Thursday 28 January 2021

Malmkrog - Exclusive New Trailer and Poster


New poster and trailer released for Cristi Puiu’s historical drama Malmkrog, which heads to the UK on Virtual Cinemas and VOD 26th March from Sovereign. 

Guests arrive at the mansion of aristocratic landowner and man of the world Nikolai over the Christmas holidays. Among them are a politician, a young countess and a general with his wife. They converse and dine – what a wonderful, much-missed way of life – indulge in parlour games and discuss politics, progress, morality, death, and the Antichrist. As the debate becomes more heated, cultural differences become increasingly apparent and the mood grows tense. In the end, everyone will become a victim of his or her own discourse.

Puiu was named Best Director for the new Encounters Awards at the 70th Berlin Film Festival last year, and Malmkrog won Best Film and Best Screenplay at the 2020 Seville European Film Festival. Based on the work of Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov, Malmkrog is provocative, engrossing, and extremely timely filmmaking. Puiu, who won the Un Certain Regard Best Film award at Cannes in 2005, for The Death of Mr Lazarescu, cements his reputation here as one of Europe’s most accomplished and uncompromising directors. 

Elegantly staged and beautifully acted, with first rate performances from an ensemble cast including Frédéric Schulz-Richard (Waiting For The Barbarians), Ugo Broussot (Territory of Love), Diana Sakalauskaité (Three Exercises of Interpretation), and Marina Palii (The Silver Forest), the film recalls the drawing room masterworks of Max Ophüls, and the stark cerebral work of Ingmar Bergman. As the guests ruminate at length, within the confines of an ornate 19th century manor house, the viewer is swept along with confounding opinions, prescient dilemmas, dazzling wordplay and unexpected clashes, all handled with absolute cinematic mastery by Puiu.

A challenging, rewarding and unique mixture of Downton Abbey and Dostoyefsky, your mind will be all the richer for watching it.


Horror legend Barbara Crampton stars in SACRIFICE a fierce, frightening folk horror on digital 15 March 2021


A couple expecting their first child head to a remote Norwegian village after a death in the family only to find themselves caught up in a deadly cult in Sacrifice, a twisted Scandi-folk horror tale.

FrightFest favourite Barbara Crampton (From Beyond, Re-Animator) makes a welcome return to our screens in this dark terror-filled flick that’s set for its UK premiere this March thanks to 101 Films and it’s a fright for sore eyes.

This thrillingly gut-churning folk horror from Andy Collier and Toor Mian, arrives on digital on 15 March 2021. It follows fish-out-of-water Americans who head to their ancestral homelands near the arctic circle and are soon out of their depth.

After his mother, dies New Yorker Isaac (Ludovic Hughes – Murder Maps, Ride) and pregnant wife (Sophie Stevens – The Haunted, The Black Prince) journey back to the remote Norwegian village of his birth to get the family affairs in order.

The frosty welcome the couple receive from locals when they arrive soon warms as villagers learn their family name and are soon taken under the wing of policewoman (Crampton), but is she everything she seems?

The pair soon discover dark secrets from Isaac’s past and things become increasingly strange as Emma’s nightmares become all too real. A sinister cult that worships a sea-dwelling deity turns its followers’ attentions to the couple. Is it by chance or is it fate? And will they make the ultimate sacrifice?

Filled with a creeping sense of dread, get ready make the Sacrifice. It’s worth giving up everything for…

Released on digital Monday 15 March 2021

Wednesday 27 January 2021

HONEYDEW - UK Trailer - 2021 - Horror - Starring Sawyer Spielberg, Malin Barr & Barbara Kingsley

 

For Sam and Rylie an idyllic camping trip becomes an out of control nightmare. Seeking shelter on a local farm overnight when their car encounters trouble on the road, the couple find themselves at the mercy of an ageing farmer and her peculiar son. The kindness of strangers is always welcome but soon that kindness descends into hallucinogenic fuelled madness as their host begins to show her true colours… when the crops fail and the land is barren there's only one thing left to eat and that’s a juicy lawn pig.

Written and directed by Devereux Milburn. Starring Sawyer Spielberg in his debut feature role plus Malin Barr (Top Dog) and Barbara Kingsley (Jessica Jones).

Signature Entertainment presents Honeydew on Digital Platforms 29th March 2021


Tuesday 26 January 2021

Silk Road (2021 Movie) Official Trailer – Starring Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson

 

Silk Road – Premiering on Digital, On Demand and in select theaters on February 19th! Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson

Inspired by larger-than-life actual events, this riveting crime thriller follows the rise and fall of Silk Road, the infamous darknet site that sent a seismic shock through the World Wide Web. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down.


Official trailer for horror film THE HEIRESS

 

The female-driven story, blending the occult with contemporary familial issues, stars Candis Hergaard as Claire and Jayne Wisener as Anna - cousins who share a mysterious connection to a dark family secret.

Following the death of Clare’s grandmother, ancient spirits are unleashed and the women must do battle with ‘Lilith’, a malevolent female spirit who has returned to claim possession of Anna’s unborn child.

