Timothy Spall (“The King's Speech”) stars in “Reuniting The Rubins,” a British family comedy debuting from Monterey Media March 23 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 in Los Angeles. Spall plays an attorney who’s forced to postpone his retirement when his persuasive mother (ex-Bond girl Honor Blackman) convinces him to reunite his contentious, politically divergent adult children for a holiday celebration. Moving up from commercials, debut feature director Yoav Factor has also cast James Callis (“Battlestar Galactica”), Rhona Mitra (“Underworld”) and Blake Harrison (“The Inbetweeners”) to co-star. Spall recently came off...
- 2/16/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
To celebrate the release of Reuniting the Rubins on DVD 13th February, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment have given us five copies of the movie to give away. Reuniting the Rubins is diercted by Yoav Factor and stars Timothy Spall (Harry Potter Franchise, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The King’s Speech), Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, The Number 23), James Callis (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Battlestar Gallactica).
Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall) an up-tight lawyer, has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday.
They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny’s eyes his grown up children are certainly not from the same planet: a survival-of-the-fittest hard-nosed capitalist (James Callis), an outspoken eco-warrior committed to the cause (Rhona Mitra...
Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall) an up-tight lawyer, has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday.
They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny’s eyes his grown up children are certainly not from the same planet: a survival-of-the-fittest hard-nosed capitalist (James Callis), an outspoken eco-warrior committed to the cause (Rhona Mitra...
- 2/3/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Contagion (12A)
(Steven Soderbergh, 2011, Us) Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle. 106 mins
Much as he did with Traffic, Soderbergh connects the dots of a global issue and makes it look like something authoritative and contemporary rather than a celebrity disaster movie. Here it's a viral pandemic, briskly tracked in forensic detail and techno-backed montages. The response from health authorities and the panicked populace is all too credible, though once the dots are connected, we're too freaked out to remember why we were supposed to be watching.
We Need To Talk About Kevin (15)
(Lynne Ramsay, 2011, UK/Us) Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller. 112 mins
Swinton's fine performance and Ramsay's visual intelligence add up to a devastating portrait of motherhood. After a high-school shooting, a mother's existence becomes a living hell.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (12A)
(Göran Olsson, 2011, Swe) 96 mins
A trove of rediscovered news footage, along with modern-day commentary and soundtrack,...
(Steven Soderbergh, 2011, Us) Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle. 106 mins
Much as he did with Traffic, Soderbergh connects the dots of a global issue and makes it look like something authoritative and contemporary rather than a celebrity disaster movie. Here it's a viral pandemic, briskly tracked in forensic detail and techno-backed montages. The response from health authorities and the panicked populace is all too credible, though once the dots are connected, we're too freaked out to remember why we were supposed to be watching.
We Need To Talk About Kevin (15)
(Lynne Ramsay, 2011, UK/Us) Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller. 112 mins
Swinton's fine performance and Ramsay's visual intelligence add up to a devastating portrait of motherhood. After a high-school shooting, a mother's existence becomes a living hell.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (12A)
(Göran Olsson, 2011, Swe) 96 mins
A trove of rediscovered news footage, along with modern-day commentary and soundtrack,...
- 10/21/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Nice bit of alliteration that, wasn’t it?
Featuring a veritable smorgasbord of British talent, as diverse as Timothy Spall, James Callis, Honor Blackman and Blake Harrison (who has a wonderful Golden Age name to defy his usual on-screen antics), Reuniting the Rubins is a dysfunctional family comedy that never seems able to channel the talent of its collected cast. Spall’s character must unite his warring children, played by Callis, Harrison, Rhona Mitra and Hugh O’Conor at the behest of the matriarch of the family – Blackman’s Gran, who is dying, naturally.
The film is a British Royal Tenebaums if you will, only minus the oddball charm and with a definite sitcom edge to it, which can’t survive its rampant caricatures – the problem is there is an obviously dilluted American spirit in the comedy and the dynamics between characters, albeit with a new,...
Nice bit of alliteration that, wasn’t it?
Featuring a veritable smorgasbord of British talent, as diverse as Timothy Spall, James Callis, Honor Blackman and Blake Harrison (who has a wonderful Golden Age name to defy his usual on-screen antics), Reuniting the Rubins is a dysfunctional family comedy that never seems able to channel the talent of its collected cast. Spall’s character must unite his warring children, played by Callis, Harrison, Rhona Mitra and Hugh O’Conor at the behest of the matriarch of the family – Blackman’s Gran, who is dying, naturally.
