Starring Robert Sheehan, Joely Richardson, Lily Cole, Tamzin Merchant, David O’Hara and Jack Fox, The Messenger is set in the ghostly netherworld between life and death. We all want to believe in life after death and imagine loved ones looking over us, feel their presence in a draft of air – knowing they wait for us. But Jack isn’t waiting, in and out of secure units all of his young life, the dead won’t leave him alone.
When Jack (Robert Sheehan) unwillingly becomes embroiled in the unfinished business of a local murder, he discovers hidden secrets which threaten to push him over the edge. His estranged sister, Emma (Lily Cole) re-appears in his life and Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and to confront the truth about the death of his own father.
A haunting thriller directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans) The Messenger is released in cinemas tomorrow,...
When Jack (Robert Sheehan) unwillingly becomes embroiled in the unfinished business of a local murder, he discovers hidden secrets which threaten to push him over the edge. His estranged sister, Emma (Lily Cole) re-appears in his life and Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and to confront the truth about the death of his own father.
A haunting thriller directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans) The Messenger is released in cinemas tomorrow,...
- 9/17/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Robert Sheehan, Joely Richardson, Lily Cole star in horror.
Metrodome has picked up UK rights to mystery-horror The Messenger, starring Robert Sheehan (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) and Lily Cole (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus).
Directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans), Sheehan stars as a troubled young man haunted by spirits in the Sixth Sense-style UK horror due to be released this summer.
Producers are Terry Stone for Gateway Films, Richard Turner and Richard Hart for Ratio Film, and Michael Knowles. The film was executive produced by Investor Profit Portfolio and The Wealth Advisory.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) handles international sales.
Stone said: “The Messenger boasts a superb cast, a fantastic director and a story that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I am delighted that the film will be given the release it deserves by such a fantastic distributor as Metrodome.”...
Metrodome has picked up UK rights to mystery-horror The Messenger, starring Robert Sheehan (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) and Lily Cole (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus).
Directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans), Sheehan stars as a troubled young man haunted by spirits in the Sixth Sense-style UK horror due to be released this summer.
Producers are Terry Stone for Gateway Films, Richard Turner and Richard Hart for Ratio Film, and Michael Knowles. The film was executive produced by Investor Profit Portfolio and The Wealth Advisory.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) handles international sales.
Stone said: “The Messenger boasts a superb cast, a fantastic director and a story that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I am delighted that the film will be given the release it deserves by such a fantastic distributor as Metrodome.”...
- 4/27/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna head MoliFilms comedy.
Principal photography is underway in the UK on comedy-caper Golden Years, produced by MoliFilms Entertainment executive Mark Foligno (Montana, The Rise).
Bernard Hill (Wolf Hall, Lord of the Rings) and Virginia McKenna (Sliding Doors, Born Free) star in the comedy heist film as a retired couple forced into a life of crime after they fall victim to the pensions crisis.
John Miller (Living in Hope) directs from a script he co-wrote with Nick Knowles and Jeremy Sheldon. It marks the feature debut of UK television presenter Knowles, best known for long-running BBC series Diy Sos.
Funding comes from MoliFilms.
Supporting cast includes Sue Johnston (Downtown Abbey), Alun Armstrong (Braveheart), Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Una Stubbs (Sherlock), Phil Davies (Vera Drake) and Brad Moore (The Rise).
Shoot will take place in Bristol and the Cotswolds during March and April.
Former Molinare executive Foligno, an executive...
Principal photography is underway in the UK on comedy-caper Golden Years, produced by MoliFilms Entertainment executive Mark Foligno (Montana, The Rise).
Bernard Hill (Wolf Hall, Lord of the Rings) and Virginia McKenna (Sliding Doors, Born Free) star in the comedy heist film as a retired couple forced into a life of crime after they fall victim to the pensions crisis.
John Miller (Living in Hope) directs from a script he co-wrote with Nick Knowles and Jeremy Sheldon. It marks the feature debut of UK television presenter Knowles, best known for long-running BBC series Diy Sos.
Funding comes from MoliFilms.
