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Hard Boiled Sweets – Exclusive Interview With Actor Scot Williams
11 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
As part of our coverage of the DVD release of Hard Boiled Sweets (see our review here), we were able to interview actor Scot Williams, who plays the key role of Johnny in David Hughes’ feature-length directorial debut. We started off asking him how he came to the project…
Scot Williams: I got a call out of the blue and was offered a role, which is very rare. Usually I have to audition, but on this occasion my agent sent me a disc for the short film A Girl & A Gun, which had Paul Freeman and Ian Hart in it. I was drawn to it and because I’d worked with Ian in Backbeat I called him up and asked him if he would recommend I work on it and he said “absolutely”. The script was fabulous and the other actor attached were excellent – I wouldn’t have agreed »
- Dave Roper
Hard Boiled Sweets – Exclusive Interview With Director David Hughes
10 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
As part of our coverage of Hard Boiled Sweets, the feature debut of writer-director David Hughes (you can read our review here), we had the chance to speak with him at some length about getting the film made, his aspirations and influences and where he might go from here.
HeyUGuys: The Special Features on the DVD say a lot about getting the project going. It seems to have all started with Ian Hart?
David Hughes: Ian Hart, [co-star] Paul Freeman, [producer] Margaret Matheson – these are people with incredible careers and they’ve shown incredible generosity to me. I was working in film advertising and I wrote a script [short film A Girl & A Gun]. A guy I knew who worked on film scoring had kids at school with Ian Hart’s kids and said he seemed like an approachable guy in the playground and asked if he could try to give the script to him. He took »
- Dave Roper
Hard Boiled Sweets – DVD Review
4 May 2012 8:59 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
A whole host of gangsters, pimps, low-lifes, call-girls, ex-cons and bent cops move in and out of each other’s lives during a couple of busy days in Southend-on-Sea in Essex. Jimmy The Gent (Peter Wight) is up from London to see local big man Shrewd Eddie (Paul Freeman) and has a big wedge of cash on him, which seemingly everyone has a plan to lay hold of. But who will be left sitting pretty?
*****
The story of how this film came to the big (and now smaller) screen is labyrinthine but impressive. Writer and Director David Hughes had written a script for the short film that preceded it (A Girl and A Gun) and a music composer that he knew from his day job in film advertising offered to try to pass it to actor Ian Hart (Backbeat, Harry Potter, Enemy of the State), who he saw in the »
- Dave Roper
Here's the poster for Simon Pegg's A Fantastic Fear of Everything
3 May 2012 2:41 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Ahead of its UK cinema release next month, Universal have just debuted the official poster for Simon Pegg's (Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek) latest comedy, A Fantastic Fear of Everything. The film sees Crispian Mills from Kula Shaker making his directorial debut alongside Chris Hopewell, the award winning animation director behind a host of top music promos including Radiohead’s 'There There' and The Killers' 'Smile Like You Mean It', and also features Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass), Amara Karan (St. Trinians), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (The Inbetweeners) and Paul Freeman (Hot Fuzz). Take a look at the poster here...
"Jack [Pegg] is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a »
- flickeringmyth
New Poster Proves Simon Pegg Has A Fantastic Fear of Everything ... Especially Wearing Pants
2 May 2012 1:15 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Well now. Not sure if we ever wanted to see this much of Simon Pegg, but hey, we all suffer for our craft. Somewhere out there right now shamed political figure Anthony Weiner is green with jealousy! Check out the, ummm, eye candy!
Look for more on Crispian Mills' horror comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything soon.
Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass, Hellraiser) and Paul Freeman (Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark) star.
Synopsis
Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his 'big break' »
- Uncle Creepy
A Quirky Poster For A Fantastic Fear Of Everything
2 May 2012 10:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Simon Pegg is nothing but a bundle of nerves in his new film, A Fantastic Fear Of Everything, in which he plays a children’s author turned crime writer. We recently featured the great trailer and as you can see from the new poster released, his research into his new ventures goes overboard and thus makes him afraid of, well – everything.
