoir of food writer Nigel Slater.s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, it.s a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that turned a young boy into a lifelong foodie. Nigel.s mother (Victoria Hamilton) appears to have been the world.s worst cook, boiling unopened cans of food to a soggy pulp and nervously refusing young Nigel.s (Oscar Kennedy) suggestions that she try an occasional fresh veg.
- 8/17/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Shooting is set to start this Monday on the BBC's three-part TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel Great Expectations.
Written by Sarah Phelps, and directed by Brian Kirk, it's billed as being "part thriller, part mystery, with a powerful love story at its heart and Dickens' trademark wit and characterisation throughout, Sarah Phelps' three-part adaptation embraces all of these qualities, delivering a vibrant, visceral, story."
Joining the already announced Ray Winstone (Magwitch), Douglas Booth (Pip), Gillian Anderson (Miss Haversham) and Izzy Meikle-Small (Young Estella) are:
24 year old Vanessa Kirby (represented by Ken McReddie), who this week made it on to Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2011 list, has been cast as Estella. After studying at Exeter University, Vanessa turned down a place at Lamda drama school last year after being offered the opportunity to appear in three productions at the Bolton Octagon: Arthur Miller's All My Sons,...
Written by Sarah Phelps, and directed by Brian Kirk, it's billed as being "part thriller, part mystery, with a powerful love story at its heart and Dickens' trademark wit and characterisation throughout, Sarah Phelps' three-part adaptation embraces all of these qualities, delivering a vibrant, visceral, story."
Joining the already announced Ray Winstone (Magwitch), Douglas Booth (Pip), Gillian Anderson (Miss Haversham) and Izzy Meikle-Small (Young Estella) are:
24 year old Vanessa Kirby (represented by Ken McReddie), who this week made it on to Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2011 list, has been cast as Estella. After studying at Exeter University, Vanessa turned down a place at Lamda drama school last year after being offered the opportunity to appear in three productions at the Bolton Octagon: Arthur Miller's All My Sons,...
- 7/2/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Title: Toast Director: S.J. Clarkson Starring: Oscar Kennedy, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Matthew McNulty British period piece import ‘Toast’, playing at Laemmle theaters in Los Angeles this weekend as part of their “From Britain With Love” series, is a well-acted if somewhat meandering and pedantic coming-of-age story, based on the memoir of Nigel Slater, a popular English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Fans of ‘EastEnders’ and all other sorts of across-the-pond television, as well as kitchen-sink dramas in general, will find reward in the detail and clarity of this tale. The movie opens in Wolverhampton in the late 1960s, where nine-year-old Nigel (Oscar Kennedy, quite...
- 6/19/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
American TV made stars of Hugh Laurie and Dominic West, bypassing the traditional stage to screen route. Now two schemes hope to exploit this new path for emerging talent
A talented British actor may have to toil for a long time in the Us before hitting paydirt. But when that sought-after role in a primetime drama series comes along, it can fund a year of acting on the English stage, boost an established performer's profile and perhaps even provide a stepping stone to Hollywood.
It has worked for many British stars, from Dominic West, who starred in The Wire and is now wowing audiences in Simon Gray's Butley, to the comedian Hugh Laurie, whose role in House has made him an international celebrity. Ian McShane's delayed Us success in the western series Deadwood, meanwhile, has now seen him join an A-list cast in the summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
A talented British actor may have to toil for a long time in the Us before hitting paydirt. But when that sought-after role in a primetime drama series comes along, it can fund a year of acting on the English stage, boost an established performer's profile and perhaps even provide a stepping stone to Hollywood.