Supporting cast includes Sue Johnston (Downtown Abbey), Alun Armstrong (Braveheart), Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Una Stubbs (Sherlock), Phil Davies (Vera Drake) and Brad Moore (The Rise).
Shoot will take place in Bristol and the Cotswolds during March and April.
Former Molinare executive Foligno, an executive...
- 2/26/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Nirpal Bhogal thriller first film on slate.
UK distributor-producer Metrodome has joined forces with Montana and Best Laid Plans producers MoliFilms to launch a new production fund.
The companies will fundraise under a series of Eis and non Eis schemes with Metrodome Group selling international rights and distributing the majority of the films in the UK.
Metrodome International’s Caroline Couret-Delègue will oversee international sales. The Infidel producer Uzma Hasan of Little House Productions will supervise key productions on the slate on behalf of Metrodome whilst Gareth Maxwell Roberts will supervise on behalf of MoliFilms.
Thea, a supernatural thriller directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Misfits, Sket) is the first film on the slate and is slated to shoot in Q1 2015.
The film will be produced by Hasan (who is expected to bring further projects to the venture) and co-produced by MoliFilms’ Gareth Maxwell Roberts and Metrodome Group’s Jezz Vernon. MoliFilms’ [link...
UK distributor-producer Metrodome has joined forces with Montana and Best Laid Plans producers MoliFilms to launch a new production fund.
The companies will fundraise under a series of Eis and non Eis schemes with Metrodome Group selling international rights and distributing the majority of the films in the UK.
Metrodome International’s Caroline Couret-Delègue will oversee international sales. The Infidel producer Uzma Hasan of Little House Productions will supervise key productions on the slate on behalf of Metrodome whilst Gareth Maxwell Roberts will supervise on behalf of MoliFilms.
Thea, a supernatural thriller directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Misfits, Sket) is the first film on the slate and is slated to shoot in Q1 2015.
The film will be produced by Hasan (who is expected to bring further projects to the venture) and co-produced by MoliFilms’ Gareth Maxwell Roberts and Metrodome Group’s Jezz Vernon. MoliFilms’ [link...
- 1/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Cast of supernatural drama also includes Lily Cole and Jack Fox.
The cast of supernatural chiller The Messenger has been confirmed, as Gateway Films and Ratio Films begins principal photography this week in the UK on locations including the Peak District.
Robert Sheehan, star of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and TV series Misfits, will be joined in the cast by Jack Fox (Dracula, Fresh Meat), Lily Cole (Snow White and the Huntsman), David O’Hara (The Departed) and Tamzin Merchant (Jane Eyre, The Tudors).
The film is directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans) and was written by Andrew Kirk.
The Messenger centres on Jack, a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try and shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah...
The cast of supernatural chiller The Messenger has been confirmed, as Gateway Films and Ratio Films begins principal photography this week in the UK on locations including the Peak District.
Robert Sheehan, star of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and TV series Misfits, will be joined in the cast by Jack Fox (Dracula, Fresh Meat), Lily Cole (Snow White and the Huntsman), David O’Hara (The Departed) and Tamzin Merchant (Jane Eyre, The Tudors).
The film is directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans) and was written by Andrew Kirk.
The Messenger centres on Jack, a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try and shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah...
- 7/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Love Paunch: Hopkins’ Latest a Predictable Bore
Though its cast members seem to game for a good, silly romp, Joel Hopkins’ latest film, The Love Punch, sadly, is not such a treat. Reuniting with star Emma Thompson from his last outing, 2008’s Last Chance Harvey, this discordant rom-com caper has all the charm of a lobotomized poodle; fluffy and without all the necessary faculties to function. To use the phrase ‘by-the-numbers’ would be a generous euphemism for when their charm can’t seem to pick up the slack, the addlepated antics being performed by such talented performers is often off-putting. It’s a film of the ilk that people make comments such as, “Oh wasn’t it great to see so and so in a lead performance?”
Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate Jones (Emma Thompson) are a divorced couple of eight years that seem to everyone else like they still...