Directed by Chris Bell and written by Danny Prescott, Jezz Vernon, Chris Bell and Kelly Prescott, THE HEIRESS is an Old Way Film & Television production, produced by, Richard Turner, Terry Stone, Jezz Vernon & Danny Prescott.

It stars Candis Nergaard (Call the Midwife, Grantchester) , Jayne Wisener (Sweeney Todd, Jane Eyre), Jonny Phillips (Titanic), David Schaal (The Inbetweeners), Denise Stephenson (St Trinians), Mark Arden (Teenage Kicks) and Flip Webster (Harry Potter, The Alienist).

THE HEIRESS, is also being released on Tuesday March 16th 2021 in the US and Canada courtesy of 4Digital Media.

Monday 25 January 2021

COMPETITION: Win I am Toxic on DVD



I am Toxic is released on DVD 1st February

And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to give away on DVD

Synopsis: 
A man wakes in a world ravaged by biological warfare with no memory of his previous life. Taken prisoner by a group of scavengers he meets a young woman who helps him escape. As the scavengers pursue them through a toxic wasteland he discovers that he must make the ultimate sacrifice to save her.

Cast: Esteban Prol, Horacio Fontova, Sergio Podelei

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For your chance to win just answer the question below.

COMPETITION CLOSED


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1. Closing date 08-02-21
2. No alternative prize is available
3. When the competition ends as indicated on this page, any and all entries received after this point will not count and emails blacklisted due to not checking this page first.
4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.
5. Entries that come directly from other websites will not be accepted.


COMPETITION: Win Crone Wood on DVD



Crone Wood is released on DVD 8th February

And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to give away on DVD

Synopsis: 
A young couple embark on a camping adventure in the countryside. They choose Crone Wood, an infamous spot with a history of witches and folklore. But as the darkness settles, strange noises start to be heard and mysterious lights are spotted between the trees. What starts out as a curiosity, quickly descends into a nightmare as they discover that the horrors of Crone Wood go far beyond local legend. Thrown into a world of cults and ritualistic murder, they quickly discover that pagan Ireland is alive and well.

Cast: Elva Trill (Line of Duty), Ed Murphy (Vikings).


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1. Closing date 08-02-21
2. No alternative prize is available
3. When the competition ends as indicated on this page, any and all entries received after this point will not count and emails blacklisted due to not checking this page first.
4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.
5. Entries that come directly from other websites will not be accepted.


COMPETITION: Win Muscle on DVD



Muscle is released on DVD 1st February

And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to give away on DVD

Synopsis: 
From acclaimed writer-director Gerard Johnson (Hyena, Tony) comes a psychological thriller that’s dripping in sweat, tears and testosterone…

Muscle is the story of Simon (Cavan Clerkin, The Last Kingdom, The Capture) an unhappy, unambitious office worker whose life is gradually taken over by Terry (Craig Fairbrass, Villain, Rise of the Footsoldier) his new, hands-on personal trainer who reveals himself to be more committed, and more dangerous, than Simon could have ever imagined.

Simon isn’t living the life he wants. He’s tired of his dead-end job at a call centre – and he isn’t even any good at it. He and his girlfriend are painfully drifting apart, he’s sick of his life and it’s time to make a change and hit the gym. But everything spins out of control when he draws the attention of Terry, who offers to coach him, and quickly becomes his boss, friend and roommate. Soon, Simon finds himself trapped in a self-destructive spiral with every aspect of his life resting in Terry’s hands, and no way out. 

With searing energy, incredible performances and a new soundtrack by the legendary THE THE, Muscle is one of the most original, must-see British films of recent times.

Dazzler Media presents Muscle on Digital Download from 18th January and Blu-ray & DVD 1st February

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For your chance to win just answer the question below.

COMPETITION CLOSED

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1. Closing date 08-02-21
2. No alternative prize is available
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4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.
5. Entries that come directly from other websites will not be accepted.

Saturday 23 January 2021

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ teaser clips

 

The two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into uncharted terrain and unearths clues to the Titans’ origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever.

Cast

Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Alexander Skarsgård.


Friday 22 January 2021

Best on-screen disastrous duos!

From Homer Simpson to Joey Tribbianis, there's something undeniably great about watching a loveable idiot blunder their way through life. Now, times that childish chaos by two and what do you get? A disastrous duo! We all love a bit of double trouble and one iconic pair have been creating some new time-travelling turmoil recently. So, to celebrate the upcoming physical release of Bill & Ted Face The Music, we've created a list of our favourite on-screen disastrous duos.

Bill & Ted Face The Music is available on Digital NOW, Available on 4K, Blu-ray™, DVD & VOD on January 25th, https://amzn.to/3o8eQDL


    1.) Bill & Ted (and their equally disastrous daughters…) – Bill & Ted Face The Music

Best dudes Bill (Alex Winter) & Ted (Keanu Reeves) are disastrously dumb, yet completely lovable layabouts. Renowned for their time traveling adventures, this latest venture requires them to to write a song that will save the world from collapse. Transporting themselves through time to take the song from their future selves seems like the simplest option, but they soon discover they aren't living the successful lives that they would have hoped.

