Archives for February 2010

Love United Hate Glazer Sticker seen on the back of a bus in Manchester last night.

A dispute with Disney over the release window
could see Alice in Wonderland barred 
from Odeon, Vue and Cineworld screens

Disney wants to cut the gap between the theatrical opening and the DVD release to just 12 weeks,
down from the standard 17 weeks.
The big exhibitors refuse to book any film that doesn’t have a guaranteed four-month theatrical run.

If neither side climbs down, the 3D film will not play at any Odeon, Vue or Cineworld site across the country,
representing 95% of the UK’s 3D screens.

Disney says that films take 97% of their box office revenue in the first eight weeks of release,
after which they largely disappear from cinemas.

The Cinemas claim that bringing forward the DVD release will reduce peoples desire
to see films on the big screen, which could lead to cinema closures, particularly in smaller towns.

The number of British people who are sceptical about climate change is rising,
a poll for BBC News suggests.

During the intervening period between the two polls,
there was a series of high profile climate-related stories,
some of which made grim reading for climate scientists and policymakers.

In November, the contents of emails stolen from a leading climate science unit
led to accusations that a number of researchers had manipulated data.

And in January, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
admitted that it had made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035.

Insert Wake Up by Rage Aginst The Machine here !

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Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway will join the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in London
for the world premiere of Alice In Wonderland.

The premiere takes place on 25th February and the film is on general release from 5th March.

Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s 3D movie that was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic tale
of Alice and her adventures in Wonderland.

The premiere will be held in London’s Leicester Square,

A star studded cast includes Little Britain’s Matt Lucas as Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
Anne Hathaway as the White Queen,Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen
along with Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Paul Whitehouse, Timothy Spall, Barbara Windsor,
Stephen Fry and Christopher Lee who have all provided voices for characters in the story.
Australian Mia Wasikowska stars as Alice.