Though its cast members seem to game for a good, silly romp, Joel Hopkins’ latest film, The Love Punch, sadly, is not such a treat. Reuniting with star Emma Thompson from his last outing, 2008’s Last Chance Harvey, this discordant rom-com caper has all the charm of a lobotomized poodle; fluffy and without all the necessary faculties to function. To use the phrase ‘by-the-numbers’ would be a generous euphemism for when their charm can’t seem to pick up the slack, the addlepated antics being performed by such talented performers is often off-putting. It’s a film of the ilk that people make comments such as, “Oh wasn’t it great to see so and so in a lead performance?”
Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate Jones (Emma Thompson) are a divorced couple of eight years that seem to everyone else like they still...
- 6/4/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Metrodome International to officially launch at Cannes, with former Av staff
UK distributor Metrodome is to launch a new sales arm, which will incorporate the library and some staff from UK sales outfit Av Pictures, which will cease to actively acquire after an 11-year run in the industry.
Metrodome International will officially launch at Cannes next month, with former Av staff
Caroline Couret-Delègue is joining as head of sales and acquisitions and Jane Carolan will join as distribution manager.
Both will report in to Metrodome Distribution managing director Jezz Vernon who will take up the position of MD at the new agency in addition to his current role.
Av MD Chris Hainsworth and director of acquisitions and production Lee Brazier will manage the partnership on behalf of Av and its producer clients, and will focus on the nascent development slate of Cinescope Entertainment, Av’s sister production company.
Av chairman Angad Paul will retain a stake...
UK distributor Metrodome is to launch a new sales arm, which will incorporate the library and some staff from UK sales outfit Av Pictures, which will cease to actively acquire after an 11-year run in the industry.
Metrodome International will officially launch at Cannes next month, with former Av staff
Caroline Couret-Delègue is joining as head of sales and acquisitions and Jane Carolan will join as distribution manager.
Both will report in to Metrodome Distribution managing director Jezz Vernon who will take up the position of MD at the new agency in addition to his current role.
Av MD Chris Hainsworth and director of acquisitions and production Lee Brazier will manage the partnership on behalf of Av and its producer clients, and will focus on the nascent development slate of Cinescope Entertainment, Av’s sister production company.
Av chairman Angad Paul will retain a stake...
- 4/22/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Is the ability to channel the spirits of the dead a legit talent, or are those who claim they can simply suffering from a mental illness? That's the question that lies at the heart of the upcoming film The Messenger, and we've got all the details for ya today. Dig in!
Screen Daily reports that David Blair (Best Laid Plans) will direct the film, which is set to begin its UK shoot in the summer of this year. Casting is currently under way on the project, which is a joint venture among Gateway Films, Ratio:Film, and NoW Films.
Written by Andrew Kirk and developed by Michael Knowles, the film centers on Jack, a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try and shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a...
Screen Daily reports that David Blair (Best Laid Plans) will direct the film, which is set to begin its UK shoot in the summer of this year. Casting is currently under way on the project, which is a joint venture among Gateway Films, Ratio:Film, and NoW Films.
Written by Andrew Kirk and developed by Michael Knowles, the film centers on Jack, a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try and shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a...
- 4/1/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Chiller about a young man who sees dead people to shoot this summer.
Gateway Films, Ratio:Film and NoW Films have announced that pre-production will commence on feature film The Messenger following casting, which is now taking place. Shooting will begin summer 2014.
Shooting on location in the UK, The Messenger is written by Andrew Kirk and developed by Michael Knowles, with Richard Turner and Richard Hart and has double BAFTA and Emmy award-winning director David Blair attached to the project.
Blair is best known for directing episodes of Jimmy McGovern’s award-winning BBC dramas including The Street and Accused, as well as period TV movie Bert and Dickie, starring Matt Smith, and feature Best Laid Plans.
The Messenger centres on Jack, a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try and shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark...
Gateway Films, Ratio:Film and NoW Films have announced that pre-production will commence on feature film The Messenger following casting, which is now taking place. Shooting will begin summer 2014.
Shooting on location in the UK, The Messenger is written by Andrew Kirk and developed by Michael Knowles, with Richard Turner and Richard Hart and has double BAFTA and Emmy award-winning director David Blair attached to the project.
