News

Stars: Ian Virgo, Sianad Gregory, David Hayman, Ross O’Hennessy, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Gerald Tyler, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Carli De’La Hughes, Tim Duthrane | Written by Philip Palmer | Directed by Chris Crow

[Note: With the film finally getting a home entertainment release, here’s a reposting of our review of The Ballad of Billy McCrae from its UK cinema debut last September]

British gangster or small-town British revenge-style movies are a dime a dozen. There are so many of them around, I assume because they are cheap to make and there’s an abundance of actors who will happily star of them. Because of this, it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Directors like Shane Meadows have taken this idea but elevated it to a whole new level, and that’s hard to do. The Ballad of Billy McCrae and its director doesn’t quite do that but there’s still plenty of interest here.

We are introduced to Chris Blythe. A man who has returned to his home town in Wales with his tail between his legs after losing his fortune in Canada.

Stars: Ian Virgo, Sianad Gregory, David Hayman, Ross O’Hennessy, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Gerald Tyler, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Carli De’La Hughes, Tim Duthrane | Written by Philip Palmer | Directed by Chris Crow

British gangster or small-town British revenge-style movies are a dime a dozen. There’s so many of them around, I assume because they are cheap to make and there’s an abundance of actors who will happily star of them. Because of this, it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Directors like Shane Meadows have taken this idea but elevated to a whole new level, and that’s hard to do. The Ballad of Billy McCrae and its director doesn’t quite do that but there’s still plenty of interest here.

We are introduced to Chris Blythe. A man who has returned to his home town in Wales with his tale between his legs after losing his fortune in Canada.

Ten films and out.

That’s been the mantra of Hollywood auteur Quentin Tarantino for generations and, true to his word, the illustrious filmmaker is now plotting his ninth feature. And it’s shaping up to be a doozy.

Deadline brings word that Tarantino’s latest, which is going by the working title ‘#9’, has now been shopped to every major studio – Disney notwithstanding – as the director searches for a new home following the scandalous allegations leveled against Harvey Weinstein.

His production banner, The Weinstein Company, was often called The House That Quentin Built by insiders (Harvey Weinstein included) after launching Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds and, more recently, Django Unchained. But it seems the filmmaker is ready to move on to pastures anew. And you can hardly blame him.

Amazon and Netflix are reportedly out of the equation, with Tarantino eyeing a theatrical release for #9 – alongside Christopher Nolan, the cinephile is...

When you think of Quentin Tarantino, classic films like “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction,” and “Django Unchained” certainly come to mind. But what about the critically reviled “Saturday Night Live” sketch adaptation “It’s Pat”? Or the Michael Bay Alcatraz action movie “The Rock”? Tarantino’s fingerprints have been all over the movies ever since his breakout debut in 1992, and some of his projects are way more bizarre than others.

Read More:Quentin Tarantino Wants Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lawrence For New Movie, And They Shouldn’t Resist

The director is currently getting together his ninth feature, which will be his penultimate effort behind the camera if his retirement talks are to be believed. Sources say Tarantino is putting together a drama involving the Manson family murders and that he’s eyeing Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lawrence to star. As the filmmakers looks to the future for his next project, we...

Speculation is always fun. Especially with top tier projects, it’s enjoyable to let your imagination take over. Even more so with the James Bond franchise, who doesn’t love designing your ideal 007 film? Picking the actor (or actress) to take up the mantle, selecting a director, etc. It all is like fantasy sports, and I dig it as well. Producers currently are doing this for real though, as Bond 25 (though it will be called something else by the time it comes out, obviously) is slowly coming into the world. The pieces are beginning to come together, and that’s what we’ll be going over today. Order up a martini (shaken, not stirred) and let us get on with it… With the official announcement coming recently that Daniel Craig is back, attention can be turned towards the empty director’s chair. Sam Mendes is no longer handling those duties,...

Oh, the irony: As TV creators seek inventive ways to adapt the visual language of cinema, Hollywood’s big-budget, big-screen movies are increasingly becoming more like television.

With serialized TV shows, control needs to be in the hands of writers and showrunners. That’s because the story is still unfolding and the production is built from episode to episode. The director can’t be the principal storyteller, which makes it challenging to put a premium on visual storytelling.

Read More: The ‘Mr. Robot’ Experiment: Can a TV Show Be Shot Like an Indie Film?

