A ride or die friendship. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City fan favorite Heather Gay is opening up about the moment co-star and bestie Jen Shah was arrested for allegedly running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme—and yes, even Heather was "terrified" after the experience. E! News has an exclusive first look at Heather's appearance on Bravo's Chat Room tonight, Aug. 19, in which she opens up about Jen's ongoing legal drama. "I mean, I've been, like, dying to talk about this publicly," Heather shares with co-hosts Porsha Williams and Gizelle Bryant in the below sneak peek. "With you...
- 8/19/2021
- E! Online
Every generation of adolescents is divided from the one before in some sense, but the internet is less a divide than a gaping canyon: Someone who didn’t grow up online from early childhood can never fully share the other half’s view of the world, and vice versa. In years past, that impasse led to some distinctly alarmist, out-of-touch films about the perils of screen-centered life — Hideo Nakata’s dreadful “Chatroom” and Jason Reitman’s “Men, Women and Children” come to mind — that glibly stressed alienation over community, with precious little attempt to bridge the gap in perspective. At once tender and rattling, Jane Schoenbrun’s “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” does feel like an evolution in this respect: an exploration of the world (and parallel worlds) of online role-playing game culture that is equally alive to its manifold dangers and possibilities for self-realization.
Writer-director-editor Schoenbrun covered...
Writer-director-editor Schoenbrun covered...
- 2/5/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
It's a thot squat showdown. In this exclusive clip from Sunday, Nov. 8's all-new Bravo's Chat Room, Summer House's Hannah Berner challenges co-hosts The Real Housewives of Potomac's Gizelle Bryant, Below Deck's Kate Chastain and The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Porsha Williams to a pose off. "I want to talk about something that's near and dear to my heart and that is thot squats," Hannah starts off. "If you're not familiar, it's this insta-famous pose that I love to do." In the image, Hannah is seen squatting while make a serious expression to the camera. After Gizelle quips that they're familiar with Hannah's favorite pose, the Summer...
- 11/6/2020
- E! Online
While Hollywood is still fixated on "The Ring" — the sequel "Rings" is now shooting, and takes place thirteen years after the first movie — the franchise's original director Hideo Nakata has moved on, continuing to build his filmography with genre fare like "Chatroom," "Chaos," "Kaidan," and more. His latest is once again bringing more spooky stuff, this time to the hallowed halls of the theater. The first teaser trailer for "Gekijourei" has arrived (according to IMDb the English title is "Stageghost"), and the story follows some actresses who find themselves the target of mysterious, unexplained accidents at a theater, that undoubtedly have some scary origins. And for those of you who are followers of Japanese girl pop group AKB48, the film's lead actress is member Haruka Shimazaki. "Gekijourei" opens in Japan on November 21st. Watch below. [via Film Divider]...
- 3/25/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Asa Butterfield stars as Nathan, a teenage maths prodigy who struggles with people, not least his mother, Julie (played by Sally Hawkins), but finds comfort in numbers.
Mentored by unconventional and anarchic teacher Mr Humphreys (Rafe Spall), Nathan’s talents win him a place representing Gb at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
When the team go to train in Taiwan, headed up by squad leader Richard (Eddie Marsan), Nathan is faced with unexpected challenges - not least his new and unfamiliar feelings for his Chinese counterpart...
Newcomer Jo Yang who went to school in West London before returning to study in Beiijing plays the beautiful Zhang Mei.
Edward Baker-Close, who appeared in Channel 4 drama Southcliffe plays the younger Nathan.
The rest of the young cast includes Wizards and Aliens star Percelle Ascott, Screenterrier rising star Alexa Davies, Alex Lawther who played Young Turing in the Imitation Game, Jake Davies, who...
Mentored by unconventional and anarchic teacher Mr Humphreys (Rafe Spall), Nathan’s talents win him a place representing Gb at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
When the team go to train in Taiwan, headed up by squad leader Richard (Eddie Marsan), Nathan is faced with unexpected challenges - not least his new and unfamiliar feelings for his Chinese counterpart...
Newcomer Jo Yang who went to school in West London before returning to study in Beiijing plays the beautiful Zhang Mei.
Edward Baker-Close, who appeared in Channel 4 drama Southcliffe plays the younger Nathan.
The rest of the young cast includes Wizards and Aliens star Percelle Ascott, Screenterrier rising star Alexa Davies, Alex Lawther who played Young Turing in the Imitation Game, Jake Davies, who...
- 8/8/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Renowned British filmmaker Mike Leigh and the Cannes Film Festival have history. His films have always been well-received there, and his 1996 adoption drama, Secrets And Lies, won the Palme d’Or at that year’s festivities. He served on the festival jury himself in 1997, where he famously butted heads with then Jury President, Isabelle Adjani, and now, he has returned with his latest project, Mr. Turner, which is screening in competition.
Mr. Turner sees regular Leigh collaborator Timothy Spall (The King’s Speech) play the famous British painter, J.M.W. Turner, in a period drama exploring the last 25 years of his life, which ended in 1851. The synopsis of the film, as presented at Cannes, gives a more in-depth view:
“Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, [Turner] forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom...
Mr. Turner sees regular Leigh collaborator Timothy Spall (The King’s Speech) play the famous British painter, J.M.W. Turner, in a period drama exploring the last 25 years of his life, which ended in 1851. The synopsis of the film, as presented at Cannes, gives a more in-depth view:
“Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, [Turner] forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom...
- 5/15/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Gorgeous Brit actress Tuppence Middleton (below) has signed up for the lead role in David Bruckner's new horror feature 'Intrusion'. Middleton, whose previous credits include British thriller 'Chatroom', revenge horror 'Tormented' and the excellent Channel 4 dark drama series 'Black Mirror', will play the role of Lila Harper who moves to San Francisco only to end up the target of organised stalkers who invade her new home. Bruckner's previous genre effort was his 'Amaetur Night' segment in found-footage horror anthology 'V/H/S' where a trio of friends become the prey of a mysterious bat-like woman. He will direct from a script penned by L.D. Goffigan. Middleton will also be seen next in the Wachowski Brothers' new sci-fi feature Jupiter Ascending....
- 10/17/2013
- Horror Asylum
Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant as Julian Assange in a flashy but essentially hollow account of the rise and fall of WikiLeaks
"He's not a source, he's the head of a huge media empire, accountable to no one. And we put him there." The story of Julian Assange's relationship with the world at large, the media in general and the Guardian in particular was recently told in engrossing detail in Alex Gibney's documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. That film (which provoked an equally detailed response from its subject) concluded that Assange was an information freedom fighter who became overwhelmed by his own ego, descending into recklessness, deviousness and worse.
