Reel Life

30 Jun 2021

A tiny dinosaur, funny mums and a round of golf

For anyone fed up with prime-time TV timeslots filled with repeats or seeing the torrent of new programmes on subscription channels turning to a …

16 Mar 2020

Gentlemen, gangs and an Anglo-Saxon burial site

Reel Life is back after what was another bumper year in filmy world across London. And Ealing managed to get in on a fair …

3 Jan 2019

Ealing is a giant film set

What do Brad Pitt, Idris Elba, Sandra Oh, Guy Ritchie, Holly Willoughby, Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine all have in common? They have all …

11 Dec 2018

Reel Life is back: TV and film, from Gomorrah to Guy Ritchie

Hello again film buffs. I’m very sorry for the year-long hiatus. Ealing has been brimming with filming for TV and film this year, so here’s …

8 Nov 2017

Idris is back and jewel thieves were here too

Idris Elba, diamond geezer that he is, makes his second appearance in the illustrious pages of Reel Life. I doubt anyone will object to …

30 Jun 2017

Interview: How staying Kurupt Beats the daily Grindah

One of the West London Film Office’s proudest moments was finding an empty flat for People Just Do Nothing’s Kurupt FM pirate radio station …

31 Jan 2017

Novel adaptation, Idris Elba and another Catastrophe

Welcome to West London Film Office’s latest Reel Life. We begin with the news that if you are Ian McEwan, which is unlikely, you …

23 Sep 2016

A lot of royal Hurley burly and some robotic humans

Anyone working or walking near Ealing Town Hall in mid-September might have noticed The Royals filming for a third series. With the characters in …

22 Jun 2016

Reynolds one of big stars busting blocks…

The latest American blockbuster to bust blocks in the UK is The Hitman’s Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds and Gary Oldman. They and their crew …

26 Apr 2016

Interview: Greg Davies

It is raining. A lot. And a normal Greenford street is not so normal today. A film crew is camped in a marquee on …

13 Apr 2016

‘Who hasn’t filmed in Ealing?’

London has been named one of the most filmed locations in the world, and may have overtaken Los Angeles and New York to become number one. …

22 Mar 2016

Brit noir, big dramas and Brad Pitt

From Anna Friel and Emily Watson to Brad Pitt (pic by SpreePIX) and Ben Chaplin, there has been a little bit of something for everyone …

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