Despite their continued childish ways, the boys have done some growing up since their earlier films, meaning there's a new duo on the scene, their now grown-up daughters Billie & Thea. Despite their best efforts to help their Dad's save the world, they wind up in Hell, which we'd say is a fairly disastrous as far as disasters go…



    2.) Brennan Huff & Dale Doback – Step Brothers - https://amzn.to/3973OtX

Another duo well versed in the lazy lifestyle are Brennan (Will Ferrell) and Dale (John c. Reilly). 40, Unemployed, still living at home and firmly labelled – losers, their worlds collide when Dales mum and Brennan's Dad get married. The love birds move in together, big kids in tow, forcing the pair to become roommates. Like any siblings unwillingly existing in the same space, they despise one another, and each sets out to sabotage the day-to-day life of their new brother.

From dodgy job interviews to doggy do-dos, there's disaster around every bunk bed post. However, amongst the madness they discover a shared love of music, transforming their turbulent relationship into a blossoming bromance.


    3.) Greg Jenko & Morton Schmidt - 21 Jump Street - https://amzn.to/2YihU5T

Friends and colleges Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) and (Jonah Hill) are careless cops who are tasked with an undercover mission to bring down a synthetic drug ring at their old High School (what could possibly go wrong?) Just about everything it seems… faced with a series of shootouts and car chases that make a mockery of any serious action film, Jenko & Schmidt attempt to rewrite their High School experiences and iron out the screw ups of their past.

With a strong dose of bromance that makes the drug they're after look weak in comparison, the dynamic duo blunder through the operation, messing up their mission in a continuous spiral of catastrophe.



    4.) John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey - Wedding Crashers - https://amzn.to/2KHiIxS

John (Vince Vaughn) and Jeremy (Owen Wilson) are committed to two things - womanizing and each other. The pair lie and bribe their way into wedding receptions, in a bid to win over the female guests. A sport that spells trouble if we ever heard of one… the pair break hearts faster than you can say 'I do'. With a high-profile wedding on their radar, the friends embark upon their most mischievous mission yet.

When John meets the love of this life, things get a little rocky for the pair, and their wing-manning days seem to be over. But there's still plenty of hilarious hiccups to enjoy before either of these loveable idiots ties the knot.



    5.) Shaun & Ed - Shaun of the Dead - https://amzn.to/3988tvS

Let's go out with a bang, or a zombie apocalypse, because what could possibly be more disastrous than that? Shaun is a video game loving, pint drinking layabout, determined to win back his fed-up girlfriend Liz. Room mate Ed is equally as unambitious and together they make a pretty clueless pair, certainly not equipped to fight off an onslaught of zombies…

More frustrated by the realisation that they will have to leave their beloved Winchester pub, than concerned by the threat of being eaten alive, they are forced to protect their friends and family as the end of the world looms. Their already sloth-like states aren't too dissimilar to those of the brain-dead zombies, making this duo completely disastrous in the face of danger, and utterly hilarious to watch.

Bill & Ted Face The Music is available on Digital NOW, Available on 4K, Blu-ray™, DVD & VOD on January 25th

Interview with Derek Ting - Director and Writer of Agent Revelation

 

Written, directed by and starring Derek Ting,  AGENT REVELATION fixes on Jim Yung, a rejected CIA analyst, has been exposed to an ancient 'dust' that transforms him into a super soldier that can communicate with aliens. When a secret organization works with him to discover why aliens have returned to Earth, the truth comes at a price. The film is now available on digital from Quiver Distribution. 


Where does your love of filmmaking stem from?

Movies have always come from a simple sense of enjoyment and bonding with friends and family.  Growing up, my Dad rented movies at the local video store on Sundays, when he had off from work.  It got to the point where I had seen most movies in the entire store.


You obviously gravitate towards science-fiction  - --  I imagine it was either Star Wars or Star Trek that spurred the interest?

As a kid I was a Star Wars fan(of the originals).  It’s one of the best hero’s journey trilogies.  In college, I became a Star Trek The Next Generation fan.  Each episode tackles many of our real world’s problems in an engaging way.  I believe the world creation in Sci-Fi is the fun part.   You get to make up the rules.  The hard part is making it all make sense and work together seamlessly to tell a story.  I think that’s why a lot of the reboots have either been great, or flops.  You can’t just throw money at it.  It’s a skill that takes mastery.    


And would you say Agent Revelation is not only your grandest film but your most accomplished?

In terms of world creation, yes.  What should the Aliens and spaceship look like?  How should the physics of the energy behave: the wall, the weapons, the reservoir?  How about the Ash?  What about Jim’s powers?  What’s the science behind that?  What is this base?  What does it look like?  How do they live?   I tried to base it on real life instead of using preconstructed “sci-fi” looking sets that often mimic: Star Wars or Aliens.  For example, we shot at an actual genetics lab, because they are analyzing Jim’s blood, and I had a geneticist culture bacteria for us in an incubation gel. 


Who did you base the title character on?

I believe great characters and stories are grounded with some sort of reality we live in.       