All of this is in obvious contrast to his usual roles which have held their mettle against the likes of zombies and – perhaps even worse – the deranged village folk of Sandford. A Fantastic Fear Of Everything is directed by Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell and also stars Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Paul Freeman.
Source: Empire Online
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- Danielle Taylor
A Fantastic Fear Of Everything Poster
2 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Simon Pegg may have shown considerable pluck in the likes of Star Trek, Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead, but he's showing A Fantastic Fear Of Everything in his new film from musician-turned-director Crispian Mills. And here's the poster for your viewing enjoyment! As you can tell from Pegg's hair here, he's a man on the edge. A children's book author turned criminal novelist, he's become enormously paranoid after doing acres of research into Victorian serial killers. Hence he's carrying that butcher knife. The Y-fronts are down to a whole series of other complex concerns.The film also stars Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Paul Freeman. Look out for it in cinemas from June 8. brightcove.createExperiences(); »
What to Buy This Week: DVD and Blu-ray releases for April 30th 2012
30 April 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, April 30th 2012.
Pick(S) Of The Week
Suits: Season One (DVD)
The new original series Suits delves into the fast-paced, highstakes world of a top Manhattan corporate law firm where hotshot attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) makes a risky move by hiring the brilliant but unmotivated, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), as his new associate. The only problem is he doesn’t have an actual law degree. With his encyclopedic knowledge and uncanny knack of remembering things, Mike proves to be a legal prodigy despite the absence of bonafide legal credentials. Bound by their secret, »
- Phil
Blu-ray Review: Hard Boiled Sweets
29 April 2012 7:26 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Paul Freeman, Liz May Brice, Laura Greenwood | Written and Directed by David L.G. Hughes
Guy Ritchie has a lot to answer for. Following the success of his British gangster flick Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels we’ve had a myriad of rip-offs and wannabes of which Hard Boiled Sweets is one. Taking inspiration from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Guy Ritchie’s aforementioned gangster flick, the film weaves together a number of different stories and characters into this tale of seaside gangsters – the trouble is right from the get-go you know exactly where the film is headed and how all the plot threads will come together; watching everything pan out as you’ve already guessed makes for very dull viewing!
The film follows mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie (Freeman), a Southend-on-Sea gangster who is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs the town, »
- Phil
Hard Boiled Sweets Blu-Ray Review
25 April 2012 1:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: David L.G Hughes
Starring: Paul Freeman, Peter Wight, Ty Glaser, Nathaniel Martello-White
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 84 minutes approx
Extras: Pick n’ Mix: The Making Of Hard Boiled Sweets, Deleted Scenes, A Girl And A Sweet Documentary, A Girl And A Gun short
British gangster films are ten-a-penny; since Guy Ritchie burst onto the scene with Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998) there have been a truly hideous amount of films that have tried to give us something new, and few have been as successful as Ritchie’s debut. Hard Boiled Sweets (2011) is David L.G Hughes attempt at freshening up the genre, utilising Ritchie’s multi-character, multi-story structure.
Hard Boiled Sweets sets out its stall early on, beginning with an old-school boss, Jimmy ‘The Gent’ (Wight), being threatened by Leroy (Danny Sapani), ‘the new boss’, and Jermaine (Martello-White), the second in command, for monies owed. One of the debtors, »
- Sam Carey
Fearsomely Awesome: The Trailer for 'A Fantastic Fear of Everything'
11 April 2012 1:53 PM, PDT | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »
Okay, I've found the next flick I absolutely have to see...umm, following all the other flicks I already absolutely have to see. See? Anyway, it's called A Fantastic Fear of Everything, and the trailer rocks.
