The title of “Railway Children” in the UK is “The Railway Children Return,” since it’s both an homage and sequel to Lionel Jeffries’ 1970 film—and British national treasure—“The Railway Children” (itself an adaptation of an Edith Nesbit novel). But Morgan Matthews’ unrequested sequel would be far better described as a resurrection than a return, as it plods lifelessly through each and every well-mannered farce, Arcadian frolic, and flag-waving escapade of its beloved predecessor, stopping only to exchange the original’s slapdash commentary on xenophobia for an equally slapdash discourse on racial injustice.
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- 9/23/2022
- by Oliver Weir
- The Playlist
‘McEnroe’, ‘Explorer’ also out as holdovers dominate.
UK family feature The Railway Children Return headlines the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, releasing in 626 locations through Studiocanal.
Directed by Morgan Matthews, The Railway Children Return is a sequel to Lionel Jeffries’ 1970 feature The Railway Children. That film was based on E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel of the same name, about a family who move from London to beside a rural railway station, after the father is imprisoned on false accusations of spying.
The sequel is set during the Second World War, about a group of child evacuees from...
UK family feature The Railway Children Return headlines the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, releasing in 626 locations through Studiocanal.
Directed by Morgan Matthews, The Railway Children Return is a sequel to Lionel Jeffries’ 1970 feature The Railway Children. That film was based on E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel of the same name, about a family who move from London to beside a rural railway station, after the father is imprisoned on false accusations of spying.
The sequel is set during the Second World War, about a group of child evacuees from...
- 7/15/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Even upon its release 52 years ago, Lionel Jeffries’ adaptation of “The Railway Children” was something of a throwback: a kindly, low-conflict family entertainment, faithfully drawn from E. Nesbit’s 1905 children’s novel, that hearkened back to an Edwardian-era England of steam trains, rolling green fields and close-knit village communities. At the time, it caught a wave of nostalgia that got it firmly cemented in the popular British canon, even if it never attained quite the same classic status abroad. Half a century later, it’s still regarded with “they don’t make ’em like they used to” fervor. A very belated follow-up, Morgan Matthews’ “The Railway Children Return” aims to prove that, in fact, they do.
Effectively piling nostalgia upon nostalgia upon nostalgia into a triple-layered Victorian sponge of particularly English sweetness, this good-natured, resolutely old-fashioned film will likely make any adults who grew up on Jeffries’ original a little misty-eyed.
Effectively piling nostalgia upon nostalgia upon nostalgia into a triple-layered Victorian sponge of particularly English sweetness, this good-natured, resolutely old-fashioned film will likely make any adults who grew up on Jeffries’ original a little misty-eyed.
- 7/3/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: spoilers for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings throughout
All authors go through a process of drafting and redrafting, and this can involve making quite drastic changes to their stories. Usually all we get as readers are occasional tidbits in interviews (Arthur Weasley was to be killed off in The Order of the Phoenix!) but in the case of Jrr Tolkien’s works, we have much, much more information. Tolkien’s son Christopher gathered and published enormous amounts of his father’s unpublished work, including a lot of drafts and notes Tolkien made in the course of his writing. And some of the changes he made to his most famous novels, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, might just surprise you…
Gandalf Was Originally Called Bladorthin
One of the things Tolkien changed his mind about the most were his characters’ names, and just about every...
All authors go through a process of drafting and redrafting, and this can involve making quite drastic changes to their stories. Usually all we get as readers are occasional tidbits in interviews (Arthur Weasley was to be killed off in The Order of the Phoenix!) but in the case of Jrr Tolkien’s works, we have much, much more information. Tolkien’s son Christopher gathered and published enormous amounts of his father’s unpublished work, including a lot of drafts and notes Tolkien made in the course of his writing. And some of the changes he made to his most famous novels, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, might just surprise you…
Gandalf Was Originally Called Bladorthin
One of the things Tolkien changed his mind about the most were his characters’ names, and just about every...
