Danny Dyer stars alongside creator and writer Ryan Sampson in Mr Bigstuff, and here’s the trailer for the new sitcom.
Danny Dyer may be better known these days as Mick Carter in EastEnders, but before that, he’d been a steady presence in British film for over two decades, from his debut in Justin Kerrigan’s Human Traffic through The Football Factory and Severance.
The one thing Dyer had never done was lead a sitcom – until now. Mr Bigstuff is created and written by Ryan Sampson, who’s perhaps best known for starring alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst and Celia Imrie in BBC sitcom After You’ve Gone, and for co-starring in ITV2 sitcom Plebs.
The synopsis, per the British Comedy Guide, reads as follows:
Mr Bigstuff explores broken families, fragile masculinity and carpet sales. It tells the story of two estranged brothers; Glen (Ryan Sampson), a nervy perfectionist striving to live...
Danny Dyer may be better known these days as Mick Carter in EastEnders, but before that, he’d been a steady presence in British film for over two decades, from his debut in Justin Kerrigan’s Human Traffic through The Football Factory and Severance.
The one thing Dyer had never done was lead a sitcom – until now. Mr Bigstuff is created and written by Ryan Sampson, who’s perhaps best known for starring alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst and Celia Imrie in BBC sitcom After You’ve Gone, and for co-starring in ITV2 sitcom Plebs.
The synopsis, per the British Comedy Guide, reads as follows:
Mr Bigstuff explores broken families, fragile masculinity and carpet sales. It tells the story of two estranged brothers; Glen (Ryan Sampson), a nervy perfectionist striving to live...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
"We don't run from our problems." Sky TV has revealed an official UK trailer for a comedy series titled Mr. Bigstuff, arriving to watch in the UK starting this July (though no US launch yet). The series stars actor Danny Dyer, best known for his various "tough guy" roles like Moff in Human Traffic, Tommy Johnson in The Football Factory, and Mick Carter in Eastenders. When two estranged brothers Glen (Ryan Sampson) and Lee (Danny Dyer) find themselves under one roof in "idyllic" suburbia, their lives start to unravel faster than a cheap carpet. Glen is a nervy perfectionist and carpet salesman striving to live a suburban ideal and Lee is an alpha male with a prescription drug addiction and a tin full of their dad's ashes. Written & created by Ryan Sampson, this "relatable, irreverent comedy about brotherhood, manhood and carpet sales" is set in Essex. Also with Harriet Webb,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Talk about cinematic ecstasy. Has any film captured the ‘90s rave generation like Human Traffic? Justin Kerrigan’s 1999 pilled-up cult classic is a rave-centric romp through a carnage-fuelled Cardiff weekend – a love-letter to getting loaded, featuring the first performance from Danny Dyer, and early turns from John Simm, Andrew Lincoln, and Shaun Parkes. The film has remained a firm favourite over the decades – and 25 years on, Empire celebrates its impact and ongoing legacy in a brand new anniversary feature, speaking to Kerrigan, Dyer and Simm about their memories of its madcap making.
Just like the on-screen antics, the creation of Human Traffic was something of a non-stop party – with all involved not holding back in bringing the good vibes to the screen. Take that legendary “Nice one, bruvva!” scene, in which Dyer’s Moff and Simm’s Jip end a phone call in endearingly chaotic style. “We pushed that to the absolute fucking extreme,...
Just like the on-screen antics, the creation of Human Traffic was something of a non-stop party – with all involved not holding back in bringing the good vibes to the screen. Take that legendary “Nice one, bruvva!” scene, in which Dyer’s Moff and Simm’s Jip end a phone call in endearingly chaotic style. “We pushed that to the absolute fucking extreme,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Exclusive: Danny Dyer’s range is continuing to expand as the Football Factory star lands himself a Channel 4 documentary series exploring modern masculinity.
Danny Dyer: How To Be A Man will see the EastEnders alum delve deep into the evolving landscape of masculinity. At a time when people are labeling masculinity “toxic,” Dyer, who made his name in a string of movies playing traditional “hard men” and also hosted Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men for Bravo, will ask people across Britain what they think it means to be a man in our society, and what the future is for the male identity.
The series from Whitworth Media will feature interviews with a politician, psychologists, a mental health expert, a fitness expert, a sex therapist, an influencer, male victims of domestic abuse, and members of the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus to offer a range of voices and perspectives on this complex subject.
Danny Dyer: How To Be A Man will see the EastEnders alum delve deep into the evolving landscape of masculinity. At a time when people are labeling masculinity “toxic,” Dyer, who made his name in a string of movies playing traditional “hard men” and also hosted Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men for Bravo, will ask people across Britain what they think it means to be a man in our society, and what the future is for the male identity.
The series from Whitworth Media will feature interviews with a politician, psychologists, a mental health expert, a fitness expert, a sex therapist, an influencer, male victims of domestic abuse, and members of the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus to offer a range of voices and perspectives on this complex subject.
- 3/13/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Three young pirate radio DJs from London go in search of the New Year’s night of their lives in Yates’s likeable homage to 90s ensemble capers
Here is a likable and easygoing comedy from actor turned film-maker Reggie Yates. It’s a period piece set on New Year’s Eve 1999, featuring flip phones and someone frowning over a copy of the London A-z, muttering how good it would be if someone invented a navigation screen like the ones planes have. It’s also a playful homage to the one-crazy-night ensemble pictures of the 90s (although Yates avoids the freezeframe-voiceover character introductions that became a key cliche of Britfilm around that time), and there’s a clubbing theme that recalls Justin Kerrigan’s Human Traffic, which came out in 1999.
Three lads from London are preparing to enjoy themselves: Cappo (Elliot Edusah), Two Tonne (Jordan Peters) and Kidda (Reda Elzaouar...
Here is a likable and easygoing comedy from actor turned film-maker Reggie Yates. It’s a period piece set on New Year’s Eve 1999, featuring flip phones and someone frowning over a copy of the London A-z, muttering how good it would be if someone invented a navigation screen like the ones planes have. It’s also a playful homage to the one-crazy-night ensemble pictures of the 90s (although Yates avoids the freezeframe-voiceover character introductions that became a key cliche of Britfilm around that time), and there’s a clubbing theme that recalls Justin Kerrigan’s Human Traffic, which came out in 1999.
Three lads from London are preparing to enjoy themselves: Cappo (Elliot Edusah), Two Tonne (Jordan Peters) and Kidda (Reda Elzaouar...
- 11/24/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Three Dublin lads and their super-smart classmate face an uncertain future in a tale that only hints at dark possibilities
Here is an ensemble coming-of-ager in which someone actually says the line: “That summer may have changed everything …” It’s in a style I associate with the 90s: movies such as Trainspotting or Human Traffic, with people clubbing and yearning and discovering the value of friendship together as the sun comes up. There’s certainly an impressive cast lineup for this one, but there’s also something weirdly formless and frustrating about it as well; the film gestures at some dark and disturbing possibilities in human nature without quite knowing if or how to follow through.
Matthew (Dean-Charles Chapman), Kearney (Finn Cole) and Rez (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) are three Dublin lads who leave school without much idea of what they want to do – not like their super-smart classmate Jen (Anya Taylor-Joy...
Here is an ensemble coming-of-ager in which someone actually says the line: “That summer may have changed everything …” It’s in a style I associate with the 90s: movies such as Trainspotting or Human Traffic, with people clubbing and yearning and discovering the value of friendship together as the sun comes up. There’s certainly an impressive cast lineup for this one, but there’s also something weirdly formless and frustrating about it as well; the film gestures at some dark and disturbing possibilities in human nature without quite knowing if or how to follow through.
