In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to actor Craig Fairbrass about his latest film Villain and his Top 5 Great British Crime Films, including:
Get Carter(1971) The Long Good Friday (1980) Harry Brown (2009) London Heist (2017) Villain (2020)
A dark, brutal, gritty and violent tale of drugs, murder, loyalty and corruption, starring Craig Fairbrass, Izuka Hoyle (Mary Queen of Scots) and Nicholas Aaron, the story follows Eddie Franks, a former criminals release from prison and his attempts to help his family by reconnecting with his daughter and clearing his brother’s debt. Despite his efforts, he is drawn back into a criminal way of life, with devastating consequences.
Get Carter(1971) The Long Good Friday (1980) Harry Brown (2009) London Heist (2017) Villain (2020)
A dark, brutal, gritty and violent tale of drugs, murder, loyalty and corruption, starring Craig Fairbrass, Izuka Hoyle (Mary Queen of Scots) and Nicholas Aaron, the story follows Eddie Franks, a former criminals release from prison and his attempts to help his family by reconnecting with his daughter and clearing his brother’s debt. Despite his efforts, he is drawn back into a criminal way of life, with devastating consequences.
- 4/21/2020
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
"Who do you think you are, some kind of animal?" Saban Films has debuted the official Us trailer for an indie crime drama titled Villain, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Philip Barantini. The story follows a former criminal just released from prison and his attempts to help his family by reconnecting with his daughter and clearing his brother's debt. Despite his efforts, he is drawn back into a criminal way of life, with devastating consequences. As as always when criminals get out, try to stay away from crime, then get sucked back in for "one more job" to settle the score that still ruins everything. Craig Fairbrass (from "EastEnders") stars, along with a big cast including George Russo, Izuka Hoyle, Mark Monero, Tomi May, Eloise Lovell Anderson, Taz Skylar, Nicholas Aaron, Michael John Treanor, Marcus Onilude, Robert Glenister. This looks pretty forgettable and repetitive, there's not much you're...
- 4/16/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Written and Directed By: Marc Price
Produced By: Michelle Parkyn
Executive Producer: Bart Ruspoli
Cast: Jean-Paul Ly, Doug Allen, Nicholas Aaron, Ben Shafik and Rosanna Hoult
“Great action throughout, not to be missed“
NightShooters is the latest Movie which features rising star Jean – Paul Ly. Here we get to see him in full action mode as he fights for his life (and his crews), against a bunch of blood thirsty gangsters out to kill them all.
A film crew are shooting an zombie movie in an adanboned building when they accidently record a gang land execution. Suddenly the crew are attacked and have to use all there film making skills to stay one step ahead and to stay alive. Richard Sandling (Tacker) and his men will stop at nothing to make sure nothing gets out about what the film crew had seen and filmed. Trapped in the building, there is only one way to survive,...
Produced By: Michelle Parkyn
Executive Producer: Bart Ruspoli
Cast: Jean-Paul Ly, Doug Allen, Nicholas Aaron, Ben Shafik and Rosanna Hoult
“Great action throughout, not to be missed“
NightShooters is the latest Movie which features rising star Jean – Paul Ly. Here we get to see him in full action mode as he fights for his life (and his crews), against a bunch of blood thirsty gangsters out to kill them all.
A film crew are shooting an zombie movie in an adanboned building when they accidently record a gang land execution. Suddenly the crew are attacked and have to use all there film making skills to stay one step ahead and to stay alive. Richard Sandling (Tacker) and his men will stop at nothing to make sure nothing gets out about what the film crew had seen and filmed. Trapped in the building, there is only one way to survive,...
- 3/26/2019
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Adam McNab, Nicky Evans, Rosanna Hoult, Jean-Paul Ly, Richard Sandling, Kaitlyn Riordan, Mica Proctor, Nicholas Aaron, Ben Shafik, Doug Allen, Karanja Yorke, Marcus Shakesheff , Hung Dante Dong, Phil Deguara, Daisy Aitkens | Written and Directed by Marc Price
Nightshooters, from writer/director Marc Price (Colin), is a non-stop action-thriller about a group of filmmakers who find themselves on the run from a violent mob of criminals, after witnessing a brutal gangland execution. Unable to escape their set, the hapless film crew must use their technical skill and cinematic knowledge to survive. As the hoods draw near to eradicate all witnesses, stunt man Donnie (Jean-Paul Ly) is forced to take his martial arts capabilities off script, putting his skills to practice for survival. The sound team resourcefully use their equipment to track their surroundings as the special effects guru disregards all the rules of set, abandoning safety to set lethal traps...
