James Cameron in conversation

Avatar, Terminator, Stan Winston and what he’s been doing for the last 12 years

Avatar, Terminator, Stan Winston and what he’s been doing for the last 12 years.In a great guest blog, Scyfi Love’s man in London Craig Grobler – aka @ckc1ne on Twitter and a top bloke all around – tells of meeting up and spending three hours in the company of James Cameron ahead of the release of his latest blockbuster, Avatar. In that time Cameron and Craig talked about the origins of his most famous creation, The Terminator, his hopes for Avatar and the technology behind it, the death of Stan Winston and what the future may hold.

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Classic viewing - Junior Bonner


"Tell 'em Junior sent you"

Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts

A week with Junior Bonner, a rodeo pro on the wrong side of 40, broke, bruised, and headed into Prescott, his home town, for the annual 4th of July Frontier Days. His dad, Ace, is a dissolute dreamer fixed on finding gold in Australia; his mom is resigned to Ace's roving; his brother Curly is tearing up the countryside to make a million in real estate. Junior just wants to stay on a bucking Brahma for eight seconds, hang out with Ace, find a way to spend time with a beautiful woman whose eyes catch his, and earn enough to get to next week's rodeo. As the old West and its code give way to progress, Junior is lonesome, laconic, and on the road - just where he wants to be. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

European premier of Righteous Kill

European premier of Righteous Kill

You are invited to rub shoulders with screen giants Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Both will be attending the premier of cop thriller Righteous Kill in central London next Sunday

The film sees the two Hollywood greats reunited on screen for the first time since their 1995 thriller Heat. After thirty years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the New York Police Department, highly decorated detectives Turk (De Niro) and Rooster (Pacino) aren’t ready to retire.

There have been a series of murders of suspected criminals popping up around the city. The police know it’s a serial killer because personalized poems are discovered on each body, an obvious clue to the motive.

How can they stop this killer from enacting his or her own brand of justice.

The Crypt, Holborn Circus, London

The Crypt, Holborn Circus, London

The sense of history lies heavy in the Crypt of St. Etheldreda's. Its foundations date back to the 6th Century; its rough stone walls, eight foot thick in parts, and its heavy blackened beams to the 12th Century when Ely Palace was constructed above The Crypt by the Bishops of Ely in Cambridgeshire as their London bishopric.

In 1531 Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon hosted a Grand Celebration in The Crypt which lasted for five full days and nights. They feasted on swans, stuffed with larks stuffed with sparrows.

The Crypt, Holborn Circus, London

The Crypt, Holborn Circus, London

With its History of Celebration and Celebration of History, the 600 year-old Crypt in Ely Place has been hosting celebrity parties ever since King Henry V111 held his three day wedding feast there in 1531. Adjoining Bleeding Heart Yard, the magical medieval Crypt, which can seat up to 130 for dinner, offers the same superb food, wine and service as the legendary Bleeding Heart restaurant.

New Street Square buildings, Clerkenwell, London

New Street Square buildings, Clerkenwell, London

Just off Fetter Lane, Land Securities has built a cluster of dynamic buildings that are bringing new life to the whole area.

Recreating traditional ground-level routes – including a delightful public square – the development offers around a million square feet (gross) of office space and plenty of much-needed retail. The new shops, restaurants and bars of New Street Square promise to revitalise this Midtown district.

It will also be a green development – in every way. As well as grass roofs and a 'green wall' of growing plants, New Street Square aims to beat current regulatory energy targets by 15%.

The Royal Courts of Justice at night, High Holborn, London

The Royal Courts of Justice at night, High Holborn, London

The grand and elaborate Gothic architecture of this esteemed building seems apt for the centrepiece of the British Legal system. Built by the architect G E Street in 1882, it is said to be his finest achievement.

It is here, just off the Strand, the High Court presides over the most serious civil trials in the country including divorce, libel and civil liability. Criminal cases are handled by the Old Bailey.

The interior is a magnificent labyrinth of 35 long corridors and 1000 rooms, of which 88 are court rooms. On the first floor there is a small costume exhibition displaying the stately legal outfits worn throughout history.

A guided tour is run twice on a monthly basis, otherwise visitors are invited to explore the building and watch lawyers adorned in robes and wigs battle it out in court.

Do be aware that judges will not suffer interruption when they are passing judgement or witnesses are taking oaths.

The Royal Courts of Justice at night, High Holborn, London

The Royal Courts of Justice at night, High Holborn, London

The grand and elaborate Gothic architecture of this esteemed building seems apt for the centrepiece of the British Legal system. Built by the architect G E Street in 1882, it is said to be his finest achievement.

It is here, just off the Strand, the High Court presides over the most serious civil trials in the country including divorce, libel and civil liability. Criminal cases are handled by the Old Bailey.

The interior is a magnificent labyrinth of 35 long corridors and 1000 rooms, of which 88 are court rooms. On the first floor there is a small costume exhibition displaying the stately legal outfits worn throughout history.

A guided tour is run twice on a monthly basis, otherwise visitors are invited to explore the building and watch lawyers adorned in robes and wigs battle it out in court.

Do be aware that judges will not suffer interruption when they are passing judgement or witnesses are taking oaths.

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