I met up with a friend of mine from New York who was visiting Hong Kong where I have been based for the last 15 years, and he told me about meeting and finding his biological Mother for the first time as well evaluating how his life would have been had he not been adopted at the age of 8 years old.  He grew up rebellious in the United States, eventually being disowned by his adopted parents: not a phone call after turning 18.  Having grown up with loving protective parents all my life: a support system to pursue my dreams; the thought of having been abandoned twice by parents is a fascinating perspective.


Was it a conscious decision to have a richly diverse cast?

Yes, absolutely.  It’s always a risk, but I believe as Steve Jobs would say, “Stay Foolish” that in the end, diversity yields better stories, and therefore is better business despite what we’ve seen traditionally.     

Take the character Alastair for instance, my instinct is that we had seen this character before in movies, the tech CEO, to the point the actors are cast to look like an Elon Musk, or Steve Jobs, turtle neck and all.  But what if Alastair was like a Ken Chenault (The CEO of American Express)?  This to me is much more intriguing and unpredictable, and therefore, there’s a greater sense of suspense and mystery. 


You spend time between Los Angeles and Hong Kong – did the film shoot in both parts of the world?

We shot most of Agent Revelation entirely in Los Angeles vicinity.  So I had to fly back and forth to scout it, film it, and do post production.  However, interestingly enough, I’m writing Agent 3, and with the treatment(summary) done, I can tell you we will be filming in both Los Angeles and Hong Kong .



Thursday 21 January 2021

Wrong Turn (2021) - Trailer - Starring Matthew Modine & Emma Dumont

 

Synopsis: A chaotic fight for survival befalls a group of friends on the Appalachian trail in this iconic franchise reboot from the original creator Alan B. McElroy.

When a dream trip turns into a nightmare, one group of friends finds themselves at the mercy of an urban legend - The Foundation. As a freak accident drives the group deeper into the mountains, they find themselves succumbing one by one to hunting traps large enough to take out anyone that dares venture off the beaten path.

The group soon realises they are not alone and what happens next escalates into a gruesome game of survival, as those who called the mountain home respond to this outside threat with their own swift and brutal justice.

Starring Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) and rising star Emma Dumont (The Gifted). Directed by award-winning director Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) and written by Alan B. McElroy (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers). WRONG TURN is produced by Robert Kulzer (Resident Evil: Extinction)

What Lies Below - Trailer - Starring Mena Suvari

 

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Synopsis:

A Quiet Place meets Species.

#MenaSuvari faces aquatic horrors in this tense, original and sexy sci-fi thriller. Sixteen-year-old Libby returns from summer camp to the surprise introduction of her Mum's chiselled fiancée, John Smith, who emerges from the backyard lake.

When John ignites an inappropriate curiosity in Libby her suspicions are escalated when, one night, she wakes to a piercing, amber light from the depths of the lake outside. She spots John on the shore, basking in the luminance, until he walks into the water, completely submerges and then.... disappears.

Libby quickly uncovers his true nature and sinister motive, but will she be able to protect her Mother who clings to his infectious charm.

The Owners - Trailer - Starring Sylvester McCoy, and Swinging Sixties icon Rita Tushingham

 
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Synopsis:

Get ready for a super tense and shockingly fresh twist on home invasion with THE OWNERS. The seventh ‘Doctor Who’, Sylvester McCoy, and Swinging Sixties icon Rita Tushingham (Doctor Zhivago, A Taste of Honey) take on Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones Arya Stark) in a super entertaining new horror adapted from the graphic novel ‘Une Nuit de Pleine Lune’ from legendary creators Hermann and Yves H. 

One night in 1990s rural England, a retired couple finds their isolated house besieged by a gang of young criminals. The thieves think it will be easy to make them give up the secret of their safe. But they have no idea the nightmare they’ve gotten into and soon need to fight to escape the house alive. Also starring Ian Kenny (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Jake Curran (Maze Runner: The Death Cure). Original Soundtrack by Never Not Nothing. 

THE OWNERS was adapted for screen and directed by Julius Berg (La Forêt) in what Empire Magazine calls “an astonishingly assured feature debut.”

Falling for Figaro Trailer - Coming to Cinemas 2021

 

From acclaimed director Ben Lewin (The Sessions), FALLING FOR FIGARO is a romantic comedy set in the fierce world of opera singing competitions, starring Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’, Patti Cake$, Skin) and Joanna Lumley (Me Before You, The Wolf of Wall Street, Absolutely Fabulous).

Millie (Macdonald) is a brilliant young fund manager, who leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer…in the Scottish Highlands! She begins intense vocal training lessons with renowned but fearsome singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop (Lumley). It is there she meets Max, another of Meghan’s students who is also training for the upcoming “Singer of Renown” contest. What begins as a brutal competition between Millie and Max slowly turns into something more…

FALLING FOR FIGARO CINEMAS 2021

Monday 18 January 2021

Running Naked - Film Premiere on World Cancer Day 4 Feb, release on 8 Feb, stars Matthew McNulty, Andrew Gower, Rakhee Thakrar & Tamzin Merchant


Starring:  Matthew McNulty (Deadwater Fell, The Syndicate), Andrew Gower (Black Mirror, Outlander) Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education, Eastenders), Tamzin Merchant (Carnival Row, The Tudors)

Making its UK Premiere on World Cancer Day RUNNING NAKED is a wonderful new British feature from Emmy winning director Victor Buhler (Rikers High, The Negotiators), that’s guaranteed to make you laugh and cry.

