Harking back to those erotic thrillers of yore, especially from the 1980s and 90s, writer-director Joy Wilkinson’s 7 Keys, her debut feature, starts out full of promise and potential — much like the impromptu hook-up that gets the plot rolling. Unfortunately, like many an ill-starred love match, what follows is disappointing as things evolve in a lurid and yet strangely predictable direction. But while it all goes sour and south in the last act, there are definitely sparks of originality in the early running, supported by a brace of strong performances from Emma McDonald and Billy Postlethwaite, who deserve better than what the script gives them to work with.
Premiering in the Visions section at SXSW, this low-budget striver of a feature may find berths with streamers, and ought to at least attract attention from casting directors looking for new talents.
McDonald and Postlethwaite aren’t entirely unknown quantities. The...
Premiering in the Visions section at SXSW, this low-budget striver of a feature may find berths with streamers, and ought to at least attract attention from casting directors looking for new talents.
McDonald and Postlethwaite aren’t entirely unknown quantities. The...
- 3/13/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A first look image has also been revealed.
Filming has commenced in London on thriller 7 Keys, the feature debut of UK director Joy Wilkinson, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2015.
Screen can also reveal a first-look image of the film.
It stars Emma McDonald (who also plays the lead in Campbell X’s upcoming BFI-backed feature Low Rider) alongside 1917 actor Billy Postlethwaite as Lena and Daniel. Together they go on a wild weekend across London with keys to all the places Daniel used to live, however their risky fantasy soon is hit with a deadly threat.
The title is...
Filming has commenced in London on thriller 7 Keys, the feature debut of UK director Joy Wilkinson, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2015.
Screen can also reveal a first-look image of the film.
It stars Emma McDonald (who also plays the lead in Campbell X’s upcoming BFI-backed feature Low Rider) alongside 1917 actor Billy Postlethwaite as Lena and Daniel. Together they go on a wild weekend across London with keys to all the places Daniel used to live, however their risky fantasy soon is hit with a deadly threat.
The title is...
- 1/24/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
A scene from the WWI drama The War Below. Courtesy of Virtual
When you hear WWI, trenches and trench warfare often spring to mind. The War Below is based on a true story about World War I but instead of trenches, it is about some clever, skilled tunnelers seeking to sabotage German forces.
World War I, then called the Great War, and the “War to End All Wars,” was a earth-shattering conflict, changing the nature of warfare, remaking the political and physical landscape, and decimating a generation of young men. The War Below is based on the true story of a group of British sewer tunnelers from Yorkshire, nicknamed the “clay-kickers,” who were brought in by “Hellfire Jack” Col. John Norton-Griffiths to help break the stalemate with the German forces in the battle of Messines in 1917. The result of their near-miraculous efforts was a massive explosion under the enemy line,...
When you hear WWI, trenches and trench warfare often spring to mind. The War Below is based on a true story about World War I but instead of trenches, it is about some clever, skilled tunnelers seeking to sabotage German forces.
World War I, then called the Great War, and the “War to End All Wars,” was a earth-shattering conflict, changing the nature of warfare, remaking the political and physical landscape, and decimating a generation of young men. The War Below is based on the true story of a group of British sewer tunnelers from Yorkshire, nicknamed the “clay-kickers,” who were brought in by “Hellfire Jack” Col. John Norton-Griffiths to help break the stalemate with the German forces in the battle of Messines in 1917. The result of their near-miraculous efforts was a massive explosion under the enemy line,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Real-life account of miners recruited in the first world war to burrow beneath German lines is fascinating does well on a limited budget
‘Gentlemen, tonight we may not make history, but we’ll certainly change the bloody geography.” British army colonel Hellfire Jack (Tom Goodman-Hill) gives sterling quotation (though it was apparently said in real life by a different officer) in this spirited film about the tunnelling and sabotage efforts at the battle of Messines in 1917. Despite his doubts, the operation finished in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever, killing 10,000 Germans. A fairly new angle for cinema on the first world war (though also the subject of 2010’s Beneath Hill 60), Jp Watts’s subterranean drama has an innately fascinating story, even if the underpinning is of unsound construction in places.
