Across The Atlantic: First Edition, 4th November 2011

Starting from this beautiful, wholesome day, every fortnight (that is two weeks in case you are reading this hung-over) I will collect, evaluate and release all the film-tastic news that may or may not have made your radar due to it being UK/European specific. Some of it you may read, the majority of it however will probably leave you scratching feverishly at your skull wondering “Who is this? And why am I reading this balderdash!”

The majority of the ‘news’ (and I’ll use that term loosely) will be humorous, short, punctual articles that probably wouldn’t warrant a full article on Anomalous. But every now and again a serious piece of news will infiltrate this fine publication…So without further ado, let’s begin, oh, and please excuse the shoddily fashioned graphics, I wasn’t exactly the ‘artistic type’ at school…

The 55^th Annual BFI London Film Festival ended last week after its fifteen day run. David Cronenberg and Ralph Fiennes were awarded BFI Fellowships, while Lynne Ramsay’s film We Need To Talk About Kevin won the Best Film Award. [DigitalSpy]

British drama Sket, which was released last Friday in the United Kingdom, has had two of its posters banned from being shown in the London Underground. The film which revolves around violent girl gangs on the tough streets of inner-city London, satirizes the British government on both posters including David Cameron’s controversial ‘hug-a-hoodie’ initiative (yes, this was actually a real proposal…). [DigitalSpy]

With subscriptions down, NetFlix has finally decided to take the plunge and enter into the market in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland beginning next year. [NetFlix]

Shakespeare’s name was being removed from signs, and a memorial in his birthplace of Stratford-Upon Avon was covered in a campaign against the premiere and release of Roland Emmerich’s latest film Anonymous, which claims that William Shakespeare was nothing more than a barely literate puppet. [BBC]

Here are the first images from the English-language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher series. Starring Richard Coyle (Coupling) and Agyness Deyn (Clash of the Titans), it is directed by Luis Prieto and produced by Vertigo Films. [Collider]

The Beatles always had a penchant for placing their fingers in many profitable pies, and films/film-making was no exception. However one film that hasn’t been seen for nearly forty years (until now!) is the George Harrison funded Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against Eunuchs, this article in the Guardian charts the troubled history behind the 1974 film. [Guardian]

Stuart Heritage at the Guardian compares Guy Ritchie’s interpretation of Sherlock Holmes to that of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s contemporary update for the BBC. [Guardian]

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (right) and British director Stephen Frears will be honoured by the European Film Academy in just under a months’ time at the European Film Awards in Berlin on the 3^rd of December. [EuropeanFilmAcademy 1 / 2]

With Bond 23, aka Skyfall, just around the corner (well, kind of), TotalFilm have compiled a list of 15 actors they believe may be able to fill Daniel Craig’s assassin-laden shoes in the near future. [TotalFilm]

TotalFilm were also one of a few websites to produce something ‘Halloweeny’ (British television celebrated Halloween with a couple of late night screenings of the terrible Halloween sequels) with a countdown of the ‘50 Scariest Movie Moments’. After reading through the list, it is pretty darn predictable with many of the scenes you’d expect to see in there, except for the fact that the opening scene in Candyman is only at an outrageous 48^th on the list! [TotalFilm]

Tilda Swinton has been at the forefront of the Award Bashes recently, as Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin has been sweeping up the gongs left, right and centre. Here Empire take a look at seven of her performance ‘hits and misses’. [Empire]

The nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards have been announced with Senna, Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tyrannosaur and We Need To Talk About Kevin battling it out for the Best Independent Film award. The BIFA will take place on December 4^th. [Empire]

For the second time this year, the British Board of Film Classification has refused to certificate a film. The first was the highly publicised Human Centipede 2 debacle (which has since been passed with numerous cuts), and now the governing body has rejected Adam Rehmeier’s ‘sexually violent’ film The Bunny Game. [BBFC]

Last week, BloodyDisgusting released the French-language trailer for the upcoming French horror film Livide which has been doing the festival rounds over the last couple of months. [BloodyDisgusting]

Also from BloodyDisgusting are a couple of clips and the international trailer for the upcoming supernatural period horror film The Awakening starring Dominic West (The Wire) and Rebecca Hall (The Town). [BloodyDisgusting]

A couple of pictures from the British Horror/Comedy May I Kill You have been released showcasing a couple of the cast members on set. It stars Kevin Bishop as a policeman and is set against the backdrop of the recent London riots. [Fangoria]

This is England and Dead Man’s Shoes director Shane Meadows is reportedly going to be following around and documenting the reunion of ‘Manchester’s favourite boys’ The Stone Roses as they prepare for their first tour in over a decade. [Metro]

Liam Gallagher (right) has a role ready for him in the upcoming Beatles biopic entitled The Longest Cocktail Party, which will document the founding of Apple Records and the recording of their final album Let It Be. [Metro]

Ever wondered what happens when a British sci-fi television show calls time, and wraps up for another series? Well, the cast and crew get together to lip-sync to a popular song of course! This is for all the Doctor Who-ites out there. [BleedingCool]

Steven Spielberg has admitted that it was ideal that Steven Moffat would become one of the writers on his Tintin adaptation, considering that the director is not only a fan of Dr Who, but because just like himself, Moffat is also big fan of the Tintin comic books. [TheSun]

Tiger Aspect, the production company behind various terrible British films such as Kevin and Perry: Go Large and The Martins, are looking to bring the ITV comedy-series Benidorm to the big screen for a  2013 release. [TheSun]

Acclaimed director John Landis was on The Wright Stuff, a daily British panel show in which they discuss the day’s news, to promote his new book Monsters in the Movies. Very little time was spent on Landis, considering it is nearly a two hour show, but the highlight was probably watching John remark that the inspiration for John Belushi’s character Bluto in Animal House was the Cookie Monster and Harpo Marx.  [Five]

Oh, and a little thing called Bonfire Night will be celebrated by many Britons tomorrow, it is a day in which we set off fireworks to celebrate a man who attempted to bring anarchy to this country by bringing down King James I (crazy, eh!). In honour of this glorious day where drinking heavily and handling explosives is seen as commendable by many members of the public, here is a video which is essentially 100 movie explosions in 200 seconds, enjoy! [Youtube]