No doubt about it: Justin Bieber's a Phishhead. Two nights after getting accosted at a Toronto nightclub and having one of his gold chains jacked, the teen heartthrob opted for a friendlier crowd when he turned up in Commerce City, Colo., for Phish's summer tour closer at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Setting the gear shift for the high gear of his soul (as a classic song in the Vermont band's canon goes), Bieber hung out among the phans (in what looks to be general admission no less!) accompanied by his musical director and lead guitarist, Dan Kanter, as noted by Phish's lyricist, Tom Marshall, who broke the news. "Sure looks like @dankanter and @justinbieber at last night's...
- 9/3/2013
- E! Online
The inaccuracies pile up higher than the severed limbs in this muddy, bloody reimagining of events. And as for the pig-bomb …
Ironclad (2011)
Director: Jonathan English
Entertainment grade: D+
History grade: Fail
In 1215, King John of England was forced by his barons to sign a charter of liberties, Magna Carta. Afterwards, civil war broke out.
Military orders
King John (Paul Giamatti) arrives at a castle in which fictional Templar knight Thomas Marshall (James Purefoy) is staying. The film makes a big deal out of the supposedly deathly rivalry between John and the Templars. There wasn't one. The real John awarded the Templars special privileges, including exemption from all taxation and extraordinary protection of their property. In 1215, when this movie is set, the Templars let John use their headquarters, the New Temple in London, as a treasury. He stayed there often, and stored the crown jewels and his top-secret documents there. Ironclad has this entirely wrong.
Ironclad (2011)
Director: Jonathan English
Entertainment grade: D+
History grade: Fail
In 1215, King John of England was forced by his barons to sign a charter of liberties, Magna Carta. Afterwards, civil war broke out.
Military orders
King John (Paul Giamatti) arrives at a castle in which fictional Templar knight Thomas Marshall (James Purefoy) is staying. The film makes a big deal out of the supposedly deathly rivalry between John and the Templars. There wasn't one. The real John awarded the Templars special privileges, including exemption from all taxation and extraordinary protection of their property. In 1215, when this movie is set, the Templars let John use their headquarters, the New Temple in London, as a treasury. He stayed there often, and stored the crown jewels and his top-secret documents there. Ironclad has this entirely wrong.
- 4/12/2012
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Our young critics competition turned up some fearless talent
What makes a great critic? Lots of things: an eye for detail, an instinct for the right adjective, an empathy with audience and artist. A great critic can make a reader feel that they, too, have been there: watching, listening, holding their breath. A great critic's opinion carries conviction; a great critic loves language. And, in a world where everyone has an opinion, and the means to share it, these qualities matter more than ever: a professional 21st-century critic has to look harder, write funnier, be smarter than anyone else.
So it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it – and somebody has to do it after this generation have had their turn. For the fourth year running, we've been looking for the UK's best young critics. We asked for entries in eight categories, and split those into two age...
What makes a great critic? Lots of things: an eye for detail, an instinct for the right adjective, an empathy with audience and artist. A great critic can make a reader feel that they, too, have been there: watching, listening, holding their breath. A great critic's opinion carries conviction; a great critic loves language. And, in a world where everyone has an opinion, and the means to share it, these qualities matter more than ever: a professional 21st-century critic has to look harder, write funnier, be smarter than anyone else.
So it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it – and somebody has to do it after this generation have had their turn. For the fourth year running, we've been looking for the UK's best young critics. We asked for entries in eight categories, and split those into two age...
- 10/12/2011
- by Melissa Denes
- The Guardian - Film News
Read our top-rated entries to the Guardian's annual competition to find the best young talent in arts writing
Overall Winner
Visual art, under 14
Freddie Holker, 12 – Homage to Lucian Freud, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Disgusting. That's what I'm thinking; that's my gut instinct. It's reminiscent of the swimming-pool changing rooms back at school, where I'm scared to look at anything in case it offends someone. This is the Homage to Lucian Freud, one of Britain's best modern artists, who died on 20 July 2011. Seventeen paintings by Freud are displayed. I'm standing in an eerily plain room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3,000 miles away from where I'm comfortable.
