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Sundance 2024 Review: KRAZY HOUSE, Crude, Uninspired Satire Fails to Bring the Pain
The simple, straightforward idea of actor-comedian Nick Frost (At the World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) in full-on berserker mode all but sells itself. On the strength of that idea alone, failure should be the least likely of...
Now Streaming: TRUTH SEEKERS, Now I'm a Believer
Nick Frost, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Susie Wokoma, Emma D'Arcy, and Simon Pegg star in an amiable series about paranormal investigators, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Review: FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, Hidden in Plain Sight
Oh, I see, it's a British working-class comedy. That's why I liked it so much!
Animated HAPPY FAMILY Trailer: Friendly Monster Transformation
A teaser for the animated adventure Happy Family was released a couple months ago and now the sparkling full trailer has dropped. It concerns an unhappy family that is transformed into monsters. The English voice cast is stellar: Emily Watson,...
SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ: Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Return to The Comedy-Horror Genre as Producers
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, stars of the Three Flavors Coronetto Trilogy directed by Edgar Wright, have formed their own film and television production banner, Stolen Picture. With their new production company they will look to make projects geared for...
AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks THE EQUALIZER, THE BOXTROLLS, PRIDE And THE SKELETON TWINS
This week sees Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington team up with the stylish but unrewarding The Equalizer, a strange and dark stop motion tale in The Boxtrolls, the Sundance film The Skeleton Twins, and Pride, a feel-good Brit dramedy that's...
Review: THE BOXTROLLS Is Corrugated Yet Impressive
You give a kid a flashy brand-name mechanical toy, but he'll have more fun playing with the box. As that old truism goes for kids, perhaps it'll prove just as true for filmgoers. In 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction -...
Cornetto No More, But Pegg And Wright Brewing Up A New Script
How do you bounce back after walking away from your shot at a superhero franchise you'd spent years and years developing? If you're Edgar Wright you get busy. Very, very busy. Wright's got a handful of projects bubbling at the...
CUBAN FURY Clips: It's A Dance-Off To The Death!
Now available to watch via various Video On Demand platforms, and coming to DVD next week (July 29), Cuban Fury stars Nick Frost in the tale of a man who learns how to dance the salsa so he can woo...
Win A CUBAN FURY Poster And Blu-Ray
Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd star in Cuban Fury as - of all things - rivals competing for the same woman (Rashida Jones) with the power of salsa dance. The UK comedy hits DVD and Blu-Ray on July 29th and...
Be Charmed By THE BOXTROLLS In Full Trailer
In a world where Pixar have stumbled somewhat in their last few outings and Aardman have never managed to replicate their small screen success on the big screen, is it fair to say that stop motion animation house Laika have...
Review: CUBAN FURY Shakes Some Good Moves, But Falls A Bit Flat
Romantic comedies have hit a bit of a slump in recent years, at least ones from big Hollywood and UK studios. The same patterns, cliched images, characters, and formulas have become predictable and dull. And in many ways, Cuban Fury...
THE BOXTROLLS Roll Out A Delightful New Trailer
If you've seen and loved ParaNorman and Coraline, then you know why The Boxtrolls has me so jazzed. All three are from LAIKA, the Oregon-based animation studio that prides itself on "handmade" films, and has produced very stylish, very distinctive,...
Review: CUBAN FURY Is Less Than The Sum Of Its Parts
Romantic comedies have hit a bit of a slump in recent years, at least ones from big Hollywood and UK studios. The same patterns, cliched images, characters, and formulas have become predictable and dull. And in many ways, Cuban Fury doesn't...
Nick Frost And Chris O'Dowd Face Off In Second CUBAN FURY Trailer
Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd will face off on UK dance floors with the February 14th release of salsa themed romantic comedy Cuban Fury. Yes, Frost dances. More than that, he's trained to do so by a badass former champion...
CUBAN FURY: Nick Frost And Chris O'Dowd Dance Like Men In First Trailer
If the thought of Shaun Of The Dead star Nick Frost as a former champion salsa dancer trying to regain past glory to win the girl puts a smile on your face then you, friend, are the target audience for...
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright Talk THE WORLD'S END
I interviewed Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright at the end of a very long day several years ago for Hot Fuzz . They had had the long day, not me. I was thrilled beyond belief to have the...
Review: THE WORLD'S END Kicks Ass With Middle-Aged Insight (And Beer)
Gary King (Simon Pegg) is that guy everybody knows from high school. The cautionary tale. The guy who peaked too early and who now has to come to grips with the fact that his life will never again be as...
THE WORLD'S END World Premiere In Photos
Edgar Wright's third go-around with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, The World's End, had its official World Premiere in London's Empire Leicester Square cinema tonight and I had the good fortune to be among a small group of online journalists...
THE WORLD'S END Pub Crawl Arrives At The Trusty Servant
Everybody still standing? Good. With Edgar Wright's The World's End soon to be upon us all, there's a virtual pub crawl happening with ScreenAnarchy happily hosting stop number six: The Trusty Servant. You'll find the Trusty Servant artwork below (you...
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