The new black comedy from Being Human’s Toby Whithouse is prescient, powerful and packed with laughs...
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You’ll know an Ian or two. The protagonist of Toby Whithouse’s new one-man show might remind you of an uncle that you tried not to argue with a Christmas, or a work colleague whose beliefs wind you up on the regular. Ian is a man that’s had enough with ‘lefties’, experts, women and the ‘corduroy brigade’. His opinions on what’s right for this country are not open to change.
But this isn’t a Brexit story. Although the parallels are obvious, Executioner Number One is actually a scarily prescient concept piece that Whithouse (the creator of Being Human and a regular Doctor Who scribe) has had in his head for years. The show – which is on for a couple of weeks at the Soho Theatre in London – imagines...
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You’ll know an Ian or two. The protagonist of Toby Whithouse’s new one-man show might remind you of an uncle that you tried not to argue with a Christmas, or a work colleague whose beliefs wind you up on the regular. Ian is a man that’s had enough with ‘lefties’, experts, women and the ‘corduroy brigade’. His opinions on what’s right for this country are not open to change.
But this isn’t a Brexit story. Although the parallels are obvious, Executioner Number One is actually a scarily prescient concept piece that Whithouse (the creator of Being Human and a regular Doctor Who scribe) has had in his head for years. The show – which is on for a couple of weeks at the Soho Theatre in London – imagines...
- 4/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Gomez, Hudgens, Franco, guns and bikinis: Outstanding domestic debut Harmony Korine's crime flick Spring Breakers currently boasts the year's highest per-theater average. That's no small feat. As per final Us/Canada weekend box-office numbers published on the web site Box Office Mojo, this past weekend (March 15-17) the film raked in $263,002 at three locations (two in New York City, one in Los Angeles). That's down slightly from the studio's $270,000 estimate released on Sunday, but still enough to average a fantastic $87,667 per venue. (Pictured above: Gomez [scroll down for more on Gomez's box-office performance to date; pictured below: bad girls in bikinis in court.) One of the highest opening weekend per-theater averages ever Spring Breakers was down one spot on Box Office Mojo's post-1982 chart of opening-weekend per-theater averages. At #23, the movie is sandwiched between two Academy Award winners: Tom Hooper / Colin Firth's The King's Speech with $88,863 and Steven Spielberg / Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln with $85,846. Once inflation is factored in, Spring Breakers drops to the 52nd spot (down nine spots from yesterday's estimates), landing between Daniel Myrick...
- 3/19/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Motion pictures have been in existence for over a century, so it’s quite obvious that there are more than just the ten actors previously mentioned in the last article who have achieved immortality on the strength of one unforgettable film performance. After a bit of extensive research I have managed to find ten more actors who, for various reasons, will always be remembered for their one role. Some of these actors went on to achieve major Hollywood success while others completely disappeared from view leaving their one film as the sole legacy of their work in the industry.
So for the cult movie enthusiasts everywhere, here is another assortment of classic screen villains. I’m glad to say that the following list has not been restricted to those in the horror genre. Villainy exists everywhere in movie land!
10. Carlos Villarias (Dracula, 1930)
As an obligation to the Hispanic community, Universal’s head of foreign production,...
So for the cult movie enthusiasts everywhere, here is another assortment of classic screen villains. I’m glad to say that the following list has not been restricted to those in the horror genre. Villainy exists everywhere in movie land!
10. Carlos Villarias (Dracula, 1930)
As an obligation to the Hispanic community, Universal’s head of foreign production,...
- 9/4/2012
- Shadowlocked
The first, and by far favorite, of the Indiana Jones film franchise is gearing up for another theatrical release this year to help promote the series' Blu-ray collection debut. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from...
- 8/14/2012
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
This is a Runyonesque, Lock Stock… piece of violent mockney in which three, possibly four, teams of crooks are out to seize a million quid when London bagman Jimmy the Gent (Peter Wight) comes to a lurid Southend to collect protection money from Shrewd Eddie, the local Mr Big (Paul Freeman). Each character on first appearance is identified by their nickname and a form of confectionery that they jokily resemble (eg Shrewd Eddie is the Gob Stopper). The film is smart, though not as smart as it thinks. There are eight brutal murders, and this must be the first movie in which a gangster's moll likes to have sex with two men on the same day because she likes to feel the different sperms doing battle inside her.
CrimeDramaPhilip French
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- 3/11/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
ShockTillYouDrop.com has your first look at Simon Pegg in the horror-comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything , directed by Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell. Amara Karan, Clare Higgins and Paul Freeman co-star. Pegg plays Jack, a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his "big break" rapidly turns into his "big breakdown," as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear....
- 10/25/2011
- Comingsoon.net
We've just now scored the first ever image (albeit quite small) of star Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) in Crispian Mills' A Fantastic Fear Of Everything, which is to be sold at next week's Afm market. Amara Karan, Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass, Hellraiser) and Paul Freeman co-star. "Jack (Simon Pegg) is a childrens author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his 'big break' rapidly turns into his 'big breakdown', as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear."...