A story with cancer at its heart – yet so very much more, the film stars Matthew McNulty (The Terror, Misfits) and Andrew Gower (The Village, Being Human) as two friends who bond during their teenage cancer treatment and become lifelong buddies…but must face a challenge that leads to a life-changing adventure.

Filmed on location in Stoke on Trent, Manchester and Wolverhampton, Running Naked had its World Premiere at the Beijing Film Festival, to a rapturous response, and is now set for its UK premiere on 4th February 2021, with its digital release on 8th February 2021 courtesy of Now Films with a portion of all profits donated to Teenage Cancer Trust and Weston Park Hospital.

When Ben (Gower) and Mark (McNulty) meet in hospital while undergoing leukaemia treatment, they become inseparable.  Their wild boyish pranks on the ward may drive the doctors to distraction but it helps take their minds off their precarious state of health.

Skip forward 20 years and their lives have taken different directions…Mark has forged a successful career as a doctor, while Ben is in a dead-end job with debilitating obsessive tendencies. But they have always maintained their friendship and never fail to meet for their regular catch ups. When Mark receives some shocking news, he’s forced to re-evaluate his life and the two men embark on an adventure. As their exploits grow more dramatic, a secret Mark has been hiding comes to light and forces Ben to question everything he knows.

Written by Victor Buhler, Jennifer Knowles and Michael Knowles, the story is a heartfelt and moving tale that draws on Jennifer Knowles’ personal experience as a cancer survivor, that balances humour, emotion and drama in equal measure.

In a world where cancer affects so many lives Running Naked brings a positive and hopeful message to everyone and anyone whose life has been touched by the disease.

Notes: On 4th February 2021 Running Naked will hold  its UK premiere, this will be an online at ourscreen's Virtual Cinema and we hope the planned UK Premiere screening at the Film Theatre, Stoke on Trent, goes ahead subject to Covid restrictions. Should this not be possible we plan to run live screenings once circumstances allow. A portion of all profits raised will be donated to the Charities involved which are Teenage Cancer Trust and Weston Park Hospital.

Released on digital Monday 8th February

COMPETITION: Win The Wacky Hen on DVD


The Wacky Hen is released on DVD 25th January 

And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to give away on DVD

Synopsis: 
The Wacky Hen tells the story of a hen trying to find her place in the world and how, thanks to her unique talents, she is able to overcome her fears and set off on a great adventure allowing her to be reunited with the ones she loves. 

With lively animation, plus characters and music that audiences will love, The Wacky Hen is a fresh adventure for the whole family.

Dazzler Media presents animated family adventure The Wacky Hen on DVD & Digital from 25th January.

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COMPETITION CLOSED

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1. Closing date 01-02-21
2. No alternative prize is available
3. When the competition ends as indicated on this page, any and all entries received after this point will not count and emails blacklisted due to not checking this page first.
4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.



COMPETITION: Win LX 2048 on Blu-ray



LX 2048 Blu-ray is released on Blu-ray and DVD 15th February

And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray

Synopsis: 
In the near future, the sun has become so toxic that people can no longer leave their houses in daytime, and normal life is conducted mostly inside the virtual realm. Against this dystopian backdrop, a dying man seeks to ensure the future wellbeing of his family, while coping with what it means to be human in this new reality.

From writer-director Guy Moshe (Bunraku, Holly), LX 2048 is a powerful, thought-provoking sci-fi starring James D’Arcy (Dunkirk, Agent Carter), Anna Brewster (Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Versaille), Gina McKee (Catherine the Great, Bodyguard) and Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods, The Good Fight).

Dazzler Media presents LX 2048 on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Download 15th February 2021

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COMPETITION CLOSED

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1. Closing date 15-02-21
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3. When the competition ends as indicated on this page, any and all entries received after this point will not count and emails blacklisted due to not checking this page first.
4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.


Friday 15 January 2021

The Sinners - UK Trailer 2021 - stars Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Coates, Brenna Llewellyn, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro, Michael Eklund, and Tahmoh Pinikett.

Se7en meets The Craft, The Sinners is simmering thriller full of suspense and style.

When a clique of seven students at a popular Catholic high school, led by the daughter of a local pastor, form a secret cut where each of them embody one of the deadly seven sins, their scandalous behaviour catches the attention of the local community. The group quickly realise that someone in their Evangelical Christian town wants to teach the girls a deadly lesson as they start to go missing, one by one. But is this the result of a falling out between the girls, or is it something far more sinister?

Click, clique, bang!

The Sinners stars Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Coates, Brenna Llewellyn, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro, Michael Eklund, and Tahmoh Pinikett.