Matthew (Dean-Charles Chapman), Kearney (Finn Cole) and Rez (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) are three Dublin lads who leave school without much idea of what they want to do – not like their super-smart classmate Jen (Anya Taylor-Joy...
- 4/29/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Andrew Blair Feb 15, 2017
As the Epic Movie team announce they have Star Wars in their sights, might we have a chat about Mel Brooks' Spaceballs, amongst others?
Readers of this site may have read last week's news that there's to be a new Star Wars spoof. This film comes from the team who brought us Date Movie, Epic Movie, and apparently something called The Starving Games which blissfully passed me by. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Selzer make relatively cheap movies that, despite critical maulings, tend to make money at the box office. When I worked at a cinema, an eleven year old boy went to see Meet The Spartans three times, proclaiming it the best film he had ever seen.
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In the words of financier Covert Media’s Paul Hanson: “Jason and...
As the Epic Movie team announce they have Star Wars in their sights, might we have a chat about Mel Brooks' Spaceballs, amongst others?
Readers of this site may have read last week's news that there's to be a new Star Wars spoof. This film comes from the team who brought us Date Movie, Epic Movie, and apparently something called The Starving Games which blissfully passed me by. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Selzer make relatively cheap movies that, despite critical maulings, tend to make money at the box office. When I worked at a cinema, an eleven year old boy went to see Meet The Spartans three times, proclaiming it the best film he had ever seen.
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In the words of financier Covert Media’s Paul Hanson: “Jason and...
- 2/14/2017
- Den of Geek
For a consuming passion of millions, there are surprisingly few films about clubbing. The patchy Human Traffic and It’s All Gone Pete Tong had a stab, and Trainspotting, Weekender and Go offered fleeting glow stick highs, but the rest have been more Brandon Block than Sasha. If you really want to dive deep into the world of house music, Eden is the film for you. Sit back as Empire clambers into the DJ booth, raises its new trailer to the crowd and presses the giant read ‘fire' button. Because, hey, all DJ booths have a ‘fire’ button, right?Welcome to the Summer of Løve. Featuring cameos from the mighty Daft Punk, Mia Hansen-Løve’s drama spins out her older brother’s experiences in the club scene of ‘90s France. There are relationships, flings and moments of deep emotion, but the real love affair is with the vinyl. Clubbers of...
- 6/26/2015
- EmpireOnline
Normal 0 false false false En-gb X-none X-none In 1990's England three friends embark on a crazy night out akin to Human Traffic. Narrator, Jack (Jamie Blackley, Misfits), confesses he hates "rioters... politicians... archive footage... mobs... skin heads... goths... films where people talk to the camera..” as a montage of archive footage is shown, immediately suggesting Director/Writer, Justin Edgar (Large) is trying to be clever in his second feature, We Are The Freaks.
Jack explicitly states “This isn't a teen movie" but setting and content don't quite match this claim. Jack and pals are immature pre-university age, either miserably failing, arrogantly choosing to opt out or expectantly awaiting University acceptance letters; Jack plans to study to be a writer, Parsons (Mike Bailey, Skins) is content coasting and Chunks (Sean Teale, Skins) is happy living off the allowances his guilt-ridden extremely rich divorced parents dole out.
Set in Birmingham, opening with...
Jack explicitly states “This isn't a teen movie" but setting and content don't quite match this claim. Jack and pals are immature pre-university age, either miserably failing, arrogantly choosing to opt out or expectantly awaiting University acceptance letters; Jack plans to study to be a writer, Parsons (Mike Bailey, Skins) is content coasting and Chunks (Sean Teale, Skins) is happy living off the allowances his guilt-ridden extremely rich divorced parents dole out.
Set in Birmingham, opening with...
- 5/29/2014
- Shadowlocked
The way things are shaping up, it could be a really strong year for talented British actor Jamie Blackley, as he has U Want Me 2 Kill Him? recently coming out in the States, and If I Stay – alongside Chloë Grace Moretz this Summer. However before then we get to see Blackley in Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks.
We spoke to the actor, currently La based, over the phone, discussing the strong spirit on set for the film, and the friendships he’s taken away from it. He also speaks about what he shares in common with his character Jack, and about his future projects and where he can see his future…
So what first attracted you to getting involved in this project?
The first thing really, was that it kind of went against most teen movies that we know and I found that attractive. I liked the character,...
We spoke to the actor, currently La based, over the phone, discussing the strong spirit on set for the film, and the friendships he’s taken away from it. He also speaks about what he shares in common with his character Jack, and about his future projects and where he can see his future…
So what first attracted you to getting involved in this project?
The first thing really, was that it kind of went against most teen movies that we know and I found that attractive. I liked the character,...
- 4/25/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nymphomaniac: One Night Stand | Keswick film festival | Borderlines film festival | Pan-Asia film festival
Nymphomaniac: One Night Stand, Nationwide
That Lars von Trier, he's a naughty one, eh? And befitting its subject matter, his latest grandiose provocation has been preceded by a prolonged foreplay-session of teaser trailers and titillating rumours. Now, for one night only, you can watch both halves of the movie back to back before it goes on release in two halves later this month. Despite being four hours long and sexually explicit, it's far from the sado-masochistic experience it sounds, with digressions into baroque music, fly fishing and dessert forks, and a steady procession of familiar faces including Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell and Willem Dafoe. Afterwards, you'll be rewarded with a satellite Q&A, live from the Curzon Chelsea, in which three of the film's stars – Von Trier veteran Stellan Skarsgård and Britons Stacy Martin...
Nymphomaniac: One Night Stand, Nationwide
That Lars von Trier, he's a naughty one, eh? And befitting its subject matter, his latest grandiose provocation has been preceded by a prolonged foreplay-session of teaser trailers and titillating rumours. Now, for one night only, you can watch both halves of the movie back to back before it goes on release in two halves later this month. Despite being four hours long and sexually explicit, it's far from the sado-masochistic experience it sounds, with digressions into baroque music, fly fishing and dessert forks, and a steady procession of familiar faces including Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell and Willem Dafoe. Afterwards, you'll be rewarded with a satellite Q&A, live from the Curzon Chelsea, in which three of the film's stars – Von Trier veteran Stellan Skarsgård and Britons Stacy Martin...
- 2/22/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
BBC America announced a host of premiere dates at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena on Saturday, including for “The Game,” “24 Hours on Earth,” and others. The network also said that John Simm (“Human Traffic,” “Mad Dogs”) would lead the cast of its next scripted series, “Intruders.” Simm (pictured) will play Jack Whelan, a Los Angeles cop turned writer in “Intruders,” a contemporary paranormal drama. Whelan has escaped a dark, violent past for a seemingly quiet life with his wife, Amy, but when Amy goes missing, Jack is plunged into an investigation that forces him to confront...
- 1/11/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Find out more about Danny Dyer's relationship with the Nobel laureate playwright, plus what he really thinks about Zoo magazine and the true, Dyer-approved, definition of 'slag'
Hi Danny, the press release for your new film, Vendetta, calls it "a career best" for you. Is it a "career best" (1)?
It is. I felt like I had a lot to prove, I'd had so many negative reactions to my recent films and people constantly mocking me. I was just like: "Fuck you – I'm an actor. I'm a serious actor."
Do you feel that your personal life overshadowed your acting?
For some people, yeah. It's like, Ok, you need to re-evaluate things, maybe you've become more of a personality, a celebrity than being an actor. There are some actors out there that are brilliant at just being the actor and not giving the interview, mainly because they're boring as shit and...
Hi Danny, the press release for your new film, Vendetta, calls it "a career best" for you. Is it a "career best" (1)?
