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Robert Hill

Watch: 'Gremlins' Director Joe Dante Reflects on 'The Private Lives of Adam and Eve'
Albert Zugsmith’s 1960 film about a motley band of misfits transported back to the Garden of Eden plays like a sexploitation farce written by Rod Serling. The movie never lives up to the salacious possibilities of its title but with its wacky casting coups (including Mickey Rooney as the devil and Mamie Van Doren as Eve!), who can complain? Boasting a B-movie dream cast including Tuesday Weld and Mel Torme, it was written by Robert Hill, the scribe behind Zugsmith’s similarly gonzo "Confessions of an Opium Eater."...
See full article at Thompson on Hollywood
  • 2/8/2016
  • by Trailers From Hell
  • Thompson on Hollywood
Graduate Student Killed in Boston Blasts Named as Lingzi Lu
The third victim of Monday's horrific Boston Marathon bombings has been named. Lingzi Lu, a young Chinese graduate student of math and statistics at Boston University, originally from the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, was one of three killed in the blasts. The Chinese consulate in New York confirmed Tuesday that a woman from China had died in the bombings but did not reveal her name. But as The New York Times reports, given the blogosphere, in China and elsewhere, it was impossible to keep her identity concealed. By Wednesday morning, the state-run news agency Xinhua was not only naming...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 4/17/2013
  • by Stephen M. Silverman
  • PEOPLE.com
VicRoads ‘Road to respect’ campaign tries to build bridges between car drivers and truckies
A truck kitted out with games and information is going on a tour of Victoria to encourage more respect between car drivers and truckies.

Minister Terry Mulder and assistant commissioner Bob Hill inside the truck

“Ultimately, our aim is to shift driver and rider behaviour so that all road users – big or small - are treated with the respect they deserve on Victoria’s roads,” said VicRoads s director of Vehicle Management and Safety, Don Hogben.

The Road to respect campaign was unveiled by Minister for Roads Terry Mulder and assistant commissioner Bob Hill.

The campaign also uses a dedicated website, Facebook page and blogger outreach strategy to drive awareness and event attendance.

The agencies behind the campaign were Melbourne’s Icon.Inc and sister PR firm, icon.pr, who won the business after a pitch involving two others agencies on the VicRoads Marketing Services Panel.

The winning idea was...
See full article at Encore Magazine
  • 9/4/2012
  • by Robin Hicks
  • Encore Magazine
The Quirkiest Bach
Julia Brown Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Keyboard Works vol. 3 (Naxos)

W.F. Bach (1710-1784) was Johann Sebastian Bach’s first son, and reputedly his favorite. Needless to say, he received a top-notch musical education. Despite his considerable talents as a composer and performer, though, he was eclipsed by all of his younger composing brothers: Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian, certainly, who even now are considered more important and played more frequently, but even by Johann Christoph Friedrich, who was more successful at the time, though nowadays W.F.’s work has a better reputation than J.C.F.’s now-obscure output. The difference, apparently, was that W.F. got along with employers even worse than his dad had.

In terms of compositional talent and imagination, however, especially in the realm of keyboard music, W.F. was just as interesting as C.P.E. and J.C., and Naxos’ survey of W.
See full article at www.culturecatch.com
  • 9/2/2012
  • by SteveHoltje
  • www.culturecatch.com
Australian Cinematographers Society awards four cinematographers with Acs mark
The Australian Cinematographers Society last month accredited four cinematographers to receive its prestigious Acs designation. The successful cinematographers were: Aron Leong (Qld), Dan Freene (Nsw), Robert Hill (Sa) and John Bean (Qld), who was awarded posthumously. They join 332 other cinematographers accredited by the Acs since 1963 and are now able to use the Acs designation after their names. Ten applications were made by cinematographers who wished to be accredited this year, the society said, but 80 per cent of the judging panel had to vote in favour of an applicant to qualify for the Acs designation. The judging panel, chaired by Ron Johanson Acs, was comprised of: David Burr Acs, Richard Malins Acs, Peter James Acs Asc, Tim McGahan Acs, Alan Cole Acs, Ted Rayment...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 10/4/2011
  • by Brendan Swift
  • IF.com.au
Trailer, synopsis, still and director interview for horror film Kill List
An Assassin stumbles across a ritualistic cult in writer-director Ben Wheatley's upcoming horror film Kill List.