Thursday 14 January 2021

Cinedigm Releases Hitchcockian Erotic Thriller “X” on Digital & DVD Feb. 9th


Armed only with masquerade masks and invitations, guests arrive at a seaside house for a charity ball hosted by a mysterious foundation. With identities hidden from their fellow party goers, they take in the sinful surroundings of the evening with their charming host Christian, known as X. When a voyeuristic video reveals a violent crime, Christian must decide if the truth is worth exposing the world she has created.

iTunes: https://apple.co/3qd8zIm

Wednesday 13 January 2021

BROIL - UK TRAILER 2021 - Starring Timothy V. Murphy & Jonathan Lipnicki

 

BROIL - UK TRAILER 2021 - Starring Timothy V. Murphy & Jonathan Lipnicki

From the Producer of IT FOLLOWS comes a killer family reunion not to be missed.

Chance (Avery Konrad) is looking to sever ties with family for good. Easier said than done when your family is a clan of immortals run by a bloodthirsty patriarch (Timothy V Murphy). With a reunion on the cards, head of the family August finds himself in the crosshairs as his scheming wife and relatives attempt to dethrone him.

A meal 5,000 years in the making and the most dangerous person in the house may be the one everyone least suspects.

Summer of '72 - UK Trailer 2021 - Starring Natalia Dyer & Devon Bostick

 

Available on digital platforms from February 1st. 

A beautiful yet relevant romance about love and diversity in an allegory of America today, starring Stranger Thing’s Natalia Dyer. 

1972. War protests and racial tension sizzle in the late summer heat of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Recent college grad Billy (Devon Bostick) spends the summer working on the grounds of an asylum run by his psychiatrist father (Tate Donovan). As Billy falls for Virginia (Natalia Dyer), a patient at his father’s institute, his best friend Nigel (Marchánt Davis) becomes involved with a radical civil rights activist against Tuscaloosa's power elite - including Billy's father.

Summer of ’72 is a film with youthful romance and overtones of social unrest that tackle the difficult topics that are as relevant in today's world as they were in 1972.

Son of the South - Official Trailer - Starring: Lucas Till, Lex Scott Davis and Lucy Hale

 

SON OF THE SOUTH is the true story of one young alt- left Southerner in the Summer of 1969, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on. As Rosa Parks told Bob, "Not choosing is a choice." It's the story of someone fighting against social injustice, repression, and violence, someone who transformed himself in order to help change the world around him.

 Starring: Lucas Till, Lex Scott Davis and Lucy Hale

Wonder Woman 1984 - 10 Minute Preview

 

Wonder Woman 84 is available to watch from your own home

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Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah.  

With director Patty Jenkins back at the helm and Gal Gadot returning in the title role, “Wonder Woman 1984” is Warner Bros. Pictures’ follow up to the DC Super Hero’s first outing, 2017’s record-breaking “Wonder Woman,” which took in $822 million at the worldwide box office.  The film also stars Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Kristen Wiig as The Cheetah, Pedro Pascal as Max Lord, Robin Wright as Antiope, and Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta.

Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot and Stephen Jones are producing the film.  Rebecca Steel Roven Oakley, Richard Suckle, Marianne Jenkins, Geoff Johns, Walter Hamada, Chantal Nong Vo and Wesley Coller are the executive producers.

Patty Jenkins directed from a screenplay she wrote with Geoff Johns & David Callaham, story by Jenkins & Johns, based on characters from DC.  Joining the director behind the scenes are several members of her “Wonder Woman” team, including director of photography Matthew Jensen, Oscar-nominated production designer Aline Bonetto (“Amélie”), and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (“Topsy-Turvy”).  Oscar-nominated editor Richard Pearson (“United 93”) is cutting the film.  The music is by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“Dunkirk,” “The Lion King”).

Tuesday 12 January 2021

Bliss - Official Trailer - Starring Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper

 

Written and Directed by Mike Cahill

Produced by James D. Stern

Starring Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper

Bliss is a mind-bending love story following Greg (Owen Wilson) who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel (Salma Hayek), a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is nothing but a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

103 Minutes | Cert TBC

The United States vs. Billie Holiday - Trailer

 

A FILM BY LEE DANIELS

STARRING ANDRA DAY AS BILLIE HOLIDAY

NAACP Image Award® Nominee Trevante Rhodes and Emmy® Nominee Natasha Lyonne co-star along with Garrett Hedlund, Miss Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Tyler James Williams, Tone Bell, and Erik LaRay Harvey.

The legendary Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe. Beginning in the 1940’s in New York City, the federal government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad,

“Strange Fruit.” Led by Oscar® nominated director Lee Daniels and introducing Grammy® nominated singer-songwriter Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday unapologetically presents the icon’s complicated, irrepressible life. Screenplay writer Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, pens this intimate tale of a fierce trailblazer whose defiance through music helped usher in the civil rights movement.

THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY – COMING SOON


TRAILER: Award Winning Psychological Thriller, HELP, created during lockdown

Set for release summer 2021, HELP follows Grace, who after a painful break up visits her friend Liv who is living in the idyllic English countryside with her boyfriend Edward and his dog Polly. The trio start the weekend in high spirits but dark revelations soon cascade the weekend into chaos.