It is. I felt like I had a lot to prove, I'd had so many negative reactions to my recent films and people constantly mocking me. I was just like: "Fuck you – I'm an actor. I'm a serious actor."
Do you feel that your personal life overshadowed your acting?
For some people, yeah. It's like, Ok, you need to re-evaluate things, maybe you've become more of a personality, a celebrity than being an actor. There are some actors out there that are brilliant at just being the actor and not giving the interview, mainly because they're boring as shit and...
- 11/22/2013
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
★☆☆☆☆ Ever since making an impression as loveable caner and Star Wars conspiracy theorist Moff in 1999's Human Traffic, Danny Dyer's subsequent filmography has largely been a case of diminishing returns. Recent years have seen him working almost exclusively within the realms of Dtv, endlessly regurgitating his crudely-drawn geezer persona which now feels a good decade past its sell-by date. Stephen Reynolds' Vendetta (2013) gloriously fails to buck the trend, registering as an all-time career low for the actor. In the same year which brought us the widely derided Run for Your Wife, that's quite a feat.
- 11/21/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
If there is one thing to be said of Danny Dyer, is that he wears his heart on his sleeve. The actor, renowned as much for his personality off screen as his characters on it, has never been one to shy away from saying what’s on his mind – and ahead of the release of his latest picture Vendetta, we had the pleasure in discussing with him what has been something of a turbulent career.
In this honest interview, Dyer speaks candidly about his work – and describes some of the mistakes he feels he has made, and why he should be taken more seriously as an actor. He tells us why he likes to make films that you ‘f****** hate’, his work with Harold Pinter, and how he can’t seem to avoid calling actor Adam Woodyatt ‘Ian Beale’ since joining the cast of Eastenders…
Warning: This interview contains A Lot of swearing.
In this honest interview, Dyer speaks candidly about his work – and describes some of the mistakes he feels he has made, and why he should be taken more seriously as an actor. He tells us why he likes to make films that you ‘f****** hate’, his work with Harold Pinter, and how he can’t seem to avoid calling actor Adam Woodyatt ‘Ian Beale’ since joining the cast of Eastenders…
Warning: This interview contains A Lot of swearing.
- 11/19/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Human Traffic star – who is set to play landlord of Queen Vic – put Old Mother Media into liquidation with debts of over £30,000
• Review: Run for Your Wife
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Danny Dyer has closed his film company after it went bust owing more than £30,000, according to the Daily Mirror.
The cheeky chappy doyen of the Brit gangster flick put Old Mother Media into liquidation in August. The company's largest debt, £25,000, is to Hm Revenue and Customs.
Dyer is perhaps best known for his role in the cult 90s rave culture film Human Traffic, as well as for a series of four movies with the British mob drama director Nick Love between 2001 and 2007. His career has stalled in recent years: 2009's Pimp made a reported £205 at the UK box office, while a big-screen adaptation of the long-running stage farce Run for Your Wife received some of the...
• Review: Run for Your Wife
• Watch the Run for Your Wife trailer
Danny Dyer has closed his film company after it went bust owing more than £30,000, according to the Daily Mirror.
The cheeky chappy doyen of the Brit gangster flick put Old Mother Media into liquidation in August. The company's largest debt, £25,000, is to Hm Revenue and Customs.
Dyer is perhaps best known for his role in the cult 90s rave culture film Human Traffic, as well as for a series of four movies with the British mob drama director Nick Love between 2001 and 2007. His career has stalled in recent years: 2009's Pimp made a reported £205 at the UK box office, while a big-screen adaptation of the long-running stage farce Run for Your Wife received some of the...
- 10/7/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Wednesday's turn as a vengeful Native American at summer camp is a gloriously funny assault on sterile conformity, says Adam Boult, in our series on personal cinematic passions
• Why we love ... Jon Voight's shifty eyes ... Dumbo's Pink Elephants ... Human Traffic's opening titles ... Fight Club's first fight
It's a bad idea to mess with Wednesday Addams.
In the second (and best) Addams Family film, Wednesday and her brother Pugsley are confronted with their worst nightmare; dispatched to a summer camp; they're thrust into a perky, peppy regime where team spirit, a fixed smile and a healthy, happy outlook are more or less mandatory.
Insufferably cheery camp owners Gary and Becky are initially thwarted in their attempts to get the Addams kids to play ball – but they grind their captives down with a spell in the "Harmony Hut," where they're forced to watch upbeat family films for hours on end.
• Why we love ... Jon Voight's shifty eyes ... Dumbo's Pink Elephants ... Human Traffic's opening titles ... Fight Club's first fight
It's a bad idea to mess with Wednesday Addams.
In the second (and best) Addams Family film, Wednesday and her brother Pugsley are confronted with their worst nightmare; dispatched to a summer camp; they're thrust into a perky, peppy regime where team spirit, a fixed smile and a healthy, happy outlook are more or less mandatory.
Insufferably cheery camp owners Gary and Becky are initially thwarted in their attempts to get the Addams kids to play ball – but they grind their captives down with a spell in the "Harmony Hut," where they're forced to watch upbeat family films for hours on end.
- 8/20/2013
- by Adam Boult
- The Guardian - Film News
Rowan Righelato: Voight's peepers contain an encyclopedia of evil intent. He can make a villain of himself with the slightest of squints
• Why I Love … the pink elephants from Dumbo, the opening titles from Human Traffic, the first fight in Fight Club, non-professional actors and the Jeff Daniels character in The Squid and the Whale
If, as Nic Ray said of cinema, "the melody is in the eyes", then Jon Voight is the Thelonious Monk of actors. Dissonant, off-key, jarring yet mesmeric, his fragmentary gaze is machine-tooled for his roster of late-career villains, as well as current TV series Ray Donovan. His charming psychopath, Mickey Donovan, reveals an encyclopedia of evil intent with the slightest of squints.
As a young man in Midnight Cowboy (1969), Voight's shaky eye contact brilliantly conveyed male prostitute Joe Buck's mix of damaged innocence and youthful bluster. Similiarly, that nervy demeanor nailed the character of...
• Why I Love … the pink elephants from Dumbo, the opening titles from Human Traffic, the first fight in Fight Club, non-professional actors and the Jeff Daniels character in The Squid and the Whale
If, as Nic Ray said of cinema, "the melody is in the eyes", then Jon Voight is the Thelonious Monk of actors. Dissonant, off-key, jarring yet mesmeric, his fragmentary gaze is machine-tooled for his roster of late-career villains, as well as current TV series Ray Donovan. His charming psychopath, Mickey Donovan, reveals an encyclopedia of evil intent with the slightest of squints.
As a young man in Midnight Cowboy (1969), Voight's shaky eye contact brilliantly conveyed male prostitute Joe Buck's mix of damaged innocence and youthful bluster. Similiarly, that nervy demeanor nailed the character of...
- 8/19/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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Ender's Game writer Orson Scott Card, the man who so endeared himself with his thoughts on gay marriage, has written a 3,000 word essay comparing Obama to Hitler.
We've had romzoms. We've had romzomcoms. And now stand by for the first bolzom, as classic Romero flick Night of the Living Dead gets a Bollywood remake.
A Thai anti-censorship documentary nobody thought would be passed by the censors has in fact been passed by Thai censors.
The writer/producer of The Innocence of Muslims has been released from prison.
In a statement just begging to get tested, Idris Elba says he'd do anything to be in the Inbetweeners movie sequel.
Universal Studios has launched a fellowship for aspiring writers.
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Ender's Game writer Orson Scott Card, the man who so endeared himself with his thoughts on gay marriage, has written a 3,000 word essay comparing Obama to Hitler.
