http://www.redbrick.me The official website of Redbrick, University of Birmingham student publication. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/news-round-up/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/news-round-up/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 11:31:37 +0000 benjackson http://www.redbrick.me/?p=267979
Our team of handsome and the-last-Puple-One-in-the-box writers take you vaguely superhero related news. Becky McCarthy, Patrick Mcateer, Megan Jones, Johnathan Fagg]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/news-round-up/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-16032012/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-16032012/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:00:19 +0000 Josh Taylor http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=42236
A Star Is (Re)Born Clint Eastwood is in talks with Tom Cruise to play the lead in his upcoming A Star Is Born. The remake of the classic will be the fourth version of the film since the 1937 original. Should Cruise land the role he will star opposite Beyoncé, playing a fading star who [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-16032012/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-0903/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-0903/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:30:31 +0000 Josh Taylor http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=41060
Ralph McQuarrie Oscar winning visual effects artist Ralph McQuarrie has passed away at 82. Best known for being the driving force in the creation of the Star Wars universe, envisioning Darth Vader amongst many other legendary characters, McQuarrie also worked on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Cocoon for which he received his Oscar. George Lucas [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-0903/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-40/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-40/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:00:26 +0000 mclemens http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=40190
Die Really Hard Greetings Die Hard fans, just a brief update for all those crazy about everything John McClane. Although many know this, there will definitely be a Die Hard 5. The latest gossip suggests that John’s son Jack will take front and centre, replacing both his daughter and Justin Long’s geek hacker from the [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/03/film-news-40/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/film-news-39/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/film-news-39/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:06:56 +0000 mclemens http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=37656
Child-friendly Chuck The creators of Terminator 5 guarantee their latest instalment will be 100% blood and guts R-rated as ‘God and James Cameron intended’, which for UK cinema enthusiasts, translates as a 15 or 18 certificate rating. This will no doubt ring sweetly in the ears of action lovers everywhere, especially the ones K.O’d by [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/film-news-39/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/david-walliams-a-celebrity-profile/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/david-walliams-a-celebrity-profile/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:11 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=37672
Actor, writer and now judge, David Walliams has become a household name since bursting onto our screens alongside Matt Lucas in their hugely successful sketch show Little Britain in 2003. Walliams was actually born Williams, but decided to change his name after joining actor’s trade union Equity which already had a member by the name [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/02/david-walliams-a-celebrity-profile/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/film-news-38/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/film-news-38/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:08:10 +0000 Heather Smeeton http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=35719
The Words Bradley Cooper is a fine piece of merchandise nowadays. His new film, The Words, recently caused a stir for the Sundance Film Festival when a bidding war broke out. The new drama tells the story of a writer who plagarises a long lost manuscript only later to pay the price. However, it would [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/film-news-38/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/unjustified-david-camerons-uk-film-industry-remarks/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/unjustified-david-camerons-uk-film-industry-remarks/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:15:37 +0000 James Dolton http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=35735
In a recent visit to the historic Pinewood Studios, home most famously to the James Bond franchise, Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted as declaring that whilst we are in a ‘golden age’ of British cinema, he hopes that our country’s production companies will strive for ‘commercially successful pictures’, as opposed to what he euphemistically [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/unjustified-david-camerons-uk-film-industry-remarks/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/the-beginners-guide-to-michael-fassbender/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/the-beginners-guide-to-michael-fassbender/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:55:00 +0000 Bethany Ditzel http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=35690
You may not have heard of him, but if you’ve been to the cinema in the past year, you will most likely have seen a film starring Michael Fassbender. Born in 1977 to German-Irish parents, Fassbender spent his childhood between Heidelberg, Germany and County Kerry, Ireland. He was trained at the Drama Centre in London, [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/the-beginners-guide-to-michael-fassbender/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2011/12/film-news-37/ http://www.redbrick.me/2011/12/film-news-37/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:38:56 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=32484
Twilight Seizures So, does anyone need another reason not to go see that new Twilight Movie? Here goes: Breaking Dawn is reportedly causing seizures in several of its viewers. The much-discussed birth sequence in the movie, which is accompanied by bright, flashing lights may apparently cause ‘photosensitive epilepsy’. A man from California “fell to the [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2011/12/film-news-37/feed/ 0