Netflix had a big year in 2022, surpassing more than 223 million paid streaming subscribers globally, and there’s plenty on tap in 2023 to be excited about — including new seasons of “You” and “Shadow and Bone.”
However, the streamer also saw its first subscriber loss in over a decade in its second quarter in April, prompting massive budget cuts and the loss of multiple TV projects over the course of this year.
Below is a recap of the major Netflix shows canceled in 2022, from beloved series to shows that hadn’t even aired yet.
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Netflix’s first cancellation in January 2022 was “Gentefied,” a half-hour dramedy about three Mexican-American cousins chasing the American Dream in Los Angeles that ran for two seasons.
However, the streamer also saw its first subscriber loss in over a decade in its second quarter in April, prompting massive budget cuts and the loss of multiple TV projects over the course of this year.
Below is a recap of the major Netflix shows canceled in 2022, from beloved series to shows that hadn’t even aired yet.
Also Read:
Netflix Stock Tumbles on Concerns About Slow Growth for Ad-Supported Tier Gentefied Gentefied Season 2. (L-r) Manuel Uriza as Ernesto, Karrie Martin as Ana, Carlos Santos as Chris in Gentefied Season 2. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021
Netflix’s first cancellation in January 2022 was “Gentefied,” a half-hour dramedy about three Mexican-American cousins chasing the American Dream in Los Angeles that ran for two seasons.
- 12/19/2022
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
This article contains spoilers for Archive 81.
Like all great horror stories, Netflix’s Archive 81 starts off small.
Film conservator Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) is approached by a mysterious corporate benefactor, Virgil Davenport (Martin Donovan) to restore some tapes from the ‘90s. Somehow this simple job escalates into a pulse-pounding supernatural mystery that incorporates a Roaring Twenties era demonic cult, mold that bends time and space, and an honest-to-goodness Lovecraftian horror.
It’s easy to see why Archive 81 has caught on with viewers. The show spent several days in the number one spot on Netflix’s “Top Ten” feature before Ozark bumped it down to two. This story, based on a podcast of the same name, slowly unspools into something properly huge. By the time Dan wakes up in the ‘90s in the final moments of season 1 to watch MTV’s Kurt Loder announce Kurt Cobain’s death,...
Like all great horror stories, Netflix’s Archive 81 starts off small.
Film conservator Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) is approached by a mysterious corporate benefactor, Virgil Davenport (Martin Donovan) to restore some tapes from the ‘90s. Somehow this simple job escalates into a pulse-pounding supernatural mystery that incorporates a Roaring Twenties era demonic cult, mold that bends time and space, and an honest-to-goodness Lovecraftian horror.
It’s easy to see why Archive 81 has caught on with viewers. The show spent several days in the number one spot on Netflix’s “Top Ten” feature before Ozark bumped it down to two. This story, based on a podcast of the same name, slowly unspools into something properly huge. By the time Dan wakes up in the ‘90s in the final moments of season 1 to watch MTV’s Kurt Loder announce Kurt Cobain’s death,...
- 1/25/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the finale of Netflix’s “Archive 81.”
After eight episodes of slowly unraveling its cult-centric mysteries and building up its mold-laced mythology, Netflix’s “Archive 81” concluded its first season with a twist that flipped the tape over for a potential second season: Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) crossed into The Otherworld controlled by the demon/god Kaelego to rescue Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi). On their way out, Dan was shoved back into the post-Visser-apartment-building-fire timeline in 1994 New York City, while Melody was dragged by cult-leader Samuel (Evan Jonigkeit) through the present-day door Dan had entered.
And yes, Dan really has been blasted into the past, and is not trapped in The Otherworld being fooled with another one of Kaelego’s close-enough-to-reality fantasies, according to “Archive 81” showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine.
“I can tell you that he is in the ’90s,...
After eight episodes of slowly unraveling its cult-centric mysteries and building up its mold-laced mythology, Netflix’s “Archive 81” concluded its first season with a twist that flipped the tape over for a potential second season: Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) crossed into The Otherworld controlled by the demon/god Kaelego to rescue Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi). On their way out, Dan was shoved back into the post-Visser-apartment-building-fire timeline in 1994 New York City, while Melody was dragged by cult-leader Samuel (Evan Jonigkeit) through the present-day door Dan had entered.
And yes, Dan really has been blasted into the past, and is not trapped in The Otherworld being fooled with another one of Kaelego’s close-enough-to-reality fantasies, according to “Archive 81” showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine.
“I can tell you that he is in the ’90s,...
- 1/15/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix on Tuesday confirmed premiere dates for a string of genre series, including Vikings: Valhalla and Raising Dion Season 2.
First up, we have Archive 81, which has landed a January 14 premiere date for its freshman season.
The series follows archivist Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie), who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994.
Reconstructing the work of a documentary filmmaker named Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi), he is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building.
Archive 81 is a supernatural horror series executive produced by showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine, James Wan and Michael Clear of Atomic Monster (The Conjuring Universe film franchise and the upcoming Malignant).
Rebecca Thomas, Antoine Douaihy, and Paul Harris Boardman (Deliver Us from Evil) are also involved.
In From the Cold, meanwhile, debuts January 28, 2022.
"During a European vacation with her daughter, an American single mom’s life is turned upside...
First up, we have Archive 81, which has landed a January 14 premiere date for its freshman season.
The series follows archivist Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie), who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994.