- 6/30/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Rereleased as a curtain-raiser for a sequel, Jenny Agutter, Bernard Cribbins and co continue to exert their grip over the national imagination
There can’t be many classic British family movies which feature Russian anti-tsarist writers exiled in Yorkshire. The Railway Children from 1970 is now re-released, as a curtain-raiser to a forthcoming sequel, The Railway Children Return, which will be set 40 years on and features Jenny Agutter playing a grownup version of her original character.
The original is robustly and adroitly directed by Lionel Jeffries, who also adapted the Edith Nesbit novel and it continues to exert its grip on our collective teatime imagination, due to its unworldly sweetness and gentleness and its forthright sense of decency – especially, maybe, that final scene where the children’s wrongly imprisoned father emerges from the steam on the railway platform, a moment as dramatic and mysterious as Omar Sharif galloping through the heat-haze in Lawrence of Arabia,...
There can’t be many classic British family movies which feature Russian anti-tsarist writers exiled in Yorkshire. The Railway Children from 1970 is now re-released, as a curtain-raiser to a forthcoming sequel, The Railway Children Return, which will be set 40 years on and features Jenny Agutter playing a grownup version of her original character.
The original is robustly and adroitly directed by Lionel Jeffries, who also adapted the Edith Nesbit novel and it continues to exert its grip on our collective teatime imagination, due to its unworldly sweetness and gentleness and its forthright sense of decency – especially, maybe, that final scene where the children’s wrongly imprisoned father emerges from the steam on the railway platform, a moment as dramatic and mysterious as Omar Sharif galloping through the heat-haze in Lawrence of Arabia,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Studiocanal’s “Railway Children,” an anticipated period family adventure film penned by BAFTA-winning Danny Brocklehurst (“Brassic”) and directed by Morgan Matthews (“X+Y”).
Based on a treatment by BAFTA-winning producer Jemma Rodgers (“Double Take”), the film is inspired by the beloved British family film “The Railway Children” dating back to 1970 which was itself adapted from Edith Nesbit’s classic children’s book.
The film is set in rural England against the backdrop of WW2 when children are flooding into the countryside to escape the bombing of industrial cities. With the help of Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter), a group of young evacuees are taken into her rural homeS and begin to settle into their new life. But when the children encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home, a true adventure ensues. The cast is headlined by Agutter,...
Based on a treatment by BAFTA-winning producer Jemma Rodgers (“Double Take”), the film is inspired by the beloved British family film “The Railway Children” dating back to 1970 which was itself adapted from Edith Nesbit’s classic children’s book.
The film is set in rural England against the backdrop of WW2 when children are flooding into the countryside to escape the bombing of industrial cities. With the help of Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter), a group of young evacuees are taken into her rural homeS and begin to settle into their new life. But when the children encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home, a true adventure ensues. The cast is headlined by Agutter,...
- 6/16/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Variety can reveal the first look poster and trailer of the long awaited sequel to all-time British kids’ classic film “The Railway Children” from Studiocanal.
Studiocanal is launching global sales on the film at the virtual AFM (Nov. 1-5).
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original 1970 film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Picking up nearly forty years after the events of the original film, “The Railway Children Return” follows a new group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII, where they encounter a young soldier, who like them, is far away from home.
BAFTA and Emmy winning Jenny Agutter resumes her role as Roberta from the original “The Railway Children” and is joined by BAFTA winning Sheridan Smith (“Cilla”), Oscar nominee...
Studiocanal is launching global sales on the film at the virtual AFM (Nov. 1-5).
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original 1970 film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Picking up nearly forty years after the events of the original film, “The Railway Children Return” follows a new group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII, where they encounter a young soldier, who like them, is far away from home.
BAFTA and Emmy winning Jenny Agutter resumes her role as Roberta from the original “The Railway Children” and is joined by BAFTA winning Sheridan Smith (“Cilla”), Oscar nominee...