We've had romzoms. We've had romzomcoms. And now stand by for the first bolzom, as classic Romero flick Night of the Living Dead gets a Bollywood remake.
A Thai anti-censorship documentary nobody thought would be passed by the censors has in fact been passed by Thai censors.
The writer/producer of The Innocence of Muslims has been released from prison.
In a statement just begging to get tested, Idris Elba says he'd do anything to be in the Inbetweeners movie sequel.
Universal Studios has launched a fellowship for aspiring writers.
Denmark has submitted...
- 8/16/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Drunken pink elephants have no place in a childrens' movie, but they provide the key moment in the best animated film of all time
• More Why I Love … Celine Bijleveld on Human Traffic's titles, Martin Pengelly on the Jeff Daniels character in The Squid and the Whale, Andrew Pulver on the first fight in Fight Club, and Xan Brooks on non-professional actors
I can't believe Pink Elephants on Parade exists. It's a five-minute indulgence in a film that lasts just over an hour. A bizarro squeal of throwaway surrealism that somehow becomes the turning point of Dumbo, the greatest animated film of all time.
Dumbo was made as Disney faced disaster. Pinocchio and Fantasia had flopped at the box office. The little story about a misfit elephant with bedsheet-sized ears was the quick, cheap money-spinner – a speedy knock-off of Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl's children's book that had to save the studio.
• More Why I Love … Celine Bijleveld on Human Traffic's titles, Martin Pengelly on the Jeff Daniels character in The Squid and the Whale, Andrew Pulver on the first fight in Fight Club, and Xan Brooks on non-professional actors
I can't believe Pink Elephants on Parade exists. It's a five-minute indulgence in a film that lasts just over an hour. A bizarro squeal of throwaway surrealism that somehow becomes the turning point of Dumbo, the greatest animated film of all time.
Dumbo was made as Disney faced disaster. Pinocchio and Fantasia had flopped at the box office. The little story about a misfit elephant with bedsheet-sized ears was the quick, cheap money-spinner – a speedy knock-off of Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl's children's book that had to save the studio.
- 8/16/2013
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
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Darren Aronofsky is in early talks to direct an adaptation of Red Sparrow, based on the Jason Matthews spy novel.
The Angelina-Jolie-is-Kay-Scarpetta movie is looking more likely since some complicated-sounding re-negotiation by Patricia Cornwell on the novels.
The Thor sequel is apparently still shooting scenes to ramp up the time devoted to Tom Hiddleston's Loki.
Remember Vin Diesel's cryptic hints at Comic-Con about doing something massive with Marvel? He's still being a bit of a tease.
Jennifer Garner has joined Halle Berry in the fight for tougher anti-paparazzi laws.
Lee Daniels has revealed libertine details of his days as a manager to actors...
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News headlines today
We'll be honest: it's a little light. But we will be further investigating these:
Darren Aronofsky is in early talks to direct an adaptation of Red Sparrow, based on the Jason Matthews spy novel.
The Angelina-Jolie-is-Kay-Scarpetta movie is looking more likely since some complicated-sounding re-negotiation by Patricia Cornwell on the novels.
The Thor sequel is apparently still shooting scenes to ramp up the time devoted to Tom Hiddleston's Loki.
Remember Vin Diesel's cryptic hints at Comic-Con about doing something massive with Marvel? He's still being a bit of a tease.
Jennifer Garner has joined Halle Berry in the fight for tougher anti-paparazzi laws.
Lee Daniels has revealed libertine details of his days as a manager to actors...
- 8/15/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
Allow us, for a moment, to pat ourselves on the back. It may not be shaking Hollywood to its foundations, or causing endless Gauloise-fugged chitchat in the Cinematheque Française, but you may have noticed the Guardian film website has had bit of a wash and brush up. Not only do we now have a fetching, purple-tinted central block, but we've also created a whole bunch of fascinating new series to entertain you. Each day at 7.30am we're launching our movie bulletin, featuring the day's key news stories and what's coming up; then we have our new Why I love… feature (today; Human Traffic's title sequences) and – ulp – how things are shaping up for next year's Academy award race with our Oscar predictions 2014 blog.
All that, plus a weekly quiz, the Film on the box...
The big story
Allow us, for a moment, to pat ourselves on the back. It may not be shaking Hollywood to its foundations, or causing endless Gauloise-fugged chitchat in the Cinematheque Française, but you may have noticed the Guardian film website has had bit of a wash and brush up. Not only do we now have a fetching, purple-tinted central block, but we've also created a whole bunch of fascinating new series to entertain you. Each day at 7.30am we're launching our movie bulletin, featuring the day's key news stories and what's coming up; then we have our new Why I love… feature (today; Human Traffic's title sequences) and – ulp – how things are shaping up for next year's Academy award race with our Oscar predictions 2014 blog.
All that, plus a weekly quiz, the Film on the box...
- 8/15/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Forget the self-involved ravers in this document of 90s club culture – the politically charged opening montage is pitch-perfect
• More Why I Love … Martin Pengelly on Jeff Daniels's wonderfully pitiable character in The Squid and the Whale, Andrew Pulver on the first fight in Fight Club, and Xan Brooks on non-professional actors
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When Human Traffic hit the screens, I fell in love with it instantly. I have no idea why. I wasn't a part of that 90s clubbing scene – I was snobbishly devoted to indie guitar music. Nonetheless, I was besotted with this homage to weekend club culture. So, when I watched the film again recently, I was surprised to discover that I no longer gave a stuff about Jip and his self-involved mates.
However, one thing hadn't changed, and that was my reaction to the opening titles: a beat-perfect montage...
• More Why I Love … Martin Pengelly on Jeff Daniels's wonderfully pitiable character in The Squid and the Whale, Andrew Pulver on the first fight in Fight Club, and Xan Brooks on non-professional actors
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When Human Traffic hit the screens, I fell in love with it instantly. I have no idea why. I wasn't a part of that 90s clubbing scene – I was snobbishly devoted to indie guitar music. Nonetheless, I was besotted with this homage to weekend club culture. So, when I watched the film again recently, I was surprised to discover that I no longer gave a stuff about Jip and his self-involved mates.
However, one thing hadn't changed, and that was my reaction to the opening titles: a beat-perfect montage...
- 8/15/2013
- by Celine Bijleveld
- The Guardian - Film News
To mark this week's UK cinematic release of Mat Whitecross's Spike Island (2012) - the new movie about four young Manchester teens and their journey to The Stone Roses most famous gig, Spike Island circa 1990 - we've been provided with Three brilliant DVD bundles about music to give away to our devoted readership, which include the following films: Gus Van Sant's Stoned, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten and Human Traffic. Prizes come courtesy of Vertigo Films, UK distributor of Spike Island. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
Shadowcaster are a four-piece band from Manchester. Or more accurately, they are five lads with guitars and a garage and an ambition to forget school, forget their troubled home lives, forget GCSEs and see their heroes,...
Shadowcaster are a four-piece band from Manchester. Or more accurately, they are five lads with guitars and a garage and an ambition to forget school, forget their troubled home lives, forget GCSEs and see their heroes,...
- 6/21/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Office star Lucy Davis and Primeval's Hannah Spearritt are among the guest stars for series two of Death in Paradise. The BBC One comedy-drama - which returns in early 2013 - stars Ben Miller as Di Richard Poole, a stuffy English detective who is relocated to an idyllic Caribbean island. Davis, Spearritt and Gavin & Stacey's Mathew Horne will all appear in the second series, alongside James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley), Lucien Laviscount (Waterloo Road), Neil Pearson (Drop the Dead Donkey), Ralf Little (The Royle Family) and Shaun Parkes (Human Traffic). "It's great to be working with such a fantastic cast against the beautiful backdrop of Guadeloupe," said Davis. "Being filmed on location really offers a sense of authenticity and adds to the (more)...
