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Review: FREE FIRE, Bullet-riddled Mayhem From Beginning to End
At about 15 minutes into Ben Wheatley’s sixth feature film Free Fire, it becomes pretty clear we're probably not leaving this room anytime soon. But that is totally cool. This bold storytelling gambit works because Wheatley and his collaborators (notably...
Dublin International Film Festival Announces Lineup Featuring MAUDIE, FREE FIRE, IN LOCO PARENTIS and More
Dublin international Film Festival announced its full lineup today with the Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke starring folk artist biopic Maudie set to open proceedings on February 16. Along with a sizable selection of International films and guests, there'll be...
MonsterFest 2016: A Gunfight, Deadly Relatives and an Autopsy Lead First Wave of Titles
MonsterFest is coming! Prepare yourselves, Melbourne, Australia, for your fill of fantastic film delights at the end of November. The first wave of titles was announced today and there are heaps of goodness coming to Melbs. Attendees will see...
Toronto 2016: "F##K The Small Talk, Let's Buy Some Guns" in Trailer For FREE FIRE
While we await word from our Anarchist-on-the-Ground Ryland about last night's premiere of Ben Wheatley's Free Fire A24 just dropped the trailer for it. Take a look for yourself. But beware, it be loaded with guns, violence and colorful language. ...
Review: In PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, The P&P Is Fine, But The Z Is ZZZ
Neither as bad as it might have been nor as good as it needs to be, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies lands in that yawning chasm between promising premises and satisfying screen experiences. The movie smacks of shrewd marketing calculations,...
FREE FIRE: Ben Wheatley's Next Is Underway, See Who Rounds Out The Cast
Filming began on Ben Wheatley's new film Free Fire yesterday and Deadline has an update on the cast. The film is already bolstered by a really good cast to start; Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Wheatley alumnus Michael...
Martin Scorsese To Exec Produce Ben Wheatley's FREE FIRE
Martin Scorsese has come aboard British director Ben Wheatley's next project, Free Fire, as an executive producer, Screen Daily has revealed. Set in late-70s Boston, the film is the story of two rival gangs, whose rendezvous in a deserted warehouse...
Ben Wheatley Enters The Action Arena With FREE FIRE
What next for Ben Wheatley? With production wrapped on his adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise the prolific UK auteur will be moving next into the action arena with Free Fire.An original script revolving around a 1978 arms deal gone...
The Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, Joins PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Matt Smith, who rose to fame as the eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who, is joining the cast of Burr Steers' adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He joins a cast already filled with Lily James (Downtown Abby),...
Review: THE DARK VALLEY Is As American As Austria Can Get
In Andreas Prochaska's Austrian Neo-Western about an enigmatic horseman who comes to a remote Austrian village in a deserted valley everything looks like a big Hollywood production with stunning production design, costumes and make-up. The Dark Valley is then an...
Review: ON THE ROAD Hits the Right Beats
The idea of adapting a novel as precious to the American psyche as On the Road would be terribly ambitious, even without the narrative complications of Jack Kerouac's famously stream-of-consciousness storytelling style. Ask Francis Ford Coppola. He has been working...
TIFF 2012 Review: ON THE ROAD Hits the Right Beats
(On the Road screens at TIFF tonight and tomorrow morning. Here's our review from this year's Cannes Film Festival.) The idea of adapting a novel as precious to the American psyche as On the Road would be terribly ambitious, even...
Cannes 2012 Review: ON THE ROAD Hits the Right Beats
The idea of adapting a novel as precious to the American psyche as ON THE ROAD would be terribly ambitious, even without the narrative complications of Jack Kerouac's famously stream of consciousness storytelling style. Ask Francis Ford Coppola. He has...
Two Clips From Walter Salles' ON THE ROAD
Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac classic On The Road takes a bow in Cannes this year and US distributor IFC Films / Sundance Selects have just premiered a pair of clips to give audiences a first look at Sam...
New Trailer For Walter Salles' Latest Film ON THE ROAD
A new trailer has arrived for the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book, ON THE ROAD, beloved by millions of readers for over 50 years. This road movie is directed by Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES);...
13 Blu-ray Review
I will confess up front to being among the half-dozen independent film fans in the Western world not to have seen 13 Tzameti. I came to this film fresh and free of expectation and without the need for comparison. It...
CONFIRMED: Craig Gillespie Off PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
And here's another blow for Lionsgate's proposed adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.It was all the way back in August that ScreenAnarchy reported all was not well between the production and director Craig Gillespie with Gillespie making...
Blake Lively Passes On PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Add Blake Lively's name to the long list of actresses who have been offered and rejected the lead part in the proposed big screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.After two years of development - the feature...
BREAKING: Blake Lively Offered PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Emma Stone told them no. Natalie Portman told them no, despite already being a producer. Mia Wasikowska and Scarlett Johansoon have both been mentioned for the part, but neither of them are doing it either. Will Blake Lively join the...
New Theatrical Trailer For 13 TZAMETI Remake
Remember this one? It's been 10 months since the first trailer for Géla Babluani's English language remake of his own 2005 low-budget, black-and-white noir film 13 Tzameti. The film is finally getting a U.S. theatrical release next month and to prepare...