It has worked for many British stars, from Dominic West, who starred in The Wire and is now wowing audiences in Simon Gray's Butley, to the comedian Hugh Laurie, whose role in House has made him an international celebrity. Ian McShane's delayed Us success in the western series Deadwood, meanwhile, has now seen him join an A-list cast in the summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
- 6/11/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Despite the fact that Helena Bonham Carter is currently in England filming Tim Burton's reimagining of the '60s TV series "Dark Shadows," she's sending her best to America. And she isn't alone. As the digital distributor Emerging Pictures did last fall for a selection of Australian hits that wouldn't have made it to U.S. theaters otherwise, the company is teaming up with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the UK Film Council to bring a group of six acclaimed British films Stateside, kicking off with "Toast," a '60s set coming-of-age story based on food writer Nigel Slater's memoir with Freddie Highmore as his teen surrogate who must compete for the attention of his gruff father against a cleaning woman (Bonham Carter) whose heavenly lemon meringue pie masks the tartness she demonstrates upon becoming the boy's stepmother.
However, that's nearly the only thing about the...
However, that's nearly the only thing about the...
- 6/11/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
“From Britain with Love” – a curated program of six independent UK films will screen across ten Us cities from June 11 – July 9, 2011, as part of a partnership between Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures.
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
- 5/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
“From Britain with Love” – a curated program of six independent UK films will screen across ten Us cities from June 11 – July 9, 2011, as part of a partnership between Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures.
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
The showcase’s premiere constitutes a component of the Film Society’s celebration of its new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and the screenings will run contemporaneously to online webcast conversations with the film’s key talent.
A similar program, named “From Blighty with Love” was run across India in 2010.
Featured in the program are the following films, three of which will be making their Us premieres:
· A Boy Called Dad (80min)
Director: Brian Percival
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as...
- 5/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council & Emerging Pictures presents From Britain With Love
June 11 . July 9
6 indie UK films will screen in 10 Us cities launching with Toast starring Helena Bonham Carter
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures announced the details today for plans to showcase six recent independent films produced in the United Kingdom for a release in more than ten cities stateside from June 11 . July 9.
Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and in partnership with Emerging Pictures – the largest all-digital specialty film and alternate content theatre network in the United States – the showcase will premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 11 as part of the opening celebration for its state-of-the art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Each of the films will be shown once at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and once downtown at the IFC Center.
June 11 . July 9
6 indie UK films will screen in 10 Us cities launching with Toast starring Helena Bonham Carter
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, UK Film Council and Emerging Pictures announced the details today for plans to showcase six recent independent films produced in the United Kingdom for a release in more than ten cities stateside from June 11 . July 9.
Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and in partnership with Emerging Pictures – the largest all-digital specialty film and alternate content theatre network in the United States – the showcase will premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 11 as part of the opening celebration for its state-of-the art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Each of the films will be shown once at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and once downtown at the IFC Center.
- 5/12/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Beginning life in 2007 with Arthur and the Invisibles (which at that time, was the most expensive French production in history), the third entry in this children’s animated series (co-created and directed by Luc Besson) comes to DVD. A mixture of live-action and computer animation, this is the tale of a young boy called Arthur (Freddie Highmore) who yet again finds himself teaming up with his mystical friends, The Minimoys. They are little elf-like creatures who live in the woods, and this time around, the two worlds collide as villain Maltazard escapes from his miniature surroundings with a potion which enables him to grow to human size. Arthur calls on the help of his friends Replay and Snow and they too, venture to the outside world in an attempt to stop Maltazard.
With elements of The Borrowers and A Bug’s Life, Arthur and the Great Adventure (which is also,...
With elements of The Borrowers and A Bug’s Life, Arthur and the Great Adventure (which is also,...
- 5/3/2011
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
MasterChef continued to prove popular on Wednesday evening, despite stiff competition from live Champions League football, the latest audience data has revealed. The cookery competition's seventh series averaged a solid 4.94m (20.1%) on BBC One in the 9pm hour, peaking at 5.61m (23.9%) for the final 15 minutes. However, primetime was dominated by live coverage of Manchester United's draw with Marseille, which pulled in 5.75m (24.1%) on ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10pm, while 38k (0.2%) tuned in on +1. Earlier on BBC One, The One Show and Nigel Slater entertained 4.25m (20.1%) and 3.6m (16.6%) respectively between 7pm and 7.30pm, before Rip Off Britain grabbed 4.47m (21.2%). Waterloo Road mustered 4.48m (18.5%) in the 8pm hour, and Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman had 1.25m (10.1%) from 11pm. Channel 4's Coach Trip rumbled on (more)...
