This past weekend, Hollywood celebrated the 7th annual Turner Classic Movie Film Festival, and this year’s slate of films did not disappoint.
Shown over 4 days and in multiple theaters along Hollywood Boulevard, the festival continues to draw bigger and bigger crowds each year.
This year’s festival treated classic film fans to over 70 movies and special guests, including Angela Lansbury, Faye Dunaway, Rita Moreno, Francis Ford Coppola, and Carl Reiner – just to name a few.
With so many films showing, its hard to choose what to see, but Wamg attended a few of the classics, along with some special presentations.
Field Of Dreams (1989)
The story goes that while Kevin Costner was filming Bull Durham (1988) he came across the script for Field of Dreams. Producers weren’t holding out for him because they assumed he wouldn’t want to do 2 “baseball movies” in a row. And thank god they were wrong.
Shown over 4 days and in multiple theaters along Hollywood Boulevard, the festival continues to draw bigger and bigger crowds each year.
This year’s festival treated classic film fans to over 70 movies and special guests, including Angela Lansbury, Faye Dunaway, Rita Moreno, Francis Ford Coppola, and Carl Reiner – just to name a few.
With so many films showing, its hard to choose what to see, but Wamg attended a few of the classics, along with some special presentations.
Field Of Dreams (1989)
The story goes that while Kevin Costner was filming Bull Durham (1988) he came across the script for Field of Dreams. Producers weren’t holding out for him because they assumed he wouldn’t want to do 2 “baseball movies” in a row. And thank god they were wrong.
- 5/3/2016
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Director Richard Bracewell chats to us about Bill, and the behind the scenes struggle to bring it to the screen.
Regular readers of Den Of Geek will well know that we're sizeable fans of the comedy Bill. It's available on DVD now, and we can't recommend it highly enough.
What wasn't so well known at the time of its release was that Bill went through a distributor change last year, which at one stage looked like it might derail a wide cinema release, and thus keep the movie away from many people's eyeballs. We thus spoke to director Richard Bracewell about the film, and the behind the scenes story of just what was going on...
Can we dig into the untold story underpinning Bill? In particular, the problems that most didn't see, about simply getting the film released? Can you take us through what happened? Because we...
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Director Richard Bracewell chats to us about Bill, and the behind the scenes struggle to bring it to the screen.
Regular readers of Den Of Geek will well know that we're sizeable fans of the comedy Bill. It's available on DVD now, and we can't recommend it highly enough.
What wasn't so well known at the time of its release was that Bill went through a distributor change last year, which at one stage looked like it might derail a wide cinema release, and thus keep the movie away from many people's eyeballs. We thus spoke to director Richard Bracewell about the film, and the behind the scenes story of just what was going on...
Can we dig into the untold story underpinning Bill? In particular, the problems that most didn't see, about simply getting the film released? Can you take us through what happened? Because we...
- 2/18/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Next year’s full to bursting with potentially brilliant geek films, so to help, here’s our pick of 25 must-see movies out in 2015…
Compiling a list of next year's most exciting films is extremely difficult. What do you put in? What do you leave out? Those are some of the questions we've had to ask ourselves as we drew up the long-list of our most anticipated films of 2015. In an attempt to limit the number of sequels which can fill up a list such as this, we've left out something like Fast & Furious 7, even though we're fairly sure it'll be a lot of fun. With but two significant exceptions, we've excluded some of the films we were looking forward to this year that have been delayed until the next, such as Kingsman: The Secret Service and Frankenstein.
What we're left with, we hope, is a fairly broad selection of action and comedy,...
Compiling a list of next year's most exciting films is extremely difficult. What do you put in? What do you leave out? Those are some of the questions we've had to ask ourselves as we drew up the long-list of our most anticipated films of 2015. In an attempt to limit the number of sequels which can fill up a list such as this, we've left out something like Fast & Furious 7, even though we're fairly sure it'll be a lot of fun. With but two significant exceptions, we've excluded some of the films we were looking forward to this year that have been delayed until the next, such as Kingsman: The Secret Service and Frankenstein.
What we're left with, we hope, is a fairly broad selection of action and comedy,...