- 10/5/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
The Empire in Leicester Square played host (alongside four other cinemas around the country) to the third annual British Independent Film Festival last weekend, and we were there to catch the world premiere of British high-octane horror Airborne on the Friday evening, as well as a trio of films screened the following day.
As the title suggests, the festival celebrates independent filmmaking and the choice of features this year represented an encouraging mix of genres (the full list of films can be found on the festival’s website.)
Airborne
Boasting a number of familiar faces from popular genre films of the past (including ‘Last Crusade’ villain Julian Glover and a certain farm boy-turned Jedi Knight) Airborne follows a group of misfit passengers on a night flight to New York who get more than they bargained for during their stormy journey.
A number of stars from the film were in attendance on the Friday,...
As the title suggests, the festival celebrates independent filmmaking and the choice of features this year represented an encouraging mix of genres (the full list of films can be found on the festival’s website.)
Airborne
Boasting a number of familiar faces from popular genre films of the past (including ‘Last Crusade’ villain Julian Glover and a certain farm boy-turned Jedi Knight) Airborne follows a group of misfit passengers on a night flight to New York who get more than they bargained for during their stormy journey.
A number of stars from the film were in attendance on the Friday,...
- 5/16/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Justin Kerrigan was all of 25 when he wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical comedy Human Traffic (1999) about five teens partying their way through the Cardiff club scene over one long weekend. In the New York Times, Elvis Mitchell called this winner of a British Independent Film Award for Best Achievement in Production and the Best Director award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival a "blissfully hedonistic film" with "something singular: wastrel verve. It revels in its foolishness, and in its likable characters." It's "about that stage of life when partying has more allure than whatever minor employment one endures…. Kerrigan's directing debut cribs from so many sources that he operates as a filmmaking pickpocket. The blast of energy that informs this petty larceny is completely his own, though, and the movie seems to skateboard through his stream of consciousness. He is just throwing out whatever comes to mind, and his enthusiasm generates excitement.
- 2/23/2012
- MUBI
The actors do their best, but this homage to the 90s rave scene is rammed with cliches and silliness
Doing justice to the rave scene on screen isn't easy, though Justin Kerrigan managed it with charm and wit in his 1999 movie Human Traffic. This film, sadly, is something else again: it's rammed with cliches and silliness and conforms to a lot of stereotypes, the most suspect being the obligatory scene in Ibiza whose only purpose is to show loads of young women with no tops on. Jack O'Connell and Henry Lloyd-Hughes play a couple of likely lads in 1990 who start organising warehouse parties, and get sucked into the dark side of violence and drugs. The actors do their best, and Ben Batt is strong as the appalling John the Rat, but this is weak and the ending ("Trust me – it's over") is just ridiculous.
Rating: 2/5
ClubbingPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk...
Doing justice to the rave scene on screen isn't easy, though Justin Kerrigan managed it with charm and wit in his 1999 movie Human Traffic. This film, sadly, is something else again: it's rammed with cliches and silliness and conforms to a lot of stereotypes, the most suspect being the obligatory scene in Ibiza whose only purpose is to show loads of young women with no tops on. Jack O'Connell and Henry Lloyd-Hughes play a couple of likely lads in 1990 who start organising warehouse parties, and get sucked into the dark side of violence and drugs. The actors do their best, and Ben Batt is strong as the appalling John the Rat, but this is weak and the ending ("Trust me – it's over") is just ridiculous.
Rating: 2/5
ClubbingPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk...
- 9/1/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Some say the magic number of years to wait before making a film about a youth culture is 13. Others say you just need a good script. Jane Graham asks the people who've made them
No British youth subculture worth its drugs has gone unnoticed by film-makers, but the 90s rave culture has proved notoriously difficult to pin down with any degree of artistic or box-office success. There was much to enjoy in 1999's Human Traffic, Justin Kerrigan's portrayal of a bunch of clubbers going through the highs and comedowns of an E-enhanced night out in early-90s Cardiff. Yet Kerrigan's vision, though it noted the melancholy in the air, offered little in the way of thoughtful analysis of the scene and its legacy.
It seemed likely that might be down to the haste with which Kerrigan tackled his subject; released during the same decade it was evoking, there simply...
No British youth subculture worth its drugs has gone unnoticed by film-makers, but the 90s rave culture has proved notoriously difficult to pin down with any degree of artistic or box-office success. There was much to enjoy in 1999's Human Traffic, Justin Kerrigan's portrayal of a bunch of clubbers going through the highs and comedowns of an E-enhanced night out in early-90s Cardiff. Yet Kerrigan's vision, though it noted the melancholy in the air, offered little in the way of thoughtful analysis of the scene and its legacy.
It seemed likely that might be down to the haste with which Kerrigan tackled his subject; released during the same decade it was evoking, there simply...
- 8/18/2011
- by Jane Graham
- The Guardian - Film News
In a week of grubby airborne incidents Jodie Foster's donation to a California's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute took us to a higher place
The big story
It's been a week when the movements of large airborne body (allegedly) caused all sorts of trouble, so let's look to the skies. Up through the stratosphere, up where the air is clear, to the far out reaches of space where - if Jodie Foster's wallet has its way - we'll finally realise the dream of making contact with extraterrestrial life. Foster donated an undisclosed amount to the California-based Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (Seti) this week, helping to raise enough money to put the centre's 42 radio telescope dishes back into action. "We need to return it to the task of searching newly discovered planetary worlds for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence," Foster told Afp, adding that she hoped her money would...
The big story
It's been a week when the movements of large airborne body (allegedly) caused all sorts of trouble, so let's look to the skies. Up through the stratosphere, up where the air is clear, to the far out reaches of space where - if Jodie Foster's wallet has its way - we'll finally realise the dream of making contact with extraterrestrial life. Foster donated an undisclosed amount to the California-based Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (Seti) this week, helping to raise enough money to put the centre's 42 radio telescope dishes back into action. "We need to return it to the task of searching newly discovered planetary worlds for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence," Foster told Afp, adding that she hoped her money would...
- 8/18/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
(AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Screenwriter Mark Boal (L), director Kathryn Bigelow and producer Greg Shapiro (R) with their Oscars for “The Hurt Locker,” March 7, 2010.
Did a new film about the hunt for Bin Laden get special treatment? Will your pet get the drugs that it needs to live? And why is the Statue of Liberty closing down? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal blogs.
Filmmakers Defend Bin Laden Movie: Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal,...
Did a new film about the hunt for Bin Laden get special treatment? Will your pet get the drugs that it needs to live? And why is the Statue of Liberty closing down? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal blogs.
Filmmakers Defend Bin Laden Movie: Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal,...
- 8/11/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Danny Dyer has admitted that he fell asleep while watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The British actor, who has starred in movies such as Human Traffic, The Football Factory and Age of Heroes, said that he didn't blame actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson for his lack of interest in the Potter series. Dyer told Digital Spy: "I watched the first one, I know the books are amazing and stuff... I just f**king fell asleep, I'll be honest with you. It's no disrespect to any of them kids because they're just doing what they're doing. "It didn't do it for me, I wasn't really part of that generation. I never really go (more)...
- 7/12/2011
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
1996: Number 30 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music
Being live, collective and usually drug-enhanced, the "rave" experience has never been easy to replicate on film. But wherever there's a ramshackle youth movement, there's a clueless cash-in and, as with 60s psychedelia, Hollywood got it entertainingly wrong more often than it got it right (two words: Matrix Reloaded). Two exceptions were Doug Liman's Go (featuring Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf), which had fun with the La warehouse party scene, and Blade, whose great bloody opening (to the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix of New Order's Confusion, trackspotters) was the last word in clubbing exclusivity. For once, the Brits knew best.
