★★☆☆☆ There's nothing more soul-crushing than a romantic comedy devoid of either of the genre's requisite defining aspects. At least when the love story is lacking, laughs will usually pick up the slack; if it's humourless, the passion can take the weight. Nobody wants to overdose on schmaltz (well, some people might) but shunning it entirely requires an impressively sweet touch, or a piling on of the funny. Sadly, a new British entry into the rom-com canon, Hello Carter (2013), fails to do either and is all the more insipid for it. Charlie Cox of Boardwalk Empire fame takes centre stage as the titular (and recently homeless) Carter.
With no roof over his head and no job, Charlie finds himself still mooning over ex-girlfriend, Kelly, who he's not seen in almost a year. Positively passive in almost every way, he stumbles around sharing clumsy small talk with potential employers and relatives before...
With no roof over his head and no job, Charlie finds himself still mooning over ex-girlfriend, Kelly, who he's not seen in almost a year. Positively passive in almost every way, he stumbles around sharing clumsy small talk with potential employers and relatives before...
- 10/12/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
X-Men: First Class
January Jones, who played Emma Frost in "X-Men: First Class," says she doesn't think she'll be back for the upcoming sequel "X-Men: Days of Future Past."
"I don’t know that I’m in it, I don’t think Emma’s in this one. Well they haven’t told me if I am (laughs)" she said recently. [Source: Collider]
Dexter
Charlotte Rampling and Sean Patrick Flannery have been cast in recurring roles in the eighth and potential final season of "Dexter" on Showtime.
Rampling plays a neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in working with young psychopaths and profiling criminals in unorthodox ways. Flannery will play an ex-cop and owner of a Miami-set Pi firm. [Source: EW]
Hello Carter
Paul Schneider ("Parks and Recreation") has joined the cast of Anthony Wilcox's London-set rom-com "Hello Carter". Charlie Cox, Jodie Whittaker and Judy Parfitt also star.
The story follows a young man on his downers...
January Jones, who played Emma Frost in "X-Men: First Class," says she doesn't think she'll be back for the upcoming sequel "X-Men: Days of Future Past."
"I don’t know that I’m in it, I don’t think Emma’s in this one. Well they haven’t told me if I am (laughs)" she said recently. [Source: Collider]
Dexter
Charlotte Rampling and Sean Patrick Flannery have been cast in recurring roles in the eighth and potential final season of "Dexter" on Showtime.
Rampling plays a neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in working with young psychopaths and profiling criminals in unorthodox ways. Flannery will play an ex-cop and owner of a Miami-set Pi firm. [Source: EW]
Hello Carter
Paul Schneider ("Parks and Recreation") has joined the cast of Anthony Wilcox's London-set rom-com "Hello Carter". Charlie Cox, Jodie Whittaker and Judy Parfitt also star.
The story follows a young man on his downers...
- 1/24/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Principal shooting has begun on "Hello Carter," a London-based comedy helmed by first-time director Anthony Wilcox. Charlie Cox ("Stardust") stars in the title role, alongside Jodie Whittaker ("Attack the Block"), Paul Schneider ("The Newsroom," "Bright Star") and Judy Parfitt ("The Girl with the Pearl Earring"). Newcomers Antonia Thomas, Henry Lloyd Hughes and Annabelle Wallis also star. Brit director Michael Winterbottom, whose "The Look of Love" just sold at Sundance, is serving as an executive producer. Here's the synopsis: Carter has hit rock bottom. In the space of a year he’s become homeless, single and unemployed in London. Life has been better. Carter wants to sort things out, starting with tracking down his elusive ex-girlfriend Kelly. It’s the 11 month anniversary of their break up, and now more than ever Carter feels that she is the key to restoring harmony to his life....
- 1/24/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Annabelle Wallis ("The Tudors," "Snow White And The Huntsman") has been cast in Sky Atlantic and BBC America’s just-announced four-part biopic "Fleming" starring Dominic Cooper as James Bond creator Ian Fleming.
Wallis will play Muriel Wright, a woman with whom Fleming had a love affair and who some believe to be the original inspiration for the Bond Girl. Filming kicks off in Budapest later this year.
The British actress has also just signed on for a role in Anthony Wilcox’s UK indie film "Hello Carter" at Fiesta Productions.
Others who have also just come onboard 'Carter' include Charlie Cox Jodie Whittaker, Paul Schneider, Judy Parfitt, Antonia Thomas, and Henry Lloyd Hughes. Shooting begins next Monday.
Source: Deadline & Screen Daily...
Wallis will play Muriel Wright, a woman with whom Fleming had a love affair and who some believe to be the original inspiration for the Bond Girl. Filming kicks off in Budapest later this year.
The British actress has also just signed on for a role in Anthony Wilcox’s UK indie film "Hello Carter" at Fiesta Productions.
Others who have also just come onboard 'Carter' include Charlie Cox Jodie Whittaker, Paul Schneider, Judy Parfitt, Antonia Thomas, and Henry Lloyd Hughes. Shooting begins next Monday.
Source: Deadline & Screen Daily...
- 1/17/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: British actress Annabelle Wallis has been cast in Sky Atlantic and BBC America’s just-announced four-part biopic Fleming. Dominic Cooper is playing James Bond creator/author Ian Fleming with Wallis as Muriel Wright, a woman with whom Fleming had a love affair and who some believe to be the original inspiration for the Bond Girl. Fleming, an Ecosse Films production for Sky Atlantic and BBC America, takes a no holds barred look at the 007 creator and his early life set against the permissive society of war-torn WWII London. Mat Whitecross is directing from a script by John Brownlow and Don MacPherson with shooting to start in Budapest next month. BBC Worldwide is distributing internationally. Wallis has also signed on for a part in Hello Carter, Anthony Wilcox’s upcoming UK indie that’s produced by Fiona Neilson of Fiesta Productions. The actress just wrapped BBC period series Peaky Blinders opposite Cillian Murphy.
- 1/17/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
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