Concrete Playground

Baz Luhrmann, the internet's current poster boy for excess and anal-retentiveness, thinks so.It came as no surprise to the millions of die-hard Gatsby fans that the bloke who made Moulin Rouge! (and oh did that film earn it's exclamation mark) and this scene was going to make something bordering on...

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If Tony Montana's "little friend" had instead been a BB gun, would that scene be quite so iconic? Hollywood fears not, it seems, because industry representatives have come out against the new gun control laws in New York, one of the few states to pass sweeping restrictions after the Sandy...

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Weary of Westeros? Want a new formula to Breaking Bad? Zoned out of Walking Dead? Okay, perhaps not yet, but soon these shows will be over for the season (or *gulp* for good), and we'll be in the mood for something new.To pre-empt this moment, we've found five shows...

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As the creator and host of This American Life, one of modern radio's truly great story hours, Ira Glass needs little introduction. But now Ira is trying his hand as a film producer. Marcus Costello caught up with him ahead of the Australian release of Sleepwalk with Me, a comedy...

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For those of you feeling a little bereft of cultural events since our much publicised theatre festivals left town, no need to worry. With more films than you can shake a stick at The Documentary Edge Festival provides a comprehensive selection of documentaries from around the world. Many explore serious...

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"What is this kind of film?" This question is not, as one might expect, asked by a journalist following a screening of Trance, or by a member of the public curious about the billboards currently filling London. Rather, it is asked by Vincent Cassel, one of the film's leads, to...

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Some innovative internetters have thrown their support behind tougher laws on firearms in America by photoshopping classic movie moments so that our favourite gun-toting characters serve their enemies a friendly thumbs up instead of a barrage of bullets.The light-hearted approach by photoblog Thumbs & Ammo comes at a time when...

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Ali is played by newcomer Matthias Schoenaerts. He arrives hungry and homeless in Antibes, in the South of France. Tagging along is his son, a boy he barely knows. He's working his first shift as a bouncer at the hip club in town when he meets Stephanie, played...

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Carrie Fisher is bringing back those famous bagel buns and reprising her role as Princess Leia in the upcoming Star Wars trilogy. Or at least, so says Carrie Fisher.Since Disney and LucasFilm confirmed the new Star Wars trilogy scheduled for release from 2015 would concern the post-Return of the Jedi...

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Finally we have proof that Hogwarts exists, and it is in the shape of 400,000 Lego blocks. Alice Finch, a mother of two from Seattle who became a Lego aficionado after building blocks with her son, has unveiled her completed scale rendition of Hogwarts, and it is arguably the largest...

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The Holy See — Vatican City — is one of the world's smallest countries, nestled entirely inside of the city of Rome. It normally rates above its size in world attention, but for the next two months it's going to to get a double dose of international focus. Now that...

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Picking up where most romantic comedies end, I Give It A Year charts the rocky road of a rather mismatched couple navigating their first year of marriage. Since meeting, ambitious high-flyer Nat (Rose Byrne) and struggling novelist Josh (Rafe Spall) have been deliriously happy despite their differences....

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