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting was ostensibly the first rave generation film, in attitude at least, though apart from Underworld's Born Slippy, the soundtrack was pretty rock-based. Instead, prime contender for...
Being live, collective and usually drug-enhanced, the "rave" experience has never been easy to replicate on film. But wherever there's a ramshackle youth movement, there's a clueless cash-in and, as with 60s psychedelia, Hollywood got it entertainingly wrong more often than it got it right (two words: Matrix Reloaded). Two exceptions were Doug Liman's Go (featuring Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf), which had fun with the La warehouse party scene, and Blade, whose great bloody opening (to the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix of New Order's Confusion, trackspotters) was the last word in clubbing exclusivity. For once, the Brits knew best.
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting was ostensibly the first rave generation film, in attitude at least, though apart from Underworld's Born Slippy, the soundtrack was pretty rock-based. Instead, prime contender for...
- 6/14/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Danny Dyer has described a quarter of the movies he's starred in as "s**t". The Age of Heroes actor, whose previous credits include Human Traffic, The Football Factory and Dead Man Running, insisted that he is "proud" of his career and being able to find regular work in the UK. Dyer told Digital Spy: "I've had a good run. I've made over 40 films. I'd say a quarter of them are s**t, another quarter are all right and I'd say half of them have got something to say. "They're very (more)...
- 6/13/2011
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Joe Cornish’s directorial debut Attack The Block hits cinemas today, depicting a grubby London estate terrorised by extra-terestrials and the street kids who stage a fight back, it’s Battle: La in Kappa tracksuits or Aliens meets The Goonies. I could go on making terrible comparisons all day, but the point is, it’s refreshing to see a British film that has big ideas and dares to compete with Hollywood for sheer popcorn munching entertainment value and, by the looks of things, actually gives them a run for their money.
Of course, despite our reputation for Merchant Ivory and Mike Leigh, British film is not all servant’s quarters and kitchen sinks, here’s a look at five other British efforts to muscle in on genres that Hollywood usually has the stranglehold on…
Action – Down Time (1997)
As the quote on the VHS cover suggests this was Britain’s answer to Die Hard.
Of course, despite our reputation for Merchant Ivory and Mike Leigh, British film is not all servant’s quarters and kitchen sinks, here’s a look at five other British efforts to muscle in on genres that Hollywood usually has the stranglehold on…
Action – Down Time (1997)
As the quote on the VHS cover suggests this was Britain’s answer to Die Hard.
- 5/11/2011
- by Owain Paciuszko
- Obsessed with Film
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
Sorry, folks… there are simply too many great films streaming this week to post an image for them all, but that’s a good thing, eh? You’ve got your movie watching work cut out for you, due in great part to Miramax releasing damn near their entire catalog of films on one day!
B. Monkey (1999)
Streaming Available: 05/01/2011
Director: Michael Radford
Synopsis: Good-hearted schoolteacher Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) desperately wants some excitement in his life — and he may just get some. One lonely night at a London bar, Alan spies the raven-haired beauty Beatrice (Asia Argento) arguing with two friends, Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Beatrice quickly befriends Alan and...
Sorry, folks… there are simply too many great films streaming this week to post an image for them all, but that’s a good thing, eh? You’ve got your movie watching work cut out for you, due in great part to Miramax releasing damn near their entire catalog of films on one day!
B. Monkey (1999)
Streaming Available: 05/01/2011
Director: Michael Radford
Synopsis: Good-hearted schoolteacher Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) desperately wants some excitement in his life — and he may just get some. One lonely night at a London bar, Alan spies the raven-haired beauty Beatrice (Asia Argento) arguing with two friends, Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Beatrice quickly befriends Alan and...
- 4/29/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Meryl Streep has reunited with her 'Mamma Mia!' director Phyllida Lloyd for "The Iron Lady," a biopic of Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The script is by Abi Morgan, a two-time TV BAFTA winner for Best Single Drama ("White Girl," 2009) and Best Drama Serial ("Human Traffic," 2005). Oscar winner Jim Broadbent is playing her stalwart husband Denis in the film which is framed around the Falklands War in 1982. Thathcher's steadfast leadership during that troubled time solidifed her hold on the office and she went on to win two more elections. Playing a real-life lady was the key to claiming the Best Actress Oscar seven times in the last decade: Julia Roberts as advocate Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name (2000); Nicole Kidman as writer Virginia Woolf in "The Hours" (2002); Charlize Theron as serial killer Aileen Wournos in "Monster" (2003); Reese Witherspoon as country singer June C...
- 2/9/2011
- Gold Derby
Airing immediately after the NCIS season premiere, NCIS: Los Angeles offered its usual change of pace from its parent series - much faster-paced, action-packed and more explosive.
We've enjoyed the show since the beginning and have never once come away disappointed, but it never quite compares to the original. It just isn't as character-based or compelling.
That said, it can still be a hell of a lot of fun.
Duck And Cover: The 198th near-death experience for Sam and G.
Even the opening sequence of "Human Traffic," which turned out to be Callen's dream, was exhilarating. This show will get your pulse pounding with scenes that aren't even real!
Between that chase scene, the car bomb explosion and the revelation that Det. Mary Deeks is missing, we knew we were in for a thrill ride from the onset, and were not let down.
While Deeks going missing evoked memories...
We've enjoyed the show since the beginning and have never once come away disappointed, but it never quite compares to the original. It just isn't as character-based or compelling.
That said, it can still be a hell of a lot of fun.
Duck And Cover: The 198th near-death experience for Sam and G.
Even the opening sequence of "Human Traffic," which turned out to be Callen's dream, was exhilarating. This show will get your pulse pounding with scenes that aren't even real!
Between that chase scene, the car bomb explosion and the revelation that Det. Mary Deeks is missing, we knew we were in for a thrill ride from the onset, and were not let down.
While Deeks going missing evoked memories...
- 9/22/2010
- by steve@iscribelimited.com (L.J. Gibbs)
- TVfanatic
His Hollywood dream turned to dust, he's not won a Bafta, and Russell Crowe nabbed his role. So is John Simm bitter? Well, maybe a bit…
Why is John Simm so often cast as a chippy bugger? "Am I?" he asks. "Define chippy." Well, there's the brooding journalist Cal McCaffrey in TV drama State Of Play who feels he's up against the world, and the displaced detective inspector Sam Tyler in Life On Mars, thrown back into the 1970s and misunderstood by all. Then there's the vengeful Master in Doctor Who – you don't get much more chippy than him. And now he's playing the ultimate chippy bugger – Hamlet.
"Angst," he says. "They are the best parts… Maybe it's my face." He's right about the face – it's strong, handsome even, but not smooth or comforting. He's too wiry to be eye candy.
We meet in a pub in Highgate, north London.
Why is John Simm so often cast as a chippy bugger? "Am I?" he asks. "Define chippy." Well, there's the brooding journalist Cal McCaffrey in TV drama State Of Play who feels he's up against the world, and the displaced detective inspector Sam Tyler in Life On Mars, thrown back into the 1970s and misunderstood by all. Then there's the vengeful Master in Doctor Who – you don't get much more chippy than him. And now he's playing the ultimate chippy bugger – Hamlet.
"Angst," he says. "They are the best parts… Maybe it's my face." He's right about the face – it's strong, handsome even, but not smooth or comforting. He's too wiry to be eye candy.
We meet in a pub in Highgate, north London.
- 9/10/2010
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
We posted a bunch of NCIS pictures from the upcoming season premiere earlier today. Now here are images from the second season debut of its spinoff, NCIS: Los Angeles.