Now, amid the usual denunciations from the white-haired one, comes Bill Condon's more overtly dramatic but less piercing biopic. Based in part upon Daniel Domscheit-Berg's account of his time as Assange's partner at "the world's...
"He's not a source, he's the head of a huge media empire, accountable to no one. And we put him there." The story of Julian Assange's relationship with the world at large, the media in general and the Guardian in particular was recently told in engrossing detail in Alex Gibney's documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. That film (which provoked an equally detailed response from its subject) concluded that Assange was an information freedom fighter who became overwhelmed by his own ego, descending into recklessness, deviousness and worse.
Now, amid the usual denunciations from the white-haired one, comes Bill Condon's more overtly dramatic but less piercing biopic. Based in part upon Daniel Domscheit-Berg's account of his time as Assange's partner at "the world's...
- 10/12/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
The Complex comes to us from Hideo Nakata, the man who gave us Ringu, yet also went on to deliver The Ring Two and Chatroom. His latest effort proves to be as varied in quality as his career has been as it fluctuates between the mundane and familiar tropes we've seen plague the J-horror sub-genre to something enjoyably batshit bonkers and creative.
The film is dense with twists and turns, the only problem is that it makes you work for the pay-off. Real hard. But it plants all sorts of fun little seeds that ultimately connect into something pretty crazy.
The first half introduces the audience to Asuka, a young woman moving into an apartment with her mother, father and younger brother.
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The film is dense with twists and turns, the only problem is that it makes you work for the pay-off. Real hard. But it plants all sorts of fun little seeds that ultimately connect into something pretty crazy.
The first half introduces the audience to Asuka, a young woman moving into an apartment with her mother, father and younger brother.
Read more...
- 7/29/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Fresh from the failure of his previous effort, 2009 Brit-stink Chatroom, Hideo Nakata returns to his native Japan and the genre from which he made his name. Titled The Complex, the director delivers another ghost-story in the vein of Ring and Dark Water, prospect enough to render the project one of the most eagerly anticipated of Edinburgh’s 67th International Film Festival.
Having moved into a largely abandoned apartment building with her family, nursing student Asuka (Atsuko Maeda) is asked to distribute gifts to the remaining neighbours. With the elderly man living across the hall proving unresponsive, she instead sets out to explore the local area, crossing paths with a strange little boy playing alone in a nearby sandpit. The boy seems to know her neighbour, an elderly man who makes himself known later that night with the sound of dragging furniture and a relentless clawing on the other side of her bedroom wall.
Having moved into a largely abandoned apartment building with her family, nursing student Asuka (Atsuko Maeda) is asked to distribute gifts to the remaining neighbours. With the elderly man living across the hall proving unresponsive, she instead sets out to explore the local area, crossing paths with a strange little boy playing alone in a nearby sandpit. The boy seems to know her neighbour, an elderly man who makes himself known later that night with the sound of dragging furniture and a relentless clawing on the other side of her bedroom wall.
- 6/20/2013
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
News just in, that one of our fave directors - Hideo Nakata ('The Ring') latest horror thrillers The Incite Mill - 7 Day Death Game is up for release in the UK. Nakata’s work has always been a crowd pleaser (even the so-so ‘Chatroom’ had some plus points) around these parts and add to that a superb assemble cast (including ‘Battle Royale’’ Death Note’ star Tatsuya Fujiwara) we have high hopes for this one. Death Game goes on sale March 4th. Synopsis: When ten strangers agree to an interview for the same lucrative job offer, they find themselves locked in an underground complex to take part in a psychological experiment for seven days. The group soon discovers that the pay is too good to be true when the horrifying specifics of the game are unveiled. Trust each other, kill, or be killed. The world watches while the contestants fight for...
- 5/31/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Actor who portrays Robb Stark in hit TV series will play opposite Lily James in Disney's live-action version of the classic folk tale
Disney's big budget, live-action take on Cinderella appears to be following in the footsteps of Tim Burton's $1bn Alice in Wonderland fantasy as director Kenneth Branagh puts together a mostly British cast. With Downton Abbey's Lily James already cast in the title role, the Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Game of Thrones' Richard Madden will play her prince.
Madden, who plays Robb Stark in the highly-rated HBO fantasy series, will take the role which, as tradition demanded, was named Prince Charming in the 1950 Disney animated version of the tale. Cate Blanchett has been cast as the wicked stepmother.
The film is the latest in a series of live action Disney fantasies that began in 2010 with the enormous box office success of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
Disney's big budget, live-action take on Cinderella appears to be following in the footsteps of Tim Burton's $1bn Alice in Wonderland fantasy as director Kenneth Branagh puts together a mostly British cast. With Downton Abbey's Lily James already cast in the title role, the Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Game of Thrones' Richard Madden will play her prince.
Madden, who plays Robb Stark in the highly-rated HBO fantasy series, will take the role which, as tradition demanded, was named Prince Charming in the 1950 Disney animated version of the tale. Cate Blanchett has been cast as the wicked stepmother.
The film is the latest in a series of live action Disney fantasies that began in 2010 with the enormous box office success of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
- 5/9/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
He’s had a hard time of it being the King of the North on Game Of Thrones, so perhaps Robb Stark – aka as actor Richard Madden – will have a better time of it as a prince. Kenneth Branagh and Disney certainly think so, as he’ll play the Prince in the new, live-action Cinderella.Downton Abbey’s Lily James is already aboard as the titular girl who becomes a princess for a night, and Cate Blanchett has been attached for a while to play her wicked stepmother.We don’t yet know what tweaks the script (currently credited to Aline Brosh McKenna and Chris Weitz) will make to the original fairy tale story, but we do know the film has already lost one director in Mark Romanek, who departed over creative differences. Still, Branagh definitely has the chops to bring this one in with style.Madden has previously appeared...
- 5/8/2013
- EmpireOnline
Japanese director Hideo Nakata, whose classic 1998 film Ringu (The Ring) helped kick off the massive wave of J-horror mania in the early 2000s, has been off the Us genre radar for several years (his 2010 UK-based production Chatroom didn't grab much attention stateside), but he just might back in the running with a new project titled The Complex. Here's the newly-launched trailer: The Complex (Kuroyuri danchi) theatrical trailer - Hideo Nakata-directed J-horror The Complex stars J-pop star Atsuko Maeda as a nursing student who is just settling into a drab-looking apartment with her family when she begins to hear strange noises from their reclusive neighbor. She later discovers the old man dead – and that he had been trying desperately to claw his way into her room. Rumors that the place is haunted are apparently confirmed when Atsuko later comes face-to-face with an apparition of the dead man. The film has...