- 10/27/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Cast revealed for sequel, directed by Morgan Matthews.
A sequel to UK family classic The Railway Children is set to begin shooting for Studiocanal, with Jenny Agutter reprising her role from the 1970 film.
UK filmmaker Morgan Matthews is directing The Railway Children Return, which will begin filming on location in Yorkshire in the UK from May 10. A UK release date has been set for April 1, 2022.
Agutter is returning to play her original character; Tom Courtenay and Sheridan Smith have joined the cast alongside a new generation of ‘railway children’.
Written by Danny Brocklehurst, known for writing UK TV drama such as Brassic and The Stranger,...
A sequel to UK family classic The Railway Children is set to begin shooting for Studiocanal, with Jenny Agutter reprising her role from the 1970 film.
UK filmmaker Morgan Matthews is directing The Railway Children Return, which will begin filming on location in Yorkshire in the UK from May 10. A UK release date has been set for April 1, 2022.
Agutter is returning to play her original character; Tom Courtenay and Sheridan Smith have joined the cast alongside a new generation of ‘railway children’.
Written by Danny Brocklehurst, known for writing UK TV drama such as Brassic and The Stranger,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
BAFTA-winning director Morgan Matthews (“X+Y”) will begin principal photography on May 10 on a sequel to the all-time British kids’ classic “The Railway Children.”
“The Railway Children Return” will shoot in locations around the U.K. from the original 1970 film, including Oakworth Station, Haworth and The Bronte Parsonage. The iconic Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from the original film will also feature.
BAFTA and Emmy-winning actor Jenny Agutter will resume her role from the original “Railway Children.” BAFTA-winning Sheridan Smith; Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Tom Courtenay; and a new generation of Railway Children will star alongside.
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
“The Railway Children Return” follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII,...
“The Railway Children Return” will shoot in locations around the U.K. from the original 1970 film, including Oakworth Station, Haworth and The Bronte Parsonage. The iconic Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from the original film will also feature.
BAFTA and Emmy-winning actor Jenny Agutter will resume her role from the original “Railway Children.” BAFTA-winning Sheridan Smith; Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Tom Courtenay; and a new generation of Railway Children will star alongside.
Based on a celebrated novel by E. Nesbit, the original film follows three children, who, after the enforced absence of their father, move with their mother to Yorkshire where they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
“The Railway Children Return” follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during WWII,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on film release schedules around the globe, displacing many titles from their natural theatrical environment, a few have instead found their spiritual home on the small screen. “Four Kids and It,” a lightweight British kids’ fantasy, falls firmly in the latter column. Always intended as a multiplatform release in the U.K. through the Sky Cinema network, it has instead taken the VOD-only route on the eve of what would have been the Easter school vacation — making it a welcome diversion for families going stir-crazy under national lockdown. But it also flatters the limitations of Andy De Emmony’s blandly chipper film, which feels, both tonally and aesthetically, more suited to afternoon children’s TV schedules than any venue larger than a living room.
That’s a somewhat disappointing outcome for a family film with a sparky literary pedigree. “Four Kids and It” is...
That’s a somewhat disappointing outcome for a family film with a sparky literary pedigree. “Four Kids and It” is...
- 4/4/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
If we’re being completely honest, on-set interviews can often be quite generic affairs. While immensely enjoying the intimacy of speaking to filmmakers and actors in bespoke, unique environments, catching anyone on their lunch break can feel a little hurried and intrusive. But with Russell Brand it felt somewhat different, as when we travelled to Dublin to visit the set of family adventure flick Four Kids and It, we had a profound conversation about fatherhood, politics and chocolate.
Four Kids and It is directed by Andy De Emmony (Father Ted) and is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel which in turn is based on the famous E. Nesbit tale. Brand plays the primary antagonist, an eccentric pantomime-villain of sorts called Tristan, and it’s a role tailor-made for the comic performer, who explains that this is a role, and project, he is excited to be sharing with his own offspring.