- 10/25/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
As soon as Movieline heard that Mad Men's Jared Harris would be playing Sherlock Holmes's archenemy Moriarty in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock sequel A Game of Shadows, we were intrigued. After all, how would the Sterling Cooper taskmaster stack up against the long line of actors who have played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's criminal mastermind -- including Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Henry Daniell, Paul Freeman and Vincent D'Donofrio? We may not have the answer just yet but we do have the first image of Harris as the "Napoleon of Crime."...
- 7/12/2011
- Movieline
Another week draws to an end here on Indie Movies Online, and the hour hath arrived to round up all the free films to debut on the site in the last five days. Six of the little blighters to account for, with a witty romance starring Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter leading a charge that includes Danish and German dramas, movies starring Rutger Hauer and Paul Freeman, and a Christmas musical.
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- 12/3/2010
- by PaulMartin
- indiemoviesonline
More character posters for British historical thriller film Centurion have been outed by Celador Films.
Centurion is directed by Neil Marshall, about the ill-fated Ninth Legion marching north to Caledonia to wipe out the Picts and their leader. Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed star.
Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain. Led by General Virilus (Dominic West) and guided by a Pict prisoner and warrior woman named Etain (Olga Kurylenko), the army marches towards enemy territory and...
Centurion is directed by Neil Marshall, about the ill-fated Ninth Legion marching north to Caledonia to wipe out the Picts and their leader. Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed star.
Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain. Led by General Virilus (Dominic West) and guided by a Pict prisoner and warrior woman named Etain (Olga Kurylenko), the army marches towards enemy territory and...
- 5/10/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Last week, the guys at IGN gave us a lovely new trailer to feast our eyes on for Neil Marshall’s new Roman Empire epic, Centurion. Today they bring us a shiny new poster for the movie which stars Olga Kurylenko, Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
You can click the image above to enlarge. I’m very much looking forward to seeing this movie. I am fan Marshall’s previous work which includes Dog Soldiers and The Descent so I’m hoping for good things from this one too. It’s scheduled for release 23rd April.
Synopsis: Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal,...
You can click the image above to enlarge. I’m very much looking forward to seeing this movie. I am fan Marshall’s previous work which includes Dog Soldiers and The Descent so I’m hoping for good things from this one too. It’s scheduled for release 23rd April.
Synopsis: Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal,...
- 2/16/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Earlier we posted trailer for the upcoming “Centurion″ fantasy adventure movie and today we have a brand new photo featuring Etain (Olga Kurylenko), a savage-looking Pict warrior woman.
The film is set during the Roman invasion of Britain in Ad 117, details the story of Quintus Dias, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, who marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon.
The movie is directed by Neil Marshall (”Doomsday,” “The Descent“,) also stars Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
“Centurion” is set to be released April 23, 2010 in UK and August 27, 2010 in Finland but has yet to be acquired for Us distribution.
More movie info, behind the scenes...
The film is set during the Roman invasion of Britain in Ad 117, details the story of Quintus Dias, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, who marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon.
The movie is directed by Neil Marshall (”Doomsday,” “The Descent“,) also stars Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
“Centurion” is set to be released April 23, 2010 in UK and August 27, 2010 in Finland but has yet to be acquired for Us distribution.
More movie info, behind the scenes...
- 2/14/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
IGN has debuted the first official UK trailer and quad poster for the upcoming fantasy adventure “Centurion” which is directed by Neil Marshall (”Doomsday,” “The Descent“) and based on a script he wrote.
Centurion Poster
The movie stars Olga Kurylenko (Hitman, Quantum of Solace), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
“Centurion” synopsis: Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain. Led by General Virilus (Dominic West) and guided by a Pict prisoner and warrior woman...
Centurion Poster
The movie stars Olga Kurylenko (Hitman, Quantum of Solace), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
“Centurion” synopsis: Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, Centurion is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain. Led by General Virilus (Dominic West) and guided by a Pict prisoner and warrior woman...
- 2/12/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Brand new photos from new fantasy adventure movie “Centurion“ have been revealed today. As always click on the photos for the larger version.
Michael Fassbender As Quintus Dias In “Centurion”
The movie directed by Neil Marshall (”Doomsday,” “The Descent“) and based on a script he wrote stars Olga Kurylenko (Hitman, Quantum of Solace), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
Michael Fassbender As Quintus Dias In “Centurion”
Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, “Centurion” is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain.
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Michael Fassbender As Quintus Dias In “Centurion”
The movie directed by Neil Marshall (”Doomsday,” “The Descent“) and based on a script he wrote stars Olga Kurylenko (Hitman, Quantum of Solace), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300, Fish Tank), Dominic West (Punisher: War Zone), Noel Clarke, Jj Feild, Imogen Poots, David Morrissey, Paul Freeman, Lee Ross, Ulrich Thomsen and Riz Ahmed.
Michael Fassbender As Quintus Dias In “Centurion”
Based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who vanished without trace, “Centurion” is the tale of their vicious conflict with a murderous adversary, the Picts. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), a Roman corporal, is taken hostage by the Pict King, Gorlacon and the Ninth are charged with bringing him home and ending Pict domination of Britain.
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- 10/6/2009
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
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