The only painting I can easily look at is, funnily enough, Naked Man, Back View. The only one that doesn't contain full-frontal nudity offers full dorsal nudity. It shows a fat man plonked on a footstool. His sitting position pushing out roll...
Overall Winner
Visual art, under 14
Freddie Holker, 12 – Homage to Lucian Freud, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Disgusting. That's what I'm thinking; that's my gut instinct. It's reminiscent of the swimming-pool changing rooms back at school, where I'm scared to look at anything in case it offends someone. This is the Homage to Lucian Freud, one of Britain's best modern artists, who died on 20 July 2011. Seventeen paintings by Freud are displayed. I'm standing in an eerily plain room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3,000 miles away from where I'm comfortable.
The only painting I can easily look at is, funnily enough, Naked Man, Back View. The only one that doesn't contain full-frontal nudity offers full dorsal nudity. It shows a fat man plonked on a footstool. His sitting position pushing out roll...
- 10/12/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
After the recently released montage of bloody battle scenes, a non-brutal piece of promo material for the new release Ironclad comes as a bit of a surprise. Okay, the Aika music video for “Dancing Arrows” isn’t devoid of violence, but Kate Mara and the film’s romantic side certainly take center stage here. Ironclad focuses on the aftermath of the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. After being forced to sign, King John (Paul Giamatti) is hell bent on getting revenge on those responsible and taking control of the nation. Standing in his way is Templar Knight, Thomas Marshall (James Purefoy), and a small band of warriors determined to defend...
- 7/12/2011
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Killer’S Moon
Stars: Anthony Forrest, David Jackson, Tom Marshall, Georgina Kean, Jane Hayden, Alison Elliott | Written and Directed by Alan Birkinshaw
What would you do if you thought you were in a dream? What do you think four lunatics would do if they were programmed to believe they were dreaming would do? That’s pretty much what Killer’s Moon is about.
The lunatics Mr. Trubshaw, Mr. Smith, Mr. Muldoon and Mr. Jones having escaped from the hospital in which they were being held are on the loose and living out their dreams. They have no morals in their dreams so they can do what they want, and they do. This includes murder, rape, theft and anything else they feel like doing. Why not, it’s only a dream right?
While these lunatics are lurking around the English countryside a bus full of school girls has broken down near a closed down hotel.
Stars: Anthony Forrest, David Jackson, Tom Marshall, Georgina Kean, Jane Hayden, Alison Elliott | Written and Directed by Alan Birkinshaw
What would you do if you thought you were in a dream? What do you think four lunatics would do if they were programmed to believe they were dreaming would do? That’s pretty much what Killer’s Moon is about.
The lunatics Mr. Trubshaw, Mr. Smith, Mr. Muldoon and Mr. Jones having escaped from the hospital in which they were being held are on the loose and living out their dreams. They have no morals in their dreams so they can do what they want, and they do. This includes murder, rape, theft and anything else they feel like doing. Why not, it’s only a dream right?
While these lunatics are lurking around the English countryside a bus full of school girls has broken down near a closed down hotel.
- 5/12/2011
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Meeting in the trendy 75 St Martins Lane Hotel (so trendy they don’t seem to need a sign) to interview James Purefoy about his new film Ironclad, bizarrely with my previous partner in crime from the Sean Bean/Cleanskin interview, Duncan from Den of Geek. Our paths just keep on crossing!
In Ironclad, released in the U.K. today (you can find my review Here) Purefoy plays the penitent Templar Knight Thomas Marshall, caught up in the defence of Rochester castle, and the Kingdom itself under King John’s reign in 1215 and after a few minutes wait he arrived looking somewhat more relaxed than his screen counterpart; casually suave in a dark blue suit and slightly undone tie, white handkerchief in breast pocket. Damn the man.
PR lady told us we had 25 minutes, Purefoy made a mischievous comment about what we were going to talk about for that long. As it happens,...