The film is a British Royal Tenebaums if you will, only minus the oddball charm and with a definite sitcom edge to it, which can’t survive its rampant caricatures – the problem is there is an obviously dilluted American spirit in the comedy and the dynamics between characters, albeit with a new,...
- 10/21/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Sleeping Beauty (18)
(Julia Leigh, 2011, Aus) Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll. 101 mins
The outer limits of the service industry are explored in this strange anti-fairytale, as a student submits her unconscious body to the desires of sagging, wealthy old men. There's no prospect of a prince coming in any sense. Bravely elusive and surreally detached in the manner of Kubrick or Buñuel, it's occasionally spellbinding.
Real Steel (12A)
(Shawn Levy, 2011, Us) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo. 128 mins
Can Jackman train a robot to fight while reconnecting with his estranged son and his old flame? Or will this family-friendly amalgam of Rocky and Transformers subvert the formula of every fight movie ever?
The Three Musketeers (12A)
(Paul Ws Anderson, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK/Us) Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich. 110 mins
The Resident Evil director delivers action spectacle by any means necessary. Forget 17th-century history; bring on the aerial warships!
(Julia Leigh, 2011, Aus) Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll. 101 mins
The outer limits of the service industry are explored in this strange anti-fairytale, as a student submits her unconscious body to the desires of sagging, wealthy old men. There's no prospect of a prince coming in any sense. Bravely elusive and surreally detached in the manner of Kubrick or Buñuel, it's occasionally spellbinding.
Real Steel (12A)
(Shawn Levy, 2011, Us) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo. 128 mins
Can Jackman train a robot to fight while reconnecting with his estranged son and his old flame? Or will this family-friendly amalgam of Rocky and Transformers subvert the formula of every fight movie ever?
The Three Musketeers (12A)
(Paul Ws Anderson, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK/Us) Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich. 110 mins
The Resident Evil director delivers action spectacle by any means necessary. Forget 17th-century history; bring on the aerial warships!
- 10/14/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Honor Blackman is famous for her roles as Pussy Galore in Bond film Goldfinger and as leatherclad sidekick Cathy Gale in TV's The Avengers.
But she has numerous other credits including playing Zeus's goddess wife Hera in 1963 mythological classic Jason and the Argonauts and appearing alongside Colin Baker in the 1986 Doctor Who story The Trial of a Time Lord.
Now we can add to those an appearance as an elderly, ailing Jewish mother in Kaleidoscope Entertainment's family comedy Reuniting the Rubins, which is released in selected cinemas on October 21.
The story follows Lenny Rubin, played by Timothy Spall, whose mission to follow his dream is comically halted in its tracks at the request of his dear, but difficult, aged Jewish mother. She is hellbent on seeing her warring dysfunctional, grown-up grandchildren together one last time before she dies.
Spall became known to British households for his role in the drama...
But she has numerous other credits including playing Zeus's goddess wife Hera in 1963 mythological classic Jason and the Argonauts and appearing alongside Colin Baker in the 1986 Doctor Who story The Trial of a Time Lord.
Now we can add to those an appearance as an elderly, ailing Jewish mother in Kaleidoscope Entertainment's family comedy Reuniting the Rubins, which is released in selected cinemas on October 21.
The story follows Lenny Rubin, played by Timothy Spall, whose mission to follow his dream is comically halted in its tracks at the request of his dear, but difficult, aged Jewish mother. She is hellbent on seeing her warring dysfunctional, grown-up grandchildren together one last time before she dies.
Spall became known to British households for his role in the drama...
- 9/29/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Kaleidoscope Entertainment have sent over the new UK poster and trailer for their latest movie, Reuniting the Rubins which has a lovely ensemble cast including Timothy Spall (Harry Potter Series, Sweeney Todd, King’s Speech), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, The Number 23), James Callis (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Battlestar Gallactica) and Honor Blackman (Goldfinger). It’s directed by Yoav Factor and if the trailer is anything to go by, it’s going to be a great watch!
Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall) an up-tight lawyer, has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday.
They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny’s eyes his grown up children are certainly not from the same planet: a survival-of-the-fittest hard-nosed capitalist (James Callis), an outspoken eco-warrior...
Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall) an up-tight lawyer, has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday.
They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny’s eyes his grown up children are certainly not from the same planet: a survival-of-the-fittest hard-nosed capitalist (James Callis), an outspoken eco-warrior...
- 9/19/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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