- 3/28/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Forget Benedict Cumberbatch. Tuppence Middleton is our new favorite British name. The English ingénue who made her screen debut in 2008 on the TV crime drama Bones has been snagging roles in UK features.These flicks.that include includes the horror comedy Tormented, the teen thriller Chatroom, and the Sean Bean vehicle Cleanskin.have gained little notice Stateside. But with her lasting casting coup, she's destined to draw international notice in short order. Variety reports Middleton has signed on to Jupiter Ascending, Andy and Lana Wachowski's follow-up to their ambitious adaptation of Cloud Atlas. The 25-year-old actress who recently wrapped on a small role in Danny Boyle's upcoming Trance joins a cast that includes Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth and her former co-star Sean Bean. Written, produced and directed by the Wachowski Siblings, Jupiter Ascending is a science fiction adventure set in a universe where humans...
- 2/13/2013
- cinemablend.com
Forget Benedict Cumberbatch. Tuppence Middleton is our new favorite British name. The English ingénue who made her screen debut in 2008 on the TV crime drama Bones has been snagging roles in UK features.These flicks.that include includes the horror comedy Tormented, the teen thriller Chatroom, and the Sean Bean vehicle Cleanskin.have gained little notice Stateside. But with her lasting casting coup, she's destined to draw international notice in short order. Variety reports Middleton has signed on to Jupiter Ascending, Andy and Lana Wachowski's follow-up to their ambitious adaptation of Cloud Atlas. The 25-year-old actress who recently wrapped on a small role in Danny Boyle's upcoming Trance joins a cast that includes Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth and her former co-star Sean Bean. Written, produced and directed by the Wachowski Siblings, Jupiter Ascending is a science fiction adventure set in a universe where humans...
- 2/13/2013
- cinemablend.com
News just in, that one of our fave directors - Hideo Nakata ('The Ring') latest horror thrillers The Incite Mill - 7 Day Death Game is up for release in the UK. Nakata’s work has always been a crowd pleaser (even the so-so ‘Chatroom’ had some plus points) around these parts and add to that a superb assemble cast (including ‘Battle Royale’’ Death Note’ star Tatsuya Fujiwara) we have high hopes for this one. Death Game goes on sale March 4th. Synopsis: When ten strangers agree to an interview for the same lucrative job offer, they find themselves locked in an underground complex to take part in a psychological experiment for seven days. The group soon discovers that the pay is too good to be true when the horrifying specifics of the game are unveiled. Trust each other, kill, or be killed. The world watches while the contestants fight for...
- 1/15/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
As announced back in March, Skins is set to return for a final time next year, and E4 and Company Pictures today announced the details of the new series.
It will mark a departure in style and will see three former stars returning to the roles which shaped their careers in three individual stories, each one broadcast in two, one hour parts.
Written by series creators Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain with Jess Brittain, the stories go into new territory; more adult, more uncompromising. Each two part story centres on the characters now in their early twenties, the party's over and they're starting out as young adults, struggling to find a direction and a focus in unforgiving times.
Kaya Scodelario, the only cast member to appear in all previous six series of Skins, returns in Fire, written by Jess Brittain.
Effy has a dead end job as a receptionist for a leading London Hedge Fund.
It will mark a departure in style and will see three former stars returning to the roles which shaped their careers in three individual stories, each one broadcast in two, one hour parts.
Written by series creators Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain with Jess Brittain, the stories go into new territory; more adult, more uncompromising. Each two part story centres on the characters now in their early twenties, the party's over and they're starting out as young adults, struggling to find a direction and a focus in unforgiving times.
Kaya Scodelario, the only cast member to appear in all previous six series of Skins, returns in Fire, written by Jess Brittain.
Effy has a dead end job as a receptionist for a leading London Hedge Fund.
- 10/16/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Ethel White's 1936 novel "The Wheel Spins" was adapted to film by an early career Alfred Hitchcock as "The Lady Vanishes." Now the BBC is giving that source material another whirl with Diarmuid Lawrence ("Little Dorrit") directing and Fiona Seres writing the adaptation. Tuppence Middleton ("Chatroom") will play socialite Iris Carr, the role played by Margaret Lockwood in Hitchcock's film, while Selina Cadell will take on the May Whitty role of Miss Froy and Tom Hughes will take on the role of Iris' fellow travel and sole ally, played in the earlier film by Michael Redgrave. Keeley Hawes, Gemma Jones, Stephanie Cole and Julian Rhind-Tutt will also appear in the 90-minute thriller. Read More: 'Vertigo' Replaces 'Citizen Kane' On Top of Sight & Sound List & Some Analysis In adapting the story, Seres looks to be keeping closer to the original source material than...
- 8/21/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
According to Winteriscoming.net, British musician and actor Ed Skrein has been cast as Daario Naharis in the currently shooting third season of HBO's Game Of Thrones. Skrein is best known for his music career, having released his own album and also worked with artists such as Foreign Beggars, Nathan Flutebox Lee, Asian Dub Foundation and Plan B. He recently made the transition to acting and has starred in the movies Piggy and Ill Mannors. The site also report that Jacob Anderson will play Grey Worm. Anderson is a young actor from London who has already appeared in numerous films and TV shows such as Adulthood, Chatroom, Episodes and Skins. Naharis is quite a popular character in the source novels. He is a highly skilled sellsword (mercenary) who charms Daenerys and becomes a permanent member of her extended "Khalasar", much to the chargrin of Jorah. Grey Worm is the captain...
- 8/20/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Tuppence Middleton will lead the cast in the BBC's new adaptation of the pyschological thriller The Lady Vanishes. She stars as the beautiful and wealthy socialite Iris Carr, who has to rely on a strength of character she never knew she had to battle doubt and overcome danger as she strives to solve the mystery of why the lady vanished.
25 year old Tuppence (represented by Conway Van Gelder), originally from Bristol, appeared in the films Tormented and Chatroom and can currently be seen playing Tiger in Sky1's Sinbad. She also stars in the upcoming feature Trap for Cinderella alongside Alexandra Roach.
Whilst travelling home alone from the Balkans, to escape from her raucous friends, Iris’s expectations of peace are short lived when she faints on the platform of the railway station in the scorching heat. She wakes in time to be rushed on to the train but with...
25 year old Tuppence (represented by Conway Van Gelder), originally from Bristol, appeared in the films Tormented and Chatroom and can currently be seen playing Tiger in Sky1's Sinbad. She also stars in the upcoming feature Trap for Cinderella alongside Alexandra Roach.
Whilst travelling home alone from the Balkans, to escape from her raucous friends, Iris’s expectations of peace are short lived when she faints on the platform of the railway station in the scorching heat. She wakes in time to be rushed on to the train but with...
