Young Arthur – bullied at school and struggling with his dad Johnny Vegas – seeks sanctuary at his local pool
Sheffield-based YouTuber Luke Cutforth here ventures into – that dread phrase – long-form content, with a thin slip of YA fantasy (drawn from a novel by Caroline Smailes) about a humiliated schoolboy retrieved from the brink of self-sacrifice. Cutforth clearly knows his way around a camera, which isn’t always the case at the industry’s lower-budget end; with cinematographer Josh Winslade, he makes atmospheric use of his primary location, Manchester’s Victoria Baths, recast as an abandoned spa. Yet the pacing proves sluggish, and the adaptation broadly unpersuasive: a fifth-former’s creative writing assignment, with clunky exposition and potential elements of autobiography that elicit sporadic cringes.
Cutforth has engineered one noteworthy casting coup. We know young Arthur (James Tarpey) has it bad because he’s being raised by Johnny Vegas, welded into a...
Sheffield-based YouTuber Luke Cutforth here ventures into – that dread phrase – long-form content, with a thin slip of YA fantasy (drawn from a novel by Caroline Smailes) about a humiliated schoolboy retrieved from the brink of self-sacrifice. Cutforth clearly knows his way around a camera, which isn’t always the case at the industry’s lower-budget end; with cinematographer Josh Winslade, he makes atmospheric use of his primary location, Manchester’s Victoria Baths, recast as an abandoned spa. Yet the pacing proves sluggish, and the adaptation broadly unpersuasive: a fifth-former’s creative writing assignment, with clunky exposition and potential elements of autobiography that elicit sporadic cringes.
Cutforth has engineered one noteworthy casting coup. We know young Arthur (James Tarpey) has it bad because he’s being raised by Johnny Vegas, welded into a...
- 9/5/2022
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: London-based sales outfit 7&7 Producer’s Sales Service has set The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, the debut feature from popular YouTube star Luke Cutforth, for international release next month in the UK, Australia, and Scandinavia via international content distributor Rights Booster Ltd.
The film, which picked up the award for Best UK Feature at the 2021 Raindance Film Festival, will also be released in North America via Kaczmarek Digital Media Group.
Based on Caroline Smailes’ 2013 cult novel of the same name, the flick follows an awkward, heavily bullied schoolboy from a dysfunctional home who encounters first love, mystery, and danger when he discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in a magical abandoned Victorian public swimming pool.
The film stars James Tarpey as Arthur, Rebecca Hanssen as Delphina the water nymph, and British comedian and actor Johnny Vegas (who also serves as the film’s executive producer) in the heart-wrenching role of...
The film, which picked up the award for Best UK Feature at the 2021 Raindance Film Festival, will also be released in North America via Kaczmarek Digital Media Group.
Based on Caroline Smailes’ 2013 cult novel of the same name, the flick follows an awkward, heavily bullied schoolboy from a dysfunctional home who encounters first love, mystery, and danger when he discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in a magical abandoned Victorian public swimming pool.
The film stars James Tarpey as Arthur, Rebecca Hanssen as Delphina the water nymph, and British comedian and actor Johnny Vegas (who also serves as the film’s executive producer) in the heart-wrenching role of...
- 8/24/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The completed film is directed by YouTube star Luke Cutforth.
London-based 7&7 Producers’ Sales Service has acquired worldwide rights to The Drowning Of Arthur Braxton, the completed debut directorial feature of UK YouTube star Luke Cutforth.
The film is an adaptation of Caroline Smailes’ 2013 novel of the same name, and is a coming-of-age story about a bullied schoolboy who encounters first love when he discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in an abandoned Victorian swimming pool.
It stars James Tarpey, Rebecca Hanssen and Johnny Vegas, who is also an executive producer.
The film shot back in 2016, produced by Joshua Winslade for the UK’s Fireflight Film.
London-based 7&7 Producers’ Sales Service has acquired worldwide rights to The Drowning Of Arthur Braxton, the completed debut directorial feature of UK YouTube star Luke Cutforth.
The film is an adaptation of Caroline Smailes’ 2013 novel of the same name, and is a coming-of-age story about a bullied schoolboy who encounters first love when he discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in an abandoned Victorian swimming pool.
It stars James Tarpey, Rebecca Hanssen and Johnny Vegas, who is also an executive producer.
The film shot back in 2016, produced by Joshua Winslade for the UK’s Fireflight Film.
- 4/27/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Among new monster hunters and important political figures, it seems that the second season of Netflix’s The Witcher is also looking to depict Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia.
While Geralt’s first outing did a good job of setting up the world of the Continent and its many inhabitants, there are still a lot of characters and important players that have yet to make their debut. Take Queen Meve, for instance, the fearless ruler of Lyria and Rivia who, at every step of the second Northern War, managed to keep the Nilfgaardian armies at bay.
The character is an important figure later on in the story of the White Wolf, but it appears that the show’s producers want to introduce her a little earlier. In fact, according to a new report by Redanian Intelligence, a reliable outlet dedicated to covering news and rumors of the Witcher world,...
While Geralt’s first outing did a good job of setting up the world of the Continent and its many inhabitants, there are still a lot of characters and important players that have yet to make their debut. Take Queen Meve, for instance, the fearless ruler of Lyria and Rivia who, at every step of the second Northern War, managed to keep the Nilfgaardian armies at bay.
The character is an important figure later on in the story of the White Wolf, but it appears that the show’s producers want to introduce her a little earlier. In fact, according to a new report by Redanian Intelligence, a reliable outlet dedicated to covering news and rumors of the Witcher world,...