It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.

In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
See full article at The Geek Files
  • 7/27/2011
  • by David Bentley
  • The Geek Files
‘Rejoice and Shout’ (documentary)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(June 2011)

Directed by: Don McGlynn

Featuring: Smokey Robinson, Andrae Crouch, Mavis Staples, Ira Tucker, Marie Knight, Willa Ward and Ira Tucker Jr.

“Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.” –Psalms 33:3

This is the Deep South — Memphis, Tenn. Bible Country, USA. A land of crops and cotton, sweeping fields and schoolhouse churches. It’s a region that has seen more than its fair share of racial injustice and, more recently, natural catastrophe.

But all of that seems a million miles away come Sunday morning, drowned out by the sound of a million and one evangelicals, raising their voices in song.

It’s a time-honored tradition as old as the Negro spiritual itself, driven by an a capella harmony so powerful and true it’s come to represent both the struggle and salvation of African-Americans in the Bible Belt. It is the...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 5/31/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Rejoice and Shout’ (documentary)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(June 2011)

Directed by: Don McGlynn

Featuring: Smokey Robinson, Andrae Crouch, Mavis Staples, Ira Tucker, Marie Knight, Willa Ward and Ira Tucker Jr.

“Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.” –Psalms 33:3

This is the Deep South — Memphis, Tenn. Bible Country, USA. A land of crops and cotton, sweeping fields and schoolhouse churches. It’s a region that has seen more than its fair share of racial injustice and, more recently, natural catastrophe.

But all of that seems a million miles away come Sunday morning, drowned out by the sound of a million and one evangelicals, raising their voices in song.

It’s a time-honored tradition as old as the Negro spiritual itself, driven by an a capella harmony so powerful and true it’s come to represent both the struggle and salvation of African-Americans in the Bible Belt. It is the...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 5/31/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Armadillo’ (documentary)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(April 2011)

Directed by: Janus Metz

It isn’t easy to win a war when you’re fighting an invisible target. This is one of the main challenges of the conflict in Afghanistan — a conflict punctuated by the fact that danger lurks around even the most isolated corners. Rapid-fire gunners spring up from hidden trenches. Rockets launch from far-off hills. The terrain is overrun with land mines.

It is into this hell that a group of young army recruits is thrust as members of

a Danish army platoon sent to patrol the Afghan province of Helmand. Embedded with them for six months in 2009, documentary filmmaker Janus Metz chronicles their journey from the days leading up to their deployment to their eventual return to Denmark.

What Metz captures in the months between is absolutely remarkable. He immerses himself so seamlessly into the background that you tend to forget he’s even there.
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 4/12/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Armadillo’ (documentary)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(April 2011)

Directed by: Janus Metz

It isn’t easy to win a war when you’re fighting an invisible target. This is one of the main challenges of the conflict in Afghanistan — a conflict punctuated by the fact that danger lurks around even the most isolated corners. Rapid-fire gunners spring up from hidden trenches. Rockets launch from far-off hills. The terrain is overrun with land mines.

It is into this hell that a group of young army recruits is thrust as members of

a Danish army platoon sent to patrol the Afghan province of Helmand. Embedded with them for six months in 2009, documentary filmmaker Janus Metz chronicles their journey from the days leading up to their deployment to their eventual return to Denmark.

What Metz captures in the months between is absolutely remarkable. He immerses himself so seamlessly into the background that you tend to forget he’s even there.
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 4/12/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Wrecked’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed by: Michael Greenspan

Written by: Christopher Dodd

Starring: Adrien Brody and Caroline Dhavernas

Isolation movies (i.e., those in which the main character is somehow isolated from the rest of civilization) are a major roll of the dice. They play by a different set of rules. The director is forced to show, rather than tell, the entire story. There’s very little dialogue, which means the film’s success relies heavily on the main character’s ability to communicate nonverbally. There are very few punch lines and almost no major payoff until the final minutes of the film.