- 8/17/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Last week, we took a look at the relative dearth of leading men in Hollywood: why Tom Cruise, Will Smith, et al. remain at the top of the tree and why so few serious competitors have emerged since. But one of the most exciting things about our job is getting to watch the new names that emerge, breakouts who have the potential to join the A-listers, or at the very least, deliver a host of hugely exciting performances for decades to come.
So we've decided to kick off our On The Rise selection for 2012 by looking at some of the actors who we're tipping for big things in the next few years. Last time we made these kinds of picks and predictions we did pretty well, listing the likes of Joel Edgerton, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Scott, Jake Johnson and David Oyelowo who have all gone on to become much-sought-after names,...
So we've decided to kick off our On The Rise selection for 2012 by looking at some of the actors who we're tipping for big things in the next few years. Last time we made these kinds of picks and predictions we did pretty well, listing the likes of Joel Edgerton, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Scott, Jake Johnson and David Oyelowo who have all gone on to become much-sought-after names,...
- 3/29/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 15, 2012
Price: DVD $27.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
In the great tradition of Victor Victoria and Tootsie, the period drama film Albert Nobbs stars six-time Oscar-nominee Glenn Close (TV’s Damages) as a woman playing a man.
Based on the novella by Irish author George Moore, the movie tells the story of a woman (Close) in 19th century Ireland who learns to survive by living and working as a man. But after 30 years of donning men’s clothing to fit into her surroundings, Nobbs finds herself in her own prison.
Close and co-star Janet McTeer (The Woman in Black) were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy Awards, respectively. Both also were nominated for Golden Globes but didn’t win. The movie’s original song “Lay Your Head Down” (music by Brian Byrne and lyrics by Close) also was nominated for a Globe, and...
Price: DVD $27.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
In the great tradition of Victor Victoria and Tootsie, the period drama film Albert Nobbs stars six-time Oscar-nominee Glenn Close (TV’s Damages) as a woman playing a man.
Based on the novella by Irish author George Moore, the movie tells the story of a woman (Close) in 19th century Ireland who learns to survive by living and working as a man. But after 30 years of donning men’s clothing to fit into her surroundings, Nobbs finds herself in her own prison.
Close and co-star Janet McTeer (The Woman in Black) were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy Awards, respectively. Both also were nominated for Golden Globes but didn’t win. The movie’s original song “Lay Your Head Down” (music by Brian Byrne and lyrics by Close) also was nominated for a Globe, and...
- 2/23/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Democracy is a flawed concept. Here are 50 films that the IMDb voters would unfairly have you believe are worth no more than 5.9/10…
Six out of ten isn’t a very good score, really. It’s barely over half marks. 60 per cent. It’s alright, but it’s not great. You wouldn’t be proud of getting six out of ten on most kinds of tests, would you? So you might assume that any film that scores under six stars out of ten on the IMDb isn’t very good – possibly even terrible.
But that’s not always the case. Averages don’t tell the whole story; anything that’s potentially controversial or divisive will end up with a score that suggests most people weren’t that bothered about it, since high and low scores will be averaged – and IMDb users often exaggerate their scores anyway, giving a film one star...
Six out of ten isn’t a very good score, really. It’s barely over half marks. 60 per cent. It’s alright, but it’s not great. You wouldn’t be proud of getting six out of ten on most kinds of tests, would you? So you might assume that any film that scores under six stars out of ten on the IMDb isn’t very good – possibly even terrible.
But that’s not always the case. Averages don’t tell the whole story; anything that’s potentially controversial or divisive will end up with a score that suggests most people weren’t that bothered about it, since high and low scores will be averaged – and IMDb users often exaggerate their scores anyway, giving a film one star...
- 2/23/2012
- Den of Geek
Director: Hideo Nakata.
Writer: Enda Walsh.
Chatroom is a British shot film from the Japanese director Hideo Nakata (Ring) and Irish playwright Enda Walsh (Hunger). This is another recent film from the UK which deals with cyber bulling, Panic Button being the other. In this film, the production is much less claustrophobic and the visuals, in true Nakata style, are more elaborate than Panic Button. Released on DVD earlier this year (June 14th), Chatroom plays with genre while showing the harm of predatory behaviour on the internet?
That question mark is intentional because the characters in the film do not have strong identities and neither does the film. William (Aaron Johnson) appears as a charismatic friend welcoming in the local "Chelsea Teens!" But, appearances can be deceiving on the internet. Soon, Eva (Imogen Poots), Jim (Matthew Beard), Mo (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emily (Hannah Murray) are falling for his smooth talking ways.
Writer: Enda Walsh.
Chatroom is a British shot film from the Japanese director Hideo Nakata (Ring) and Irish playwright Enda Walsh (Hunger). This is another recent film from the UK which deals with cyber bulling, Panic Button being the other. In this film, the production is much less claustrophobic and the visuals, in true Nakata style, are more elaborate than Panic Button. Released on DVD earlier this year (June 14th), Chatroom plays with genre while showing the harm of predatory behaviour on the internet?
That question mark is intentional because the characters in the film do not have strong identities and neither does the film. William (Aaron Johnson) appears as a charismatic friend welcoming in the local "Chelsea Teens!" But, appearances can be deceiving on the internet. Soon, Eva (Imogen Poots), Jim (Matthew Beard), Mo (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emily (Hannah Murray) are falling for his smooth talking ways.
- 11/13/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
In case you hadn't already took a little jaunt down to your local theatre to catch Craig Gillespie's 'Fright Night' reVAMP then perhaps you need some more convincing. Well laddish-mag FHM have been kind enough to post the opening scene from the movie to help get you in the mood. The movie, based upon the Tom Holland helmed comedy-horror released in 1985, hasn't received the most positive feedback thus far but as fun popcorn movies go its still worth checking out. The remake stars Colin Farrell ('Phone Booth'), Anton Yelchin ('Star Trek'), David Tennant ('Dr Who'), Imogen Poots ('Chatroom', '28 Weeks Later') and Christopher Mintz-Plasse ('Superbad', 'Kick-Ass'). Check out the full opening scene below...
- 9/8/2011
- Horror Asylum
The latest bit of psycho-driven fun from our friends across the pond has gotten a makeover. A title change has turned the film once known as Suicide Kids into the less edgy Demons Never Die. We even have a new quad one-sheet for ya. Dig it!
Written and directed by one of the UK’s most exciting new filmmakers, Arjun Rose (Diversity 3D, Swift), and produced by Golden Globe Nominee Idris Elba ("The Wire", 28 Weeks Later, RocknRolla), Demons Never Die boasts an impressive ensemble cast that brings together the freshest stars of the latest generation of British acting talent.