The two-hour episode airs from 9-11 p.m. on September 21 and will be titled "Human Traffic" and "Black Widow" respectively. It looks like this will be an explosive event ...
As you can see, new series regular Eric Christian Olsen appears as Marty Deeks, his Lapd liaison character from the first season. He presumably receives a promotion.
Expect Daniela Ruah (Kensi) to play a bigger role in the second season premiere and the season overall in addition to Callen (Chris O'Donnell) and Sam (LL Cool J).
Are you excited for the return of NCIS: Los Angeles?...
The two-hour episode airs from 9-11 p.m. on September 21 and will be titled "Human Traffic" and "Black Widow" respectively. It looks like this will be an explosive event ...
As you can see, new series regular Eric Christian Olsen appears as Marty Deeks, his Lapd liaison character from the first season. He presumably receives a promotion.
Expect Daniela Ruah (Kensi) to play a bigger role in the second season premiere and the season overall in addition to Callen (Chris O'Donnell) and Sam (LL Cool J).
Are you excited for the return of NCIS: Los Angeles?...
- 9/1/2010
- by steve@iscribelimited.com (L.J. Gibbs)
- TVfanatic
Danny Dyer has become the byword for low-budget, no-quality Brit-trash cinema, but beneath the cockney swagger there's a decent actor struggling to get out. Stuart Heritage comes to the rescue
Last Tuesday saw the premiere of a new Danny Dyer film, Basement (the Daily Mail reported that the most glamorous guest at the event was someone who came third on Big Brother in 2006). Admittedly a new Dyer film is not really news, given that he knocks them out with such exhausting frequency that he makes Nicolas Cage look like Jd Salinger. In fact, he's got another one, The Last Seven, coming out next week. By the end of the year, Dyer will have starred in 20 films since 2004, with enough spare time to squeeze in 11 TV shows, two plays, a Grand Theft Auto game, countless radio commercials for everything from UKTV Gold to Exchange & Mart, his online store (where you can...
Last Tuesday saw the premiere of a new Danny Dyer film, Basement (the Daily Mail reported that the most glamorous guest at the event was someone who came third on Big Brother in 2006). Admittedly a new Dyer film is not really news, given that he knocks them out with such exhausting frequency that he makes Nicolas Cage look like Jd Salinger. In fact, he's got another one, The Last Seven, coming out next week. By the end of the year, Dyer will have starred in 20 films since 2004, with enough spare time to squeeze in 11 TV shows, two plays, a Grand Theft Auto game, countless radio commercials for everything from UKTV Gold to Exchange & Mart, his online store (where you can...
- 8/19/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
The Walking Dead Poster
Frank Darabont's "The Walking Dead" television series now has an official looking film poster to excite fans. As well, more cast announcements include the addition of Andrew Lincoln (Human Traffic), Emma Bell (Frozen), Jeryl Prescott, and Iron E Singleton. The series launches in October on the AMC network and more details on this project are developing.
"The Walking Dead" synopsis:
"'The Walking Dead' tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific," The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden ("The Shield"), who plays Andrea,...
Frank Darabont's "The Walking Dead" television series now has an official looking film poster to excite fans. As well, more cast announcements include the addition of Andrew Lincoln (Human Traffic), Emma Bell (Frozen), Jeryl Prescott, and Iron E Singleton. The series launches in October on the AMC network and more details on this project are developing.
"The Walking Dead" synopsis:
"'The Walking Dead' tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific," The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden ("The Shield"), who plays Andrea,...
- 7/13/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Robert Carlyle stars in the long-awaited new film from Human Traffic director Justin Kerrigan. Mark checks out I Know You Know...
Nine years after writer-director Justin Kerrigan's award-winning feature debut, Human Traffic, he's returned with a much more gentle and personal effort in I Know You Know. Where Human Traffic brought the rave movement to the screen with electrifying realism, this instead focuses on a semi auto-biographical portrayal of the relationship between a father and a son, in tribute to Kerrigan's own late father.
Robert Carlyle plays Charlie Callaghan, on whom the film opens as he delivers a Travis Bickle-esque assurance to his bathroom mirror that he has everything under control. Specifically, he's on a dangerous mission against telecommunications company Astro-Sat on behalf of Her Majesty's secret service. However, he also has to look after his young son, Jamie, played by Arron Fuller.
The audience sees the story unfold...
Nine years after writer-director Justin Kerrigan's award-winning feature debut, Human Traffic, he's returned with a much more gentle and personal effort in I Know You Know. Where Human Traffic brought the rave movement to the screen with electrifying realism, this instead focuses on a semi auto-biographical portrayal of the relationship between a father and a son, in tribute to Kerrigan's own late father.
Robert Carlyle plays Charlie Callaghan, on whom the film opens as he delivers a Travis Bickle-esque assurance to his bathroom mirror that he has everything under control. Specifically, he's on a dangerous mission against telecommunications company Astro-Sat on behalf of Her Majesty's secret service. However, he also has to look after his young son, Jamie, played by Arron Fuller.
The audience sees the story unfold...
- 4/13/2010
- Den of Geek
Robert Carlyle is suitably spooky but this low-budget movie by Justin Kerrigan loses its way in Cardiff, writes Philip French
This low-budget movie is Justin Kerrigan's first since his 1999 debut, Human Traffic, his lively, extremely promising tale of weekend party people in Cardiff. It takes him back to South Wales, which Robert Carlyle appears to be visiting on a secret intelligence mission with his 11-year-old son, Jamie. However, Jamie and the viewer become steadily aware that all is not as it seems. Dad is in fact a seriously disturbed man for reasons not entirely unconnected with the condition of Wales in the 1980s. The film is apparently based on the director's experiences of his father and the relationship between father and son is well handled. Carlyle gives another frighteningly spooky performance, but as the film begins to explain itself it rather loses its initial grip.
Robert CarlyleDramaPhilip French
guardian.
This low-budget movie is Justin Kerrigan's first since his 1999 debut, Human Traffic, his lively, extremely promising tale of weekend party people in Cardiff. It takes him back to South Wales, which Robert Carlyle appears to be visiting on a secret intelligence mission with his 11-year-old son, Jamie. However, Jamie and the viewer become steadily aware that all is not as it seems. Dad is in fact a seriously disturbed man for reasons not entirely unconnected with the condition of Wales in the 1980s. The film is apparently based on the director's experiences of his father and the relationship between father and son is well handled. Carlyle gives another frighteningly spooky performance, but as the film begins to explain itself it rather loses its initial grip.
Robert CarlyleDramaPhilip French
guardian.
- 4/10/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
I Am Love (15)
(Luca Guadagnino, 2009, It) Tilda Swinton, Pippo Delbono, Flavio Parenti. 119 mins
The result of a seven-year collaboration between its star and director, I Am Love is an extraordinary fusion of tradition and modernity that's a good deal more original than it might seem at first glance. Calling to mind (although not exclusively modelled on) Luchino Visconti's 1963 Italian classic The Leopard, with a dash of Barbara Stanwyck's immortal Stella Dallas for good measure, this is a powerful and stylish dynastic melodrama that works on many levels. On the surface, Luca Guadagnino's bold, aggressively contemporary direction attacks an age-old story from all angles, zooming, tracking and tilting as John Adams's affecting symphonic score booms. But at the centre of this storm, Swinton gives a superb, sympathetic performance as Emma, the Russian wife of a Milanese textile magnate, whose reckless affair with a working-class chef sends her privileged life into turmoil.