Four Kids and It is directed by Andy De Emmony (Father Ted) and is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel which in turn is based on the famous E. Nesbit tale. Brand plays the primary antagonist, an eccentric pantomime-villain of sorts called Tristan, and it’s a role tailor-made for the comic performer, who explains that this is a role, and project, he is excited to be sharing with his own offspring.
- 4/1/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This Easter, Sky customers and cinema goers will be treated to the latest reincarnation of E. Nesbit’s 1902 novel Five Children and It. While most people will remember the 1990s BBC version, the story was also made into a film back in 2004 with Eddie Izzard voicing the Psammead. However here, the story is again adapted from kids author Jacqueline Wilson’s 2012 best-selling book “Four Children and It”.
This family adventure centres around a newly blended family. An American mother Alice with her two daughters, angry-at-life Smash and sweet Maudie, and a father, David with his son and daughter, gaming-mad Robbie and reserved Ros.
The parents set out on a rather disastrous plan to bring the children together for the first time by taking them all away to Cornwall on holiday. Needless to say, the children are not best-pleased by this ambush and immediately take a dislike to each other, especially the two older girls,...
This family adventure centres around a newly blended family. An American mother Alice with her two daughters, angry-at-life Smash and sweet Maudie, and a father, David with his son and daughter, gaming-mad Robbie and reserved Ros.
The parents set out on a rather disastrous plan to bring the children together for the first time by taking them all away to Cornwall on holiday. Needless to say, the children are not best-pleased by this ambush and immediately take a dislike to each other, especially the two older girls,...
- 3/10/2020
- by Fiona Francia
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel.
Russell Brand family film Four Kids And It is attracting buyer interest at this year’s Afm for 13 Films.
Screen can reveal the first look image from the film, above.
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, while Julie Baines and Anne Brogan produce. The shoot wrapped in Dublin recently.
Brand’s co-stars incluce Paula Patton, Michael Caine and Matthew Goode.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows...
Russell Brand family film Four Kids And It is attracting buyer interest at this year’s Afm for 13 Films.
Screen can reveal the first look image from the film, above.
Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, while Julie Baines and Anne Brogan produce. The shoot wrapped in Dublin recently.
Brand’s co-stars incluce Paula Patton, Michael Caine and Matthew Goode.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows...
- 11/2/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have signed on for “Four Kids and It,” and will star alongside the previously cast Matthew Goode (“The Crown”) in the family adventure movie. Michael Caine is already on board to voice the It of the title.
The movie is an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s book, which in turn was inspired by E. Nesbit’s 1902 novel “Five Children and It.” It follows four kids who are horrified to learn that their beach vacation is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step-siblings. The kids then accidentally stumble upon a Psammead, a magical, grumpy and sandy creature, in this case called It, who can grant them one wish a day.
Brand will play the oddball villain Tristan, who is bent on capturing It. Bill Nighy was previously cast in the role, but has been replaced by comedian and actor Brand, whose...
The movie is an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s book, which in turn was inspired by E. Nesbit’s 1902 novel “Five Children and It.” It follows four kids who are horrified to learn that their beach vacation is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step-siblings. The kids then accidentally stumble upon a Psammead, a magical, grumpy and sandy creature, in this case called It, who can grant them one wish a day.
Brand will play the oddball villain Tristan, who is bent on capturing It. Bill Nighy was previously cast in the role, but has been replaced by comedian and actor Brand, whose...
- 7/19/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Principal photography on the film began on July 16 in Ireland.
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) and Paula Patton (Precious) have joined the cast of Four Kids And It, the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West).
Brand and Patton join a cast that already includes Michael Caine (Youth) and Matthew Goode (The Crown). Principal photography on the film began on July 16 on location in Ireland.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that...
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) and Paula Patton (Precious) have joined the cast of Four Kids And It, the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West).