The genre busting cast includes British Independent Film Award winnner Ashley Walters (Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Stormbreaker, Bullet Boy), Andrew Ellis (This is England), Arnold Oceng (Adulthood, 4,3,2,1), Jacob Anderson (Chatroom, 4,3,2,1), Reggie Yates (Doctor Who), Emma Rigby (Hollyoaks), Femi Oyineran (Kidulthood, Adulthood, Annuvahood), Jack Doolon (Cemetery Junction), Peter Baladi (Streetdance 3D,...
Written and directed by one of the UK’s most exciting new filmmakers, Arjun Rose (Diversity 3D, Swift), and produced by Golden Globe Nominee Idris Elba ("The Wire", 28 Weeks Later, RocknRolla), Demons Never Die boasts an impressive ensemble cast that brings together the freshest stars of the latest generation of British acting talent.
The genre busting cast includes British Independent Film Award winnner Ashley Walters (Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Stormbreaker, Bullet Boy), Andrew Ellis (This is England), Arnold Oceng (Adulthood, 4,3,2,1), Jacob Anderson (Chatroom, 4,3,2,1), Reggie Yates (Doctor Who), Emma Rigby (Hollyoaks), Femi Oyineran (Kidulthood, Adulthood, Annuvahood), Jack Doolon (Cemetery Junction), Peter Baladi (Streetdance 3D,...
- 8/29/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
I’ve just about had it with these mediocre yet curiously smug technocentric thrillers which try to open up dialogues about how dangerous the world wide web is, yet can’t satisfyingly or authentically bring that real sense of danger to the screen, as was so disappointing about Hideo Nakata’s outdated and downright pat thriller Chatroom last year. The inherent problem is that the technology moves so quickly that by the time a film ends its production cycle, the software, if not the hardware, has moved on to become something entirely different. Fortunately, Panic Button benefits from tackling the less fleeting success of social networking sites like Facebook, and boasts a sly sense of humour while fully embracing its own overblown absurdity.
The premise is simple; four people win a prize from their favourite social networking website, All2gethr.com, a trip to New York on a private jet.
I’ve just about had it with these mediocre yet curiously smug technocentric thrillers which try to open up dialogues about how dangerous the world wide web is, yet can’t satisfyingly or authentically bring that real sense of danger to the screen, as was so disappointing about Hideo Nakata’s outdated and downright pat thriller Chatroom last year. The inherent problem is that the technology moves so quickly that by the time a film ends its production cycle, the software, if not the hardware, has moved on to become something entirely different. Fortunately, Panic Button benefits from tackling the less fleeting success of social networking sites like Facebook, and boasts a sly sense of humour while fully embracing its own overblown absurdity.
The premise is simple; four people win a prize from their favourite social networking website, All2gethr.com, a trip to New York on a private jet.
- 8/28/2011
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Checkout a new 'Penthouse Tour' clip straight from the Craig Gillespie helmed new horror comedy remake 'Fright Night'. The 3D feature, which arrives later this month, is based upon the cult Tom Holland directed horror of the same name from 1985. The re-vamp stars Colin Farrell ('Phone Booth'), Anton Yelchin ('Star Trek'), David Tennant ('Dr Who'), Imogen Poots ('Chatroom', '28 Weeks Later') and geeky funny-man Christopher Mintz-Plasse ('Superbad', 'Kick-Ass'). Check out the clip below....
- 8/12/2011
- Horror Asylum
Hannah Murray has signed up for a role in the second season of Game of Thrones. The former Skins star will play Gilly, a young woman desperate to escape the oppression of wildling man Craster, according to TV Guide. Murray is best known for playing Cassie on E4's Skins from 2007 to 2008, and has since appeared in episodes of ITV's Marple and Above Suspicion. Her film credits include 2010's Chatroom and a role opposite Doctor Who star Matt Smith in sci-fi drama Womb. Roy Dotrice, (more)...
- 8/9/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Craig Gillespie's 3D horror comedy remake 'Fright Night' will be flapping its bat like wings into theatres very soon now. And to help the marketing campaign continue its snowballing effect iO9 have revealed a new still from the flick featuring David Tennant's character Peter Vincent. I must say I'm liking the 'Criss Angel'-like re-imagining of Vincent this time around compared to Roddy McDowall's incarnation in Tom Holland's 1985 original. Colin Farrell ('Phone Booth'), Anton Yelchin ('Star Trek'), David Tennant ('Dr Who'), Imogen Poots ('Chatroom', '28 Weeks Later') and Christopher Mintz-Plasse ('Superbad', 'Kick-Ass') all star. Check out the new still below....
- 7/6/2011
- Horror Asylum
Filming is shortly to wrap on six weeks of filming on Trap for Cinderella, a contemporary pyschological thriller, directed by Iain Softley (Inkheart). The film has been adapted from the novel by thriller writer Sébastien Japrisot, and has been filming on location in London and the south of France.
Two young rising British actors Tuppence Middleton and Alexandra Roach (soon to be seen as the young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady) headline the cast as two childhood friends, Micky and Do, reunited after 10 years.
When a beach house on the French Riviera is gutted by fire, the two young women are trapped inside. One is rich and the other poor. Only one of them survives, injured beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she, the heiress or her penniless friend? A killer, or an intended victim?
24 year old Tuppence Middleton (represented by Conway Van Gelder) is originally from Bristol,...
Two young rising British actors Tuppence Middleton and Alexandra Roach (soon to be seen as the young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady) headline the cast as two childhood friends, Micky and Do, reunited after 10 years.
When a beach house on the French Riviera is gutted by fire, the two young women are trapped inside. One is rich and the other poor. Only one of them survives, injured beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she, the heiress or her penniless friend? A killer, or an intended victim?
24 year old Tuppence Middleton (represented by Conway Van Gelder) is originally from Bristol,...
- 6/16/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
2010 - 97 mins. - Rated R
D: Hideo Nakata
C: Aaron Johnson, Matthew Beard, Imogen Poots, Hannah Murray, Daniel Kaluuya, Megan Dodds, Michelle Fairley, Nicholas Gleaves, Jacob Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond
Teenage predator preys on emotionally damaged teenagers via the internet and chatrooms and coaxes them into committing suicide in order to feel some kind of thrill to make up for the emptiness of his own life.
What if you were lonely and turned to the internet and chatrooms in order to find some kind of connection with someone out there? What if that internet friend that you had turned to and confided your deepest, darkest secrets to that you couldn't tell anyone else, turned out to be someone that just wanted to prey upon your insecurities instead? And what if that so called internet friend was just trying to drive you to commit suicide, because they didn't have the courage to do it themselves?...
