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30th Cambridge Film Festival 2010

Movies on the Meadows

Special outdoor screenings of UP, TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE and METROPOLIS on Cambridge’s Grantchester Meadows

August Bank Holiday Weekend – Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August
Gates will open at 6.00, with the films starting around dusk – roughly 8.30.

Join the Cambridge Film Festival in celebrating its 30th birthday with special outdoor screenings of classic movies, modern masterpieces and guilty pleasures under the stars in Grantchester Meadows, an idyllic location which is just a short walk, bike ride or punt from Cambridge city centre.

A highlight of Cambridge’s summer calendar, these August Bank Holiday screenings will see the Cambridge Film Festival transform a picturesque corner of Grantchester Meadows into the perfect open-air cinema. We’ll be setting up our massive inflatable cinema screen on the banks of the River Cam in Spring Lane Field, which is just behind the famous Orchard Tea Garden.

And there’s more than just films – come along early, bring a picnic or treat yourself to some of the tasty refreshments that will be available on-site from award-winning local suppliers, and enjoy the great riverside setting in time to see the inflatable cinema screen rise majestically from the river bank before the projectors roll…  Gates will open at 6.00, with the films starting around dusk – roughly 8.30. So bring your blanket, pack a picnic (and a brolly, just in case!) and stretch out under the stars to enjoy these cinematic treats…

These special screenings are part of the Screen Team project, a Cambridge Film Trust initiative which has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Book your tickets now via www.picturehouses.co.uk, in person at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, or by calling 0871 902 5720.

Friday 27th August
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (12A)
Director: David Slade. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. USA, 2010. 123 mins.
Calling all Edward and Bella fans!  What could be more electrifying than the ultimate outdoor movie experience of seeing TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE in the eerie surroundings of the Meadows after dark? Whether you’re Team Edward, Team Jacob or a TWILIGHT virgin, few guilty pleasures are as intoxicating as this teen sensation.  Come and take a bite…

The third instalment in the epic TWILIGHT franchise sees the bloodsucker brood return with aplomb, as Bella Swan is forced to decide whether to side with lover Edward Cullen or close friend Jacob Black when a series of sinister killings put Seattle on red alert.

If you haven’t joined Twitter, now might be a good time. The Twilight Saga movies official Twitter is running a contest. Here is the information that they just Tweeted earlier today:

“Tweet #1
4 chance 2 win one-of-a-kind script, Tweet @Twilight “I’ve seen Eclipse__times! #SeeEclipseAgain” See full rules at http://bit.ly/ & next tweet for further details.

Tweet #2
Prize is a signed script from David Slade, including handwritten notes & storyboards. See full rules at http://bit.ly next tweet for further details.

Tweet #3
Tweet @Twilight Sweeps. No purch. nec. VoidifProhib. Must be res. of 50 US/DC, 13+. Ends 11:59 pm PT 7/28/10. Limit one tweet per day. Subject to full rules at http://bit.ly/TwiSweeps.

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It doesn’t matter what continent you are on, a Twihard is a Twihard! Although the accent does make the Brits sound a bit more posh.

Via Lorabell at TwiCrack

With the release of Eclipse tonight in the US, we’d like to remind everyone that you can say hi to Pel in NYC at the AMC theatre on 34th street.  She’s there talking to fans and giving away prizes.  Follow @twilightees for tons of cool prizes tonight from Cafe Press.

And if you are in Nashville, Alphie plans to stop by the Carmike where we will be holding our Eclipse Movie Event on Saturday.  Be sure to say hi!

For those of you staying in tonight, @Larry411 has a list of all the good reviews of Eclipse.  Just be warned that there are spoilers to be had in some reviews.

And when you get home, be sure to stop by our forums where you can talk about your favorite scenes or the scenes that didn’t quite hit the mark.

PLEASE no spoilers out here in the open though!  Feel free to tell us if you loved it or thought it could have been better, but save the specifics for the forums.

I feel like I am living in some kind of weird alternative universe here. First The Hollywood reporter gives a positive review to Eclipse, and now Variety has done the same! Someone pinch me, because I swear I’m hallucinating!

“Taking a cue from the “Harry Potter” series, which maintains continuity on the writing and casting fronts while introducing a different feel with each change of director, the “Twilight” producers have embraced a variety of different visions behind the camera. Capitalizing on her indie sensibility and keenly observed teen insights, Catherine Hardwicke set the tone with the low-budget first film, with Chris Weitz expanding (and flattening) the world with his broader, daytime soap-opera style in “New Moon.” Now, the task falls to Slade, who clearly understands how to work with actors while also demonstrating a welcome competence in the action and melodrama departments.

It’s no easy task taking a piece of material auds already know inside-out and spinning it in such a way that individual scenes still generate tension and suspense. Slade sets us on edge from the outset with an atmospheric vignette merely alluded to in the book, as small-town boy Riley (Xavier Samuel) is ambushed and bitten by an unseen vampire in shadowy Seattle (looking every bit as ominous as Tim Burton’s Gotham City).

Slade and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg wisely intercut these puppy-love scenes with uneasy horror-movie jolts. After all, “Eclipse” builds not to a showdown between Edward and Jacob (no matter how often he takes off his shirt, the poor wolfboy will never be Bella’s first choice), but to an uneasy alliance between the Cullen clan and Jacob’s tribe of shape-shifters, united to protect Bella from the vengeance-seeking Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard, taking over the role from Rachelle Lefevre) and her army of “newborns,” undisciplined but super-strong new vampires.”

Read more on Variety (be warned obviously as a review it does cite some film specifics).