Reconstructing the work of a documentary filmmaker named Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi), he is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building.
Archive 81 is a supernatural horror series executive produced by showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine, James Wan and Michael Clear of Atomic Monster (The Conjuring Universe film franchise and the upcoming Malignant).
Rebecca Thomas, Antoine Douaihy, and Paul Harris Boardman (Deliver Us from Evil) are also involved.
In From the Cold, meanwhile, debuts January 28, 2022.
"During a European vacation with her daughter, an American single mom’s life is turned upside...
- 11/30/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Just as Disney Plus, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video are revving up their fantasy, horror and sci-fi series slates for winter 2021-2022 debuts, Netflix is touting the abundance of genre series headed to the streamer.
Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of scripted series for the U.S. and Canada, announced premiere details for a slew of “geeky” shows, as well as returning fan-favorites like “Locke & Key” and “The Umbrella Academy.”
“In my ten years at Netflix, it’s been thrilling to see the dropped jaws, the all-caps tweets/the hilarious memes and the passionate theories inspired by these once-in-a-lifetime moments,” Friedlander wrote in a blog post. “Genre stories have the power to transport us to new universes like the Upside Down in ‘Stranger Things,’ teach us new vocabulary like ‘The Witcher’ and, most importantly, unite us in our shared love of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, anime and everything in between.
Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of scripted series for the U.S. and Canada, announced premiere details for a slew of “geeky” shows, as well as returning fan-favorites like “Locke & Key” and “The Umbrella Academy.”
“In my ten years at Netflix, it’s been thrilling to see the dropped jaws, the all-caps tweets/the hilarious memes and the passionate theories inspired by these once-in-a-lifetime moments,” Friedlander wrote in a blog post. “Genre stories have the power to transport us to new universes like the Upside Down in ‘Stranger Things,’ teach us new vocabulary like ‘The Witcher’ and, most importantly, unite us in our shared love of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, anime and everything in between.
- 11/30/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix on Tuesday locked in 2022 release dates for a few of its genre-tv offerings, including the Vikings sequel-of-sorts and the supernatural horror series Archive 81.
Archive 81 in fact leads the charge with a Friday, Jan. 14 premiere. Inspired by the podcast of the same name, the series follows Dan Turner (played by Sorry for Your Loss‘ Mamoudou Athie), an archivist who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994. Reconstructing the work of documentarian Melody Pendras (Altered Carbon‘s Dina Shihabi), Dan is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building. As the season unfolds across two timelines,...
Archive 81 in fact leads the charge with a Friday, Jan. 14 premiere. Inspired by the podcast of the same name, the series follows Dan Turner (played by Sorry for Your Loss‘ Mamoudou Athie), an archivist who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994. Reconstructing the work of documentarian Melody Pendras (Altered Carbon‘s Dina Shihabi), Dan is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building. As the season unfolds across two timelines,...
- 11/30/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Caroline Preece Published Date Friday, September 30, 2016 - 05:39
When significant relationships in life come to an end, the truth of that situation tends to live with the two people involved. They may vent to friends and family after the fact, but no one really knows what happened except the two who were together, and now aren’t. Only those two souls are able to reconcile the fact that something that used to make them happy doesn't anymore.
So imagine going through that process in a foreign country, where there's nowhere to hide and only vast expanses of time in which to hash out what went wrong, why it did and how you could have fixed it. That’s where Learning To Breathe lives, and it’s about as painful as you might expect.
The film opens on Noah playing to a small but appreciative crowd, and he is approached by...
When significant relationships in life come to an end, the truth of that situation tends to live with the two people involved. They may vent to friends and family after the fact, but no one really knows what happened except the two who were together, and now aren’t. Only those two souls are able to reconcile the fact that something that used to make them happy doesn't anymore.
So imagine going through that process in a foreign country, where there's nowhere to hide and only vast expanses of time in which to hash out what went wrong, why it did and how you could have fixed it. That’s where Learning To Breathe lives, and it’s about as painful as you might expect.
The film opens on Noah playing to a small but appreciative crowd, and he is approached by...
- 9/29/2016
- Den of Geek
The conviction 20-year-old ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, who is now serving six months in jail on three felony sexual assault charges, gained national attention after his unnamed victim shared an emotional letter directed at Turner, which she read in court ahead of his sentencing on June 2. Now, the voice of the victim's younger sister is being heard in her impact statement - also read to Turner before his controversial sentencing. The letter was made public Friday by The Washington Post among a handful of other court documents also obtained by the Los Angeles Times. As both the names of the...
- 6/11/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who was sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party in 2015, has been banned for life by USA Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. USA Today reports that the 20-year-old is not currently a member of USA Swimming but had been prior to his membership expiring in 2014, and that the governing body said he would "not be eligible" should he apply again for membership. "Had he been a member, he would be subject to the USA Swimming Code of Conduct,...
- 6/10/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who was sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party in 2015, has been banned for life by USA Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. USA Today reports that the 20-year-old is not currently a member of USA Swimming but had been prior to his membership expiring in 2014, and that the governing body said he would "not be eligible" should he apply again for membership. "Had he been a member, he would be subject to the USA Swimming Code of Conduct,...