- 2/24/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
A film of British food writer Nigel Slater's memoirs gave Helena Bonham Carter a handy new dessert recipe - and a chance to explore a working-class role.
Bonham Carter, nominated for an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech, plays Slater's stepmother - a cleaner - in Toast. She presented the movie at the Berlin Film Festival Wednesday.
Bonham Carter said she'd "never been asked to play a cleaner before and I'd never been asked to do (British) Midlands working class."...
Bonham Carter, nominated for an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech, plays Slater's stepmother - a cleaner - in Toast. She presented the movie at the Berlin Film Festival Wednesday.
Bonham Carter said she'd "never been asked to play a cleaner before and I'd never been asked to do (British) Midlands working class."...
- 2/16/2011
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Elton John has revealed that a Hollywood biopic of his life is in the works. The man himself said: "It will be more of a fantasy, Moulin Rouge type of stuff. My life’s been so surreal from buying a football club to God knows what." Lee Hall, the writer behind Billy Elliot and Steven Spielberg's War Horse, is working on the script. Hall also recently did a top job turning Nigel Slater's biography Toast into a TV movie. John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, has had quite the life, so it'll be interesting to see what elements...
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- 1/30/2011
- by Matt Maytum
- TotalFilm
Yo ho ho, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and may 2011 deliver us all a lot less "Miranda." I think this year should be a good one, TV-wise: I'm looking forward to new episodes of "The Thick of It," hopefully more "Misfits," more "Downton Abbey," a bit of "Psychoville," a new series of "Skins," and then of course all the stuff that I don't know about that's currently being made. Of course, all of these programmes will be made on a shoestring since this new government, which I don't want to emit a value judgment on, will be cutting the arts down to the very gills. Just one of the many reasons that this government sucks David Blaine's balls and smells of rotten stingray on a bed of slimy artichokes and peppery betrayal. God I hate this government.
Anyway, let's talk about some of the programmes that were on over the Christmas period,...
Anyway, let's talk about some of the programmes that were on over the Christmas period,...
- 1/6/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
The BBC's Silent Witness and ITV's Above Suspicion tied in primetime on Monday night, according to the latest audience data. Silent Witness averaged 5.88m (20.9%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour, only slightly ahead of Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent, with 5.83m (20.7%) on ITV1. Elsewhere on BBC One, Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's New Year's Suppers pulled in respective audiences of 4.5m (17.3%) and 4.35m (15.8%) in the 8pm hour. Celebrity Mastermind had 3.03m (10.4%) from 8.30pm. The Lakes entertained 4.38m (15.1%) on ITV1 from 8pm. Later, a screening of The Matrix Reloaded grabbed 890k (6.5%) from 10.15pm. Over on BBC Two, coverage of the Bdo World Darts Championship took 1.04m (3.9%) in the 7pm hour. Stargazing Live, a new show presented by Professor Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain, (more)...
- 1/4/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Nigel Slater has revealed that the sex scenes in the BBC adaptation of his autobiography Toast will be "subtle". The writer admitted on the BBC TV blog that he was initially unsure how the sexual elements of the book would be portrayed. "The sexual element... was an integral part of the book and I was concerned how it would translate onto the screen," he explained. "The film touches on the sexual thread of the book, but in a more subtle way. This may disappoint a few readers who are hoping for a visual romp through the book's more colourful and varied sex scenes, but it makes (more)...
- 12/30/2010
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Food writer and broadcaster Nigel Slater.s evocative autobiography depicts a childhood where happiness and edibles were synonymous. Switch on BBC1 this Thursday, December 30, at 9pm and you can enjoy his mouth-watering and tearful recollections as they.re piped directly into your lounge.
