This dark and broody tale of lust, deception and perverse temptation is as faithful an interpretation of the novel by Zoe Heller as is viable for the big screen; a rollocking roller-coaster of a psychological drama with as much bite—or more—as some horror films.
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Nothing could be further from American style movie-making than Mark Locke’s debut feature film entitled Crust (2002); made for a modest sum that a Hollywood extra would barely get More
When Shaun Of The Dead–penned by Edgar Wright, starring Sean Pegg and Nick Frost (Spaced)—rose from the grave it made the walking dead main-stream cool again; not that they weren’t cool before 2004, of course, just that after Sean sunk its teeth in, you didn’t have to be at all embarrassed when bringing up the subject of zombies and gore in your local. In fact, talking, singing, or acting like a zombie came to be in More
British cinema has given us many movies with an edgy feel. It seems that our filmmakers are obsessed with dealing in controversial subjects. Hollywood will also tackle similar themes sometimes, but it tends to glamorise everything or to even make it look cool. There is something incredibly gritty about British film which is perfectly suited to handling difficult themes and a great example of this is 2006’s, ‘This is England’.
If you are old enough to remember the eighties then More
When you look back at British films it is impossible to do so without seeing Hammer. They churned out an amazing amount of movies and when the studio finally closed its doors in the mid 1980s it was a very sad day indeed.
They gave us some wonderfully scary films and some truly great characters. Who can think about Count Dracula without seeing an image of Christopher Lee, or Van Helsing, without remembering the brilliant Peter Cushing?
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Michael Caine has made a hell of a lot of movies over the years. Most of them are good, a few of them are amazing and one or two of them are pants (not a lot of people know that). But out of every film that Michael Caine has ever done, the one that sticks out in my mind is, ‘Get Carter’ by director, Mike Hodges. They just don’t make films like this one anymore.
Set in Newcastle in the More
So here it is, the blog that I have finally convinced myself to create! If you are a clever person you will realize that there are a few allusions to my favorite novel, if you aren’t you may want to invest in a library card…
The reason why I created this is because I really love British made films and television shows, and feel like they are being slightly overshadowed by everything coming out of Hollywood recently. So this is my little ode to England and all of the great art that we create!
After all, the only good thing that has ever really come out of America is Claire Bennett!
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