(Luca Guadagnino, 2009, It) Tilda Swinton, Pippo Delbono, Flavio Parenti. 119 mins
The result of a seven-year collaboration between its star and director, I Am Love is an extraordinary fusion of tradition and modernity that's a good deal more original than it might seem at first glance. Calling to mind (although not exclusively modelled on) Luchino Visconti's 1963 Italian classic The Leopard, with a dash of Barbara Stanwyck's immortal Stella Dallas for good measure, this is a powerful and stylish dynastic melodrama that works on many levels. On the surface, Luca Guadagnino's bold, aggressively contemporary direction attacks an age-old story from all angles, zooming, tracking and tilting as John Adams's affecting symphonic score booms. But at the centre of this storm, Swinton gives a superb, sympathetic performance as Emma, the Russian wife of a Milanese textile magnate, whose reckless affair with a working-class chef sends her privileged life into turmoil.
- 4/9/2010
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
Robert Carlyle is terrific in a new film by Human Traffic's Justin Kerrigan, writes Xan Brooks
Cardiff-based Justin Kerrigan scored a home-grown hit with the ramshackle rave comedy Human Traffic in 1999 and then went awol – a casualty, it was rumoured, of the very lifestyle he celebrated on screen. A decade later, he has blown back from the wilderness with I Know You Know, a rites-of-passage drama that amounts to a tender, twisted valentine to his late father, Frankie. Robert Carlyle plays Charlie, a self-styled special operative who darts agitatedly between the pebbledashed estates of South Wales. His adolescent son Jamie (Arron Fuller) regards Charlie as a hero and this may well be the case. But Charlie is also jittery and unstable, a kind of Welsh cousin to Big Vern, the paranoid gangster from Viz magazine. His head buzzes with conspiracy theories; his finger itches on the trigger of his gun.
Cardiff-based Justin Kerrigan scored a home-grown hit with the ramshackle rave comedy Human Traffic in 1999 and then went awol – a casualty, it was rumoured, of the very lifestyle he celebrated on screen. A decade later, he has blown back from the wilderness with I Know You Know, a rites-of-passage drama that amounts to a tender, twisted valentine to his late father, Frankie. Robert Carlyle plays Charlie, a self-styled special operative who darts agitatedly between the pebbledashed estates of South Wales. His adolescent son Jamie (Arron Fuller) regards Charlie as a hero and this may well be the case. But Charlie is also jittery and unstable, a kind of Welsh cousin to Big Vern, the paranoid gangster from Viz magazine. His head buzzes with conspiracy theories; his finger itches on the trigger of his gun.
- 4/8/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
This week's podcast is a broad church, going from a chat with Sylvie Testud, who plays a sceptic in search of a miracle in Lourdes, to reviewing Tilda Swinton vehicle I Am Love and Drew Barrymore's paean to roller derby Whip It, and talking to Human Traffic's Justin Kerrigan about his first feature in 10 years.
Sylvie Testud is cast as Christine, a wheelchair-bound woman on a life-changing trip, in Jessica Hausner's award-winning new drama. The French actor tells Jason Solomons what it was like to shoot in the famous pilgrimate site, and how the film manages to retain a slightly irreverent view on this religious icon.
Xan Brooks then talks to writer-director Justin Kerrigan about I Know You Know, his first feature since his seminal rave comedy Human Traffic a decade ago. The film, set in south Wales in 1988 and starring Robert Carlyle and Aaron Fuller, is...
Sylvie Testud is cast as Christine, a wheelchair-bound woman on a life-changing trip, in Jessica Hausner's award-winning new drama. The French actor tells Jason Solomons what it was like to shoot in the famous pilgrimate site, and how the film manages to retain a slightly irreverent view on this religious icon.
Xan Brooks then talks to writer-director Justin Kerrigan about I Know You Know, his first feature since his seminal rave comedy Human Traffic a decade ago. The film, set in south Wales in 1988 and starring Robert Carlyle and Aaron Fuller, is...
- 4/8/2010
- by Xan Brooks, Iain Chambers, Observer, Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
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Fox
Its taken long enough, but the Fox network has fainlly officially cancelled sitcoms "Til Death" and "Sons of Tucson" reports Reuters. Fox will burn off the remaining eight episodes of 'Tucson' during the summer.
The Walking Dead
Andrew Lincoln has scored the lead role of Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer who leads a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. "Walking Dead" begins production in June in Atlanta.
The British actor is well known in his native country for shows like "Teachers," "This Life," "Afterlife" and "Strike Back". He's also starred in numerous films from "Enduring Love" and "Gangster No.1" to "Human Traffic" and as the best friend infatuated with Keira Knightley...
Several new promo shots from this week's 'The Beast Below' episode of Doctor Who, photos from the Spring premiere episode of Glee airing next Tuesday (4/13), and shots from this week's anticipated 100th episode of Bones.
Fox
Its taken long enough, but the Fox network has fainlly officially cancelled sitcoms "Til Death" and "Sons of Tucson" reports Reuters. Fox will burn off the remaining eight episodes of 'Tucson' during the summer.
The Walking Dead
Andrew Lincoln has scored the lead role of Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer who leads a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. "Walking Dead" begins production in June in Atlanta.
The British actor is well known in his native country for shows like "Teachers," "This Life," "Afterlife" and "Strike Back". He's also starred in numerous films from "Enduring Love" and "Gangster No.1" to "Human Traffic" and as the best friend infatuated with Keira Knightley...
- 4/7/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
I Know You Know is writer director Justin Kerrigan’s first feature since his 1999 debut feature Human Traffic. It’s the third British film release I’ve reviewed in the last few months following Scouting Book for Boys and My Last Five Girlfriends and I know You Know is easily the most interesting and well performed of the three films.
Starring exceptional newcomer Arron Fuller as 11-year-old Jamie, who moves to a new flat in a neighbourhood in Wales with his unpredictable secret agent father Charlie, played by the brilliant Robert Carlyle, who has to hide low for a short while until a payment comes through for a job Charlie carried out so the pair can move to the Us and live a new life.
Listening to Charlie’s fascinating stories and watching him in action spotting other spies, driving eractically to loose a tail and his meetings with the mysterious Mr.
Starring exceptional newcomer Arron Fuller as 11-year-old Jamie, who moves to a new flat in a neighbourhood in Wales with his unpredictable secret agent father Charlie, played by the brilliant Robert Carlyle, who has to hide low for a short while until a payment comes through for a job Charlie carried out so the pair can move to the Us and live a new life.
Listening to Charlie’s fascinating stories and watching him in action spotting other spies, driving eractically to loose a tail and his meetings with the mysterious Mr.
- 4/5/2010
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New from the director of the greatly acclaimed Human Traffic, upcoming UK effort I Know You Know is a bit of an odd beast. Equal parts action-thriller and family drama, the picture stars Robert Carlyle as the loving father of a young son. And also an on-the-edge secret agent. These things do not mix easily.
Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Trainspotting) is Charlie, a highly charged individual on the edge. He's an undercover agent, always on an important mission, always on the move. Jamie (Arron Fuller), his son, is fascinated by his father's espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie is unpredictable and explosive, yet kind-hearted and fiercely protective of his Jamie who hero-worships him.
With a UK theatrical release coming in early April, the full trailer for this one has just arrived and it looks very good, indeed. With Carlyle in the lead we...
Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Trainspotting) is Charlie, a highly charged individual on the edge. He's an undercover agent, always on an important mission, always on the move. Jamie (Arron Fuller), his son, is fascinated by his father's espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie is unpredictable and explosive, yet kind-hearted and fiercely protective of his Jamie who hero-worships him.
With a UK theatrical release coming in early April, the full trailer for this one has just arrived and it looks very good, indeed. With Carlyle in the lead we...
- 3/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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