D: Hideo Nakata
C: Aaron Johnson, Matthew Beard, Imogen Poots, Hannah Murray, Daniel Kaluuya, Megan Dodds, Michelle Fairley, Nicholas Gleaves, Jacob Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond
Teenage predator preys on emotionally damaged teenagers via the internet and chatrooms and coaxes them into committing suicide in order to feel some kind of thrill to make up for the emptiness of his own life.
What if you were lonely and turned to the internet and chatrooms in order to find some kind of connection with someone out there? What if that internet friend that you had turned to and confided your deepest, darkest secrets to that you couldn't tell anyone else, turned out to be someone that just wanted to prey upon your insecurities instead? And what if that so called internet friend was just trying to drive you to commit suicide, because they didn't have the courage to do it themselves?...
- 6/14/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
We caught up with legendary Japanese director Hideo Nakata to talk about his recent film, Chatroom, and the filmmaking process…
Thanks to the international success of the 1998 horror, Ring, and its numerous sequels and remakes, Hideo Nakata has emerged as one of the most famous Japanese directors currently working.
While Nakata's name will forever be connected to the startling imagery of Ring, his atmospheric ghost story, Dark Water, was subtly disturbing, and 2000's Chaos was an efficiently effective thriller.
For his latest film, Chatroom, a drama thriller set in the virtual world of virtual chat rooms, Nakata relocated to the UK. Shortly after the film arrived in the UK on DVD, we managed to get an interview with the director, to talk about making films abroad, making movies, and the darker side of the Internet...
What made you choose to make Chatroom? Was there a specific aspect of the script...
Thanks to the international success of the 1998 horror, Ring, and its numerous sequels and remakes, Hideo Nakata has emerged as one of the most famous Japanese directors currently working.
While Nakata's name will forever be connected to the startling imagery of Ring, his atmospheric ghost story, Dark Water, was subtly disturbing, and 2000's Chaos was an efficiently effective thriller.
For his latest film, Chatroom, a drama thriller set in the virtual world of virtual chat rooms, Nakata relocated to the UK. Shortly after the film arrived in the UK on DVD, we managed to get an interview with the director, to talk about making films abroad, making movies, and the darker side of the Internet...
What made you choose to make Chatroom? Was there a specific aspect of the script...
- 6/8/2011
- Den of Geek
The folks over at MTV have revealed the first clip from upcoming vampire remake 'Fright Night', from director Craig Gillespie. The clip, which see's Colin Farrell's vampiric character, having a little heart to heart with our hero Charlie Brewster (playing by Anton Yelchin). The reVAMP stars Anton Yelchin ('Star Trek'), Colin Farrell ('In Bruges'), David Tennant ('Doctor Who'), Christopher Mintz-Plasse ('Kick Ass'), Toni Collette ('The Sixth Sense') and Imogen Poots ('28 Weeks Later', 'Chatroom'). Check out the new clip below....
- 5/31/2011
- Horror Asylum
Chatroom From the master of terror and suspense, Hideo Nakata (Ringu), comes a chilling new dramatic horror thriller that plays up on people's inherent fears of the internet in Chatroom. Chatroom, which was picked up for Us distribution by Screen Media Films, is now slated for release on DVD.
Arriving to DVD on June 14th, Chatroom follows William, a dark manipulative teen who opens an online chatroom where he meets Jim, Eva, Emily, and Mo. As they become friends in this fantastical cyber reality, William’s charisma impresses the others and he gains influence over their lives. He targets Jim, who already suffers from depression, setting him into a path of self-destruction. As the other teens discover the truth about William, they must escape cyberspace and find Jim in the real world.
Though Screen Media Films has picked up an interesting array of horror films in the past, they have...
Arriving to DVD on June 14th, Chatroom follows William, a dark manipulative teen who opens an online chatroom where he meets Jim, Eva, Emily, and Mo. As they become friends in this fantastical cyber reality, William’s charisma impresses the others and he gains influence over their lives. He targets Jim, who already suffers from depression, setting him into a path of self-destruction. As the other teens discover the truth about William, they must escape cyberspace and find Jim in the real world.
Though Screen Media Films has picked up an interesting array of horror films in the past, they have...
- 5/13/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Craig Roberts (Submarine), Imogen Poots (Chatroom), Kevin McKidd and Timothy Spall will star in heist romance Comes a Bright Day.
Comes a Bright Day, which will mark the directorial debut of Simon Aboud, follows two young people (Roberts and Poots) who are taken hostage during the robbery of a jewellery store.
Matador Pictures, Smudge Films, Lost Tribe Productions and Ipso Facto Films are handling finance.
Expect Comes a Bright Day to hit cinemas sometime next year.
Source: The Playlist...
Comes a Bright Day, which will mark the directorial debut of Simon Aboud, follows two young people (Roberts and Poots) who are taken hostage during the robbery of a jewellery store.
Matador Pictures, Smudge Films, Lost Tribe Productions and Ipso Facto Films are handling finance.
Expect Comes a Bright Day to hit cinemas sometime next year.
Source: The Playlist...
- 5/12/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Screen Media will release the timely thriller Chatroom, by renowned Japanese genre director Hideo Nakata (The Ring, Dark Water), on DVD on June 14.
Aaron Johnson targets web surfers in Chatroom.
In the movie, William (Aaron Johnson, The Greatest), a dark manipulative teen, opans an online chatroom where he meets Jim (Matthew Beard, An Education), Eva (Imogen Poots, Solitary Man), Emily (Hannah Murray, TV’s Skins), and Mo (Daniel Kaluuya, TV’s Psychoville). As they become friends in cyberspace, William’s charisma impresses the others and he gains influence over their lives. He targets Jim, who already suffers from depression, setting him on a path of self-destruction. As the other teens discover the truth about William, they must escape cyberspace and find Jim in the real world.
The 2010 British movie is premiering in the U.S. on DVD following an international theatrical release and film festival screenings in Cannes, Athens, Gent and Hamburg.
Aaron Johnson targets web surfers in Chatroom.
In the movie, William (Aaron Johnson, The Greatest), a dark manipulative teen, opans an online chatroom where he meets Jim (Matthew Beard, An Education), Eva (Imogen Poots, Solitary Man), Emily (Hannah Murray, TV’s Skins), and Mo (Daniel Kaluuya, TV’s Psychoville). As they become friends in cyberspace, William’s charisma impresses the others and he gains influence over their lives. He targets Jim, who already suffers from depression, setting him on a path of self-destruction. As the other teens discover the truth about William, they must escape cyberspace and find Jim in the real world.