Blair is best known for directing episodes of Jimmy McGovern’s award-winning BBC dramas including The Street and Accused, as well as period TV movie Bert and Dickie, starring Matt Smith, and feature Best Laid Plans.
The Messenger centres on Jack, a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try and shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark...
- 4/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Posthumous award announced as nominations revealed for the 9th Screen Nation Film & Television Awards.
Guest announcers Fernand Frimpong Jnr, from Vox Africa, and Venus vs.Mars actress Letitia Hector revealed the nominations in London (see below for full list).
Felix Dexter, the late comedian and actor, will be posthumously awarded the Edric Connor Inspiration award.
Actor-director Bill Duke, best known for his roles in Commando and Predator, is to receive the Outstanding Contribution award.
Honorary awards will also be bestowed on classic works such as Do the Right Thing, The Cosby Show and Desmond’s.
The awards ceremony will take place at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London on Feb 23. The ceremony will be hosted by the Ali Baba, known as the Godfather of Nigerian comedy, and Caroline Chikezie, best known for her role in Us series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland.
Voting for the nominees in all categories will be open to the public from today (Jan 23) until...
Guest announcers Fernand Frimpong Jnr, from Vox Africa, and Venus vs.Mars actress Letitia Hector revealed the nominations in London (see below for full list).
Felix Dexter, the late comedian and actor, will be posthumously awarded the Edric Connor Inspiration award.
Actor-director Bill Duke, best known for his roles in Commando and Predator, is to receive the Outstanding Contribution award.
Honorary awards will also be bestowed on classic works such as Do the Right Thing, The Cosby Show and Desmond’s.
The awards ceremony will take place at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London on Feb 23. The ceremony will be hosted by the Ali Baba, known as the Godfather of Nigerian comedy, and Caroline Chikezie, best known for her role in Us series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland.
Voting for the nominees in all categories will be open to the public from today (Jan 23) until...
- 1/23/2014
- ScreenDaily
Posthumous award announced as nominations revealed for the 9th Screen Nation Film & Television Awards.
Guest announcers Fernand Frimpong Jnr, from Vox Africa, and Venus vs.Mars actress Letitia Hector revealed the nominations in London (see below for full list).
Felix Dexter, the late comedian and actor, will be posthumously awarded the Edric Connor Inspiration award.
Actor-director Bill Duke, best known for his roles in Commando and Predator, is to receive the Outstanding Contribution award.
Honorary awards will also be bestowed on classic works such as Do the Right Thing, The Cosby Show and Desmond’s.
The awards ceremony will take place at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London on Feb 23. The ceremony will be hosted by the Ali Baba, known as the Godfather of Nigerian comedy, and Caroline Chikezie, best known for her role in Us series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland.
Voting for the nominees in all categories will be open to the public from today (Jan 23) until...
Guest announcers Fernand Frimpong Jnr, from Vox Africa, and Venus vs.Mars actress Letitia Hector revealed the nominations in London (see below for full list).
Felix Dexter, the late comedian and actor, will be posthumously awarded the Edric Connor Inspiration award.
Actor-director Bill Duke, best known for his roles in Commando and Predator, is to receive the Outstanding Contribution award.
Honorary awards will also be bestowed on classic works such as Do the Right Thing, The Cosby Show and Desmond’s.
The awards ceremony will take place at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London on Feb 23. The ceremony will be hosted by the Ali Baba, known as the Godfather of Nigerian comedy, and Caroline Chikezie, best known for her role in Us series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland.
Voting for the nominees in all categories will be open to the public from today (Jan 23) until...
- 1/23/2014
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Salt inks multi-territory deal with eOne for action-thriller starring Lars Mikkelsen and Michelle Fairley.
UK producer Moli Films’ action-thriller Montana has sold to 14 territories for The Salt Company, including a multi-territory deal with distributor Entertainment One.
eOne has picked up rights in the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Scandinavia, Switzerland and South Africa.
The deals were negotiated by James Norrie of Salt and Joel Kennedy and Jo Sweby of eOne, which will distribute directly in the UK and sub-distribute in the other territories.
Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Adam Deacon (Anuvahood), Ashley Walters (Bullet Boy) and newcomer Mckell David star in director Mo Ali’s crime-thriller about a steely eastern European hitman who arrives in London to avenge the death of his family but is held up after stumbling on a 14 year-old runaway.
