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As
the UK release date for X-Men approaches on 18th August, the film
is beginning to feature heavily in the press, on TV, and of course, on
the web.
Well
worth visiting is Virgin.net
who have an excellent official X-Men site rivalling Fox's own. The site
features plenty of background to the film and if you live near Bristol,
Birmingham, Glasgow or Manchester a chance to win tickets to an exclusive
sneak preview of X-Men on Sunday 13th August @10 am.
The
site also promises news of the UK premiere.
Watch
this space... |
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Following
a huge opening weekend of some $54.5 million, the film has now passed the
$102
million mark after 2 weeks on release, this despite being knocked off
the top spot for last weekend!
Read
what the critics say about the film at the Movie
Review Query Engine |
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Never
got the chance to see Patrick in Safe
House? Now's your chance to buy the film on that wonderful innovation,
DVD. Shame it's only in Region 1 (US/Canada) format at present, but Amazon
amongst
others, now have it available to purchase. Just
follow this link...
The
recent UK DVD release of Insurrection has prompted Ultimate
DVD magazine to feature a review of the film in DVD format plus
an interview with Stewart.
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| Major
Trek exhibition in London this autumn |
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BBC
Ceefax report this week that the London
Science Museum will be mounting a large Star Trek exhibition from
September
2000 until April 2001. Amongst the exhibits will be a recreation of
the Enterprise bridge.
Reportedly
the museum hope to get Stewart, Shatner or Nimoy to open the exhibition. |
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Now
here's a good idea...Stewart as the villain in the next James
Bond film? Supposedly approaches have been made, if you read some of
the papers. However we await more tangible evidence before enjoying the
prospect of this particular Vodka Martini. Shaken, not stirred, of course... |
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| Live
webcast of X-Men NY premiere |
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Popcast.com
are the exclusive live webcast of the X-Men movie premiere party
taking place on Ellis Island, New York this Wednesday
12th July @ 8 pm (EDT). |
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| Where
to find X-Men in the news |
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In
case you're still oblivious to who the X-Men are and what this film will
be all about, the best place to start is over at Mothership.com
who have an excellent synopsis of the characters and story. |
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For
recent interviews with the Producer Lauren Shuler Donner, Director Bryan
Singer, and other up to date news items about the film visit the Comics
Continuum web site.
While
over at Scifi.com
there's a good interview with Stewart talking not only about X-Men,
but also about Trek, his stage work, and plans to sing in Sweeny Todd!
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On
US TV tonight, Access Hollywood have another exclusive preview of
X-Men, and the Fox Network are running a series of promotional clips
with increased regularity as the build up continues.
TV
Guide has published six different covers for the current
issue with news about the film and it's cast featured inside and
on their web site
The
official Fox UK site finally
confirms that August 18th is the UK release date for the film, and
UK fans should keep an eye out on Thursday's GMTV for possible news about
the film.
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Going
where other former starship captains have gone before, Stewart will
reportedly be appearing in commercials for Hotwire.com - a collaboration
of six major airlines including United and Northwest to sell
unsold seats at discounted fares via it's web site.... |
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Already
scheduled amongst Patrick's appearances early next year, is a stint with
the Saint Louis Brass Band, where he'll perform narration and acting to
the band's music for 'Henry V' and 'Richard III' at two gala concerts.
For more details, visit
the band's web site at stlbb.org |
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Thanks
to Aline, Karen, Jewel and Marie for much of the above |