A Field In England
Written by Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley
Directed by Ben Wheatley
UK, 2013
The increasingly prolific Ben Wheatley returns to screens a little under a year since his gallows-humour effigy Sightseers. Like a talent possessed, he seems like a filmmaker anxious to capitalise on his growing cult recognition and harness larger and more challenging material, a successful strategy that has give him a growing fanbase on both sides of the pond. Experimental in form and delivery, his new film A Field In England had a unique opening in the UK, leading with a modest run in specialist cinemas while being available via download, on demand, and even airing on Film4, all on the same day. As the treasure of these spoils are assessed, the film is confidently tromping through festivals across Europe and now North America, featuring under the Vanguard strand of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Written by Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley
Directed by Ben Wheatley
UK, 2013
The increasingly prolific Ben Wheatley returns to screens a little under a year since his gallows-humour effigy Sightseers. Like a talent possessed, he seems like a filmmaker anxious to capitalise on his growing cult recognition and harness larger and more challenging material, a successful strategy that has give him a growing fanbase on both sides of the pond. Experimental in form and delivery, his new film A Field In England had a unique opening in the UK, leading with a modest run in specialist cinemas while being available via download, on demand, and even airing on Film4, all on the same day. As the treasure of these spoils are assessed, the film is confidently tromping through festivals across Europe and now North America, featuring under the Vanguard strand of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
- 9/9/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Have you noticed that a lot of the same actors have appeared in the Edgar Wright films that make up the Cornetto Trilogy (or, more unofficially, the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy): "Shaun of the Dead" (2004), "Hot Fuzz" (2007) and "The World's End" (2013)? And we don't just mean those lovable scamps Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
It's all one big acting family for the Cornetto gang, as illustrated below in our handy infographic. Besides Pegg and Frost, Martin Freeman, Rafe Spall, Julia Deakin, Kevin & Nick Wilson and even Bill Nighy (who has a voice cameo in "The World's End") appear in all three films, with Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, David Bradley and James Bond* appearing in two.
*We're not gonna explain that joke. It's yours to get, or to figure out.
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It's all one big acting family for the Cornetto gang, as illustrated below in our handy infographic. Besides Pegg and Frost, Martin Freeman, Rafe Spall, Julia Deakin, Kevin & Nick Wilson and even Bill Nighy (who has a voice cameo in "The World's End") appear in all three films, with Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, David Bradley and James Bond* appearing in two.
*We're not gonna explain that joke. It's yours to get, or to figure out.
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- 8/26/2013
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright, the English director who helmed Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Wright is responsible for some of my favorite comedies, and he is a director whose work I will always support. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are the first two parts of a thematic trilogy; one not connected by characters or narrative, but instead by shared traits and motifs, and all of them directed by Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. This trilogy is alternately known as either the “Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy” or the “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy” – because of the shared elements of gory violence and a running joke about the British ice cream product Cornetto. And at long last, The World’s End, the third film of the Trilogy has finally arrived, and it’s awesome.
- 8/26/2013
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Midsomer Murders ITV
Kieran Kinsella
It is midsummer which means blood is flowing in the streets of England’s most dangerous county – Midsomer. Over the next few weeks, Acorn Media are releasing not one, not two but Six boxsets of the beloved hit series Midsomer Murders on DVD. Not only that, but they are also releasing the Alec Guinness classic Smiley’s People on Blu-ray. So without further ado, let’s begin.
Midsomer Murders Set 22
The four stories in this set were originally broadcast in the UK in late 2011 and have never been shown in the U.S. All four feature Neil Dudgeon as Barnaby and Jason Hughes as his ever-reliable sidekick. The first of the stories is Sleeper Under the Hill. It centers around a group of Druids and a Stonehenge-like monument that they use during rituals. A local farmer plans to plough up the surrounding meadow, an endeavor...
Kieran Kinsella
It is midsummer which means blood is flowing in the streets of England’s most dangerous county – Midsomer. Over the next few weeks, Acorn Media are releasing not one, not two but Six boxsets of the beloved hit series Midsomer Murders on DVD. Not only that, but they are also releasing the Alec Guinness classic Smiley’s People on Blu-ray. So without further ado, let’s begin.
Midsomer Murders Set 22
The four stories in this set were originally broadcast in the UK in late 2011 and have never been shown in the U.S. All four feature Neil Dudgeon as Barnaby and Jason Hughes as his ever-reliable sidekick. The first of the stories is Sleeper Under the Hill. It centers around a group of Druids and a Stonehenge-like monument that they use during rituals. A local farmer plans to plough up the surrounding meadow, an endeavor...
- 7/28/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Review Ryan Lambie 1 Jul 2013 - 05:50
Director Ben Wheatley returns with the hallucinatory A Field In England. Ryan explains why you should see it...
A Field In England begins with that most British of quests: the hunt for a decent pub. Featuring an ensemble cast including Reece Shearsmith, Julian Barratt and Michael Smiley, director Ben Wheatley's fourth feature film (discounting his segment in the horror anthology The ABCs Of Death) sees him turn from the contemporary settings of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers, and back to the grubby meadows of the English Civil War.