- 11/27/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
The stepchildren are genuinely terrific in this switch on the usual dynamic where the stepmother is the bad guy
Inaccurately titled horror film The Unfamiliar purees together an assortment of tired tropes with just enough originality and admirable craftsmanship to make 89 minutes of jump scares and twists visible from outer space reasonably bearable. Its first move is to make us wonder whether main protagonist Izzy (Jemima West), a British army doctor just home from Afghanistan, is really picking up on weird supernatural shenanigans in her rural home or suffering from acute post-traumatic stress disorder. Something definitely doesn’t seem right with her husband Ethan (Christopher Dane) who has suddenly shifted away from studying Polynesian totems (there’s a particularly scary looking one in the baby’s bedroom) in favour of writing children’s fiction. Meanwhile, her pre-adolescent son (Harry McMillan-Hunt) seems to be hiding secrets, and her adolescent daughter (Rebecca Hanssen) is acting just like,...
Inaccurately titled horror film The Unfamiliar purees together an assortment of tired tropes with just enough originality and admirable craftsmanship to make 89 minutes of jump scares and twists visible from outer space reasonably bearable. Its first move is to make us wonder whether main protagonist Izzy (Jemima West), a British army doctor just home from Afghanistan, is really picking up on weird supernatural shenanigans in her rural home or suffering from acute post-traumatic stress disorder. Something definitely doesn’t seem right with her husband Ethan (Christopher Dane) who has suddenly shifted away from studying Polynesian totems (there’s a particularly scary looking one in the baby’s bedroom) in favour of writing children’s fiction. Meanwhile, her pre-adolescent son (Harry McMillan-Hunt) seems to be hiding secrets, and her adolescent daughter (Rebecca Hanssen) is acting just like,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Tagline: "Some Fears Haunt Your from Within." The Unfamiliar is a horror thriller from the United Kingdom. Completed earlier this year, this title has been developed by South African director Henk Pretorius (Leading Lady). And, The Unfamiliar deals with an British Army doctor who returns from war, believing that she has Ptsd. But, something else lurks in her new abode. This title is set for a Summer and Fall release, with Jemima West (The Borgias), Christopher Dane ("Eastenders") and Rebecca Hanssen starring. The film's new trailer is hosted here. The clip shows a young woman at a piano. Events take a strange turn when the woman has an accident. Then, all sorts of shadows emerge from this isolated home. The Unfamiliar will host several releases, internationally. First, the film will show in the United States, on August 21st (Digital). Then, this indie title will show in the United Kingdom on...
- 7/24/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Dark Matter Studios have today announced the release of The Unfamiliar, a thrilling new British film directed by Henk Pretorius and starring Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Harry McMillan-Hunt.
The Unfamiliar tells the story of British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, who returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
The Unfamiliar will be available on digital platforms on 11th September 2020. Check out the trailer and poster below:...
The Unfamiliar tells the story of British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, who returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
The Unfamiliar will be available on digital platforms on 11th September 2020. Check out the trailer and poster below:...
- 7/23/2020
- by Kat Wheat
- Nerdly
"Whatever happens, stay calm." Vertical Ent. has unveiled a trailer for the indie horror thriller titled The Unfamiliar, the latest from South African-born, Britain-based filmmaker Henk Pretorius. This is heading straight-to-vod next month for anyone curious. Jemima West stars as a British Army doctor who returns home from a war, thinking that she has Ptsd only to discover that there is a more daunting malevolence at work making the life that she knew unfamiliar. A demon, perhaps? The cast includes Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Harry McMillan-Hunt, Rachel Lin, and Tori Butler-Hart. Oh this looks creepy as hell! All those subtle spooky things in the background. Seems like an homage to Insidious in a good way. Here's the new official US trailer (+ poster) for Henk Pretorius' The Unfamiliar, direct from YouTube: A British Army doctor (Jemima West) comes back from a war, thinking that she has Ptsd only to discover...
- 7/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Dark Matters Studios has debuted a new trailer for upcoming horror ‘The Unfamiliar’.
British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
Directed by Henk Pretorius, the film stars Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Harry McMillan-Hunt.
Also in trailers – Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe star in trailer for ‘Hard Kill’
The film is released on Digital platforms from September 11th.
The post Haunting new trailer arrives for ‘The Unfamiliar’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
British Army Doctor, Elizabeth “Izzy” Cormack, returns from war to rekindle her relationship with her estranged family. Izzy notices numerous inexplicable activities in her house that her husband believes are due to her suffering from Ptsd as a consequence of war. Izzy militantly pieces the daunting puzzle together to reveal a terrifying, invisible enemy that has infested her entire family. In a heroic attempt to save her family, she is pulled into a dark underworld in Hawaii to explore ancient mythology.
Directed by Henk Pretorius, the film stars Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Rachel Lin and Harry McMillan-Hunt.
Also in trailers – Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe star in trailer for ‘Hard Kill’
The film is released on Digital platforms from September 11th.
The post Haunting new trailer arrives for ‘The Unfamiliar’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 7/22/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Tagline: "Some Fears Haunt You from Within." The Unfamiliar is a supernatural thriller. From director Henk Pretorius (Leading Lady), the film follows a British Army doctor, with Ptsd. When Elizabeth settles into her home, both spirits and troubling memories begin to haunt her. The film was co-written by Jennifer Nicole Stang. And, The Unfamiliar stars: Jemima West ("The Borgias"), Christopher Dane and Rebecca Hanssen. A newish poster was released for the film, along with some release details. The film was produced by Dark Matter, in the United Kingdom. As well, a few territories have announced distribution plans. Vertical Entertainment will show the film in North America. Meanwhile, Lionsgate and Quantify Distribution Limited will be hosting the UK release. There are also plans to show the film in South Africa. A worldwide roll-out of The Unfamiliar is underway. The Unfamiliar next appearance will be held at Cannes. Held virtually this year,...
- 6/4/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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