- 6/10/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Vice President Joe Biden has penned a letter to the Stanford University sexual assault survivor who last week wrote an emotional letter to her attacker after he was sentenced to six months in county jail. "I do not know your name - but your words are forever seared on my soul. Words that should be required reading for men and women of all ages," the letter says. Last Thursday,Brock Turner, a 20-year-old former Stanford University swimmer, was sentenced to six months in county jail. Turner has admitted to the sexual contact but maintained it was consensual. In a statement to the judge,...
- 6/10/2016
- by Harriet Sokmensuer, @HGSokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Vice President Joe Biden has penned a letter to the Stanford University sexual assault survivor who last week wrote an emotional letter to her attacker after he was sentenced to six months in county jail. "I do not know your name - but your words are forever seared on my soul. Words that should be required reading for men and women of all ages," the letter says. Last Thursday,Brock Turner, a 20-year-old former Stanford University swimmer, was sentenced to six months in county jail. Turner has admitted to the sexual contact but maintained it was consensual. In a statement to the judge,...
- 6/10/2016
- by Harriet Sokmensuer, @HGSokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Carl-Fredrick Arndt, one of the graduate students who intervened after finding Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus in January 2015, is revealing more details about what he termed "a shocking and disturbing" night. In an interview Wednesday with Fox News's Greta Van Susteren, Arndt says Turner did not appear drunk when he and friend Peter Jonsson discovered the sexual assault convict, now 20, and his victim, now 23, behind a dumpster outside of a fraternity party. Arndt said Turner, who fled the scene once he was discovered, "could...
- 6/9/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Carl-Fredrick Arndt, one of the graduate students who intervened after finding Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus in January 2015, is revealing more details about what he termed "a shocking and disturbing" night. In an interview Wednesday with Fox News's Greta Van Susteren, Arndt says Turner did not appear drunk when he and friend Peter Jonsson discovered the sexual assault convict, now 20, and his victim, now 23, behind a dumpster outside of a fraternity party. Arndt said Turner, who fled the scene once he was discovered, "could...
- 6/9/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
A North Carolina father wrote an open letter to the father of Brock Turner, the former Stanford University student recently sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party in 2015. John Pavlovitz, a pastor and blogger in Wake Forest, is one of many to express outrage at the length of the sentence. His letter responds to a letter written by Turner's father, Dan, to Judge Aaron Persky, in which he begged the judge for leniency for his son. Dan Turner's letter, which has been widely criticized, read: "These verdicts have broken and...
- 6/8/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
A North Carolina father wrote an open letter to the father of Brock Turner, the former Stanford University student recently sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party in 2015. John Pavlovitz, a pastor and blogger in Wake Forest, is one of many to express outrage at the length of the sentence. His letter responds to a letter written by Turner's father, Dan, to Judge Aaron Persky, in which he begged the judge for leniency for his son. Dan Turner's letter, which has been widely criticized, read: "These verdicts have broken and...
- 6/8/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
One of two Stanford graduate students who intervened after finding undergrad Brock Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus in January 2015 is speaking out. Peter Jonsson and Carl Arndt, both from Sweden, saw Turner sexually assaulting the 23-year-old woman behind a dumpster outside of a fraternity party. More than a year later, Arndt still struggles to come to terms with what he saw that night. "It was really horrible," he told NBC News. "It was hard to see." Jonsson and Arndt were riding their bicycles when they came across the scene and jumped off them once they realized what was taking place,...
- 6/8/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
One of two Stanford graduate students who intervened after finding undergrad Brock Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus in January 2015 is speaking out. Peter Jonsson and Carl Arndt, both from Sweden, saw Turner sexually assaulting the 23-year-old woman behind a dumpster outside of a fraternity party. More than a year later, Arndt still struggles to come to terms with what he saw that night. "It was really horrible," he told NBC News. "It was hard to see." Jonsson and Arndt were riding their bicycles when they came across the scene and jumped off them once they realized what was taking place,...
- 6/8/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Judge Aaron Persky, who made the controversial decision to sentence former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside of a frat party in January 2015, was given a new six-year judicial term on Tuesday. Although Persky was up for re-election on Tuesday, voting was canceled because he had no challengers, according to USA Today. Turner, 20, was found guilty on three felony sexual assault charges, each of which carries a minimum sentence of two years in prison. Prosecutors had asked that Turner be sentenced to 20 years, but he could serve as little...
- 6/8/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Judge Aaron Persky, who made the controversial decision to sentence former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside of a frat party in January 2015, was given a new six-year judicial term on Tuesday. Although Persky was up for re-election on Tuesday, voting was canceled because he had no challengers, according to USA Today. Turner, 20, was found guilty on three felony sexual assault charges, each of which carries a minimum sentence of two years in prison. Prosecutors had asked that Turner be sentenced to 20 years, but he could serve as little...
- 6/8/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Dan Turner, the father of convicted Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, believes that six months in prison is too great a sentence for what he refers to as “20 minutes of action.” Brock Turner’s Dad Brock Turner was found guilty Thursday for sexually assaulting a woman at a Stanford University fraternity party last year while she was […]
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- 6/7/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Stanford Rapist Brock Turner's Booking Photos Finally Released More Than a Year After Initial Arrest
It has been over 16 months since Stanford swimmer Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious, intoxicated woman on campus, but the public is only now seeing his booking photos. Turner, 20, was found guilty of three felonies in March in connection with the January 2015 sexual assault, and was sentenced to six months in county jail and three years probation last week. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's office released Turner's sentencing photo on Monday, and Stanford University Department of Public Safety shared his original arrest picture from Jan. 18, 2015 - after much back-and-forth with the media. Both authorities initially contended that the other entity...