Amid the chaos of the 17th century war, four deserters stumble from the battlefields and head off in search of a pint of ale. Among them is Whitehead (Shearsmith), a meek, verbose "assistant to a gentleman of Norwich" on the trail of a thief called O'Neil, who's stolen a collection of his master's occult documents.
Director Ben Wheatley returns with the hallucinatory A Field In England. Ryan explains why you should see it...
A Field In England begins with that most British of quests: the hunt for a decent pub. Featuring an ensemble cast including Reece Shearsmith, Julian Barratt and Michael Smiley, director Ben Wheatley's fourth feature film (discounting his segment in the horror anthology The ABCs Of Death) sees him turn from the contemporary settings of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers, and back to the grubby meadows of the English Civil War.
Amid the chaos of the 17th century war, four deserters stumble from the battlefields and head off in search of a pint of ale. Among them is Whitehead (Shearsmith), a meek, verbose "assistant to a gentleman of Norwich" on the trail of a thief called O'Neil, who's stolen a collection of his master's occult documents.
- 6/28/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Before we start, I have to say that I looooooove me a Christmas horror movie. From Gremlins to Silent Night, Deadly Night to Christmas Evil to Black Christmas to Jaws: The Revenge, I can't get enough of a blood-spattered yuletide. (The only Christmas movie too scary for me? Christmas With the Kranks. [Shudder])
Did American Horror Story: Asylum deliver an advent calendar-worthy Christmas episode? Let's check our list (twice) and find out...
We begin outside a classic small-town department store in the Christmas Story era. But instead of a Red Ranger power bb rifle, Sugar Motta the little boy heading toward the store with his mom wants a coonskin cap. His mom makes him put some money in the bucket of a bell-ringing charity Santa outside the store, and the Santa reassures the kid that all his capitalist holiday-entitlement dreams will surely come true. The store closes up and the lady drags her kid elsewhere,...
Did American Horror Story: Asylum deliver an advent calendar-worthy Christmas episode? Let's check our list (twice) and find out...
We begin outside a classic small-town department store in the Christmas Story era. But instead of a Red Ranger power bb rifle, Sugar Motta the little boy heading toward the store with his mom wants a coonskin cap. His mom makes him put some money in the bucket of a bell-ringing charity Santa outside the store, and the Santa reassures the kid that all his capitalist holiday-entitlement dreams will surely come true. The store closes up and the lady drags her kid elsewhere,...
- 12/6/2012
- by brian
- The Backlot
Confession time, y'all: I have no idea what the f*ck is going on. This week's American Horror Story: Asylum has had the effect on my wee brain of a Jolt Cola-sponsored 48-hour horror movie marathon held in an operating steel mill. I'm no longer able to discern heroes from villains, the dead from the living, or a fake Boston accent from a real German one.
Asylum, you have finally broken me with these four simple, yet impossibly beautiful, words:
We begin with a bit of background nunsense: two smiling nursing sisters titter about Lilies of the Field as they arrive for their shift through Briarcliff's front doors. I'm half expecting them to punch a clock on the way in as a sheepdog punches himself out. ("Mornin', Sam." "Mornin', Sister.") They arrive in the medical ward, where a very grey, very sweaty Grace (Lizzie Brochere) lies barely conscious under a sheet.
Asylum, you have finally broken me with these four simple, yet impossibly beautiful, words:
We begin with a bit of background nunsense: two smiling nursing sisters titter about Lilies of the Field as they arrive for their shift through Briarcliff's front doors. I'm half expecting them to punch a clock on the way in as a sheepdog punches himself out. ("Mornin', Sam." "Mornin', Sister.") They arrive in the medical ward, where a very grey, very sweaty Grace (Lizzie Brochere) lies barely conscious under a sheet.
- 11/29/2012
- by brian
- The Backlot
How could you not want to know more about a film festival where the acronym of it is Biff?!
We’ve just been sent the full line-up of movies that will be played at the third annual British Independent Film Festival which this year takes place 11th and 12th May. The festival is a great place to showcase new British talent and this year, the organisers (The Film Festival Guild) have arranged a fabulous line-up which includes three world premieres, which include Airborne (starring Mark Hamill), Jump which stars Glen Blackhall and Bashment which stars Ludvig Bonin.
We actually got to attend a couple of set visits for Airborne, both of which you can see here and here.
The event is set to take place around the UK with the fill location list below. Check it out and if you need more info, visit the official Festival website at www.
We’ve just been sent the full line-up of movies that will be played at the third annual British Independent Film Festival which this year takes place 11th and 12th May. The festival is a great place to showcase new British talent and this year, the organisers (The Film Festival Guild) have arranged a fabulous line-up which includes three world premieres, which include Airborne (starring Mark Hamill), Jump which stars Glen Blackhall and Bashment which stars Ludvig Bonin.
We actually got to attend a couple of set visits for Airborne, both of which you can see here and here.
The event is set to take place around the UK with the fill location list below. Check it out and if you need more info, visit the official Festival website at www.
- 4/25/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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