High-Def Digest: All Hig (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
'Franklyn' opens with a first act that is very confusing and somewhat difficult to follow. The first few minutes are spent trying to figure out the timeframe and era in which the characters exist and how...
STEVENHARTSITE (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
There’s an old joke to the effect that when an Irishman gets Alzheimer’s Disease, he forgets everything except his grudges. No Surrender, a pitch-black U.K. comedy from the late Eighties that’s crying out for a DVD release on this side of the pond, is tailor-made to illustrate that line. The story takes place in the [...]
Danland Movies (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Franklyn 2008, 98mins, R Director: Gerald McMorrow Writer: Gerald McMorrow Cast includes: Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green, Sam Riley, Bernard Hill, Richard Coyle, Stephen Walters Release Date: 2009 (specific date unconfirmed) “Franklyn” is a fiercely odd cinematic commodity, drawn from the mind of debut director Gerald McMorrow the film is a head scratching amalgamation of fantasy and drama with...
Ivoland! (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) “Sauron’s forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman’s ...
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
UK Television Film Series Title: Play for Today (1970-1984) Writer/Director: Mike Leigh Cinematographer: Tony Pierce-Roberts Cast: Liz Smith, Clifford Kershaw, Polly Hemingway, Bernard Hill, Alison Steadman, Vanessa Harris, Ben Kingsley, Louis Raynes, Alan Gerrard, Patrick Durkin, Hal Jeayes This dolefully funny and devastatingly moving examination of societal and familial roles, Leigh’s first...
The other side of the river (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
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DVD Monthly Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Directed by: Gerald McMorrow Price: £15.99 Reviewed by: Fergus McShane Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. A remarkably bold and original debut feature, the likes of which hasn’t been seen coming out of Britain since Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Franklyn follows four individual but somehow entwined...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
ESPN hires Boys From The Blackstuff actor Bernard Hill to voice its new advertising campaign.
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
A PAIR of leading British actors have taken the plunge and thrown their support behind a campaign to help the RNLI train new volunteers.
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway News Feed (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Dear all It can now be reported that the last six days have seen the Railway involved in its largest and longest filming contract yet. The main areas of action have been Wirksworth Station where Platforms 1 & 2 were dressed to be "Castlebury" and an area near Callow Park School where dark deeds were witnessed. The rolling stock selected was the 2 Car Met-Cam which was "dressed"...
cummar | 07/27/2009
Summary: In an archai chronology, predating the pyramids, the depraved king Memnon is using the occult powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his colossal victories. In a remain drain strain to bring or come to a stan Memnon from engaging close the field, the leaders of the lingering buckshee tribes sign up the assassin Mathayus to butcher the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting considerable
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
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IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
Website Buy it on DVD (Amazon) Buy it on Blu-ray (Amazon) Read our review Gerald McMorrow interview Franklyn photo gallery Franklyn UK Premiere photo gallery
Nigel Harris (RAIL Magazine) (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
I was involved last week in an interesting online discussion on the scurrilous, but always interesting Railway Eye , involving The Fact Compiler himself (they seek him here, they seek him there….), ‘Sir William Porritt’ and the fabled Captain Deltic.
NewsBiscuit (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Channel 4 today announced plans to broadcast a new series later this year: 'The Secret Pauper'. The show will see ex-members of Parliament desperately attempting to cling on to their former champagne and truffles lifestyle, visiting a number of high class restaurants and ordering the most expensive and pointless items ...
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cummar | 07/27/2009
Summary: In an archai chronology, predating the pyramids, the depraved king Memnon is using the occult powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his colossal victories. In a remain drain strain to bring or come to a stan Memnon from engaging close the field, the leaders of the lingering buckshee tribes sign up the assassin Mathayus to butcher the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting considerable...
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