It’s a major feat for any actor or director to pull off, which is precisely why movies like “Cast Away” and “127 Hours” opened to such critical acclaim. Tom Hanks and James Franco were those movies, quite frankly. Their ability to not only hold an audience...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 3/31/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Wrecked’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed by: Michael Greenspan

Written by: Christopher Dodd

Starring: Adrien Brody and Caroline Dhavernas

Isolation movies (i.e., those in which the main character is somehow isolated from the rest of civilization) are a major roll of the dice. They play by a different set of rules. The director is forced to show, rather than tell, the entire story. There’s very little dialogue, which means the film’s success relies heavily on the main character’s ability to communicate nonverbally. There are very few punch lines and almost no major payoff until the final minutes of the film.

It’s a major feat for any actor or director to pull off, which is precisely why movies like “Cast Away” and “127 Hours” opened to such critical acclaim. Tom Hanks and James Franco were those movies, quite frankly. Their ability to not only hold an audience...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 3/31/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Queen to Play’ (‘Joueuse’)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed/Written by: Caroline Bottaro

Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Beals

It’s never too late to learn how to play the game.

So goes the central theme of French director Caroline Bottaro’s “Queen to Play” — a beautifully crafted film that hinges upon an ongoing series of chess-life metaphors.

Rules aren’t nearly as important as exceptions. The threat is always stronger than the execution. Learning to respect your opponents is just as important as forcing them to respect you. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board.

Bottaro manages to incorporate all these lessons seamlessly via a series of evolving chess matches between a French chambermaid named Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her employer, Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline).

This is Kline’s first full-length French role, a transition that required the assistance of a language coach, a dialect coach and...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 3/30/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Queen to Play’ (‘Joueuse’)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed/Written by: Caroline Bottaro

Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Beals

It’s never too late to learn how to play the game.

So goes the central theme of French director Caroline Bottaro’s “Queen to Play” — a beautifully crafted film that hinges upon an ongoing series of chess-life metaphors.

Rules aren’t nearly as important as exceptions. The threat is always stronger than the execution. Learning to respect your opponents is just as important as forcing them to respect you. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board.

Bottaro manages to incorporate all these lessons seamlessly via a series of evolving chess matches between a French chambermaid named Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her employer, Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline).

This is Kline’s first full-length French role, a transition that required the assistance of a language coach, a dialect coach and...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 3/30/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Peep World’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed by: Barry Blaustein

Written by: Peter Himmelstein

Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt and Lewis Black

Some people blame the world for their problems. The characters in “Peep World” blame one another — an age-old premise based on the (somewhat reliable) notion that most people spend their entire adult lives trying to compensate for all the bullshit they were exposed to as children.

True to that premise, all of the full-grown adults in “Peep World” are still behaving like a pack of unruly 6-year-olds. There’s Jack (Michael C. Hall), the dutiful son who’s spent the past two decades trying desperately to gain his father’s approval; Joel (Rainn Wilson), the midlife misfit who’s bilking every other family member dry; Cheri (Sarah Silverman), the failing...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 3/22/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Peep World’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed by: Barry Blaustein

Written by: Peter Himmelstein

Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt and Lewis Black

Some people blame the world for their problems. The characters in “Peep World” blame one another — an age-old premise based on the (somewhat reliable) notion that most people spend their entire adult lives trying to compensate for all the bullshit they were exposed to as children.

True to that premise, all of the full-grown adults in “Peep World” are still behaving like a pack of unruly 6-year-olds. There’s Jack (Michael C. Hall), the dutiful son who’s spent the past two decades trying desperately to gain his father’s approval; Joel (Rainn Wilson), the midlife misfit who’s bilking every other family member dry; Cheri (Sarah Silverman), the failing...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 3/22/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Korkoro’ (‘Freedom’)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed/Written by: Tony Gatlif

Starring: Mark Lavoine, Marie-Josée Croze and James Thierrée

France, 1943. The Nazi occupation is in full swing. For the natives, life under Hitler’s regime is oppressive at best. For the gypsies who travel back and forth along the Burgundy countryside desperate for work, it might as well be hell.