Those who run the Marvel Cinematic Universe might sympathize. When it launched in 2008, their choices of directors seemed like head scratchers for a big action film. In retrospect, they make perfect sense.

“Swingers” writer and “Elf” director Jon Favreau was the perfect choice to improv with Robert Downey Jr. (remember, he wasn’t a star then...

With the Digital HD release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story coming on March 24, new details have started to surface about the production from director Gareth Edwards, as he makes the press rounds for the home video release. Yesterday, the filmmaker shed some light on why there aren't any deleted scenes on the Digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD release, and today the filmmaker reveals that one of the most talked-about scenes in the entire movie was not originally part of the script, and was shot just three or four months before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hit theaters. The scene in question is the now-legendary Darth Vader lightsaber battle scene.

During Gareth Edwards' new interview with Fandango, the filmmaker reveals that in the original script, Darth Vader never actually boards the ship. During the editing process, editor Jabbez Olsen came up with the idea that Darth Vader...

After the runaway success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, producer George Lucas set to work on a storyline for the sequel. The problem was, he didn't want to do another movie where the Nazis were the bad guys. So he hit upon an idea: What if the second film actually came before the first one? Rather than making a traditional sequel, what if they made ... let's call it a "prequel?"

Lucas didn't invent the concept, obviously; major sections of The Godfather: Part II take place before the events of the original Godfather,...

Lauded composer Michael Giacchino may have joined the production of Gareth Edwards’ “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” with a minimum of prep time — he replaced Alexandre Desplat just three months before the film’s release — but his final product is unquestionably a very fine one, and one that fits neatly inside both his own career and the massive franchise the film is part of.

Giacchino’s score is now available online, and it includes such stirring tracks as “A Long Ride Ahead” and “Hope,” along with perhaps more amusingly titled songs, like “Wobani Imperial Labor Camp” and “Krennic’s Aspirations” (which definitely sounds like the name of a kicky jam from a Broadway musical about the striving Imperial bigwig).

Read More: ‘Rogue One’ Review: The First ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff Is a Scrappy Space Adventure That Plays Things Painfully Safe

If you’ve already checked out the Felicity Jones-starring standalone story,...

New documentary The Wolfpack explores the incredible story of the Angulo family, whose seven children found themselves locked away in a Manhattan apartment for 14 years.

Cut away from the outside world, the six brothers escaped through cinema, learning about the world outside through movies and even recreating them on-camera with transcribed scripts and homemade costumes.

As well as Quentin Tarantino films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the Angulos were huge fans of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.

Watch the clip above to see a Diy batsuit made of cereal boxes and the Angulos' recreation of this iconic Dark Knight scene.

Crystal Moselle is behind the camera for The Wolfpack, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

You can catch The Wolfpack - complete with Diy Tarantino, The Usual Suspects and Nightmare on Elm Street - in UK cinemas from tomorrow (August 21).

New documentary The Wolfpack explores the incredible story of the Angulo family, whose seven children found themselves locked away in a Manhattan apartment for 14 years.

Cut away from the outside world, the six brothers escaped through cinema, learning about the world outside through movies and even recreating them on-camera with transcribed scripts and homemade costumes.

As well as Quentin Tarantino films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the Angulos were huge fans of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.

Watch the clip above to see a Diy batsuit made of cereal boxes and the Angulos' recreation of this iconic Dark Knight scene.

Crystal Moselle is behind the camera for The Wolfpack, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

You can catch The Wolfpack - complete with Diy Tarantino, The Usual Suspects and Nightmare on Elm Street - in UK cinemas from tomorrow (August 21).

"The enjoyment of a work of art, the acceptance of an irresistible illusion, constituting, to my sense, our highest experience of "luxury," the luxury is not greatest, by my consequent measure, when the work asks for as little attention as possible. It is greatest, it is delightfully, divinely great, when we feel the surface, like the thick ice of the skater's pond, bear without cracking the strongest pressure we throw on it. The sound of the crack one may recognise, but never surely to call it a luxury." —Henry James, from The Preface to The Wings of the Dove (1909) "[The critic’s] choice of best salami is a picture backed by studio build-up, agreement amongst his colleagues, a layout in Life mag (which makes it officially reasonable for an American award), and a list of ingredients that anyone’s unsophisticated aunt in Oakland can spot as comprising a distinguished film. This prize picture,...