- 10/2/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
After having seen Anthony Hopkins earn a number of rave reviews (and some very bad ones) for his portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock in (the aptly named) ‘Hitchcock’, I got to thinking about the range of roles he has played over the years. This, in turn, made me think about all those Hollywood actors and actresses who have shown huge versatility when it comes to the characters they have played on the big screen.
Many great actors continue to be typecast in similar roles, despite their fantastic ability. For example, Jack Nicholson will always play characters who are a bit crazy (Jack Torrance in The Shining, The Joker in Batman, Dr. Buddy Rydel in Anger Management and Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and Morgan Freeman will always play the trustworthy wise man (God in Bruce/Evan Almighty, Lucius Fox in Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, Detective Lt.
Many great actors continue to be typecast in similar roles, despite their fantastic ability. For example, Jack Nicholson will always play characters who are a bit crazy (Jack Torrance in The Shining, The Joker in Batman, Dr. Buddy Rydel in Anger Management and Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and Morgan Freeman will always play the trustworthy wise man (God in Bruce/Evan Almighty, Lucius Fox in Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, Detective Lt.
- 2/9/2013
- by Kev Stewart
- Obsessed with Film
Richard E. Grant stars in Cuckoo (2010), a dull, one-note psychological thriller from Richard Bracewell, whose marginally superior debut The Gigolos (2006) was a similarly throwaway medley of over-obvious stylistic debt and self conscious construction.
Cuckoo concerns the supposed mental disintegration of Polly (Laura Fraser), a talented student under Grant’s leery Professor Greengrass. Landing an important job interview that will allow her to escape her constricting station in life, Polly begins to hear ghostly noises echoing through her cavernous flat as she prepares for a new life - those closest to her, however, have different plans.
Richard Bracewell’s film is a decidedly televisual affair, displaying the same po-faced shallowness that one would associate with a daytime soap. The actors stand, grimace, fumble to reach their markers with the naturalism of a cardboard cut out and then grimace some more. While this may seem a harsh evaluation of the performers, it...
Cuckoo concerns the supposed mental disintegration of Polly (Laura Fraser), a talented student under Grant’s leery Professor Greengrass. Landing an important job interview that will allow her to escape her constricting station in life, Polly begins to hear ghostly noises echoing through her cavernous flat as she prepares for a new life - those closest to her, however, have different plans.
Richard Bracewell’s film is a decidedly televisual affair, displaying the same po-faced shallowness that one would associate with a daytime soap. The actors stand, grimace, fumble to reach their markers with the naturalism of a cardboard cut out and then grimace some more. While this may seem a harsh evaluation of the performers, it...
- 3/1/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
This month has been one of the best that I can remember for trailers. All the studios were desperate for their trailer to get released before the Christmas holidays and we were inundated with posts. Since I love trailers so much, the inundation was most welcome. In what I am considering making a monthly post, here’s a roundup of all the trailers so far for December which I have embedded below for your viewing pleasure!
I’ve embedded them in the order in which they were released start December 1st to 31st and if I miss any, please let me know and I’ll update the post.
I really want this to be intereactive so make sure you tell us which trailers you liked the best and which you think will be great or terrible movies from what you’ve seen! So, let’s go!
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Title: Cuckoo
Cast: Richard E. Grant,...
I’ve embedded them in the order in which they were released start December 1st to 31st and if I miss any, please let me know and I’ll update the post.
I really want this to be intereactive so make sure you tell us which trailers you liked the best and which you think will be great or terrible movies from what you’ve seen! So, let’s go!
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Title: Cuckoo
Cast: Richard E. Grant,...
- 12/31/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With British drama Cuckoo out now in cinemas, we caught up with its producer and writer-director, Tony and Richard Bracewell, to chat about it…
Brothers Tony and Richard Bracewell area formidable team. Richard, with his background in TV work, is the writer-director, while ex-pr man Tony has the production firmly under control. Together, they produced the cult movie The Gigolos, their first feature from 2006. Cuckoo is an atmospheric psychological thriller with riveting performances by Laura Fraser and Richard E. Grant.
We caught up with Tony and Richard to talk about the making of the latest film, marketing, and working with Richard E. Grant...
Your film has been ready for some time, but it has only just come out. I watched it for the first time a few months ago – why did you start showing it so early on?
Tony: It’s all about finding the right slot for the film to come out.