The film has also sold to Australia and New Zealand (Eagle Entertainment), Greece (Odeon), Malaysia (Roarlion), the Middle East (Front...
UK producer Moli Films’ action-thriller Montana has sold to 14 territories for The Salt Company, including a multi-territory deal with distributor Entertainment One.
eOne has picked up rights in the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Scandinavia, Switzerland and South Africa.
The deals were negotiated by James Norrie of Salt and Joel Kennedy and Jo Sweby of eOne, which will distribute directly in the UK and sub-distribute in the other territories.
Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Adam Deacon (Anuvahood), Ashley Walters (Bullet Boy) and newcomer Mckell David star in director Mo Ali’s crime-thriller about a steely eastern European hitman who arrives in London to avenge the death of his family but is held up after stumbling on a 14 year-old runaway.
The film has also sold to Australia and New Zealand (Eagle Entertainment), Greece (Odeon), Malaysia (Roarlion), the Middle East (Front...
- 12/11/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Shadow and Act is reporting that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (The Thing, Best Laid Plans, TV’s “Lost”) has been cast in George Tillman Jr.’s The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete. Michael Starrbury’s script follows two inner-city youths left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities. Filming began in Brooklyn on July 23rd. He joins Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, and Anthony Mackie.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje can be seen next in Cinemax’s “Hunted” in October and alongside Sylvester Stallone in Bullet To The Head in 2013.
iDeal.s Rachel Cohen and Jana Edelbaum are producing with State Street.s Bob Teitel and Tillman. Alicia Keys is executive producer with Susan Lewis. Tillman, Teitel, Starburry, Sparks, and Wright are all repped by CAA, while Mackie is with UTA and Inspire Entertainment. Hudson is repped by CAA and Agps Management.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje can be seen next in Cinemax’s “Hunted” in October and alongside Sylvester Stallone in Bullet To The Head in 2013.
iDeal.s Rachel Cohen and Jana Edelbaum are producing with State Street.s Bob Teitel and Tillman. Alicia Keys is executive producer with Susan Lewis. Tillman, Teitel, Starburry, Sparks, and Wright are all repped by CAA, while Mackie is with UTA and Inspire Entertainment. Hudson is repped by CAA and Agps Management.
- 7/27/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Allen Gardner
The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...
The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...
- 7/9/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
New On DVD/Blu-ray/VOD: 'A Thousand Words' & Brit Drama 'Best Laid Plans' (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)
Not much to get excited about this week in new releases, unless there are new titles I just don't know about being released today. First is Eddie Murphy's A Thousand Words, which made Rotten Tomatoes history with a 0% rating! Not a single one of the 53 critics who submitted reviews for it, gave it a positive rating. The $40 million movie, which co-stars Kerry Washington, managed a $20+ million box office gross worldwide. And given that most of you likely didn't see it at the theater, you can now check it out on DVD/Blu-ray/VOD today! Second and last is a straight to DVD release (here in the USA anyway) titled Best Laid Plans, which stars Adewale...
- 6/26/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
An awkward, and not particularly successful film, Luke gets to grips with Best Laid Plans...
David Blair’s Best Laid Plans is a film that suffers from something – a nagging, pervasive ambivalence - that leaves a taste lingering in the mouth, and not necessarily a pleasant one. There’s a tiny chance that could have been that unexpected peanut Revel, sure, but it was almost certainly the film.
One of the things to like, as with most things in which he appears, is the performance of the borderline-ubiquitous Stephen Graham, who seems utterly incapable of being anything less than excellent in anything. Hell, he even came out of Doghouse with pride and career intact, and that was crap.
Graham’s Danny is the small-time chancer – the sort of archetypal yet loveable Scouse rogue that blends indiscernibly into his oeuvre, much as piss disperses evenly into the shallow end of a...
David Blair’s Best Laid Plans is a film that suffers from something – a nagging, pervasive ambivalence - that leaves a taste lingering in the mouth, and not necessarily a pleasant one. There’s a tiny chance that could have been that unexpected peanut Revel, sure, but it was almost certainly the film.