- 6/7/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Stanford Rapist Brock Turner's Booking Photos Finally Released More Than a Year After Initial Arrest
It has been over 16 months since Stanford swimmer Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious, intoxicated woman on campus, but the public is only now seeing his booking photos. Turner, 20, was found guilty of three felonies in March in connection with the January 2015 sexual assault, and was sentenced to six months in county jail and three years probation last week. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's office released Turner's sentencing photo on Monday, and Stanford University Department of Public Safety shared his original arrest picture from Jan. 18, 2015 - after much back-and-forth with the media. Both authorities initially contended that the other entity...
- 6/7/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Former Stanford swimmer Brock Allen Turner faced up to 14 years in prison from the multiple felonies he was changed with in connection to the sexual assault of a woman. However, Judge Aaron Persky ruled Turner would serve six months in prison, fearing a longer sentence would have a "severe impact on him," according to The Guardian. On the day Turner was sentenced (he was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object, his now 23-year-old victim shared...
- 6/6/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Former Stanford swimmer Brock Allen Turner faced up to 14 years in prison from the multiple felonies he was changed with in connection to the sexual assault of a woman. However, Judge Aaron Persky ruled Turner would serve six months in prison, fearing a longer sentence would have a "severe impact on him," according to The Guardian. On the day Turner was sentenced (he was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object, his now 23-year-old victim shared...
- 6/6/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Feature Simon Brew 10 May 2013 - 06:19
As Star Trek Into Darkness joins five or six smaller films in UK cinemas this week, here's how to give the underdog a fighting chance...
Earlier this week, Film4 announced that it was trying something a bit different for the release of Ben Wheatley's upcoming movie, A Field In England. It's a modestly budgeted movie, shot over two weeks, and quite experimental in its approach. That presented Film4 with something of a quandary: how could it get the film out to the widest possible audience?
Back when Wheatley's last film, the terrific Sightseers, was released, our Twitter feed was deluged with people keen to see the film, only to find their local cinema wasn't showing it. It's, sadly, becoming a regular issue with smaller movies, that simply getting a decent number of screens is becoming trickier.
Dan Turner directed the impressive drama The Man Inside,...
As Star Trek Into Darkness joins five or six smaller films in UK cinemas this week, here's how to give the underdog a fighting chance...
Earlier this week, Film4 announced that it was trying something a bit different for the release of Ben Wheatley's upcoming movie, A Field In England. It's a modestly budgeted movie, shot over two weeks, and quite experimental in its approach. That presented Film4 with something of a quandary: how could it get the film out to the widest possible audience?
Back when Wheatley's last film, the terrific Sightseers, was released, our Twitter feed was deluged with people keen to see the film, only to find their local cinema wasn't showing it. It's, sadly, becoming a regular issue with smaller movies, that simply getting a decent number of screens is becoming trickier.
Dan Turner directed the impressive drama The Man Inside,...
- 5/9/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The Man Inside
Stars: David Harewood, Michelle Ryan, Peter Mullan, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Jason Maza, Ashley Bashy Thomas | Written and Directed by Dan Turner
It’s fair to say that some films get confused as to what they are. The Man Inside for example has “urban drama” elements about a character trying to stop his family from falling into the trap of the gang culture that is so prevalent in this type of film, then of course there is the element of boxing and add to that the theme of parental abuse it’s easy to get confused as to what to focus on. While some complain that there is not enough boxing in it and some think it’s not “urban” enough the actual point of the film can be lost. This is what I feel hinders The Man Inside from being seen for what it is.
The Man Inside...
Stars: David Harewood, Michelle Ryan, Peter Mullan, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Jason Maza, Ashley Bashy Thomas | Written and Directed by Dan Turner
It’s fair to say that some films get confused as to what they are. The Man Inside for example has “urban drama” elements about a character trying to stop his family from falling into the trap of the gang culture that is so prevalent in this type of film, then of course there is the element of boxing and add to that the theme of parental abuse it’s easy to get confused as to what to focus on. While some complain that there is not enough boxing in it and some think it’s not “urban” enough the actual point of the film can be lost. This is what I feel hinders The Man Inside from being seen for what it is.
The Man Inside...
- 1/4/2013
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Writer-director Dan Turner's thriller is a stolid, flashily edited slice of contemporary British life turning on the relationship between a handsome black boxer (Ashley "Bashy" Thomas) and his tough Scottish trainer's drug-addicted daughter (Michelle Ryan). He's trying to renounce his violent, manipulative father, now doing life for murder; she's attempting to escape from a relationship with an abusive junkie. There's another psychopathic gangster hanging around along with a fanatically religious mother and all of them behave predictably. The setting is Newcastle, but Geordie accents and imaginative use of Tyneside locations are largely absent.
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- 7/28/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (U)
(Chris Renauld, Kyle Balda, 2012, Us) Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Danny DeVito. 86 mins.
Dr Seuss's most environmentally minded story was a natural choice for movie treatment, but as with so many others (How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears A Who!), the temptation to "expand" on the original runs out of control. Seuss's elegant tale of a land where they paved paradise and cut down all the Truffula trees has been injected with all the compulsory gags, subplots, musical numbers and painfully bright landscapes that family animation is now deemed to require, making for an eco-tale that's packed with artificial additives.
Searching For Sugar Man (12A)
(Malik Bendjelloul, 2012, Swe/UK) 86 mins.