A Fantastic Fear of Everything stars pop culture aficionado and icon Simon Pegg as a children's author who turns his attentions to penning a crime novel. But, as will happen, his research turns him into a pathetic neurotic mess, plagued by an irrational fear of being murdered. Of course, these crazy paranoid fantasies don't seem so absurd when he's targeted by a real-life serial killer.
For a movie dealing with an architect of the written word, A Fantastic Fear has quite the musical pedigree. The film was written and directed by Crispian Mills (formerly of hip British band Kula Shaker) and co-directed by Chris Hopewell (hip director of hip music videos for hip bands »
- Theron
The first trailer for Simon Pegg's A Fantastic Fear of Everything
10 April 2012 8:53 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Former Kula Shaker frontman Crispian Mills makes his directorial debut this year alongside acclaimed music video director Chris Hopewell with the black comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything, which sees Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek) leading a cast of British talent that includes Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass), Amara Karan (St. Trinians), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (The Inbetweeners) and Paul Freeman (Hot Fuzz).
Take a look at the synopsis and continue on for the first trailer, which was unveiled by Pegg on his Twitter account this past weekend...
"Jack [Pegg] is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his »
- flickeringmyth
New Trailer and Stills: Simon Pegg in A Fantastic Fear of Everything
8 April 2012 6:10 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
While most of the country is out with their families having Easter dinner or hunting for eggs, we're right here - keyboard in hand - bringing you the latest. Why? Because we're heathens and our real family is You! Speaking of which, you owe us a backlog of Xmas and birthday gifts!
Below you'll find a new trailer and stills for Crispian Mills' horror comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything.
Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass, Hellraiser) and Paul Freeman (Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark) star.
Look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent »
- Uncle Creepy
'A Fantastic Fear Of Everything' Trailer
7 April 2012 1:57 AM, PDT | FlicksNews.net | See recent FlicksNews.net news »
Trailer for 'A Fantastic Fear of Everything' is now below, written and directed by Crispian Mills with Chris Hopewell as co-director. The film stars Simon Pegg, Sheridan Smith, Clare Higgins, Amara Karan, Paul Freeman and Alan Drake.
Jack (Pegg) is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered.
When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.
'A Fantastic Fear Of Everything' will be out on June 8 for Ireland and the UK.
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- noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
Exclusive Clip: Hard Boiled Sweets
22 March 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Hard Boiled Sweets is hitting DVD and Blu-ray 30th April. It has a great cast which includes Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Liz May Brice, Paul Freeman and Ty Glaser. In this exclusive clip from the movie, we get to see a particularly nasty Paul Freeman (who i will always knows as Dr. René Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Arc) enforcing his authority!
Mob Boss, ‘Shrewd’ Eddie – ‘The Gobstopper’ (Paul Freeman; Hot Fuzz, Raiders of the Lost Ark) is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought-after Porsche – ‘The Sherbet Lemon’ (Ty Glaser; Secret Diary of a Call Girl), and has one million pounds in dirty cash stashed in a briefcase at his home. However, nothing in this world comes without a price, and this weekend his boss and top-dog London Mobster, Jimmy The Gent (Peter Wight; My Week With Marilyn, »
- David Sztypuljak
Special Features - The Greatest Action Movie Douchebags
2 March 2012 6:42 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Tom Jolliffe presents a selection of the action genre's greatest douchebags...
Cinema has created many wonderful characters over the years. We’ve had classic heroes, and the most heinous of villains. Heroes and villains are particularly paramount in the action genre. There’s also another type of character: The Douchebag. These would be the whiny, sniveling, low down, dirty weasels who at some point try to screw over the hero but normally come unstuck. Often they’re not the main villain because they’re too slimy and weasily, without enough determination to get done what a full-on evil-doer will.
Here is a list of classic action movie douchebags, in no particular order...
The Die Hard Douchebags
Die Hard remains one of the best action films ever. It’s a template by which many subsequent films have molded themselves on, but without ever matching the quality of this benchmark. Die Hard »
- flickeringmyth
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