Nightshooters, from writer/director Marc Price (Colin), is a non-stop action-thriller about a group of filmmakers who find themselves on the run from a violent mob of criminals, after witnessing a brutal gangland execution. Unable to escape their set, the hapless film crew must use their technical skill and cinematic knowledge to survive. As the hoods draw near to eradicate all witnesses, stunt man Donnie (Jean-Paul Ly) is forced to take his martial arts capabilities off script, putting his skills to practice for survival. The sound team resourcefully use their equipment to track their surroundings as the special effects guru disregards all the rules of set, abandoning safety to set lethal traps...
- 1/28/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s been four years since the release of the second sequel to the reboot/remake of Death Race – Death Race: Inferno – and three since the fourth film was sneakily announced by it’s writer (who also penned parts 2 and 3), Tony Giglio on Twitter, but now Death Race 4, or Death Race: Beyond Anarchy as it’s officially titled, has got a new red-band trailer and Four clips!
Not to be confused with Roger Corman’s own remake of Death Race, entitled Death Race 2050, Death Race: Beyond Anarchy sees the return of Danny Trejo as Goldberg and Frederick Koehler as Lists – both of whom appeared in Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno. Joining the Death Race family are Black Sails’ Zach McGowan, Christine Marzano, Danny Glover, Lorina Kamburova and a number of homegrown talent from here in the UK: Cassie Clare, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Aarden, Julian Seager, Lee Shone, Kellie Blaise...
Not to be confused with Roger Corman’s own remake of Death Race, entitled Death Race 2050, Death Race: Beyond Anarchy sees the return of Danny Trejo as Goldberg and Frederick Koehler as Lists – both of whom appeared in Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno. Joining the Death Race family are Black Sails’ Zach McGowan, Christine Marzano, Danny Glover, Lorina Kamburova and a number of homegrown talent from here in the UK: Cassie Clare, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Aarden, Julian Seager, Lee Shone, Kellie Blaise...
- 9/21/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s been four years since the release of the second sequel to the reboot/remake of Death Race – Death Race: Inferno – and three since the fourth film was sneakily announced by it’s writer Tony Giglio on Twitter, but now Death Race 4, now retitled Death Race: Beyond Anarchy has got its first trailer!
Not to be confused with Roger Corman’s own remake of Death Race, entitled Death Race 2050 (which actually comes from the same production company, Universal 1440 Entertainment), Death Race: Beyond Anarchy sees the return of Danny Trejo as Goldberg and Frederick Koehler as Lists – both of whom appeared in Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno. Joining the Death Race family are Black Sails’ Zach McGowan, Christine Marzano, Danny Glover, Lorina Kamburova and a number of homegrown talent from here in the UK: Cassie Clare, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Aarden, Julian Seager, Lee Shone, Kellie Blaise...
Not to be confused with Roger Corman’s own remake of Death Race, entitled Death Race 2050 (which actually comes from the same production company, Universal 1440 Entertainment), Death Race: Beyond Anarchy sees the return of Danny Trejo as Goldberg and Frederick Koehler as Lists – both of whom appeared in Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno. Joining the Death Race family are Black Sails’ Zach McGowan, Christine Marzano, Danny Glover, Lorina Kamburova and a number of homegrown talent from here in the UK: Cassie Clare, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Aarden, Julian Seager, Lee Shone, Kellie Blaise...
- 10/19/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s been four years since the release of the second sequel to the reboot/remake of Death Race – Death Race: Inferno – and three since the fourth film was sneakily announced by it’s writer Tony Giglio on Twitter, but now news reaches us that Death Race 4, now retitled Death Race: Anarchy has completed filming.