Brand and Patton join a cast that already includes Michael Caine (Youth) and Matthew Goode (The Crown). Principal photography on the film began on July 16 on location in Ireland.
Simon Lewis has adapted Wilson’s novel for screen, with additional writing by Mark Oswin.
The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that...
- 7/19/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The events of the last several weeks, while horrible, raise several issues that affect us not only as citizens, but as creative people and fans of the popular arts.
How do we respond to racism and other forms of bigotry in our government. Do we cooperate and try to change the minds of the people in power? Do we quit and make a statement? Do we resist? Do we perform non-violent acts of civil disobedience and fill the jails?
In my life, I’ve advocated (and disagreed with) all of these things. Different times in my life, different circumstances, different perspectives. Therefore, I hesitate to call out people who make different choices than I do, as long as we share the goals of a fair and just, egalitarian, non-hateful non-violent society.
When the artists who were chosen for the Kennedy Center honors refused to attend a White House celebration hosted...
How do we respond to racism and other forms of bigotry in our government. Do we cooperate and try to change the minds of the people in power? Do we quit and make a statement? Do we resist? Do we perform non-violent acts of civil disobedience and fill the jails?
In my life, I’ve advocated (and disagreed with) all of these things. Different times in my life, different circumstances, different perspectives. Therefore, I hesitate to call out people who make different choices than I do, as long as we share the goals of a fair and just, egalitarian, non-hateful non-violent society.
When the artists who were chosen for the Kennedy Center honors refused to attend a White House celebration hosted...
- 8/25/2017
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
When I saw Moonlight, the first thing I said as the lights came up was “school sucks.” And it does.
I think this will be spoiler-free, but if you haven’t seen this magnificent movie, I hope you go as soon as you can. Like the best art, it showed me a new way of seeing the world and made me feel emotions that bound me to the characters. Although this is in no way real, for the two hours of that film, I was a self-loathing gay black man, unable to express my personal truth.
My life is privileged, however, and part of that privilege is comics.
Chiron, the boy/teenager/man who is the main character in the film, is not very articulate. This isn’t an unusual trait in a child. We all struggle to learn how to use our words. Unfortunately for him, none of the...
I think this will be spoiler-free, but if you haven’t seen this magnificent movie, I hope you go as soon as you can. Like the best art, it showed me a new way of seeing the world and made me feel emotions that bound me to the characters. Although this is in no way real, for the two hours of that film, I was a self-loathing gay black man, unable to express my personal truth.
My life is privileged, however, and part of that privilege is comics.
Chiron, the boy/teenager/man who is the main character in the film, is not very articulate. This isn’t an unusual trait in a child. We all struggle to learn how to use our words. Unfortunately for him, none of the...
- 3/3/2017
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
Two-time Academy Award winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules, The Dark Knight, Youth), BAFTA Award Winner and Golden Globe Winner Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Pirates Of The Caribbean) and Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, The Good Wife, Downton Abbey) will star in the family action adventure film Four Kids And It directed by BAFTA Award nominee Andy De Emmony (Father Ted, West Is West), it was announced today.
Produced by Dan Films’ Julie Baines and Anne Brogan of Kindle Entertainment, the screenplay is written by Simon Lewis and adapted from the novel “Four Children and It” by best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson. Additional writing is provided by Mark Oswin.
The film is slated to begin principal photography in August on location in the UK.
13 Films is handling worldwide rights to the project outside of the UK and is actively selling the film to buyers at the Cannes Market.
Produced by Dan Films’ Julie Baines and Anne Brogan of Kindle Entertainment, the screenplay is written by Simon Lewis and adapted from the novel “Four Children and It” by best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson. Additional writing is provided by Mark Oswin.
The film is slated to begin principal photography in August on location in the UK.
13 Films is handling worldwide rights to the project outside of the UK and is actively selling the film to buyers at the Cannes Market.