An inspiring documentary that successfully rehabilitates the reputation (and perhaps more) of Sixto Rodriguez, a 1970s Detroit troubadour who never found fame at home but unwittingly became huge in South Africa – where his...
(Chris Renauld, Kyle Balda, 2012, Us) Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Danny DeVito. 86 mins.
Dr Seuss's most environmentally minded story was a natural choice for movie treatment, but as with so many others (How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears A Who!), the temptation to "expand" on the original runs out of control. Seuss's elegant tale of a land where they paved paradise and cut down all the Truffula trees has been injected with all the compulsory gags, subplots, musical numbers and painfully bright landscapes that family animation is now deemed to require, making for an eco-tale that's packed with artificial additives.
Searching For Sugar Man (12A)
(Malik Bendjelloul, 2012, Swe/UK) 86 mins.
An inspiring documentary that successfully rehabilitates the reputation (and perhaps more) of Sixto Rodriguez, a 1970s Detroit troubadour who never found fame at home but unwittingly became huge in South Africa – where his...
- 7/27/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Dan Turner has managed to get inside the head of the typical geezer thriller to create something more intelligent
British writer-director Dan Turner has created an urban drama with the disturbing look and feel of a psychological nightmare; he has shown some real technique and flair in making it very different from the normal run of geezer thrillers. His sound design, in particular, conjures up a claustrophobic intensity. Turner's movie tries to get at the interior state of imminent violence: simply, what it is like to feel trapped inside your own head. Ashley Thomas plays Clayton, a promising young boxer whose father – played in menacing cameo by David Harewood – is a violent criminal in prison for life, but who has paid for the family to live in a handsome modern apartment, and who still has contacts on the outside. As a child, Clayton was forced by his father to witness...
British writer-director Dan Turner has created an urban drama with the disturbing look and feel of a psychological nightmare; he has shown some real technique and flair in making it very different from the normal run of geezer thrillers. His sound design, in particular, conjures up a claustrophobic intensity. Turner's movie tries to get at the interior state of imminent violence: simply, what it is like to feel trapped inside your own head. Ashley Thomas plays Clayton, a promising young boxer whose father – played in menacing cameo by David Harewood – is a violent criminal in prison for life, but who has paid for the family to live in a handsome modern apartment, and who still has contacts on the outside. As a child, Clayton was forced by his father to witness...
- 7/26/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★☆☆☆ Released in UK cinemas this week, Essex-born filmmaker Dan Turner's The Man Inside (2012) is a gritty urban thriller which, whilst packing a punch, misses its target once too often. Set on the mean streets of 21st century London, the story concerns Clayton (played by UK rapper Ashley 'Bashy' Thomas), who as a child was a witness to both gang-related violence and murder courtesy of his brutally abusive father Eugene (David Harewood).
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- 7/26/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Last night Colin and I headed down to Leicester Square for the premiere of new Brit-flick, The Man Inside. Starring Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas and Peter Mullan, it tells the story of the son of a gangster, who turns to boxing as a way out of the lifestyle. While there we spoke to Thomas, and Mullan, as well as former Bionic Woman, and soon to be zombie-bait, Michelle Ryan, as well as writer/director Dan Turner.
Clayton Murdoch carries a terrible darkness inside him. As a boy he was exposed by his father to murder and gang culture. With his father now in prison, Clayton struggles to overcome what he was groomed to become, in a city where every day there is a constant threat of violence and death.
Clayton channels his aggression into boxing. Controlled, powerful, contained. However, when the violence starts to destroy his own family, Clayton loses control,...
Clayton Murdoch carries a terrible darkness inside him. As a boy he was exposed by his father to murder and gang culture. With his father now in prison, Clayton struggles to overcome what he was groomed to become, in a city where every day there is a constant threat of violence and death.
Clayton channels his aggression into boxing. Controlled, powerful, contained. However, when the violence starts to destroy his own family, Clayton loses control,...
- 7/25/2012
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stormhouse
Stars: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters, Grahame Fox, Patrick Flynn | Written by Jason Arnopp | Directed by Dan Turner
It’s 2002, some eight months before the (second) invasion of Iraq, and the military have captured and caged a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a top secret underground military installation. Looking to make contact with the entity, they bring in “ghost whisperer” Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn). After witnessing the facilities so-called experiments, Sands realises that the military in Stormhouse are a law unto themselves and tries to blow the whistle. When her actions are uncovered by the soldiers running Stormhouse they punish her by throwing her into the cage where the entity is kept, and that’s when everything goes to hell – literally.
Stormhouse was penned by the UK’s very own Jason Arnopp, who previously wrote a couple of Doctor Who audiobooks for the BBC and Big Finish, and it’s easy...
Stars: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters, Grahame Fox, Patrick Flynn | Written by Jason Arnopp | Directed by Dan Turner
It’s 2002, some eight months before the (second) invasion of Iraq, and the military have captured and caged a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a top secret underground military installation. Looking to make contact with the entity, they bring in “ghost whisperer” Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn). After witnessing the facilities so-called experiments, Sands realises that the military in Stormhouse are a law unto themselves and tries to blow the whistle. When her actions are uncovered by the soldiers running Stormhouse they punish her by throwing her into the cage where the entity is kept, and that’s when everything goes to hell – literally.
