Tag: stevenknight

Elevation Pictures Ready To Play BIG GAME In Canada

Upstart Canadian distribution company Elevation Pictures added to its already impressive slate of films after the Toronto International Film Festival. They locked down distribution rights for Finnish flick -- and Midnight Madness entry -- Big Game, the sophomore feature film from Rare...

The Many Faces Of Helen Mirren

This week, Lasse Hallström's The Hundred-Foot Journey premieres in the US, a story about two restaurants making each other's existence miserable, until mutual respect and romance get the upper hand. But what caught my eye here was the actress playing...

Review: LOCKE, An Ingenious Thriller

British second time director Steven Knight brings an ingenious thriller of 84 minutes in length solely shot in one location; the inside of a car. Its name: Locke. Welsh construction manager Ivan Locke, played by Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight,...

Venice 2013 Review: LOCKE Luckily Delivers

Bravissimo! The entries at the 70th edition of the Venice International Film Festival have honestly been disappointing in general so far, but, luckily, some rather decent exceptions have emerged. This is one of them. Screened "Fuori Concorso" (out of competition),...

Tom Hardy Cast In Real-Time Thriller LOCKE

Tom Hardy has just signed onto a thriller called Locke, which will find him racing against the clock in real time as his life falls to pieces. I know -- you saw the title and thought that he'd be waxing...