Gypsies are considered vermin by the Nazis — rounded up on sight and imprisoned at internment camps for one to five years. “Korkoro” is the real-life story of one such band of tramps who were hunted like animals, imprisoned for their vagrancy and ultimately made to pay the ultimate price for their beliefs.

It’s a tragic story, to be sure. But it’s also one that’s been told several times, to the extent that the audience will likely find itself asking, “Why now?”

The answer to that question may have...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 3/21/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Korkoro’ (‘Freedom’)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed/Written by: Tony Gatlif

Starring: Mark Lavoine, Marie-Josée Croze and James Thierrée

France, 1943. The Nazi occupation is in full swing. For the natives, life under Hitler’s regime is oppressive at best. For the gypsies who travel back and forth along the Burgundy countryside desperate for work, it might as well be hell.

Gypsies are considered vermin by the Nazis — rounded up on sight and imprisoned at internment camps for one to five years. “Korkoro” is the real-life story of one such band of tramps who were hunted like animals, imprisoned for their vagrancy and ultimately made to pay the ultimate price for their beliefs.

It’s a tragic story, to be sure. But it’s also one that’s been told several times, to the extent that the audience will likely find itself asking, “Why now?”

The answer to that question may have...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 3/21/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Kill the Irishman’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh

Written by: Jonathan Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters

Starring: Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken

By reputation, there are two things the Irish do exceptionally well — drink and fight.

“Kill the Irishman” is not a film about drinking.

Rather, it is based upon the real-life story of Danny Greene, a blue-collar Celt who grew up an orphan on the outskirts of Cleveland before rising to run the dockworkers union, the rackets and — eventually — the entire east end of the city.

“Irishman” kicks off with a sweeping aerial shot of mid-’70s Collinwood, a dismal menagerie of smokestacks and warehouses bordering the Lake Erie shoreline. The film’s narrator (Val Kilmer) introduces us to the city and, more importantly, Danny Greene (played by “Rome’s” Ray Stevenson). Greene is a barrel-chested pistol of a man, well read and cocksure,...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 3/8/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Kill the Irishman’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(March 2011)

Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh

Written by: Jonathan Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters

Starring: Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken

By reputation, there are two things the Irish do exceptionally well — drink and fight.

“Kill the Irishman” is not a film about drinking.

Rather, it is based upon the real-life story of Danny Greene, a blue-collar Celt who grew up an orphan on the outskirts of Cleveland before rising to run the dockworkers union, the rackets and — eventually — the entire east end of the city.

“Irishman” kicks off with a sweeping aerial shot of mid-’70s Collinwood, a dismal menagerie of smokestacks and warehouses bordering the Lake Erie shoreline. The film’s narrator (Val Kilmer) introduces us to the city and, more importantly, Danny Greene (played by “Rome’s” Ray Stevenson). Greene is a barrel-chested pistol of a man, well read and cocksure,...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 3/8/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Hall Pass’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(February 2011)

Directed by: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly

Written by: Pete Jones, Peter Farrelly, Kevin Barnett and Bobby Farrelly

Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate and Richard Jenkins

Anyone out there who would dismiss “Hall Pass” outright — assuming it’s a formulaic buddy movie during which a pair of middle-aged horndogs go cruising for chicks, only to realize in the end that home is truly where the heart is — is in for a huge surprise.

Nah, just kidding.

“Hall Pass” is every pop-culture cliché you’d imagine it might be and then some.

There are dick jokes and boob jokes and cunnilingus jokes and masturbation jokes. There are shit jokes and beer jokes and pot jokes and Chinese massage jokes. There are black penis jokes and Irish penis jokes — even a premature ejaculating penis joke. There’s full-frontal nudity and partial nudity and even some gratuitous nudity.
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 2/24/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Hall Pass’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(February 2011)

Directed by: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly

Written by: Pete Jones, Peter Farrelly, Kevin Barnett and Bobby Farrelly

Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate and Richard Jenkins

Anyone out there who would dismiss “Hall Pass” outright — assuming it’s a formulaic buddy movie during which a pair of middle-aged horndogs go cruising for chicks, only to realize in the end that home is truly where the heart is — is in for a huge surprise.