In Ironclad, released in the U.K. today (you can find my review Here) Purefoy plays the penitent Templar Knight Thomas Marshall, caught up in the defence of Rochester castle, and the Kingdom itself under King John’s reign in 1215 and after a few minutes wait he arrived looking somewhat more relaxed than his screen counterpart; casually suave in a dark blue suit and slightly undone tie, white handkerchief in breast pocket. Damn the man.
PR lady told us we had 25 minutes, Purefoy made a mischievous comment about what we were going to talk about for that long. As it happens,...
- 3/4/2011
- by Mark Clark
- Obsessed with Film
This Friday sees the release of Ironclad, a medieval romp telling the story of the siege of Rochester castle, which features a host of British and American talent, including Brian Cox, Paul Giamatti and Kate Mara.
HeyUGuys were recently given the chance to interview the film’s lead, James Purefoy. During the course of the interview we discussed the similarities between Purefoy’s character in the film, Thomas Marshall and his role in Solomon Kane, the historical setting of the film, and the realities of Templar life, as well as his excitement to see how John Carter of Mars will turn out.
HeyUGuys were recently given the chance to interview the film’s lead, James Purefoy. During the course of the interview we discussed the similarities between Purefoy’s character in the film, Thomas Marshall and his role in Solomon Kane, the historical setting of the film, and the realities of Templar life, as well as his excitement to see how John Carter of Mars will turn out.
- 3/1/2011
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ahead of Ironclad’s UK release, we catch up with James Purefoy to talk about John Carter Of Mars, the British film industry, and wielding big swords…
Warning: There are a number of spoilers for Ironclad in the first half of this interview.
The 4th of March sees the return to the big screen of a tormented James Purefoy, armed with a sword and inflicting large amounts of damage with it in Ironclad. This is a very good thing, both for me as a cinema goer and to the UK’s somewhat fragile industry as a whole, with our recent slew of sword based action movies turning out to be solid entertainment.
Independently financed films such as Ironclad show what can be done with several years’ dedication and, arguably, are serving to fill the reliable British genre stable that’s been left vacant since Hammer ceased to be for several decades.
Warning: There are a number of spoilers for Ironclad in the first half of this interview.
The 4th of March sees the return to the big screen of a tormented James Purefoy, armed with a sword and inflicting large amounts of damage with it in Ironclad. This is a very good thing, both for me as a cinema goer and to the UK’s somewhat fragile industry as a whole, with our recent slew of sword based action movies turning out to be solid entertainment.
Independently financed films such as Ironclad show what can be done with several years’ dedication and, arguably, are serving to fill the reliable British genre stable that’s been left vacant since Hammer ceased to be for several decades.
- 2/28/2011
- Den of Geek
Horses, swords and an imposing performance from James Purefoy. It's Ironclad, and Duncan found much to enjoy in this historical epic...
After an incredibly uneven start to my cinematic review fodder this year, it's safe to say that I had put quite a heavy burden of expectation on the firmly built shoulders of James Purefoy. He was, after all, the man that buoyed up my 2010, when I was asked to review Solomon Kane, a film which I've spent so many words writing about that I'm sure I must hold some kind of record, such was my commitment to championing the work of a fine British cast and director.
Along comes another great British cast, this time with an aptly named Brit director, Jonathan English, and Purefoy again forming the figurehead of the picture, his bloodied sword clutched firmly in his hand, the words ‘Blood. Will. Run.' stamped on the film's' poster,...
After an incredibly uneven start to my cinematic review fodder this year, it's safe to say that I had put quite a heavy burden of expectation on the firmly built shoulders of James Purefoy. He was, after all, the man that buoyed up my 2010, when I was asked to review Solomon Kane, a film which I've spent so many words writing about that I'm sure I must hold some kind of record, such was my commitment to championing the work of a fine British cast and director.
Along comes another great British cast, this time with an aptly named Brit director, Jonathan English, and Purefoy again forming the figurehead of the picture, his bloodied sword clutched firmly in his hand, the words ‘Blood. Will. Run.' stamped on the film's' poster,...
- 2/28/2011
- Den of Geek
Latest: California police investigating Heather Locklear's weekend arrest for driving under the influence (DUI) believe the actress was high on prescription drugs at the time of her arrest.