Not to be confused with Roger Corman’s own remake of Death Race, entitled Death Race 2050 (which actually comes from the same production company, Universal 1440 Entertainment), Death Race: Anarchy sees the return of Danny Trejo as Goldberg and Frederick Koehler as Lists – both of whom appeared in Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno.
Joining the Death Race family are Black Sails’ Zach McGowan, Christine Marzano, Danny Glover, Lorina Kamburova and a number of homegrown talent from here in the UK: Cassie Clare, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Aarden, Julian Seager, Lee Shone, Kellie Blaise and Cameron Jack as The Warden…...
Not to be confused with Roger Corman’s own remake of Death Race, entitled Death Race 2050 (which actually comes from the same production company, Universal 1440 Entertainment), Death Race: Anarchy sees the return of Danny Trejo as Goldberg and Frederick Koehler as Lists – both of whom appeared in Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno.
Joining the Death Race family are Black Sails’ Zach McGowan, Christine Marzano, Danny Glover, Lorina Kamburova and a number of homegrown talent from here in the UK: Cassie Clare, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Aarden, Julian Seager, Lee Shone, Kellie Blaise and Cameron Jack as The Warden…...
- 1/12/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 19 Dec 2013 - 06:30
Our journey through the lesser-known films of the 2000s continues. This week, it's 2003...
It was the year that Arnold Schwarzenegger went from Terminator actor to Governor of California, and when The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King dominated the global box office with a gross of more than $1bn. 2003 was also the year the Wachowskis' Matrix trilogy thundered to a close, the year Freddy Krueger clashed with Jason Voorhees in, er, Freddy Vs Jason, and the year Pixar scored another hit with Finding Nemo.
But as you've probably gathered by now, 2003 was also a year of quite brilliant, less lucrative films. The movies we've included in this week's list were chosen for a variety of reasons - some were ignored in cinemas, while others were harshly treated by critics. Some were modestly popular or given awards on release,...
Our journey through the lesser-known films of the 2000s continues. This week, it's 2003...
It was the year that Arnold Schwarzenegger went from Terminator actor to Governor of California, and when The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King dominated the global box office with a gross of more than $1bn. 2003 was also the year the Wachowskis' Matrix trilogy thundered to a close, the year Freddy Krueger clashed with Jason Voorhees in, er, Freddy Vs Jason, and the year Pixar scored another hit with Finding Nemo.
But as you've probably gathered by now, 2003 was also a year of quite brilliant, less lucrative films. The movies we've included in this week's list were chosen for a variety of reasons - some were ignored in cinemas, while others were harshly treated by critics. Some were modestly popular or given awards on release,...
- 12/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
DS Stevie Moss (Lucy Speed) is tasked with questioning a man called Joel Fuller (Nicholas Aaron), who launched an unprovoked attack on a fellow drinker the previous night. During questioning, Stevie asks about his wife Lucy (Danielle Brent) but he's evasive and asks if he can leave. However, the case takes an unexpected twist when Stevie is called to the pub where Joel was arrested. There, she speaks (more)...
- 8/3/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Touching the Void
Screened
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Serving up Imax-sized awe on a regular screen, "Touching the Void" is a harrowing dramatic recounting of an ill-fated 1985 climbing expedition in the Peruvian Andes.
The film is based on the international best seller of the same name by Joe Simpson, one of the two mountaineers who took on the treacherous Siula Grande peak and learned the hard way why it had been hitherto unclimbed, and it combines candid recollections and spectacularly photographed dramatic reconstructions to highly compelling effect.
While originally developed for television, the unique docudrama, which was recently picked up by IFC Films, should have no trouble drawing the "Into Thin Air"/"Shackleton" crowd.
Director Kevin Macdonald, who won an Oscar for his 2000 documentary "One Day in September", which chronicled the tragic hostage-taking of the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Games, has found an interesting way to retell Simpson's story.
As Simpson and his climbing partner recount the events of almost 20 years ago in a studio, talking heads-style, a pair of actors (Brendan Mackey and Nicholas Aaron) play their young counterparts and all too convincingly relive the experience.
On the way down after ascending the challenging West Face of the Siula Grande, Simpson falls and shatters his leg. Still managing to proceed despite the tremendous pain and rapidly worsening weather conditions, Simpson sees his fortunes go from bad to worse when he suddenly finds himself dangling helplessly by a rope from a 100-foot ice cliff -- and threatening to drag Simon Yates down off the mountain along with him.