- 5/15/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Caine, Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode Join ‘Four Kids And It’; Remstar Buys ‘Ideal Home’ – Cannes
Michael Caine, Bill Nighy and Matthew Goode are set to star in family action adventure pic Four Kids And It. Andy De Emmony is directing the project that's based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel Four Children And It (itself based on the 1902 E. Nesbit book Five Children And It). Simon Lewis adapted for the screen. World sales outside the UK are being handled by 13 Films. The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding…...
- 5/14/2016
- Deadline
From The Twilight Zone to Penny Dreadful, Doctor Who and more, Den Of Geek’s writers revisit the TV episodes that truly terrify them…
It’s Halloween! Icicles are glistening from window sills. Chestnuts are roasting on open fires. North Pole elves are… hang on, no. None of that nice, fluffy stuff is happening. At Halloween, demonic creatures hunt for flesh, monsters creep out of their graves, and TV does its level best to freak us all the hell out.
In the spirit of all that, we asked our writers to select and share the TV episodes, horror or otherwise, that have made them whimper with fear. Here they all are, 31 of them, because, well, at Halloween, we like things to add up to 31.
Note that this isn’t a Top 10, or a Best Of, nor is it listed in order of scariness. It’s a collection of the particular...
It’s Halloween! Icicles are glistening from window sills. Chestnuts are roasting on open fires. North Pole elves are… hang on, no. None of that nice, fluffy stuff is happening. At Halloween, demonic creatures hunt for flesh, monsters creep out of their graves, and TV does its level best to freak us all the hell out.
In the spirit of all that, we asked our writers to select and share the TV episodes, horror or otherwise, that have made them whimper with fear. Here they all are, 31 of them, because, well, at Halloween, we like things to add up to 31.
Note that this isn’t a Top 10, or a Best Of, nor is it listed in order of scariness. It’s a collection of the particular...
- 10/30/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
It's pretty hard for a book trailer to grab our attention, but with its cozy yet creepy campsite setting, this one for Uninvited Press' recent release of Dark Forest managed to do so. If stories about the "malignant wilderness" sound intriguing, then read on!
Synopsis:
Something deadly lurks among the shadows, and the trees themselves seethe with menace.
Never believe you are safe. No one is safe.
The dark forest is a state of mind.
Dark Forest is an anthology from Uninvited Books edited by Robert Dunbar. These classic stories of the malignant wilderness come from the pens of illustrious authors like Ambrose Beirce, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, E. Nesbit, H. G. Wells and many others, combining to create an atmosphere of surreal malignity. (Also included is Dunbar’s novella Wood.)
Each tale is annotated by contemporary talents, and the insights and observations of writers of the caliber of Paul G. Bens,...
Synopsis:
Something deadly lurks among the shadows, and the trees themselves seethe with menace.
Never believe you are safe. No one is safe.
The dark forest is a state of mind.
Dark Forest is an anthology from Uninvited Books edited by Robert Dunbar. These classic stories of the malignant wilderness come from the pens of illustrious authors like Ambrose Beirce, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, E. Nesbit, H. G. Wells and many others, combining to create an atmosphere of surreal malignity. (Also included is Dunbar’s novella Wood.)
Each tale is annotated by contemporary talents, and the insights and observations of writers of the caliber of Paul G. Bens,...
- 8/18/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Hammer
Back in the 1800s there was a Christmas tradition. As the days grew cold and the nights grew dark people would gather round the fire and tell festive stories. Long before the Christmas story became nothing but a pile of sentimental codswallop, people would have enjoyed something that brought a little fear into their Yuletide cheer: the Christmas Chiller. Magazines like All the Year Round devoted their pages to stories of spooks and ghouls and haunted houses and writers usually known for socially conscious realism (Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens) or lovable children’s stories (Edith Nesbit) conspired to bring their readers the Christmas gift of something spookily chilling.
While this may not have remained a core part of everybody’s Christmas, there have been various attempts to revive the tradition onscreen, most notably with the BBC’s annual 1970s series A Ghost Story for Christmas. The series ended after 1978′s silly The Ice House,...