The former Melrose Place star was taken into custody by police in Santa Barbara after a local reported her "driving erratically" upon leaving a parking lot in the coastal city.
She was booked for DUI and being under the influence of a controlled substance, and held behind bars overnight before being released on Sunday without posting bail.
Explaining the incidents leading up to Locklear's arrest, California Highway Patrol spokesperson Tom Marshall tells People.com, "Around 4:30 pm, a female witness saw Heather Locklear driving erratically while leaving a parking lot in Montecito. The witness said Locklear was revving her engine loudly, and backed over a pair of sunglasses several times.
"The witness called 911 because she was concerned for Locklear's safety. When a CHP officer arrived, Locklear was found seated inside her vehicle, which was partially blocking the roadway."
Authorities have ruled out alcohol intoxication after Locklear underwent tests at a local Chp station.
Marshall adds, "Alcohol was ruled out as a factor, but based on the officer's observations, we believe Locklear was under the influence of prescription medication."
The news comes just two months after Locklear checked out of an Arizona rehab clinic, where she received treatment for anxiety and depression.
The former Melrose Place star was taken into custody by police in Santa Barbara after a local reported her "driving erratically" upon leaving a parking lot in the coastal city.
She was booked for DUI and being under the influence of a controlled substance, and held behind bars overnight before being released on Sunday without posting bail.
Explaining the incidents leading up to Locklear's arrest, California Highway Patrol spokesperson Tom Marshall tells People.com, "Around 4:30 pm, a female witness saw Heather Locklear driving erratically while leaving a parking lot in Montecito. The witness said Locklear was revving her engine loudly, and backed over a pair of sunglasses several times.
"The witness called 911 because she was concerned for Locklear's safety. When a CHP officer arrived, Locklear was found seated inside her vehicle, which was partially blocking the roadway."
Authorities have ruled out alcohol intoxication after Locklear underwent tests at a local Chp station.
Marshall adds, "Alcohol was ruled out as a factor, but based on the officer's observations, we believe Locklear was under the influence of prescription medication."
The news comes just two months after Locklear checked out of an Arizona rehab clinic, where she received treatment for anxiety and depression.
- 9/29/2008
- WENN
Heather Locklear has been arrested in California on suspicion of driving under the influence. The Melrose Place actress was witnessed "driving erratically" while exiting a car park in Montecito on Saturday. California Highway Patrol spokesman Tom Marshall told People: "The witness said Locklear was revving her engine loudly, and backed over a pair of sunglasses several times." Locklear, who was described as "disoriented and impaired" by an officer at the scene, was taken to a local police (more)...
- 9/29/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Heather Locklear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday evening in Santa Barbara County, Calif. "Around 4:30 p.m., a female witness saw Heather Locklear driving erratically while leaving a parking lot in Montecito," California Highway Patrol spokesman Tom Marshall tells People. "The witness said Locklear was revving her engine loudly, and backed over a pair of sunglasses several times." Soon after, the witness – who apparently didn't recognize the actress – spotted Locklear, 47, stopped on a nearby highway, exiting her vehicle. "The witness called 911 because she was concerned for Locklear's safety," Marshall said. "When a Chp officer arrived,...
- 9/28/2008
- PEOPLE.com
- For the fifth year Screen International has put out their annual list of the next big things in UK Cinema. The UK Stars of Tomorrow is considered a major launching pad for fresh talent both in front and behind the camera. Past honorees include the wanted James McAvoy, the irresistible Emily Blunt, and the prince himself Ben Barnes. Unfortunately the only equivalent we have here in the states is the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, but I digress. This year’s list features some 40 actors, directors, animators, writers and producers vying for industry glory. Four names I think you should keep an eye on: Carey MulliganAfter making her debut in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice, she will be seen in both Jim Sheridan's upcoming Brothers and alongside Christian Bale and Johnny Depp in Michael Mann's gangster flick Public Enemies – not bad! Christian McKayHe’ll be playing a young Orson Welles for Richard Linklater…
- 7/10/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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