Nah, just kidding.

“Hall Pass” is every pop-culture cliché you’d imagine it might be and then some.

There are dick jokes and boob jokes and cunnilingus jokes and masturbation jokes. There are shit jokes and beer jokes and pot jokes and Chinese massage jokes. There are black penis jokes and Irish penis jokes — even a premature ejaculating penis joke. There’s full-frontal nudity and partial nudity and even some gratuitous nudity.
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 2/24/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
The Movies’ Most Romantic Moments
Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, we revisit some of the scenes that still make us swoon. Some are obvious (Charlie Chaplin, Bogey and Bacall), some not so much (“Harold and Maude”?). And we discovered that the most romantic movie moments aren’t necessarily always found in romantic movies — you’ll find thrillers, sports movies and science fiction among our selections, as well as plenty of romances. Check out our picks and let us know what your most romantic movie moment is in the comment section below.

“Sense and Sensibility” (1995)

Directed by: Ang Lee

Starring: Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson

Near the end of “Sense and Sensibility,” Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) pays a visit to Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson). Grant’s doing his best fumbling Englishman — fiddling with the ornaments on the mantelpiece — while Thompson’s trying to hold it all together, believing he is already married to someone else.
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 2/14/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
The Movies’ Most Romantic Moments
Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, we revisit some of the scenes that still make us swoon. Some are obvious (Charlie Chaplin, Bogey and Bacall), some not so much (“Harold and Maude”?). And we discovered that the most romantic movie moments aren’t necessarily always found in romantic movies — you’ll find thrillers, sports movies and science fiction among our selections, as well as plenty of romances. Check out our picks and let us know what your most romantic movie moment is in the comment section below.

“Sense and Sensibility” (1995)

Directed by: Ang Lee

Starring: Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson

Near the end of “Sense and Sensibility,” Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) pays a visit to Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson). Grant’s doing his best fumbling Englishman — fiddling with the ornaments on the mantelpiece — while Thompson’s trying to hold it all together, believing he is already married to someone else.
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 2/14/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ (documentary)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(February 2011)

Directed by: Jon Chu

Featuring: Justin Bieber, Usher, Miley Cyrus and Jaden Smith

Are Justin Biebers born or bred?

While most critics would argue it’s the latter, the reality is you need a certain degree of talent and presence to attract potential breeders (i.e., industry heavyweights who can help shape your career) in the first place.

On the surface, “Never Say Never” is the story of how Bieber succeeded at doing just that, graduating from small-town sensation to international phenomenon in less than two years’ time. But it’s also an incidental study of the impact and demands of becoming an overnight success.

Consider for a moment that Bieber is still just a 16-year-old kid being raised by a single mother. Consider that he recently completed an 86-arena tour, with little or no break between shows. Consider that he’s the centerpiece of...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 2/11/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ (documentary)
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(February 2011)

Directed by: Jon Chu

Featuring: Justin Bieber, Usher, Miley Cyrus and Jaden Smith

Are Justin Biebers born or bred?

While most critics would argue it’s the latter, the reality is you need a certain degree of talent and presence to attract potential breeders (i.e., industry heavyweights who can help shape your career) in the first place.

On the surface, “Never Say Never” is the story of how Bieber succeeded at doing just that, graduating from small-town sensation to international phenomenon in less than two years’ time. But it’s also an incidental study of the impact and demands of becoming an overnight success.

Consider for a moment that Bieber is still just a 16-year-old kid being raised by a single mother. Consider that he recently completed an 86-arena tour, with little or no break between shows. Consider that he’s the centerpiece of...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 2/11/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
‘Cold Weather’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(February 2011)

Directed/Written by: Aaron Katz

Starring: Cris Lankenau, Trieste Kelly Dunn and Raúl Castillo

“Cold Weather” is not a good movie.