Yates, unable to see what has happened to his buddy or hear him yelling far below in the swirling blizzard, presumes the worst and ultimately makes the (still contentious) decision to cut the rope that is connecting them.
Yates eventually makes it back to base camp, while Simpson, who has fallen into a gigantic crevasse, somehow manages to crawl down off the mountain 3 1/2 days later in a state of rapidly advancing physical and psychological deterioration.
In theory, the constant flip-flopping between the real-life Simpson and Yates and the actors re-creating their nightmarish experience might have had the effect of distancing one from the drama. In fact, the opposite is the case.
The presence of the actual men provides an opportunity to convey their inner thoughts and motivations alongside the more physical aspects of their survival ordeal.
Factoring in Mike Eley's breathtakingly vivid photography and a virtuoso sound mix that completely envelops the viewer, it's enough to make you never again want to poke your head into the freezer.
Touching the Void
IFC Films
A Darlow Smithson production for FilmFour
Credits:
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Producer: John Smithson
Based on the book by: Joe Simpson
Executive producers: Robin Gutch, Charles Furneaux, Paul Trijbits
Director of photography: Mike Eley
Editor: Justine Wright
Music: Alex Heffes
Cast:
Joe Simpson: Brendan Mackey
Simon Yates: Nicholas Aaron
Running time -- 106 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Serving up Imax-sized awe on a regular screen, "Touching the Void" is a harrowing dramatic recounting of an ill-fated 1985 climbing expedition in the Peruvian Andes.
The film is based on the international best seller of the same name by Joe Simpson, one of the two mountaineers who took on the treacherous Siula Grande peak and learned the hard way why it had been hitherto unclimbed, and it combines candid recollections and spectacularly photographed dramatic reconstructions to highly compelling effect.
While originally developed for television, the unique docudrama, which was recently picked up by IFC Films, should have no trouble drawing the "Into Thin Air"/"Shackleton" crowd.
Director Kevin Macdonald, who won an Oscar for his 2000 documentary "One Day in September", which chronicled the tragic hostage-taking of the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Games, has found an interesting way to retell Simpson's story.
As Simpson and his climbing partner recount the events of almost 20 years ago in a studio, talking heads-style, a pair of actors (Brendan Mackey and Nicholas Aaron) play their young counterparts and all too convincingly relive the experience.
On the way down after ascending the challenging West Face of the Siula Grande, Simpson falls and shatters his leg. Still managing to proceed despite the tremendous pain and rapidly worsening weather conditions, Simpson sees his fortunes go from bad to worse when he suddenly finds himself dangling helplessly by a rope from a 100-foot ice cliff -- and threatening to drag Simon Yates down off the mountain along with him.
Yates, unable to see what has happened to his buddy or hear him yelling far below in the swirling blizzard, presumes the worst and ultimately makes the (still contentious) decision to cut the rope that is connecting them.
Yates eventually makes it back to base camp, while Simpson, who has fallen into a gigantic crevasse, somehow manages to crawl down off the mountain 3 1/2 days later in a state of rapidly advancing physical and psychological deterioration.
In theory, the constant flip-flopping between the real-life Simpson and Yates and the actors re-creating their nightmarish experience might have had the effect of distancing one from the drama. In fact, the opposite is the case.
The presence of the actual men provides an opportunity to convey their inner thoughts and motivations alongside the more physical aspects of their survival ordeal.
Factoring in Mike Eley's breathtakingly vivid photography and a virtuoso sound mix that completely envelops the viewer, it's enough to make you never again want to poke your head into the freezer.
Touching the Void
IFC Films
A Darlow Smithson production for FilmFour
Credits:
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Producer: John Smithson
Based on the book by: Joe Simpson
Executive producers: Robin Gutch, Charles Furneaux, Paul Trijbits
Director of photography: Mike Eley
Editor: Justine Wright
Music: Alex Heffes
Cast:
Joe Simpson: Brendan Mackey
Simon Yates: Nicholas Aaron
Running time -- 106 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/24/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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