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A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Crispian Mills' directorial debut starts well but quickly loses pace

11 May 2012

A film by the former lead singer of Kula Shaker might not sound an appetising prospect. But before dismissing A Fantastic Fear of Everything, we should remember that Crispian Mills’ film pedigree is pretty spot-on. He is, after all, the son of Hayley…

Crispian Mills on A Fantastic Fear of Everything - interview

The ex-Kula Shaker frontman has directed a black comedy starring Simon Pegg

22 May 2012

Fearless The frontman of Kula Shaker directing a film? Given Crispian Mills’ family heritage it’s not such a surprise after all, discovers Paul Gallagher. Received wisdom might suggest that rock stars who try their hands at filmmaking are essentially…

'Beautiful geek' Megan Fox

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29 Sep 2008

Simon Pegg says Megan Fox is the "most beautiful geek" he has ever met. The 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' actor - who stars alongside Megan in the film - was surprised to find the 'Transformers' star is as much of a nerd as he…

Simon Pegg stars in new trailer for A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Pegg plays a hyper-phobic children's author in the new comedy

10 Apr 2012

After high profile action appearances in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and JJ Abrams' rebooted Star Trek (not to mention the forthcoming sequel), it's nice to see Simon Pegg still has time to nurture his comedy roots. While we eagerly await the…

Simon Pegg to beam up in new Star Trek movie

15 Oct 2007

British comic Simon Pegg is to play Scotty in the new Star Trek movie. The Shaun of the Dead star was asked to join the crew by director JJ Abrams after the Lost creator worked with Pegg on Mission Impossible III. The dour Scottish chief engineer…

Paul pairs Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with Superbad director Greg Mottola

UK duo riff on the same notes as Tim and Mike characters from Space

2 Feb 2011

(15) 103min The Shaun of the Dead boys have come a long way. Having followed up Shaun’s critical success with UK box office smash Hot Fuzz, stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director/co-writer Edgar Wright were firmly established as major British…

Burke and Hare

22 Oct 2010

100min A darkly comic retelling of the tale of Edinburgh’s most notorious murderous residents, Williams Burke (Simon Pegg) and Hare (Andy Serkis), and their quest to supply doctors with fresh bodies for their experiments, from director John Landis…

Simon Pegg appears in Glasgow to launch memoir

Spaced and Shaun of the Dead actor publishes Nerd Do Well

6 Oct 2010

Given his track record on TV and in film, Nerd Do Well is almost too perfect a memoir title for Simon Pegg. From Spaced to Shaun of the Dead and Star Trek, his geekiness has served him splendidly. Luckily, he’s also extremely funny and intelligent with…

Simon Pegg stars in film adaptation of Burke and Hare story

Edinburgh-set horror-comedy released this Hallowe’en - Simon Pegg interview

10 Sep 2010

William Burke and William Hare were two 19th-century serial killers – not grave robbers, as widely believed – who made a living selling off their victims’ bodies to the Edinburgh Medical College. This might not scream ‘comedy’ to the average passer-by…

Simon Pegg becomes dad

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7 Jul 2009

Simon Pegg has become a father for the first time. The 'Star Trek' star's wife Maureen McCann has given birth to a girl, but other details about the new arrival are yet to be released. Speaking about becoming a father, Simon has previously said…

Star Trek

30 Apr 2009

There’s an old Star Trek salutation – to live long and prosper. But not even original series creator Gene Roddenberry could have imagined just how long and prosperous Star Trek would be. Since airing on American TV in 1966, the show has spawned six…

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2 Oct 2008

Screenwriter, producer and director Bob Weide has spent his two score and ten odd years genuflecting at the altar of American comedy. A foremost knowledge on the life and work of the Marx Brothers (along with our own Simon Louvish) and, arguably, the…

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2 Oct 2008

COMEDY Toby Young’s semi-scandalous memoir about the period the gobby English journo spent carousing with the rich and famous, while working at Vanity Fair magazine in New York is given a mainstream movie makeover with this enjoyable enough romantic…

Chris Martin's Pegg track

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15 Jun 2008

Simon Pegg has written a song with Chris Martin. The 'Hot Fuzz' actor and the Coldplay frontman penned the track, titled 'A+E' together, to poke fun at 'Talk' from Coldplay's album 'X+Y'. Pegg jokingly said: "The song we wrote is called 'A+E'.

The Good Night

17 Jan 2008

COMEDY/DRAMA/ROMANCE (15) 93min Not above cashing-in on family connections, writer/director Jake Paltrow’s romantic comedy casts his older sister Gwyneth as the dowdy, disaffected partner of commercial jingle writer Gary (Martin Freeman). A kind…

MySpace casts ten for new Pegg film

29 Oct 2007

A £1 million movie, dubbed the UK’s first user-generated feature film, has cast ten hopefuls after they auditioned on MySpace. The romantic comedy Faintheart, which stars Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg, is based on the story of a sales assistant…

Hot Fuzz

(15) 120min

12 Feb 2007

It is slightly depressing that the highest grossing British films of last year and this were, and will be, television spin-offs. Last year Sacha Baron Cohen delivered up the better-than-we-probably-deserve feature film Borat, and now comedian Simon Pegg…

Big Nothing

(15) 85min

27 Nov 2006

Sometimes things just don’t work out. Particles and elements shift and design gets de-railroaded. That’s how you end up with a koala bear instead of a kangaroo or in this case a Big Nothing instead of Blood Simple or Fargo Big Nothing is a smalltown…