Sorry if that seems a bit abrasive. But the reality is, in a case like this, it’d be a disservice to our readership to spend the bulk of this review pussyfooting around the obvious. At least this way, you know this critique is on the level, and — if nothing else — the next several paragraphs can be spent defending that position.

And that position (for any of you who might’ve missed it the first time around) is this: “Cold Weather” is not a good movie.

Let’s start with the big-picture stuff: The entire film feels like it’s suffering from a severe case of schizophrenia. It wants to be taken seriously, despite the utter absurdity of several major plot points. It wants to be funny,...
See full article at Moving Pictures Network
  • 2/3/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Network
‘Cold Weather’
Reviewed by Bob Hill

(February 2011)

Directed/Written by: Aaron Katz

Starring: Cris Lankenau, Trieste Kelly Dunn and Raúl Castillo

“Cold Weather” is not a good movie.

Sorry if that seems a bit abrasive. But the reality is, in a case like this, it’d be a disservice to our readership to spend the bulk of this review pussyfooting around the obvious. At least this way, you know this critique is on the level, and — if nothing else — the next several paragraphs can be spent defending that position.

And that position (for any of you who might’ve missed it the first time around) is this: “Cold Weather” is not a good movie.

Let’s start with the big-picture stuff: The entire film feels like it’s suffering from a severe case of schizophrenia. It wants to be taken seriously, despite the utter absurdity of several major plot points. It wants to be funny,...
See full article at Moving Pictures Magazine
  • 2/3/2011
  • by admin
  • Moving Pictures Magazine
New this Week: ‘No Strings Attached,’ ‘The Way Back’ and ‘Takers (DVD)’
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

No Strings Attached – Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline

The Way Back – Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell (limited)

Movie of the Week

The Way Back

The Stars: Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell

The Plot: A group of gulag escapees journey 4,000 miles to their freedom.

The Buzz: This is Director Peter Weir’s latest — that’s enough buzz right there.