Slater.s book--also called Toast and first published in 2003--has been compacted into a 90-minute screenplay featuring a plumped up, blonde Helena Bonham Carter as his nightmarish stepmother. Toast is like a foodie Cinderella: instead of a glass slipper, Slater slips on an apron and,... More >>...
Slater.s book--also called Toast and first published in 2003--has been compacted into a 90-minute screenplay featuring a plumped up, blonde Helena Bonham Carter as his nightmarish stepmother. Toast is like a foodie Cinderella: instead of a glass slipper, Slater slips on an apron and,... More >>...
- 12/28/2010
- by Ruth Margolis
- TV.com
Nigel Slater is perhaps best known for his simple suppers but he's also the author of a bestselling autobiography which provides the source material for this festive film from the BBC. But does the end product make for Michelin-starred viewing? The small screen used to be a place where the big stars went during the twilight of their careers but not so any more and if you needed proof then look no further than Helena Bonham Carter's appearance in this superb BBC film.
- 12/17/2010
- Sky TV
A triple firing on The Apprentice pulled in almost 8 million viewers on Wednesday evening, according to overnight audience data. Lord Alan Sugar's dismissal of Stuart Baggs, Joanna Riley and Jamie Lester was seen by 7.91m (30.3%) on BBC One from 9pm, up 770k week-on-week. Spinoff show The Apprentice: You're Fired! had 3.9m (17.9%) on BBC Two from 10pm, up 610k on last week's episode. Earlier on BBC One, The One Show grabbed 4.65m (21.4%) from 7.30pm, before Dig 1940 opened with 4.61m (21.3%). Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.65m (15.9%) and 3.55m (14.6%) from 8pm. Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman entertained 1.5m (11.5%) from 10.45pm. On ITV1, The Lakes pulled in 3.49m (16.1%) from 7.30pm, before A Touch Of Frost took 3.35m (13.4%) between 8pm (more)...
- 12/16/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice soared past 7 million viewers on Wednesday night, despite competition from Champions League football, according to the latest audience data. Lord Alan Sugar's shock dismissal of 24-year-old Liz Locke was seen by 7.14m (28%) on BBC One from 9pm, up 630k week-on-week and the comfortable winner in its timeslot. The show also held off the challenge of live football, after a combined average audience of 4.26m (17.3%) watched Arsenal's victory against Partizan Belgrade on ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10pm. Earlier on BBC One, The One Show grabbed 4.79m (19.7%) from 7.30pm, before Wallace & Gromit's World Of Inventions fetched 4.7m (20.6%). Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.99m (16.5%) and 3.97m (16%) from 8pm. Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman entertained (more)...
- 12/9/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Screenterrier reported on the casting of Freddie Highmore as the teenage Nigel Slater in the BBC's adaptation of the food writer and cook Nigel Slater's memoir Toast. And also the casting of Oscar Kennedy (now represented by Curtis Brown) as the younger Nigel.
Finding both a younger Nigel and an older Nigel to represent the two areas of Slater's youth that are covered in the film was not an easy task, according to the director Sj Clarkson.
"We were looking for someone who carried the spirit of Nigel," says Clarkson. "It's always difficult casting child actors because we wanted to find someone fresh who hadn't done much before. Our brilliant casting director Rachel Freck and I both wanted to find a boy who captured the spirit of Nigel, who had that naivety and innocence."
Oscar Kennedy, a young aspiring actor from Nottinghamshire, came to the audition with very little acting experience.
Finding both a younger Nigel and an older Nigel to represent the two areas of Slater's youth that are covered in the film was not an easy task, according to the director Sj Clarkson.
"We were looking for someone who carried the spirit of Nigel," says Clarkson. "It's always difficult casting child actors because we wanted to find someone fresh who hadn't done much before. Our brilliant casting director Rachel Freck and I both wanted to find a boy who captured the spirit of Nigel, who had that naivety and innocence."
Oscar Kennedy, a young aspiring actor from Nottinghamshire, came to the audition with very little acting experience.