One of the things to like, as with most things in which he appears, is the performance of the borderline-ubiquitous Stephen Graham, who seems utterly incapable of being anything less than excellent in anything. Hell, he even came out of Doghouse with pride and career intact, and that was crap.
Graham’s Danny is the small-time chancer – the sort of archetypal yet loveable Scouse rogue that blends indiscernibly into his oeuvre, much as piss disperses evenly into the shallow end of a...
- 2/3/2012
- Den of Geek
We don't cover many British crime dramas around these parts, but the presence of Stephen "27%-er" Graham brought this one to our attention. In Best Laid Plans, Graham plays a man in hock to gangsters and forced to steer his friend Joseph (The Thing's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) through a series of unlicensed cage fights in order to pay them back.We'd say "that's what friends are for", except we're pretty sure it isn't. Needless to say, the circumstances in which the two find themselves puts a pretty severe strain on their friendship.Director David Blair is currently putting the finishing touches on Best Laid Plans. The tough-as-tungsten Brit thriller will be out in cinemas on February 3, and on DVD and Blu-ray on February 20. ...
- 1/9/2012
- EmpireOnline
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje may just be the most badass actor in Hollywood. To "Oz" fans, he's gang leader Simon Adebisi. To "Lost" fans, he's former war lord turned man of god, Mr. Eko. And if you sat through rapper 50 Cent's acting debut, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," he's the twisted drug lord Majestic.
In his latest television stint on Cinemax's explosive new show "Strike Back," Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays a brutal militia leader named Tahir, who holds an innocent aid worker hostage in the Sudan. Tahir shows little mercy to those who disobey his leadership. For as uncompromising and brutal as Tahir seems, Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who also learned Arabic for the project, was drawn to the project because of the character's many dimensions.
"It's such a rich character," Akinnuoye-Agbaje told The Huffington Post. "This character has many layers. He's a man of absolutely uncompromising principles, and what was intriguing to me was what would...
In his latest television stint on Cinemax's explosive new show "Strike Back," Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays a brutal militia leader named Tahir, who holds an innocent aid worker hostage in the Sudan. Tahir shows little mercy to those who disobey his leadership. For as uncompromising and brutal as Tahir seems, Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who also learned Arabic for the project, was drawn to the project because of the character's many dimensions.
"It's such a rich character," Akinnuoye-Agbaje told The Huffington Post. "This character has many layers. He's a man of absolutely uncompromising principles, and what was intriguing to me was what would...
- 9/23/2011
- by Crystal Bell
- Huffington Post
Joining HeyUGuys back in June of this year, I was eager to put my personal popcorn addiction to good use. A Psychology student by day and an usher by night, I had built up an encyclopaedic knowledge of film over three years of part time work, ever broadening my horizons with a determination to watch anything and everything I could. Finally blessed with an outlet for my burgeoning opinions and limitless enthusiasm, HeyUGuys has offered me opportunity after opportunity resulting in an inordinate number of cinematic highlights this 2010.
With Hollywood finally dropping the tiresome “darker is better” mantra to provide two of the very best comic-book adaptations to date – Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, in case it needed pointing out – and DreamWorks raising the bar with a series of above studio-par animated releases, it has been a year of many memorable moments. Inception was mind-bending, Four Lions was...
With Hollywood finally dropping the tiresome “darker is better” mantra to provide two of the very best comic-book adaptations to date – Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, in case it needed pointing out – and DreamWorks raising the bar with a series of above studio-par animated releases, it has been a year of many memorable moments. Inception was mind-bending, Four Lions was...
- 12/31/2010
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nottingham is currently playing host to the film production of crime saga Best Laid Plans, starring Stephen Graham and David O’Hara. The drama follows Graham’s Danny and his friend Joseph (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), who are both thick as thieves. Until Danny’s mounting debts to crime boss Curtis (O’Hara) forces a wedge between the pair that tests their friendship to the limit. Directed by David Blair, whose work on TV series The Street and Takin’ Over The Asylum earned him a clutch of BAFTAs and Emmys, the...
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- 12/3/2010
- by Josh Winning
- TotalFilm
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