To his shame, pit-village miner William Hawkins (Sam Hazeldine) is turned away for conscription because of a “crackle” in his lungs.
‘Gentlemen, tonight we may not make history, but we’ll certainly change the bloody geography.” British army colonel Hellfire Jack (Tom Goodman-Hill) gives sterling quotation (though it was apparently said in real life by a different officer) in this spirited film about the tunnelling and sabotage efforts at the battle of Messines in 1917. Despite his doubts, the operation finished in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever, killing 10,000 Germans. A fairly new angle for cinema on the first world war (though also the subject of 2010’s Beneath Hill 60), Jp Watts’s subterranean drama has an innately fascinating story, even if the underpinning is of unsound construction in places.
To his shame, pit-village miner William Hawkins (Sam Hazeldine) is turned away for conscription because of a “crackle” in his lungs.
- 9/8/2021
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
MSNBC's Morning Joe got off to an emotional start on Friday, when co-host Mika Brzezinski told viewers that Joe Scarborough's 25-year-old son had been hospitalized after falling down a flight of stairs.
Explaining Scarborough's absence, Brzezinski, 49, revealed that Andrew Scarborough "had a horrible accident – a head injury, a fractured skull."
She and members of the news program's staff had gone to New York's Bellevue Hospital – where Andrew is being treated.
"It's touch and go, but we're stabilized," said a shaken Brzezinski – letting out a deep sigh. "Prayers for them."
It's so great to have Andrew with us at 30 Rock...
Explaining Scarborough's absence, Brzezinski, 49, revealed that Andrew Scarborough "had a horrible accident – a head injury, a fractured skull."
She and members of the news program's staff had gone to New York's Bellevue Hospital – where Andrew is being treated.
"It's touch and go, but we're stabilized," said a shaken Brzezinski – letting out a deep sigh. "Prayers for them."
It's so great to have Andrew with us at 30 Rock...
- 9/23/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- People.com - TV Watch
Downton Abbey’s penultimate season 4 episode centered around a church bazaar held on the estate grounds, while relationship drama seemed to unfold everywhere.
'Downton Abbey Recap
Following Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Blake’s (Julian Ovenden) rescue of the estate’s pigs, the Crawley’s determine that Tim Drewe (Andrew Scarborough) will take up caring for their livestock. When the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) suggests that Blake would think it silly that they were hiring Drewe based on his family’s history of working their land, Mary takes to Blake’s defense. By the time she watches Blake lift up a crying George, she appears to be fully smitten. The Countess is not impressed.
Later on, when Anna (Joanne Froggatt) learns that Gillingham (Tom Cullen) will be returning to Downton with Green (Nigel Harman) in tow, she tells Mary about how the valet had raped her. When Mary urges Anna...
'Downton Abbey Recap
Following Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Blake’s (Julian Ovenden) rescue of the estate’s pigs, the Crawley’s determine that Tim Drewe (Andrew Scarborough) will take up caring for their livestock. When the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) suggests that Blake would think it silly that they were hiring Drewe based on his family’s history of working their land, Mary takes to Blake’s defense. By the time she watches Blake lift up a crying George, she appears to be fully smitten. The Countess is not impressed.
Later on, when Anna (Joanne Froggatt) learns that Gillingham (Tom Cullen) will be returning to Downton with Green (Nigel Harman) in tow, she tells Mary about how the valet had raped her. When Mary urges Anna...
- 2/17/2014
- Uinterview
Hollywood power couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have made being a believer cool again in a town that isn't known for its love of scripture. Watch The Bible this Sunday as Joshua take down the walls of Jericho in Sunday's new episode of The Bible! Joshua in The Bible series below (played by British actor Andrew Scarborough) Last Sunday, "The Bible" beat out CBS' "The Good Wife," earning a 6.7 household rating/10 share on Nielsen Ratings' overnight report. The success of The Bible, which averaged 4.6 million adults 25-54, proves the enormous potential of programming to an obviously underserved audience. In its marketing campaign, The Bible, executive produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, employed...
- 3/8/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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