Alex Godfrey

Letter From London

Letter From London: Stranded at the Pinewood Drive-In

Written by Alex Godfrey | 18 Nov 2009, 8:40 AM | 3 comments

As far back as I can remember, I have always wanted to go to a drive-in movie. Well, not literally as far back as I can remember. Literally as far back as I can remember, I cried at the school gates, had trouble controlling my bladder at night, and had a curious obsession with Prince Charles. But at some point during my formative years, the bit in Grease where they all go to a drive-in firmly lodged itself in my pubescent brain, and never left.

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Letter From London: Raise a Glass to Cockney Vigilantism

Written by Alex Godfrey | 10 Nov 2009, 11:00 AM | 1 comment

We know you Americans like Michael Caine, by the way you keep producing dire remakes of his films. Okay, The Italian Job wasn’t horrendous (although personally I’m more excited about the forthcoming Bollywood version, which Indian film chiefs have promised will feature “lots of singing and dancing,” in case we didn’t know what to expect), but our own Jude Law should be thrown into movie jail for participating in your pathetic reimagining of Alfie, and Stallone should be made to stand in the corner and have his HGH Club for Men Club membership revoked for what he did to Get Carter (which Caine briefly appears in, but my point still stands). But Brits love Michael Caine.

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Letter From London: 'God Bless Us, Every One'

Written by Alex Godfrey | 03 Nov 2009, 8:45 AM | Comment

Merry Christmas, America! Too early, you cry? Christmas officially begins tonight, at least here in London, because Jim Carrey says so. Actually, let’s not shoot the messenger — it’s officially Christmas tonight because Walt Disney has paid for it to be so. A lot. Tonight’s Christmas lights ceremony will be marked by two firsts: the first time an American star has had the honour of flipping the switch, and the first time that the lights in both Oxford Street and the intersecting Regent Street will share a unifying theme: Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol, premiering in Leicester Square right after. “We are delighted that ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol will literally light up London with this spectacular holiday event”, says Disney Chairman Dick Cook. No sh*t.

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Letter From London: 'Beware the Moon, Lads'

Written by Alex Godfrey | 26 Oct 2009, 3:01 PM | 1 comment

As part of Movieline’s ongoing efforts to broaden the admittedly Yankeecentric scope of our entertainment coverage, we’ve tracked down just the man to lob over dispatches from across the pond. Please give a warm welcome to Alex Godfrey, who joins Movieline today as our Man in London. Whether you’re an unabashed anglophile, a stout anti-imperialist, or just a lonesome expat craving a proper scone, we think a few moments with Alex will invariably offer you a little piece of home. Today, Alex speaks to Paul Davis, a local DJ whose Beware The Moon — an indie doc on the making of An American Werewolf in London — eventually found its way onto Universal’s new Blu-ray re-release of the John Landis classic.

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