The 2010 British movie is premiering in the U.S. on DVD following an international theatrical release and film festival screenings in Cannes, Athens, Gent and Hamburg.
- 4/24/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Tron: Legacy; Chatroom; The Chronicles of Narnia: the Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Little Fockers
It's a strange thing about visual effects that the more advanced they become, the more you tend to notice what's wrong with them. Back in the early 80s, Disney's even-then-past-it Tron somehow dazzled us with its rinky-dink white lines and neon suits, as a young Jeff Bridges was sucked into the circuitry of a computer and forced to play gladiatorial video games for his life. Now, thanks to the miracle of whizzo CG innovations, the rebooted Tron: Legacy (2010, Disney, PG) is able to present us with a digitally rejuvenated and complexly re-composited "young Jeff" (arch nemesis of the grizzled "old Jeff") – a neat trick, and yet all I can think about is how much trouble the graphics seem to be having with his mouth (what is it with computers and their inability to reproduce lip movements?...
It's a strange thing about visual effects that the more advanced they become, the more you tend to notice what's wrong with them. Back in the early 80s, Disney's even-then-past-it Tron somehow dazzled us with its rinky-dink white lines and neon suits, as a young Jeff Bridges was sucked into the circuitry of a computer and forced to play gladiatorial video games for his life. Now, thanks to the miracle of whizzo CG innovations, the rebooted Tron: Legacy (2010, Disney, PG) is able to present us with a digitally rejuvenated and complexly re-composited "young Jeff" (arch nemesis of the grizzled "old Jeff") – a neat trick, and yet all I can think about is how much trouble the graphics seem to be having with his mouth (what is it with computers and their inability to reproduce lip movements?...
- 4/16/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
More psycho-driven fun has hit our radar coming from our friends across the pond so we figured we'd share. You know. We always make nice. Especially when kids are involved. Check it!
From the Press Release
Set against a gritty London backdrop, Suicide Kids is a terrifying urban horror, written and directed by one of the UK’s most exciting new filmmakers, Arjun Rose (Diversity 3-D, Swift). Produced by Golden Globe Nominee Idris Elba (The Wire, 28 Weeks Later, RocknRolla), Suicide Kids boasts an impressive ensemble cast that brings together the freshest stars of the latest generation of British acting talent.
When Amba (N*Dubs star Tulisa Contostavlos) takes her own life, Archie Eden (Robert Sheehan – Misfits, Cherrybomb) and seven other depressed London teenagers decide to follow her lead and create a suicide pact. As the group begins to die one by one, Archie realises they have all become the target...
From the Press Release
Set against a gritty London backdrop, Suicide Kids is a terrifying urban horror, written and directed by one of the UK’s most exciting new filmmakers, Arjun Rose (Diversity 3-D, Swift). Produced by Golden Globe Nominee Idris Elba (The Wire, 28 Weeks Later, RocknRolla), Suicide Kids boasts an impressive ensemble cast that brings together the freshest stars of the latest generation of British acting talent.
When Amba (N*Dubs star Tulisa Contostavlos) takes her own life, Archie Eden (Robert Sheehan – Misfits, Cherrybomb) and seven other depressed London teenagers decide to follow her lead and create a suicide pact. As the group begins to die one by one, Archie realises they have all become the target...
- 3/22/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Urban horror ensues in new Brit horror flick 'Suicide Kids'. The debut feature of writer/director Arjun Rose sees a whole host of young British talent form a suicide pact only to uncover that their rapidly depleting group numbers is the work of a masked killer as opposed to simple suicide. 'Mifits' star Robert Sheehan ('Season of the Witch', 'Killing Bono') stars along with the smoking hot ex-Hollyoaks babe Emma Rigby (below) and the sexy Tulisa Contostavlos (below) from annoying Brit hip hop group N-Dubz. Ashley Walters ('Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Andrew Ellis ('This is England'), Arnold Oceng ('Adulthood'), Jacob Anderson ('Chatroom'), Reggie Yates, Femi Oyineran, Jack Doolon, Peter Baladi, Jason Maza, Jennie Jacques and Shanika Warren-Markland all co-star. 'The Wire', 'The Office' and 'The Losers' star Idris Elba is producing. Check out the 'Suicide...
- 3/22/2011
- Horror Asylum
Director David O. Keating recently did some press with Film Shaft for his Hammer Films release Wake Wood , which is opening across the pond soon. When asked what was next on his schedule, Keating revealed he has a few horror projects planned, however, he's presently at work on a documentary about a knife thrower and his assistant. As for his dream gig, he says, "I'd like to do a Hammer remake of Cat People with Imogen Poots." Hmm, did he potentially see Shock's exclusive report that Universal was developing a new Cat People film? Poots would be a decent cat gal. You'll see her next in Fright Night and Hideo Nakata's Chatroom .
- 3/21/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
It's always upsetting to see major roles for animated characters go to high profile celebrities who have no business voice acting -- or acting at all, in this case -- when there so many more capable voice actors out there struggling to find consistent work. Such is the business of Hollywood. Audiences see a name they recognize, and they're more likely to buy a ticket. That's presumably the reason why Zac Efron was cast in Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, and it's almost definitely why singer Taylor Swift has been added to the voice roster as well. Learn more about that, and the potential casting of Jude Law and Aaron Johnson in Atonement director Joe Wright's adaptation of Anna Karenina, after the break. The Lorax marks Illumination Entertainment's third feature, following Hop and Despicable Me -- the latter of which shares the same writers (Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio) and...
- 3/18/2011
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Chatroom aka Ch@troom First audiences were spooked by a VHS tape in The Ring. Then the telephone became an instrument of evil in One Missed Call. Next, e-mail spam took a deadly turn in Chain Letter. Continuing with the idea of playing up to urban legends associated with various forms of media comes Chatroom.
Chatroom was the second English-language feature from Japanese horror veteran Hideo Nakata (The Ring Two). Chatroom has played in various countries throughout 2010 and the beginning of 2011. It still has an undetermined release date for 2011, but since the film has gone through the MPAA, it appears as though a distributor has acquired the rights to release the film in the Us.
In Chatroom directed by Hideo Nakata (Ringu), Eva (Imogen Poots) is a young model whose good looks and poise disguise her aching doubts about herself and her wishes she could be more like others. Jim...
Chatroom was the second English-language feature from Japanese horror veteran Hideo Nakata (The Ring Two). Chatroom has played in various countries throughout 2010 and the beginning of 2011. It still has an undetermined release date for 2011, but since the film has gone through the MPAA, it appears as though a distributor has acquired the rights to release the film in the Us.