Brothers Tony and Richard Bracewell area formidable team. Richard, with his background in TV work, is the writer-director, while ex-pr man Tony has the production firmly under control. Together, they produced the cult movie The Gigolos, their first feature from 2006. Cuckoo is an atmospheric psychological thriller with riveting performances by Laura Fraser and Richard E. Grant.
We caught up with Tony and Richard to talk about the making of the latest film, marketing, and working with Richard E. Grant...
Your film has been ready for some time, but it has only just come out. I watched it for the first time a few months ago – why did you start showing it so early on?
Tony: It’s all about finding the right slot for the film to come out.
- 12/20/2010
- Den of Geek
Tron: Legacy (PG)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2010, Us) Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde. 125 mins
Less a brand-new vision of the future than an upgrade of the old one, this reboot delivers digital thrills beyond your wildest electric dreams, but ties itself in knots with an analogue-era plot. There's sleek, sexy design, gladiatorial arcade game action and Daft Punk-scored retro styling, but questions pile up as Hedlund seeks to rescue his long-lost Zen-spouting dad (old Jeff Bridges) from Tron-world and its evil techno-führer (young Jeff Bridges).
Burlesque (12A)
(Steve Antin, 2010, Us) Christina Aguilera, Cher, Cam Gigandet. 119 mins
A rags-to-riches showbiz fable that makes Mariah Carey's Glitter look self-effacing and Showgirls avant garde. The mask of Cher presides over a bitchy La club where Aguilera's talent for warbling while modelling frilly lingerie eventually shines through.
Catfish (12A)
(Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2010, Us) 84 mins
The perils of social media are spelt...
(Joseph Kosinski, 2010, Us) Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde. 125 mins
Less a brand-new vision of the future than an upgrade of the old one, this reboot delivers digital thrills beyond your wildest electric dreams, but ties itself in knots with an analogue-era plot. There's sleek, sexy design, gladiatorial arcade game action and Daft Punk-scored retro styling, but questions pile up as Hedlund seeks to rescue his long-lost Zen-spouting dad (old Jeff Bridges) from Tron-world and its evil techno-führer (young Jeff Bridges).
Burlesque (12A)
(Steve Antin, 2010, Us) Christina Aguilera, Cher, Cam Gigandet. 119 mins
A rags-to-riches showbiz fable that makes Mariah Carey's Glitter look self-effacing and Showgirls avant garde. The mask of Cher presides over a bitchy La club where Aguilera's talent for warbling while modelling frilly lingerie eventually shines through.
Catfish (12A)
(Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2010, Us) 84 mins
The perils of social media are spelt...
- 12/18/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig take supporting roles in a rambling Brit psycho-thriller. By Cath Clarke
Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig look like they're putting in a few days of pro bono with supporting roles in this rambling Brit psycho-thriller. Creepy claustrophobic for a bit, it dissolves quickly into suspenseless drift – not all of it coherent. Grant is a dusty academic with a pervy crush on his stressed research student (Laura Fraser). She appears to be mid-way through a meltdown, hearing voices in the empty flat upstairs. Or is someone messing with her head: Grant maybe, her flighty little sister, or shiftless rocker boyfriend? Watching Cuckoo is something like overhearing a conversation in Dutch: for a nano-second it seems to make perfect sense; then with a jolt you release you haven't understood a word.
Rating: 2/5
DramaThrillerCath Clarke
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content...
Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig look like they're putting in a few days of pro bono with supporting roles in this rambling Brit psycho-thriller. Creepy claustrophobic for a bit, it dissolves quickly into suspenseless drift – not all of it coherent. Grant is a dusty academic with a pervy crush on his stressed research student (Laura Fraser). She appears to be mid-way through a meltdown, hearing voices in the empty flat upstairs. Or is someone messing with her head: Grant maybe, her flighty little sister, or shiftless rocker boyfriend? Watching Cuckoo is something like overhearing a conversation in Dutch: for a nano-second it seems to make perfect sense; then with a jolt you release you haven't understood a word.
Rating: 2/5
DramaThrillerCath Clarke
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content...
