Ridley Scott talks final Blade Runner

Ridley Scott spoke about the forthcoming final absolute director’s version of Blade Runner, which is due out during the Winter, saying that he had too little experience of the film industry which led to the first version. “A good film is like a good book, you might go to the shelf and take it off [...]

Spying on authors - File on Orwell released

The Guardian has a short piece on the police and MI5 spying attempts on George Orwell, as does the Independent. Some of the comments are wonderful. Having been kept secret for nearly 60 years, the newly released files show how MI5 often tried to persuade Special Branch that he was not a threat.
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Mind the gap - Dr Who to skip a year after next season

The BBC have just posted news that they wil be taking a gap year after the next season. Tennant will be reprising his role in some one-offs in 2009 but is (unconfirmed at the moment) slated to appear in Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The BBC Fiction controller, Jane Tranter, has announced that Season [...]