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  • EMILY BLUNT and ASHLEY JENSEN star in GNOMEO & JULIET, an inventive 3D animated version of Shakepeare’s classic play, Romeo & Juliet, with music by Elton John. **GNOMEO & JULIET is in cinemas from 11 February.  MMM: What was your initial reaction when you were told you’d be voicing gnomes in an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies? Blunt: I was really baffled. I remember when I got the call from my agent, they...

    Emily Blunt & Ashley Jensen – Gnomeo & Juliet

    EMILY BLUNT and ASHLEY JENSEN star in GNOMEO & JULIET, an inventive 3D animated version of Shakepeare’s classic play, Romeo & Juliet, with music by Elton John. **GNOMEO & JULIET is in cinemas from 11 February.  MMM: What was your initial reaction when you were told you’d be voicing gnomes in an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies? Blunt: I was really baffled. I remember when I got the call from my agent, they...

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  • Director KELLY ASBURY talks about his latest movie GNOMEO & JULIET, a 3D animated version of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet which features the music of Elton John. **GNOMEO & JULIET is in cinemas from 11 February MMM: How did you become involved with Gnomeo & Juliet? Asbury: Baker Bloodworth [producer] rang me and said, ‘Kelly, we’ve got this great movie and we’d love you to direct. It’s using the music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.’...

    Kelly Asbury – Gnomeo & Juliet

    Director KELLY ASBURY talks about his latest movie GNOMEO & JULIET, a 3D animated version of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet which features the music of Elton John. **GNOMEO & JULIET is in cinemas from 11 February MMM: How did you become involved with Gnomeo & Juliet? Asbury: Baker Bloodworth [producer] rang me and said, ‘Kelly, we’ve got this great movie and we’d love you to direct. It’s using the music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.’...

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  • Comedian MATT LUCAS chats about playing a gnome in 3D animated movie GNOMEO & JULIET, an inventive 21st-century makeover of Shakespeare‘s classic Romeo & Juliet. **GNOMEO & JULIET is in cinemas from 11 February MMM: What was your initial reaction when you were told you’d be voicing gnomes in an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies? Lucas: How much? Honestly, I was just happy to get the work. I was chuffed to bits. I know David Furnish and...

    Matt Lucas – Gnomeo & Juliet

    Comedian MATT LUCAS chats about playing a gnome in 3D animated movie GNOMEO & JULIET, an inventive 21st-century makeover of Shakespeare‘s classic Romeo & Juliet. **GNOMEO & JULIET is in cinemas from 11 February MMM: What was your initial reaction when you were told you’d be voicing gnomes in an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies? Lucas: How much? Honestly, I was just happy to get the work. I was chuffed to bits. I know David Furnish and...

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  • My Movie Mundo meets JACK BLACK, BILLY CONNOLLY, JAMES CORDEN, and EMILY BLUNT, the stars of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, a modern 3D take on the Jonathan Swift classic. Black is Lemuel Gulliver, a mailroom clerk at a New York newspaper who bluffs his way into writing a travel feature about the Bermuda Triangle. However, on his way to Bermuda, Gulliver’s transported to Lilliput where he finds he’s giant-sized compared to the people who live there, including Emily Blunt...

    Jack Black, Billy Connolly, James Corden, & Emily Blunt – Gulliver’s Travels

    My Movie Mundo meets JACK BLACK, BILLY CONNOLLY, JAMES CORDEN, and EMILY BLUNT, the stars of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, a modern 3D take on the Jonathan Swift classic. Black is Lemuel Gulliver, a mailroom clerk at a New York newspaper who bluffs his way into writing a travel feature about the Bermuda Triangle. However, on his way to Bermuda, Gulliver’s transported to Lilliput where he finds he’s giant-sized compared to the people who live there, including Emily Blunt...

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  • Kakera: A Piece of Our Life is Japanese writer-director MOMOKO ANDO’s first feature film. Based on the manga Love Vibes by Erika Sakurazawa, the film follows the lives of two very different young women who meet by chance in a cafe. The more shy college student Haru gets to know Riko, a confident medical artist, the more she starts to see life differently. But will that include dumping her two-timing boyfriend and giving her new relationship...

    Momoko Ando (writer-director) – Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

    Kakera: A Piece of Our Life is Japanese writer-director MOMOKO ANDO’s first feature film. Based on the manga Love Vibes by Erika Sakurazawa, the film follows the lives of two very different young women who meet by chance in a cafe. The more shy college student Haru gets to know Riko, a confident medical artist, the more she starts to see life differently. But will that include dumping her two-timing boyfriend and giving her new relationship...

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  • When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton...

    Warwick Thornton (writer-director-cinematographer) – Samson & Delilah

    When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton...

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  • Cuba, an isolated island of 11 million people, has dominated the world of Olympic boxing for the past 40 years, notching up 63 medals including 32 gold. Just how this impoverished country achieved such results was unknown outside Cuba until first-time British director ANDREW LANG gained unprecedented access to the Havana Boxing Academy to make his film Sons of Cuba. The hand-picked group of 10-year-old boys who attend the Academy eat, breath, and sleep boxing. Lang’s film...

    Andrew Lang (director-producer) – Sons of Cuba

    Cuba, an isolated island of 11 million people, has dominated the world of Olympic boxing for the past 40 years, notching up 63 medals including 32 gold. Just how this impoverished country achieved such results was unknown outside Cuba until first-time British director ANDREW LANG gained unprecedented access to the Havana Boxing Academy to make his film Sons of Cuba. The hand-picked group of 10-year-old boys who attend the Academy eat, breath, and sleep boxing. Lang’s film...

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  • AMY CARSON was a Music student at Cambridge University when she landed the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Branagh’s update of the 1791 opera sets the action during the First World War and stars Carson as Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. When Pamina is kidnapped, the task of rescuing her falls to a young soldier named Tamino and his sidekick Papageno. Carson chats to film...

    Amy Carson (singer-actor) – The Magic Flute

    AMY CARSON was a Music student at Cambridge University when she landed the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Branagh’s update of the 1791 opera sets the action during the First World War and stars Carson as Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. When Pamina is kidnapped, the task of rescuing her falls to a young soldier named Tamino and his sidekick Papageno. Carson chats to film...

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  • Actor and musician RIZ AHMED (The Road to Guantanamo) talks about his latest film Shifty, an urban drama which follows 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer. MMM: Your character’s based on a real person. Did you get to meet the man in question? Ahmed: No, I didn’t meet him. The idea was based on true-life characters and true-life stories, but I think ultimately the Shifty of this film is a composite...

    Riz Ahmed (actor) – Shifty

    Actor and musician RIZ AHMED (The Road to Guantanamo) talks about his latest film Shifty, an urban drama which follows 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer. MMM: Your character’s based on a real person. Did you get to meet the man in question? Ahmed: No, I didn’t meet him. The idea was based on true-life characters and true-life stories, but I think ultimately the Shifty of this film is a composite...

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  • ERAN CREEVY’s first feature film, Shifty, is an urban drama following 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer. Creevy chats about blagging his way into the film business, writing from experience, and his ambitions to be the next Michael Mann. MMM: I believe there’s a living breathing inspiration for Shifty… Creevy: I grew up in a place called Harlow in Essex, which is a new town built after the Second World War....

    Eran Creevy (writer-director) – Shifty

    ERAN CREEVY’s first feature film, Shifty, is an urban drama following 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer. Creevy chats about blagging his way into the film business, writing from experience, and his ambitions to be the next Michael Mann. MMM: I believe there’s a living breathing inspiration for Shifty… Creevy: I grew up in a place called Harlow in Essex, which is a new town built after the Second World War....

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