- 12/17/2010
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
In which we wondered if the Brits are actually coming, after all, but the BFI took a funding cut
The big story
Long live the geeks! Whether they be stuttering monarchs or slightly sociopathic software whizz-kids, it was all about the nerd at this year's Golden Globes nominations. The Social Network, David Fincher's Facebook drama, which has been hoovering up the majority of the awards so far, picked up six nominations, as did Mark Whalberg sweat-fest The Fighter, while our own The King's Speech, about the late monarch's sessions with an Aussie speech therapist, pipped them both with seven. A slight, nice, shock, though even patriotism can't dampen Peter Bradshaw's scepticism over the result. More surprises: nothing for True Grit; two in the same category for Johnny Depp.
In the news
• Winona Ryder: Mel Gibson called me an 'oven dodger'
• White supremacists urge Thor boycott over casting...
The big story
Long live the geeks! Whether they be stuttering monarchs or slightly sociopathic software whizz-kids, it was all about the nerd at this year's Golden Globes nominations. The Social Network, David Fincher's Facebook drama, which has been hoovering up the majority of the awards so far, picked up six nominations, as did Mark Whalberg sweat-fest The Fighter, while our own The King's Speech, about the late monarch's sessions with an Aussie speech therapist, pipped them both with seven. A slight, nice, shock, though even patriotism can't dampen Peter Bradshaw's scepticism over the result. More surprises: nothing for True Grit; two in the same category for Johnny Depp.
In the news
• Winona Ryder: Mel Gibson called me an 'oven dodger'
• White supremacists urge Thor boycott over casting...
- 12/17/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Richard Bracewell, the writer and director of Cuckoo, describes his experiences of working with the legendary Withnail & I actor, Richard E Grant…
Few living actors are accorded the epithet "legend". Even fewer deserve it. Richard E. Grant does both.
Spike Milligan joked that his tombstone epitaph would read, "Wrote Goon Show. Died". Grant might once have feared the same, "Played Withnail. Died".
But Grant didn't let Withnail bury him. He rolled away the stone. With cut-glass accent and razor-sharp timing he's carved a granite CV with the names of Coppola, Altman, Campion, Bracewell...
Hang on! Bracewell?
My second feature film, Cuckoo. I was directing Richard E. Grant from my own script. The weight of the granite CV suddenly felt very heavy around my neck. Whatever else happens - I reminded myself as he arrived for his first day on set - don't ask for an autograph.
Bruce Robinson prepared Grant...
Few living actors are accorded the epithet "legend". Even fewer deserve it. Richard E. Grant does both.
Spike Milligan joked that his tombstone epitaph would read, "Wrote Goon Show. Died". Grant might once have feared the same, "Played Withnail. Died".
But Grant didn't let Withnail bury him. He rolled away the stone. With cut-glass accent and razor-sharp timing he's carved a granite CV with the names of Coppola, Altman, Campion, Bracewell...
Hang on! Bracewell?
My second feature film, Cuckoo. I was directing Richard E. Grant from my own script. The weight of the granite CV suddenly felt very heavy around my neck. Whatever else happens - I reminded myself as he arrived for his first day on set - don't ask for an autograph.
Bruce Robinson prepared Grant...
- 12/16/2010
- Den of Geek
This week Jason Solomons delves into the complex world of social networking when he meets Nev Schulman, the subject of Catfish, a documentary that traces the Facebook romance between New Yorker Nev and Megan from rural Michigan. As their relationship deepens and Nev heads out on a misson to meet his sweetheart it transpires that reality is in this instance much stranger then fiction.
Continuing in this eerie vein, Jason meets British director Richard Bracewell whose thriller Cuckoo follows the story of medical student Polly, who fears for her sanity. The lead is played by Laura Fraser but there are also great central performances from Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig.
Xan Brooks is on hand to review some of this week's other releases including Tron: Legacy, starring Jeff Bridges young and old; Cher and Christina Aguilera high-kicking their way through Burlesque; Italian drama Loose Cannons and two classic re-issues:...
Continuing in this eerie vein, Jason meets British director Richard Bracewell whose thriller Cuckoo follows the story of medical student Polly, who fears for her sanity. The lead is played by Laura Fraser but there are also great central performances from Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig.
Xan Brooks is on hand to review some of this week's other releases including Tron: Legacy, starring Jeff Bridges young and old; Cher and Christina Aguilera high-kicking their way through Burlesque; Italian drama Loose Cannons and two classic re-issues:...
