Jonathan Glendening's 13 Hrs is taking a Saturday screening slot at the Film4 Frightfest on August 28. If you recall, we brought this title to your attention back in December with a look at the trailer and poster. Tom Reeve is in the producing chair; he previously pulled similar duties on Dog Soldiers and 13 Hrs promises to deliver on the lycanthropic goods. Shock got its paws on some screen grabs showing off 13 Hrs ' beast. Check it out...
- 8/9/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
This is a competition for George and the Dragon (directed by Tom Reeve, starring James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bill Treacher, Jean-Pierre Castaldi and Rollo Weeks). The first crusade to free the Holy Land has ended. A mass of weary knights, squires, soldiers of fortune and priests are making their way home across a Europe that has changed forever. An age of legends and mystery is about to unfold.
- 4/26/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
Youth In Revolt (12A)
(Miguel Arteta, 2010, Us) Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Justin Long. 89 mins
How many more times can Michael Cera get away with his "I'm the type of guy who never gets the girl" shtick? He always gets the girl. That might offer hope to pale, skinny dweebs everywhere, but it's getting a mite predictable onscreen. So here he expands his range with the invention of a suave imaginary alter-ego, "François Dillinger", who encourages his cultured but meek virgin to be irresistibly bad and dangerous in order to get the girl (Doubleday) – which, of course, he does. As he's driven to commit increasingly ludicrous acts, the movie becomes more desperate and less romantic, but hey! It's progress.
Invictus (12A)
(Clint Eastwood, 2009, Us) Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon. 133 mins
Freeman was destined to play Nelson Mandela some day, but equally inevitable was that any resultant movie was going to be a stately,...
(Miguel Arteta, 2010, Us) Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Justin Long. 89 mins
How many more times can Michael Cera get away with his "I'm the type of guy who never gets the girl" shtick? He always gets the girl. That might offer hope to pale, skinny dweebs everywhere, but it's getting a mite predictable onscreen. So here he expands his range with the invention of a suave imaginary alter-ego, "François Dillinger", who encourages his cultured but meek virgin to be irresistibly bad and dangerous in order to get the girl (Doubleday) – which, of course, he does. As he's driven to commit increasingly ludicrous acts, the movie becomes more desperate and less romantic, but hey! It's progress.
Invictus (12A)
(Clint Eastwood, 2009, Us) Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon. 133 mins
Freeman was destined to play Nelson Mandela some day, but equally inevitable was that any resultant movie was going to be a stately,...
- 2/6/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Dog Soldiers producer Tom Reeve might be back in werewolf country with 13 Hrs. , a new UK horror film looking for distribution that was directed by Jonathan Glendening. Tom Felton ( Harry Potter ) and Gemma Atkinson star. We've got the full synopsis, some artwork and a teaser trailer below! A full moon hangs in the night sky and lightning streaks across dark storm clouds. Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As the storm rages on, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family. Trapped, Sarah and her...
- 12/12/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
"Dog Soldiers" is a well-made -- though mindless -- horror-mayhem film, pitting a group of British soldiers out on a training exercise in the Scottish Highlands against a bloodthirsty band of werewolves. The action is essentially by the numbers, but there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure.
In previous werewolf movies, much is made about the transition process and the fact that the evil comes out only on full moons. Not so here. The awaited transformation scene involves bulging eyes, a quick fall behind a table and then up again as a slobbering monster. Kevin McKidd, who starred in "Trainspotting", walks away with acting honors, playing the only soldier with a few brain cells, while Sean Pertwee as his sergeant is also first-rate. Neophyte director Neil Marshall shows his background in editing by constructing a well-made romp that never slows down.
The squad of soldiers on a training mission in the Highlands comes across a decimated special forces team. It seems they were stalking the werewolves, but the tables have been turned, and now the squaddies are the prey. With the help of a local girl, they hide in a remote farmhouse. Members of the squad get bitten, slashed and generally slaughtered though the night, while the girl -- no surprise here -- turns out to be a reluctant werewolf herself.
The script is littered with movie in-jokes. One character is named Bruce Campbell, after the star of "Evil Dead". Elsewhere there is an oblique reference to Michelangelo Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point". The most telling link comes when one character parallels the soldiers' situation to the soldiers battling the Zulu hordes in the film "Zulu". In some ways, "Dog Soldiers" is a retelling of "Zulu". The soldiers could be fighting off Zulu warriors, aliens or werewolves -- it doesn't really matter. The action is what matters -- and the film delivers that well.
DOG SOLDIERS
Kismet Entertainment Group and the Noel Gay Motion Picture Co. present in association with Victor Films
Credits:
Director-screenwriter-editor: Neil Marshall
Producers: Christopher Figg, Tom Reeve, David E. Allen
Executive producers: Harmon Kaslow, Romain Schroeder, Vic Bateman
Director of photography: Sam McCurdy
Production designer: Simon Bowles
Music: Mark Thomas
Costume designer: Uli Simon
Cast:
Wells: Sean Pertwee
Cooper: Kevin McKidd
Megan: Emma Cleasby
Ryan: Liam Cunningham
Bruce: Thomas Lockyer
Spoon: Darren Morfitt
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
In previous werewolf movies, much is made about the transition process and the fact that the evil comes out only on full moons. Not so here. The awaited transformation scene involves bulging eyes, a quick fall behind a table and then up again as a slobbering monster. Kevin McKidd, who starred in "Trainspotting", walks away with acting honors, playing the only soldier with a few brain cells, while Sean Pertwee as his sergeant is also first-rate. Neophyte director Neil Marshall shows his background in editing by constructing a well-made romp that never slows down.
The squad of soldiers on a training mission in the Highlands comes across a decimated special forces team. It seems they were stalking the werewolves, but the tables have been turned, and now the squaddies are the prey. With the help of a local girl, they hide in a remote farmhouse. Members of the squad get bitten, slashed and generally slaughtered though the night, while the girl -- no surprise here -- turns out to be a reluctant werewolf herself.
The script is littered with movie in-jokes. One character is named Bruce Campbell, after the star of "Evil Dead". Elsewhere there is an oblique reference to Michelangelo Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point". The most telling link comes when one character parallels the soldiers' situation to the soldiers battling the Zulu hordes in the film "Zulu". In some ways, "Dog Soldiers" is a retelling of "Zulu". The soldiers could be fighting off Zulu warriors, aliens or werewolves -- it doesn't really matter. The action is what matters -- and the film delivers that well.
DOG SOLDIERS
Kismet Entertainment Group and the Noel Gay Motion Picture Co. present in association with Victor Films
Credits:
Director-screenwriter-editor: Neil Marshall
Producers: Christopher Figg, Tom Reeve, David E. Allen
Executive producers: Harmon Kaslow, Romain Schroeder, Vic Bateman
Director of photography: Sam McCurdy
Production designer: Simon Bowles
Music: Mark Thomas
Costume designer: Uli Simon
Cast:
Wells: Sean Pertwee
Cooper: Kevin McKidd
Megan: Emma Cleasby
Ryan: Liam Cunningham
Bruce: Thomas Lockyer
Spoon: Darren Morfitt
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/25/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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