Stormhouse was penned by the UK’s very own Jason Arnopp, who previously wrote a couple of Doctor Who audiobooks for the BBC and Big Finish, and it’s easy...
- 7/2/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
In the first instalment in a new column, British filmmaker Dan Turner writes about fighting to be heard over Hollywood imports in local multiplexes...
This summer my new feature film The Man Inside is released, starring Peter Mullan, David Harewood, Ashley 'Bashy' Thomas and Michelle Ryan. Like any filmmaker, I’m hoping for success, but it’s definitely not guaranteed.
The reality is that it’s a British Independent film competing in a marketplace full of Hollywood blockbusters, and ultimately, no film has a right to be successful. The subject matter has to connect with people and there has to be a healthy dollop of luck too.
It makes for sobering reading to see out how many British films have come out over the last 12 months, and how many of those have been successful. The bigger budget UK films with bigger stars - films such as The Woman In Black...
This summer my new feature film The Man Inside is released, starring Peter Mullan, David Harewood, Ashley 'Bashy' Thomas and Michelle Ryan. Like any filmmaker, I’m hoping for success, but it’s definitely not guaranteed.
The reality is that it’s a British Independent film competing in a marketplace full of Hollywood blockbusters, and ultimately, no film has a right to be successful. The subject matter has to connect with people and there has to be a healthy dollop of luck too.
It makes for sobering reading to see out how many British films have come out over the last 12 months, and how many of those have been successful. The bigger budget UK films with bigger stars - films such as The Woman In Black...
- 4/30/2012
- Den of Geek
Following last year’s supernatural thriller Stormhouse writer/director Dan Turner’s new film, The Man Inside, has an altogether more down to Earth feel, and this punchy new trailer is a very promising first impression.
Ashley Bashy Thomas leads this story of a young man coming to terms with a violent past and a brutal relationship with his Father, in what looks to be a menacing turn by David Harewood (who is in fine form on HBO’s Homeland of late), with the help of boxing trainer Peter Mullan. The trailer we have today paints a bleak portrait of the young man in a desperate struggle to find his feet and take a different road to the one laid out before him.
From what we can see here the boxing scenes have a suitably vicious momentum and the surrounding drama looks to just as gripping. Having Harewood and Mullan...
Ashley Bashy Thomas leads this story of a young man coming to terms with a violent past and a brutal relationship with his Father, in what looks to be a menacing turn by David Harewood (who is in fine form on HBO’s Homeland of late), with the help of boxing trainer Peter Mullan. The trailer we have today paints a bleak portrait of the young man in a desperate struggle to find his feet and take a different road to the one laid out before him.
From what we can see here the boxing scenes have a suitably vicious momentum and the surrounding drama looks to just as gripping. Having Harewood and Mullan...
- 4/26/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Peter Mullan, Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas and Michelle Ryan star in upcoming British thriller, The Man Inside. Here’s the first trailer for it…
Heading to cinemas later this year, The Man Inside is an upcoming British movie, that brings together the likes of Peter Mullan, Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas and Michelle Ryan. It tells the story of a young boxer who’s desperately trying to avoid the mistakes of his father, and the early signs are really quite promising.
The film has been written and directed by Dan Turner, and the first trailer for it has appeared. Take a look and see what you reckon. And remind us never to get on Peter Mullan’s nerves…
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Heading to cinemas later this year, The Man Inside is an upcoming British movie, that brings together the likes of Peter Mullan, Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas and Michelle Ryan. It tells the story of a young boxer who’s desperately trying to avoid the mistakes of his father, and the early signs are really quite promising.
The film has been written and directed by Dan Turner, and the first trailer for it has appeared. Take a look and see what you reckon. And remind us never to get on Peter Mullan’s nerves…
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- 4/24/2012
- Den of Geek
Director: Dan Turner.
Writers: Jason Arnopp.
Cast: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters and Patrick Flynn.
Political agendas are at work in Stormhouse. In an underground bunker, the military has managed to cage a supernatural entity and although the reasons why are never fully revealed, the idea is that they want to tame the savage beast. The generals want to use this entity in its war on terror. This movie takes place many months before the invasion of Iraq.
Otherwise, why else would the armed forces want it? Just what is this covert group of military minds thinking? They recruit a ghost whisperer, Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn), to make a contact with this untamed force. But since she is a civilian, she is not going to be an obedient soldier. While this type of plotting is nothing new, the attempt at mind washing is intriguing, if not terrifying for those looking for secret messages.
Writers: Jason Arnopp.
Cast: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters and Patrick Flynn.
Political agendas are at work in Stormhouse. In an underground bunker, the military has managed to cage a supernatural entity and although the reasons why are never fully revealed, the idea is that they want to tame the savage beast. The generals want to use this entity in its war on terror. This movie takes place many months before the invasion of Iraq.
Otherwise, why else would the armed forces want it? Just what is this covert group of military minds thinking? They recruit a ghost whisperer, Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn), to make a contact with this untamed force. But since she is a civilian, she is not going to be an obedient soldier. While this type of plotting is nothing new, the attempt at mind washing is intriguing, if not terrifying for those looking for secret messages.
- 3/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Title: Stormhouse Directed by: Dan Turner Starring: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters, Martin Delaney, Grahame Fox Running time: 88 minutes, Rated R Hayley Sands, a girl who can communicate with the dead, is brought to a secret underground military base called Stormhouse where a supernatural entity is being held captive behind a reverse electromagnetic fence…but the fence won’t hold for long. Allegedly this film is based on true events, which makes sense because real life is boring, much like this film. Sure it’s got special effects, buckets of blood, trash talking possessed people and a haunted basketball…wait, Wtf? The dialogue was juvenile, the acting was next to terrible and the ending...