Shot in just 12 days during lockdown with a cast & crew of only 20 people, HELP is an exciting example of the high quality films that can be produced despite this difficult time.

The film stars an incredible up and coming cast including, Louis James (The English Teacher), Emily Redpath (Romeo & Juliet) and Sarah Alexandra Marks (Glamour) as well as cameo performance from British boyband legend Duncan James from Blue!

The cast are already receiving critical acclaim for their performances, with Film Threat giving it their recommendation and Rome's independent film awards, Prisma, describing the film as a 'tense and dark tale, at times disturbing but always seductive'.
 
Director Blake Ridder said "It still hasn't quite sunk in yet that we made a film during a lockdown 2 months ago, and now it's ready for release. Not only that, it's also getting so much love from the festivals, it's a great feeling. I can't wait for everyone to see this. The film explores human relationships in its rawest form. "


Interview with documentary filmmaker Paul Allen Hunton

Paul Allen Hunton, General Manager of Texas Tech Public Media, and a 3 time Emmy winning nonfiction filmmaker, tells us about his versatile, admirable career and film work.


Hey Paul, can you tell us a bit about Texas Tech Public Media?

Sure, we are a public media hub that broadcasts and streams NPR and PBS throughout West Texas. We focus on serving our communities but also telling stories that connect to all people. We love documentary filmmaking because it helps teach people about the world around them and their place in it. It is important to discover new places, people, thoughts, and ideas, as it helps you empathize with others. That's what we strive for, to create empathy for others through the stories we tell.


How many of the films releasing through the company did you direct?

I've directed lots of shorts, created some TV shows, but have directed 2 feature length documentaries with a few more on the way. Between Earth and Sky is about climate change in the arctic of Alaska and how it effects native people. Narratives of Modern Genocide is about the survivors of modern genocide and what their stories can teach us about the world.


You gravitate towards documentaries but is there a certain type – or subject -  of documentary that you find you gravitate towards?

I've done a lot of didactic, interview based documentary. Lately I've been more interested in art documentaries, or more specifically, documentaries that tell stories through abstract visuals and ideas of image, sound, and perspective.


Can you tell us about some of the research, and researchers conducting it, involved in the film?

We worked with the Baylor genocide oral history project, the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, as well as the researchers in the movie, Ron Milam, Aliza Wong, and other professors. We leaned on their expertise to better understand genocide in history and in the present time.


What do you believe is the film's significance?

The film tells the story of former Ambassador to the UN under President George W. Bush, Sichan Siv, and Gilbert Tuhabonye. Both survived genocides in their home countries of Cambodia and Burundi. Both are strong survivors who succeeded greatly for themselves after an arduous journey to America. They both embody the American dream, to come to this country and work hard and find your place, it is a pretty special thing. They also teach us something about survival, what it means to survive and continue living. I think that's important.  


What happened to Tuhabonye wasn't that long ago. How do you feel he and Siv have recovered since their ordeal?

I wouldn't want to answer for them, but I'd say through my experience working with them that the tragedies and pain they've endured will be with them forever. Yet, somehow they've survived and continue to show strength, hope, love and inspiration.


NARRATIVES OF MODERN GENOCIDE is now available on DVD and Digital

Monday 11 January 2021

COMPETITION: Win The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud on DVD



The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud is released on Blu-ray and DVD 18th January 

And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 2 copies to give away on DVD

Synopsis: 
Forget Fortnite, step away from Among Us, switch off the console and step back in time for the crazy, retro-gaming, rip-roaring sci-fi comedy adventure THE INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURES  OF MAX CLOUD.

Dive into the action with plucky gamer Sarah (Isabelle Allen) and follow her misadventures as she accidentally becomes a character in her favourite video game. Taking on the avatar of Jake (Elliot James Langridge), she teams up with kickass action hero Max Cloud (Scott Adkins), and his trusty side-kicks as they do battle to save the world. The film pays homage to movies of the 80s and early 90s and is totally shameless, action, sci-fi fun.

Directed by Martin Owen (Let’s Be Evil, Twist) who co-wrote with Sally Collett, The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud is released on digital on 18 January 2021, alongside DVD and Blu-ray formats, courtesy of 101 Films and (Yet) Another Distribution Company.

Brooklyn, 1990. When gamer Sarah is transported beyond the screen and into her most played game, she finds herself trapped on intergalactic prison planet Heinous, home to the most dangerous villains in the galaxy, including the bizarre Revengor (John Hannah) and evil sorceress Shee (Lashana Lynch). The only way to escape is to complete the levels. Teaming up with space hero, Max Cloud, they must take on terrifying tyrants with a little help from her not-so-savvy best friend, Cowboy (Franz Drameh), controlling the console from her bedroom. Will they finish the game...or is Sarah destined to remain a 16-bit character forever?

Sit down, plug in, and get ready for a gaming experience like no other.