- 12/3/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
The Apprentice struggled to compete against I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! on Wednesday evening, the latest audience data has revealed. Laura Moore's exit from The Apprentice was watched by 6.53m (22.8%) on BBC One from 9pm, down 740k week-on-week. The programme was hit by I'm a Celebrity..., after a combined average audience of 8.84m (31.3%) saw rapper Aggro Santos become the latest star to leave the jungle camp. Earlier on BBC One, The One Show grabbed 5.98m (24.2%) from 7.30pm, before Wallace & Gromit's World Of Inventions fetched 4.01m (15.6%). Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.44m (12.9%) and 3.45m (12.6%) from 8pm. Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman entertained 1.3m (9.8%) from 10.45pm. Channel 4's Animal House (more)...
- 12/2/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice soared past 7 million on Wednesday evening, despite strong competition from live Champions League football, overnight data has revealed. The show, which saw ex-Royal Marine commando Christopher Farrell become the eighth candidate fired by Lord Alan Sugar, averaged 7.27m (27.5%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour, up 650k week-on-week. The programme outperformed live coverage of Manchester United's victory over Rangers, which pulled in 5.98m (23.9%) on ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10.15pm. Earlier, The One Show grabbed 4.89m (22.1%) on BBC One from 7.30pm, before Wallace & Gromit's World Of Inventions fetched 3.91 (17.6%), down 450k week-on-week. Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.11m (13.2%) and 3.52m (14.3%) on BBC One from 8pm. Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman (more)...
- 11/25/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice outperformed coverage of England's friendly international match against France on Wednesday evening, overnight data has revealed. Sandeesh Samra's exit from the reality TV show was watched by 6.72m (25.7%) on BBC One in the 9pm hour, up 300k week-on-week. The programme held its own against live coverage of England's defeat to France, which pulled in 6.31m (26%) on ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10.15pm. Earlier, The One Show grabbed 4.44m (20.2%) on BBC One from 7.30pm, before Wallace & Gromit's World Of Inventions fetched 4.46m (20.5%), up 830k week-on-week. Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.25m (13.8%) and 3.11m (12.5%) on BBC One from 8pm. Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman entertained 1.19m (10%) from 10.45pm. Channel 4's Celebrity Coach (more)...
- 11/18/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
More than 80 years after it first appeared, a new edition of Guardian Style is published
The new edition of Guardian Style arrives more than 80 years after the first "Style-book of the Manchester Guardian", printed (for staff only, and not available to the general public) when the great Cp Scott was well into his sixth decade as editor. We have included extracts from the 1928 book, as well as the whole of Scott's 1921 essay best known for the phrase "comment is free but facts are sacred", which we believe still informs and inspires Guardian journalists.
We have also included a number of anecdotes about Scott, including this recollection by Wp Crozier, himself a later editor of the Guardian:
"Since the paper was critical, independent, and in frequent opposition to popular opinion, he felt that everything should be done to make it clear to the average man and woman. It was to appeal...
The new edition of Guardian Style arrives more than 80 years after the first "Style-book of the Manchester Guardian", printed (for staff only, and not available to the general public) when the great Cp Scott was well into his sixth decade as editor. We have included extracts from the 1928 book, as well as the whole of Scott's 1921 essay best known for the phrase "comment is free but facts are sacred", which we believe still informs and inspires Guardian journalists.
We have also included a number of anecdotes about Scott, including this recollection by Wp Crozier, himself a later editor of the Guardian:
"Since the paper was critical, independent, and in frequent opposition to popular opinion, he felt that everything should be done to make it clear to the average man and woman. It was to appeal...