- 12/16/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
Doralba reviews the British drama, Cuckoo, and finds a brooding, paranoid movie, with a particularly creepy performance by Richard E Grant...
Writer/director Richard Bracewell has put together a little gem of a movie here, a disturbing little thriller which will keep you engrossed for its duration and get you to do a lot of thinking about it afterwards.
This is independent British cinema at its best, a thought-provoking feature where there are no clear demarcations of either guilt or reality and the atmosphere is rarefied and eerie, unsettling without being scary.
Helped by well-scripted dialogue, Laura Fraser (a hot property at the moment, you can also see her in the BBC3 drama Lip Service) gives a beautifully controlled if a tad neurotic performance, which always keeps you guessing as to whether her character Polly is losing her mind or not.
The support cast delivers great and subdued acting. Richard E Grant...
Writer/director Richard Bracewell has put together a little gem of a movie here, a disturbing little thriller which will keep you engrossed for its duration and get you to do a lot of thinking about it afterwards.
This is independent British cinema at its best, a thought-provoking feature where there are no clear demarcations of either guilt or reality and the atmosphere is rarefied and eerie, unsettling without being scary.
Helped by well-scripted dialogue, Laura Fraser (a hot property at the moment, you can also see her in the BBC3 drama Lip Service) gives a beautifully controlled if a tad neurotic performance, which always keeps you guessing as to whether her character Polly is losing her mind or not.
The support cast delivers great and subdued acting. Richard E Grant...
- 12/12/2010
- Den of Geek
Somewhere (15)
(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins
Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)
(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins
The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.
The Tourist (12A)
(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins
With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...
(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins
Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)
(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins
The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.
The Tourist (12A)
(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins
With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...
- 12/11/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Verve Pictures and Punk Cinema have just sent us the brand new trailer and poster for their new movie, Cuckoo which is directed by Richard Bracewell and stars Richard E. Grant, Laura Fraser, Tamsin Greig and award winning jungle/drum & bass artist Adam Fenton.
We’ve not been given a full synopsis but just given a description that the movie is a ‘creepy thriller’. Check out the poster (which you can click to enlarge) and trailer below.
Cuckoo is set for release 17th December 2011.
We’ve not been given a full synopsis but just given a description that the movie is a ‘creepy thriller’. Check out the poster (which you can click to enlarge) and trailer below.
Cuckoo is set for release 17th December 2011.
- 12/1/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cuckoo made some film festival showing in 2009, after the film was completed. Now in 2010, the film will go theatrical in the United Kingdom. The movie clip below shows a young woman (Laura Fraser) descent into madness, due to her hyper-sensitivity to ambivalent noises and sounds. Have a look at the trailer below from Verve Picures, courtesy of Film-Book.com
The synopsis for Cuckoo is here:
"Polly is desperate to get out of her dead-end life. But when she has the chance to escape, her nearest and dearest have other ideas.
Alone in her flat, sounds torment her. Voices in the darkness. Whispers of deceit. She knows she's not cuckoo, but why won't the noises go away?" (Cuckoo).
Release Date: December 17th (UK Only).
Director/writer: Richard Bracewell.
Cast: Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, Antonia Bernath, Adam F., and Tamsin Greig.
The film's trailer is here:
More details on this picture...
The synopsis for Cuckoo is here:
"Polly is desperate to get out of her dead-end life. But when she has the chance to escape, her nearest and dearest have other ideas.
Alone in her flat, sounds torment her. Voices in the darkness. Whispers of deceit. She knows she's not cuckoo, but why won't the noises go away?" (Cuckoo).
Release Date: December 17th (UK Only).
Director/writer: Richard Bracewell.
Cast: Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, Antonia Bernath, Adam F., and Tamsin Greig.
The film's trailer is here:
More details on this picture...
- 11/25/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Paging all Withnail & I fans – here’s a trailer for Cuckoo, a new British thriller starring Richard E. Grant as a professor with a dangerous obsession for one of his students. The cast also includes Laura Fraser, who played the mom in The Boys Are Back in Town. Cuckoo is due out in spring 2010. You can spend your days until then quoting Withnail at every possible chance. This one is always good for the holidays: “We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!”...
- 12/15/2009
- by Wendy Mitchell
- EW.com - PopWatch
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