It may only be Monday but in 5 days time, it’s a 4 day weekend! All in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee.
There’s tons of stuff going on in London to celebrate - so we’ve put together a handy infographic with some stats on the Queen’s reign and the lowdown of how London will give the Queen a weekend she’ll never forget.
Time to start planning your 4 days! Click here or on the image below to see the infographic in full size.
The Dark Knight Rises Countdown: 59 days
We’ve finally got below the 60 day mark and the 20th July is beginning to feel within touching distance! Fingers crossed it won’t be long until the cinemas start releasing their tickets for booking for opening night; the Planvine Team will be heading down to the BFI IMAX at Waterloo, should we get lucky when booking tickets (at least we’ve got Prometheus to keep us going in the meantime…).
For the time being, Warner Bros seems to be releasing a piece of marketing every 10 days or so - and after the trailer and the picture of Bane over the last couple of weeks, this week’s new piece is the new poster, pictured below. Whilst it’s not perhaps up there with the best of them (sections of the internet saying that it looks fanmade aren’t massively off the mark), it seems that the fire is most certainly rising…
Event of the day - Willis Earl Beal, live at the Tabernacle
At a loose end tonight and fancy a few beers and some great music? Head down to the Tabernacle and catch Willis Earl Beal whilst he’s in London.
Here’s a bit about him from the Tabernacle website:
Willis Earl Beal manages to create warm, visceral and moving music seemingly out of nothing, just a little bit of imagination – it’s practically magic done without any fancy gadgetry. He made dozens of songs using whatever spare instruments and materials he could find in Albuquerque’s flea markets, thrift stores and alleyways. a red electric guitar, forgotten acoustic guitars, a lap harp, a makeshift drum kit created from pots and pans.
In the meantime, enjoy this performance from earlier this year on Jools Holland:
The Dark Knight Rises Countdown: 70 days
Holy anticipation Batman! Total Film magazine has just bought out their Ultimate Batman Issue! It’s packed with all the latest on The Dark Knight Rises as well as retrospectives on all the other Batman films made so far (including the one we’re all trying to forget *cough* Batman and Robin *cough*).
To celebrate their special issue, they’ve released this world-exclusive picture of Bane. An excellent shot where we can see clearly the intricacies of his mark and the intensive Tom Hardy stare. Head over to Total Film to read the full story.
Planvine personality profiles
Great news - the clever chaps in the Planvine labs have just flicked the switch and made the personality profiles that they’ve been working on live on Planvine.com. ‘What the heck does that mean?!’ we hear you cry. Well, what it means is that when you take our quiz when you sign up, you’ll now be given a personality profile at the end of it.
So what’s your profile? We’re not giving anything away! Request an invite now to register and see for yourself!
The Dark Knight Rises Countdown: 79 days
The final trailer surfaced yesterday for the most eagerly anticipated film of the 21st century so far; and boy, did it not disappoint.
In typical Chris Nolan style, the trailer didn’t give much away; bar a couple of set pieces and the fact that Catwoman appears to be more friend that foe (‘appears’ being the appropriate word) but still managed to crank anticipation levels up to ‘desperate’.
Being massive Batman/Nolan/Bale/Hathaway/Hardy/Caine/Oldman/Freeman/Gordon-Levitt fans over at Planvine HQ, we’re super excited for July 20th and are, quite frankly, willing to wish the time away. Hence we’ve started a countdown to the film’s release and will be bringing you news, reviews and screening info right up until TDKR is shown to the world.
In the meantime, here’s that new trailer in full…
What to do this weekend
There’s plenty of things to do in town this weekend, whilst it’s most likely raining outside! Here are our top picks:
Champagne Tasting Dating - Friday, 7:30pm
For the singles out there, this is speed dating but with Champage - and lots of it.
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - Saturday, 2:30pm
A showing of the classic Albert Finney starrer at the National Gallery
Step back in time to the roaring 20s at London’s famous Prohibition night: guests are invited to enjoy delicious cocktails served in tea cups, live bands, dancing, DJs on gramophones, silent cinema, live piano room and gambling tables.
Opera Australia’s La Boheme - Sunday, 5pm
It’s the story of a group of young friends - a poet, a writer, a composer and an artist - living in poverty but believing in love.
Planvine on Pinterest
As the cool kids amongst you will know, the hippest new social network around is Pinterest. Being the zeitgeisty type people we are, Planvine are, of course, aboard the Pinterest bandwagon and you can find a handy board of the best London events right here - Events in London.
Right, time to hop on the old fixie and go and get my moustache trimmed.
The Best Easter Weekend Ever: Monday
Oh dear, Monday’s your last day off; better make it a good one. You should be well rested by now so we’re going to give you a whole afternoon/evening’s worth of great stuff to pack in:
Head down to the Science Museum
You may not have been for a while and it’s really worth a trip, especially when they’ve got two fantastic exhibitions on at the same time. Firstly, it’s the last day of their excellent Stephen Hawking: a 70th Birthday Celebration exhibition. The man’s a bonafide genius and the Science Museum have done a great job with this tribute to him.
Once you’re done there, head round to see Fenix 2, one of the capsules actually used as part of the Chilean miners rescue. The rescue mission is one of the most fascinating stories of the 21st Century and here’s your chance to see a capsule used as part of the rescue up close. We have it on good authority that it’s a must-see and another bonus, both exhibitions are free entry.
We then suggest you round off the day with some grub, a pint and a music-themed pub quiz over at the Lexington in North London. Hosted by the legendary Rough Trade Records, prizes include wine, record shop vouchers and crisps for the best team name. A perfect treat to finish off a brilliant Easter weekend.
So there we have it. Our final part of how to have the best Easter weekend ever is complete. We hope that you have a fantastic one, whatever you get up to - and if you do follow our guide or any part of it, be sure to let us know! Happy Easter from all of us over at Planvine.
The Best Easter Weekend Ever: Sunday
By Sunday, you’ll be on day three of the weekend. Fear not though because you’ve still got two full days left before the dreaded return to work. If you’ve stuck to our guide, you’ll have had a long night on Friday and then a day of full-on Dickens yesterday. Time for something a bit more laid back on Sunday, something cheap and something which means you’ll have the evening free; as this is the normal weekend’s equivalent of a Saturday! In light of this, we recommend the following:
Head over to Rich Mix in East London from midday and spend the afternoon sampling African food, admiring African jewelry and clothing, listening to African music and deciding which piece of African arts and crafts you want to get for your bedroom. It should be a great atmosphere down there and on top of that, it’s free!
Be sure to come back, same time tomorrow for our final part of our Easter Weekend guide; Monday.
Here our team will be posting news, the best upcoming events, reviews, general life advice and some stuff to keep you entertained.