In Chatroom directed by Hideo Nakata (Ringu), Eva (Imogen Poots) is a young model whose good looks and poise disguise her aching doubts about herself and her wishes she could be more like others. Jim...
- 3/6/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Following his work with The Mighty Boosh and his intriguing dalliance with a big screen Paddington Bear movie it appears Paul King has found his next project.
Eva Ibbotson’s book Island of the Aunts is the material King is working on currently, the children’s book appears to have a nicely anarchic twist to it. The Nyt has this summary:
When the kindly old aunts decide that they need help caring for creatures who live on their hidden island, they know that adults can’t be trusted. What they need are a few special children who can keep a secret-a secret as big as a magical island. And what better way to get children who can keep really big secrets, than to kidnap them!
Deadline report that King is directing the BBC Films project from a script by Enda Walsh whose work with Steve McQueen on Hunger was well received,...
Eva Ibbotson’s book Island of the Aunts is the material King is working on currently, the children’s book appears to have a nicely anarchic twist to it. The Nyt has this summary:
When the kindly old aunts decide that they need help caring for creatures who live on their hidden island, they know that adults can’t be trusted. What they need are a few special children who can keep a secret-a secret as big as a magical island. And what better way to get children who can keep really big secrets, than to kidnap them!
Deadline report that King is directing the BBC Films project from a script by Enda Walsh whose work with Steve McQueen on Hunger was well received,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Paul King, whose first film Bunny and the Bull was picked up by IFC for the States, is directing this adaptation of Eva Ibbotson’s children’s book for BBC Films. A writer himself, King has adapted Paddington Bear for Harry Potter producer David Heyman and Warner Bros. Before that he directed the cult BBC comedy series The Mighty Boosh, which is also being turned into a movie. Enda Walsh (Chatroom) is writing the screenplay for Island of the Aunts, a Road Dahl-esque story about three aunts who go around kidnapping unhappy children and bringing them back to an island where they will be loved. This BBC Films project marks the second time Ibbotson, who died last October, is being adapted for the screen. Affinity International plans to begin selling The Great Ghost Rescue, taken from another Ibbotson book, in earnest once the film’s finished next month. Jason Isaacs...
- 2/16/2011
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
“Ringu” director Hideo Nakata returns for his second English language effort (following his disastrous 2002 “The Ring Two”) with “Chatroom”, a thriller investigating the darker side of online friend making. A UK production shot in and around London, the film has a hip, fresh faced young cast headlined by “Kick-Ass” himself, Aaron Johnson, with support from Brit hopefuls Imogen Poots (recently in Neil Marshall’s “Centurion” and soon to be seen in the upcoming “Fright Night” remake), Hannah Murray (from the television series “Skins”) and Matthew Beard (“An Education”). The film was written and based upon the play by Enda Walsh, recently nominated for several awards for the “Hunger” script in 2008. The film revolves around Johnson as William, an obviously troubled young man who starts up a chatroom called Chelsea Teens! (the exclamation mark is apparently important), and soon attracts a handful of new online friends. Winning them over with his charming internet persona,...
- 1/7/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Chatroom is based on a play by Irish author Enda Walsh, who wrote the taut script for Hunger, Steve McQueen's film on the last days of Bobby Sands, and it's directed by Japanese horror film specialist, Hideo Nakata, best known for the two Ringu pictures and Dark Water, all three remade in the States. It's an ambitious film that attempts to convey the imagined world of the internet by presenting it as a rundown hotel with endless mysterious corridors populated by weird folk prattling away and doors leading to chatrooms. The most notable of these electronic gathering places is called "Chelsea Teens", created by the malevolent, manipulative William (Aaron Johnson), whose mother is the author of successful time-travelling adventure stories. He attracts four other young people to engage with him and systematically sets about winning their confidence and undermining their lives, pushing one of them to the brink of suicide.
- 12/26/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
In which Jafar Panahi was jailed and we tried to get in the festive spirit
The big story
The award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi was jailed for six years after the Iranian authorities found him guilty of "propaganda against the system". A vocal supporter of the green uprising that followed Iran's disputed 2009 election, Panahi has also been banned from directing or producing films for 20-years. Writing on the film blog, Peter Bradshaw paid tribute to Panahi's life and work and called for "a protest retrospective" at the BFI Southbank. Elsehwere cinema organisations posted an online petition, protesting the film-maker's innocence and calling for his immediate release. The likes of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Juliette Binoche and Francis Ford Coppola have already spoken out in Panahi's defence.
Festive round-up
• Blog: your film highlights of 2010
• Video: Jason Solomons and Xan Brooks round-up the year in film
• Pick of the clicks: the year's most...
The big story
The award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi was jailed for six years after the Iranian authorities found him guilty of "propaganda against the system". A vocal supporter of the green uprising that followed Iran's disputed 2009 election, Panahi has also been banned from directing or producing films for 20-years. Writing on the film blog, Peter Bradshaw paid tribute to Panahi's life and work and called for "a protest retrospective" at the BFI Southbank. Elsehwere cinema organisations posted an online petition, protesting the film-maker's innocence and calling for his immediate release. The likes of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Juliette Binoche and Francis Ford Coppola have already spoken out in Panahi's defence.
Festive round-up
• Blog: your film highlights of 2010
• Video: Jason Solomons and Xan Brooks round-up the year in film
• Pick of the clicks: the year's most...
- 12/23/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
If there’s one thing that movies/films/excuses for eating popcorn invariably have trouble with, it’s the zeitgeist of society and technology. Or in plainer terms, what people have at least a vague interest in. This isn’t really surprising considering the average gestation of a film, from idea to script to production and then distribution; even a fast turnaround is knocking on the door of a year plus. This means that invariably there’s going to be a degree of lag between what was fresh on the page and what can become stale on screen, and Chatroom runs seemingly headlong into this void, basing its conceit in a virtuality that for all intents and purposes appears anachronistic in the current world of social media domination.
Part of the problem may lay in its origin as a stage play, but in the end David Fincher...
If there’s one thing that movies/films/excuses for eating popcorn invariably have trouble with, it’s the zeitgeist of society and technology. Or in plainer terms, what people have at least a vague interest in. This isn’t really surprising considering the average gestation of a film, from idea to script to production and then distribution; even a fast turnaround is knocking on the door of a year plus. This means that invariably there’s going to be a degree of lag between what was fresh on the page and what can become stale on screen, and Chatroom runs seemingly headlong into this void, basing its conceit in a virtuality that for all intents and purposes appears anachronistic in the current world of social media domination.
Part of the problem may lay in its origin as a stage play, but in the end David Fincher...
- 12/23/2010
- by Mark Clark
- Obsessed with Film
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