- 2/23/2012
- by juliana
- ShockYa
To be perfectly honest, I haven’t heard too many good things about director Dan Turner’s genre outing “Stormhouse”. This, of course, may explain why the film has popped up on my cinematic radar, as I seem to have a weakness for this sort of low-budget malarkey. The trailer doesn’t immediately make my colon quiver, so it can’t be that bad. Note: I do not endorse judging motion pictures based on the various sounds and vibrations created by your internal organs. Here’s what the flick is supposed to be about: In 2002, the United States military captured a mysterious entity at the secret underground base, Stormhouse. Believed to be supernatural, a ghost whisperer named Hayley (Flynn) is brought into the facility in the final days of experiments to attempt to communicate with the entity. But Hayley’s arrival triggers a chain of events that lead to a...
- 11/17/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
One flick we've been covering around here for what seems like forever is Dan Turner's Stormhouse, which was met with mixed reviews during its festival run. Come February 7th we'll have a chance to decide for ourselves whether or not it makes the cut!
From the Press Release
Supernatural meets nightmare as Lionsgate debuts Stormhouse to DVD, Digital Download and On Demand this February. The film stars Grahame Fox (Outlanders), Martin Delaney (Flags of Our Fathers) and Katie Flynn (TV's "The Office") and made its premiere at Screamfest's 11th Annual Horror Festival. The DVD release includes "Stormhouse: Uncovered," a behind-the-scenes look at the film.
Synopsis
In 2002 the United States military captured a mysterious entity at the secret underground base, Stormhouse. Believed to be supernatural, a ghost whisperer named Hayley (Flynn) is brought into the facility in the final days of experiments to attempt to communicate with the entity.
From the Press Release
Supernatural meets nightmare as Lionsgate debuts Stormhouse to DVD, Digital Download and On Demand this February. The film stars Grahame Fox (Outlanders), Martin Delaney (Flags of Our Fathers) and Katie Flynn (TV's "The Office") and made its premiere at Screamfest's 11th Annual Horror Festival. The DVD release includes "Stormhouse: Uncovered," a behind-the-scenes look at the film.
Synopsis
In 2002 the United States military captured a mysterious entity at the secret underground base, Stormhouse. Believed to be supernatural, a ghost whisperer named Hayley (Flynn) is brought into the facility in the final days of experiments to attempt to communicate with the entity.
- 11/16/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
During our wrap-up of this year's Screamfest coverage , I picked on Stormhouse a little bit. But I couldn't help it. Dull and unintentionally funny, the movie - directed by Dan Turner - deserved it. You'll now known why because Lionsgate Home Entertainment is bringing the supernatural thriller to DVD on February 7. Special features include a making-of featurette. Synopsis: In 2002, the United States military captured a mysterious entity at the secret underground base, Stormhouse. Believed to be supernatural, a ghost whisperer named Hayley (Flynn) is brought into the facility in the final days of experiments to attempt to communicate with the entity. But Hayley's arrival triggers a chain of events that lead to a disastrous escape of the creature and the humans among it fighting...
- 11/16/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Title: Stormhouse Directed by: Dan Turner Starring: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters and Patrick Flynn When you first sit down, waiting to check out a new horror film you hope that it’ll either scare the hell out of you, disgust you, make you feel uncomfortable or all of the above. You would hope “Stormhouse” would fall into one of those categories but it instead falls into the ‘unintentionally funny’ sector. “Stormhouse” centers on a secret underground military base where a group of soldiers have captured a dangerous paranormal entity. When they bring in the overly-bubbly American Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn) to communicate with the entity, everything goes haywire at the complex...
- 10/25/2011
- by melissa
- ShockYa
The supernatural feature Stormhouse is set for its U.S. premiere at the Screamfest La Film Festival on Saturday, October 22nd, and in honor of the occasion we spoke with the film's writer Jason Arnopp and director Dan Turner.
Penned by Arnopp and produced by he and Dean Fisher with directorial duties handled by Turner, Stormhouse stars Katie Flynn (daughter of Jane Seymour), Grahame Fox, Patrick Flynn and Grant Masters. The film's synopsis is as follows: Six months before the invasion of Iraq, the British military caught and imprisoned a supernatural entity at a secret base in the English countryside. This film documents the days that followed, culminating in a battle that transcends their worst nightmares.
Filmed last year, director Turner told us of the Stormhouse production, “The whole turnaround from script to screen was very, very fast. We had the idea in May 2010, and by August 2010 we were shooting.
Penned by Arnopp and produced by he and Dean Fisher with directorial duties handled by Turner, Stormhouse stars Katie Flynn (daughter of Jane Seymour), Grahame Fox, Patrick Flynn and Grant Masters. The film's synopsis is as follows: Six months before the invasion of Iraq, the British military caught and imprisoned a supernatural entity at a secret base in the English countryside. This film documents the days that followed, culminating in a battle that transcends their worst nightmares.
Filmed last year, director Turner told us of the Stormhouse production, “The whole turnaround from script to screen was very, very fast. We had the idea in May 2010, and by August 2010 we were shooting.