- 11/16/2010
- by David Marsh
- The Guardian - Film News
Nigel Slater goes on the set of Toast, the film of his bestselling memoir, which stars Helena Bonham Carter and will be screened at Christmas by the BBC
You've come at a difficult moment. She's looking very pale now, it's getting near the end." Faye Ward, the producer from Ruby Films warns me as we tiptoe up the back stairs of one of Birmingham's disused Victorian banks and across the empty banking hall. We negotiate the tangle of cables and lights and sit at the monitors. There must be a dozen people crowded around the screens examining everything as if through a microscope: the food, the room, the lighting, the makeup and every strand of hair. As I put my headphones on, a little boy's voice suddenly screams: "I hate you, I hate you, I hope you die." There is a struggle, then his visibly weak mother pulls him to the ground and holds him,...
You've come at a difficult moment. She's looking very pale now, it's getting near the end." Faye Ward, the producer from Ruby Films warns me as we tiptoe up the back stairs of one of Birmingham's disused Victorian banks and across the empty banking hall. We negotiate the tangle of cables and lights and sit at the monitors. There must be a dozen people crowded around the screens examining everything as if through a microscope: the food, the room, the lighting, the makeup and every strand of hair. As I put my headphones on, a little boy's voice suddenly screams: "I hate you, I hate you, I hope you die." There is a struggle, then his visibly weak mother pulls him to the ground and holds him,...
- 11/15/2010
- by Nigel Slater
- The Guardian - Film News
The Apprentice saw its audience share drop on Wednesday evening due to the The Pride of Britain Awards, overnight data has revealed. Alex Epstein's exit from the show averaged 6.42m (24%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour, down 880k week-on-week. The programme was hit by coverage of The Pride Of Britain Awards 2010, which pulled in 6.23m (24.7%) on ITV1 between 8pm and 10pm, while 105k (0.4%) watched in HD. Prior to the awards, special tribute programme Farewell Jack appealed to 6.9m (30.7%) from 7.30pm and 120k (0.5%) in HD. Earlier, The One Show grabbed 4.48m (20.4%) on BBC One from 7.30pm, before new series Wallace & Gromit's World Of Inventions continued to 3.63m (16.2%), down by more than 2m week-on-week.
Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.25m (more)...
Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 3.25m (more)...
- 11/11/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice was watched by 7.3m on Wednesday evening, despite the challenge of live football on ITV1, overnight audience data has revealed. Paloma Vivanco's tempestuous exit from the show averaged 7.3m (28.9%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour, up 1.26m week-on-week. The programme managed to fend off live coverage of Chelsea's Champions League victory against Spartak Moscow, which pulled in 3.44m (14.4%) on ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10pm, while 253k (1.1%) watched in HD. Earlier, The One Show grabbed 4.81m (22.2%) on BBC One from 7.30pm, before new series Wallace & Gromit's World Of Inventions debuted to 5.69m (25.7%). Jimmy's Food Factory and Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers cooked up respective audiences of 4.41m (19.4%) and 4.38m (18.6%) on BBC One from 8pm. Later, Film 2010 With Claudia Winkleman entertained 1.34m (10.7%) (more)...
- 11/4/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Works Media Group tells me its interim financial results are still being finalised but expects its accounting problems to be resolved by tomorrow. The UK film distribution and sales company failed to publish its half-year accounts on time and had its shares suspended on the London Stock Exchange last week. Meanwhile, it's business as usual. Its division Works International just promoted Clare Crean to head of sales at the London-based sales agent after Carl Clifton left to join rival K5 International. Crean is the 3rd head of sales to be appointed at The Works in less than 12 months. Joy Wong left earlier this year too. Crean’s slate includes BBC Films’ Toast, a biopic of food writer Nigel Slater starring Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore.
- 10/7/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
Helena Bonham Carter is to star in new BBC One drama film 'Toast'. The Hollywood actress will star alongside 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' star Freddie Highmore in the TV film adaptation of the bestselling autobiography by food writer and chef Nigel Slater - where she will play the argumentative stepmother of the aspiring cook. Jay Hunt, controller at BBC One, has promised the show will be a ''real treat'' as it follows Nigel through his life as a youngster in 60s Britain through to adulthood and life as a foodie. She said: '''Toast' is a wonderfully nostalgic drama which will be a real ..
- 5/21/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
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