Released on digital, DVD & Blu-ray Monday 18th January 2021

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Friday 8 January 2021

Sylvie's Love - Official Trailer - Starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Aja Naomi King, Jemima Kirke, Tone Bell, Alano Miller, with Wendi Mclendon-Covey and Eva Longoria


Written and Directed by Eugene Ashe

Starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Aja Naomi King, Jemima Kirke, Tone Bell, Alano Miller, with Wendi Mclendon-Covey and Eva Longoria 

In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), who dreams of a career in television, spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war. When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same. Writer/director Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.

110 Minutes | Rated PG-13 (USA)

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The Capote Tapes - New Release Date and Trailer - 29th January


In the 35 years since his death, Truman Capote has remained a source of curiosity to many. His works, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, have maintained their place in the literary canon of great twentieth century American literature and still appeal to readers across the globe today.

Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote's greatest masterpiece, an epic portrait of NYC's glittering jet-set society. Instead, it sparked his downfall. Through never before heard audio archive and interviews with Capote's friends and enemies, this intimate documentary reveals the rise and fall of one America's most iconic writers.

With unprecedented access to access to George Plimpton’s taped interviews for his biography, Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. The documentary features interviews with Dick Cavett, André Leon Talley, Jay McInerney & Dotson Rader and introduces audiences to Kate Harrington, who the daughter of one of his lovers, John O’Shea, and in which Capote served in a surrogate father role. Previously never disclosing any details before, Kate opens up about living life with Truman Capote during this period, and shines a new light on his character through their close relationship. 

The film’s director Ebs Burnough has nearly two decades of public and private sector experience. He served as an Advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama during the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign as well as, serving as Deputy White House Social Secretary to the President and First Lady during the Obama’s first term in the White House. He has also

held a variety of senior level positions in legislative and electoral campaigns on behalf of elected officials and organised labour; including Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, former Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland, U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York and The Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

The Capote Tapes will be available at altitude.film and on all digital platforms across the UK and Ireland from 29 January

Certificate TBC / Running time 91 Minutes



Thursday 7 January 2021

Music - UK Trailer - 2021 - Kate Hudson Film from Sia


Yours to own from February 15. From Signature Entertainment.

MUSIC is the directorial debut from multi-Grammy Award nominee, global icon and superstar SIA. The film stars Academy Award® nominee #KateHudson (Almost Famous), Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) and Sia-protégé and breakout star Maddie Ziegler as well as Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers) and Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation).

MUSIC follows a ‘newly sober woman (Hudson) figuring out her place in the world when she learns she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music (Ziegler), a young girl on the autism spectrum. MUSIC is about the magic that can happen when someone who cannot speak with words finds people who can listen with their hearts.


Come Away - UK Trailer 2021 - Angelina Jolie - Family Adventure


Discover the magic at home, February 5th

Directed by Brenda Chapman, the Oscar™-winning director and co-writer of Pixar’s Brave, COME AWAY is a whimsical and inspiring British made live-action fairy-tale and an ingeniously conceived prequel to two of the world’s most beloved and enduring pieces of children’s literature Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

Starring Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Anna Chancellor, Michael Caine, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Reece Yates, the film follows the adventures of siblings Alice and Peter who transform into Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland in a bid to help their parents overcome the tragedy of losing their eldest son.

Peter and Alice find strength in the power of their imaginations and set off on a real adventure to try and rescue the family - escaping to a destiny of eternal boyhood in the distant isle of Neverland - whilst Alice delves into a world of Wonderland.


WIN BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC ON DVD


OWN IT ON DIGITAL FROM JANUARY 9TH, 4K, BLU-RAY™ & DVD JANUARY 25TH 

Get ready to bring some excellence home!

The future awaits when “Bill & Ted Face the Music” arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. Directed by Dean Parisot and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, “Bill & Ted Face the Music” see’s Keanu Reeves (“The Matrix” films, “John Wick” films) and Alex Winter (the “Bill & Ted” films) reprise their roles as the respective title characters in the third film in the Bill & Ted franchise.

The stakes are higher than ever for the time-travelling exploits of William ‘Bill’ S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore ‘Ted’ Logan (Keanu Reeves). Yet to fulfil their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends — to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe.

To celebrate the release there will also be an HMV Exclusive Three Film Collection which for the first time includes Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey on Blu-ray in the UK. “Bill & Ted – The Most Excellent Collection” also includes the 4K restoration of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure on Blu-ray disc. A fan collection not to be missed. 

For your chance to win a Bill & Ted Face The Music on DVD, simply answer the following question:

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Bill & Ted Face The Music is available on Digital from January 9th

And on 4K, Blu-rayTM, DVD & VOD on January 25th

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1. Closing date 25-01-21

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3. When the competition ends as indicated on this page, any and all entries received after this point will not count and emails blacklisted due to not checking this page first.

4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.

Wednesday 6 January 2021

Locked Down - Trailer - Starring Anne Hathaway

 

When the world is locked down, they’ll find their ticket out. See Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Locked Down. Coming soon.

Just as they decide to separate, Linda (Anne Hathaway) and Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) find life has other plans when they are stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown. Co-habitation is proving to be a challenge, but fueled by poetry and copious amounts of wine, it will bring them closer together in the most surprising way.