- 10/21/2011
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
Stormhouse
Stars: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters, Grahame Fox, Patrick Flynn | Written by Jason Arnopp | Directed by Dan Turner
It’s 2002, some eight months before the (second) invasion of Iraq, and the military have captured and caged a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a top secret underground military installation. Looking to make contact with the entity, they bring in “ghost whisperer” Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn). After witnessing the facilities so-called experiments, Sands realises that the military in Stormhouse are a law unto themselves and tries to blow the whistle. When her actions are uncovered by the soldiers running Stormhouse they punish her by throwing her into the cage where the entity is kept, and that’s when everything goes to hell – literally.
Stormhouse was penned by the UK’s very own Jason Arnopp, who previously wrote a couple of Doctor Who audiobooks for the BBC and Big Finish, and it’s easy...
Stars: Katherine Flynn, Grant Masters, Grahame Fox, Patrick Flynn | Written by Jason Arnopp | Directed by Dan Turner
It’s 2002, some eight months before the (second) invasion of Iraq, and the military have captured and caged a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a top secret underground military installation. Looking to make contact with the entity, they bring in “ghost whisperer” Hayley Sands (Katherine Flynn). After witnessing the facilities so-called experiments, Sands realises that the military in Stormhouse are a law unto themselves and tries to blow the whistle. When her actions are uncovered by the soldiers running Stormhouse they punish her by throwing her into the cage where the entity is kept, and that’s when everything goes to hell – literally.
Stormhouse was penned by the UK’s very own Jason Arnopp, who previously wrote a couple of Doctor Who audiobooks for the BBC and Big Finish, and it’s easy...
- 9/8/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
This is a reprint of a review first published at BlogCritics.org. Sitting (un)comfortably as one of the biggest disappointments of the Eiff 2011, Dan Turner's Stormhouse takes a potentially interesting premise and (mostly) squanders it on cheap jump scares and unnecessary bouts of gore.A group of soldiers working on assignment in a top secret underground military base called "Stormhouse" call in a woman who can speak to the dead in order to help them deal with a supernatural entity they have managed to capture.That premise may sound silly on paper, but plenty of horror/thrillers have ridiculous sounding premises that turn out to be genuinely frightening experiences. Unfortunately Stormhouse is not one of those films, instead it is as silly as you might imagine it to be. Ironically this is because...
- 7/14/2011
- Screen Anarchy
[1] Ruth Wilson will be breaking into the boys' club as the female lead of Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, starring Armie Hammer as the Texas ranger and Johnny Depp as his sidekick Tonto. Although Wilson's name may be unfamiliar to most Americans, she's known in the UK for her work on the BBC's Luther and the Masterpiece Theatre miniseries Jane Eyre. Wilson was selected over Jessica Chastain and Abbie Cornish, who were also being considered for the part, and is currently in negotiations. Very few details have been revealed about her character, named Rebecca. Unlike the earlier versions of the property, Verbinski's Lone Ranger will be told from Tonto's perspective -- "Don Quixote told from Sancho Panza’s point of view," as Verbinski has described [2] it. The film will hit theaters December 21 [3]. [Deadline [4]] After the jump, B.J. Novak joins The Dictator opposite Sacha Baron Cohen a.k.a. Borat, and...
- 7/13/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Dan Turner's The Man Inside casts Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan and Ashley Thomas The action comedy starts shooting in Newcastle this week and is helmed and scripted by Dan Turner (Stormhouse). Variety reports that the story tells of a young boxer who is haunted by the legacy of his brutal gangster father and the scars of his violent upbringing. Dean Fisher of Scanner-Rhodes Productions produces and Ray Panthaki of Urban Way Productions co-produces. Kaleidoscope Entertainment is distributing in the U.K.
- 7/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Dan Turner's The Man Inside casts Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan and Ashley Thomas The action comedy starts shooting in Newcastle this week and is helmed and scripted by Dan Turner (Stormhouse). Variety reports that the story tells of a young boxer who is haunted by the legacy of his brutal gangster father and the scars of his violent upbringing. Dean Fisher of Scanner-Rhodes Productions produces and Ray Panthaki of Urban Way Productions co-produces. Kaleidoscope Entertainment is distributing in the U.K.
- 7/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Dan Turner's The Man Inside casts Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan and Ashley Thomas The action comedy starts shooting in Newcastle this week and is helmed and scripted by Dan Turner (Stormhouse). Variety reports that the story tells of a young boxer who is haunted by the legacy of his brutal gangster father and the scars of his violent upbringing. Dean Fisher of Scanner-Rhodes Productions produces and Ray Panthaki of Urban Way Productions co-produces. Kaleidoscope Entertainment is distributing in the U.K.
- 7/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Peter Mullan and Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas have joined the cast of the British psychological thriller "The Man Inside" for Kaleidoscope Entertainment says Screen Daily.
Written and directed by Dan Turner, the story centres around a young boxer, played by Thomas, who is haunted by the legacy of his brutal gangster father.
Mullan plays his coach and surrogate father. Michelle Ryan, Jason Maza, David Harewood and Ray Panthaki also star. Shooting is about to begin in Newcastle.
Written and directed by Dan Turner, the story centres around a young boxer, played by Thomas, who is haunted by the legacy of his brutal gangster father.
Mullan plays his coach and surrogate father. Michelle Ryan, Jason Maza, David Harewood and Ray Panthaki also star. Shooting is about to begin in Newcastle.
- 7/11/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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