In watching the film’s trailer, one gets the feeling that The Way Back is more of an adventure tale than it is a tale about the gulag. But we’re not talking carefree adventure here; this looks to be a story predominantly about survival, and survival in the most brutal of conditions. Knowing the film is based on a true story, combined with the way in which it has been marketed, allows for one to somewhat safely assume a happy ending (otherwise it...
See full article at The Scorecard Review
  • 1/19/2011
  • by Aaron Ruffcorn
  • The Scorecard Review
Alan Clarke and Alkaseltzer - A Conversation with Down Terrace's Ben Wheatley
Winning accolades and fans across the festival circuit for the past year, and comparisons to material as far and wide as Ken Loach and The Sopranos (although in all fairness it is neither of those things, more like deader-than-deadpan Coen Brothers absurdity) Down Terrace has been playing in limited release for a month, and is opening in Canada commercially at the Carlton Theatre in Toronto (before expanding out to Vancouver) November 12th.  I have been shamelessly been sitting on a lengthy chat with writer/director Ben Wheatley while the film played at the Fantasia Film Festival back in July.  He left his copy of Sight & Sound behind as he took off to the airport after our conversation, which I scored (snack-cake!) but don't tell him.  A prolific advertisement and TV director, he is as film literate and verbose has one would expect from a genre-mashing drama/comedy/gangster picture with literate and verbose characters.
See full article at Screen Anarchy
  • 11/11/2010
  • Screen Anarchy
Down Terrace | Review
Director: Ben Wheatley Writers: Robin Hill, Ben Wheatley Starring: Bob Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, Sara Dee, Mark Kempner, Kali Peacock, Kerry Peacock, David Schaal, Michael Smiley, Gareth Tunley, Tony Way Karl’s (Robin Hill) mother, Maggie (Julia Deakin), and father, Bill (Robert Hill), run a crime syndicate in Brighton, England. (Apparently, Bill is a middleman of sorts between the big wigs in London and the small time crooks in Brighton.) This not-so-average middle-class family has issues on a normal day -- Karl has severe anger management issues and throws tantrums that would make a 2-year old blush, Bill is overtly patronizing and condescending, and Maggie is the queen of passive-aggressiveness -- so when the additional stresses of a possible snitch and an unplanned baby are added to the mix, their already fiery personalities begin to combust. Down Terrace commences as Karl and Bill return home after a frustrating court case involving Karl.
See full article at SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
  • 10/15/2010
  • by Don Simpson
  • SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Exclusive Clip From Down Terrace
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a clip from dark comedy Down Terrace , opening in theaters on October 15. Directed by Ben Wheatley, the film stars Bob Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, Sara Dee, Mark Kempner, Kali Peacock, Kerry Peacock, David Schaal, Michael Smiley, Gareth Tunley and Tony Way. In Down Terrace , father and son Bill and Karl (real life father and son Bob and Robin Hill) have just been released from jail free and clear, but all is not well at Down Terrace. Patriarchs of a small crime family, their business is plagued with infighting. Karl has had more than he can take of his old man's philosophizing and preaching, and Bill thinks Karl's dedication to the family is seriously compromised when he takes up with an estranged girlfriend who claims to be...
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  • 10/13/2010
  • Comingsoon.net
New Directors/New Films '10 | "Down Terrace" Director Hopes to Shock Audiences
Mike Leigh meets "The Sopranos" in this extraordinary family crime drama, shot in eight days largely in one location. Fresh out of jail, Bill (Robert Hill) is obsessed with finding out who snitched on him. His son, Karl (Robin Hill), also just released, is similarly concerned but has other things on his mind—namely, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend. Bill, eager to ferret out the informer, lays out a series ...
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  • 3/25/2010
  • Indiewire
New Directors/New Films '10 | "Down Terrace" Director Hopes to Shock Audiences
Mike Leigh meets "The Sopranos" in this extraordinary family crime drama, shot in eight days largely in one location. Fresh out of jail, Bill (Robert Hill) is obsessed with finding out who snitched on him. His son, Karl (Robin Hill), also just released, is similarly concerned but has other things on his mind—namely, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend. Bill, eager to ferret out the informer, lays out a series ...
See full article at indieWIRE - People
  • 3/25/2010
  • indieWIRE - People
New Directors/New Films '10 | "Down Terrace" Director Hopes to Shock Audiences
Mike Leigh meets "The Sopranos" in this extraordinary family crime drama, shot in eight days largely in one location. Fresh out of jail, Bill (Robert Hill) is obsessed with finding out who snitched on him. His son, Karl (Robin Hill), also just released, is similarly concerned but has other things on his mind—namely, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend. Bill, eager to ferret out the informer, lays out a series ...
See full article at indieWIRE - People
  • 3/25/2010
  • indieWIRE - People
W.A.R. Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney Film Screening – Tonight in NYC!
As I first mentioned Here a few weeks ago, a much-needed documentary on noted Guyanese activist and historian, Dr. Walter Rodney, is showing tonight at The Brecht Forum (451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Sts., NY, NY 10014 – right off the West Side Hwy) at 7:30pm with a discussion on the film to follow. If you can, come out and support this film.

Directed by Clairmont Chung, W.A.R. Stories, as quoted directly from the screening host’s website, tells:

[A] story of a man who dedicated his life, and ultimately, gave his life in the struggle for equal rights and justice. He did so through his considerable intellectual gifts and actual grassroots involvement everywhere he went. The people who knew him weave a tale of how they related to him and him them. In the process we see the growth of their friend, his ideology and how that changed over...
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  • 2/8/2010
  • by Curtis the Media Man
  • ShadowAndAct
Woman pays £807 milk bill
A woman had to pay a five-year bill totalling £807 pounds after her milkman finally turned up on her doorstep. Allyson and Bob Hill told the South Wales Echo that they had left a number of notes for their dairy deliverer since they last saw him in 2004. The couple had asked for an update on how much they owed every time they went away or changed their order, but they never got a reply or saw him until he arrived at their house last Thursday. Allyson said: "He said, 'do (more)...
See full article at Digital Spy
  • 3/5/2009
  • by By Mayer Nissim
  • Digital Spy
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