Back in the 1800s there was a Christmas tradition. As the days grew cold and the nights grew dark people would gather round the fire and tell festive stories. Long before the Christmas story became nothing but a pile of sentimental codswallop, people would have enjoyed something that brought a little fear into their Yuletide cheer: the Christmas Chiller. Magazines like All the Year Round devoted their pages to stories of spooks and ghouls and haunted houses and writers usually known for socially conscious realism (Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens) or lovable children’s stories (Edith Nesbit) conspired to bring their readers the Christmas gift of something spookily chilling.
While this may not have remained a core part of everybody’s Christmas, there have been various attempts to revive the tradition onscreen, most notably with the BBC’s annual 1970s series A Ghost Story for Christmas. The series ended after 1978′s silly The Ice House,...
- 12/24/2013
- by Jack Gann
- Obsessed with Film
I read with some amusement the article on the well-loved film The Railway Children (Censors unfazed by Railway Children 'danger': Classic film receives first complaint in 42 years, 12 July) and the possibility that it might encourage children to play on the railway lines. The book, by Edith Nesbit, on which the film was based, was read to us many times by my mother who was herself a "railway child".
Her father, my grandfather, was the stationmaster of a small village, Cranford, in the 1930s. Despite many warnings of the possible dangers, for my mother and her two sisters the station was a wonderful playground.
One day they were playing cowboys and indians and Doris, the youngest, was tied to a totem pole – actually a telegraph pole – right next to the line. Too late they heard the train approaching; the knots would not come undone and so Vera and Mona stood valiantly...
Her father, my grandfather, was the stationmaster of a small village, Cranford, in the 1930s. Despite many warnings of the possible dangers, for my mother and her two sisters the station was a wonderful playground.
One day they were playing cowboys and indians and Doris, the youngest, was tied to a totem pole – actually a telegraph pole – right next to the line. Too late they heard the train approaching; the knots would not come undone and so Vera and Mona stood valiantly...
- 7/13/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock is now available from most major retailers for the Msrp of $9.95. We recently spoke with the author to get more details regarding the series that all science fiction fans will want to check out. Read on to learn more!
Amanda Dyar: The Warlord of the Air wowed science fiction fans when it was originally published over 40 years ago. Why is the book finally making a comeback after so many years, and what qualities does the book and series contain that will continue to resonate with fans of the genre so many years after it was first released?
Michael Moorcock: I think it's the steampunk phenomenon that's revived interest. The book was always one of my most popular and I had several film offers as well as influencing quite a lot of other books and movies. It gets mentioned a lot...
Amanda Dyar: The Warlord of the Air wowed science fiction fans when it was originally published over 40 years ago. Why is the book finally making a comeback after so many years, and what qualities does the book and series contain that will continue to resonate with fans of the genre so many years after it was first released?
Michael Moorcock: I think it's the steampunk phenomenon that's revived interest. The book was always one of my most popular and I had several film offers as well as influencing quite a lot of other books and movies. It gets mentioned a lot...
- 1/15/2013
- by Amanda Dyar
- DreadCentral.com
Dinah Sheridan, who starred in the quintessential British classics The Railway Children and Genevieve, died Sunday at her home in Northwood, Middlesex, England. She was 92. In The Railway Children (1970), the elegant Sheridan starred as Mrs. Waterbury, a mother who is forced to move with her three children from the suburbs to a home near a train station after her husband is falsely imprisoned. The film is based on the classic children's novel by E. Nesbit. In the light-hearted Genevieve (1953), Sheridan played the wife of one of two friends (John Gregson and Kenneth More) who face off
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- 11/25/2012
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’re back with our largest Indie Spotlight to date. Today’s feature contains over a dozen indie horror items, including details on The Other Side and your chance to win a copy of City Under the Moon:
The Other Side: We’re sent dozens of short films to check out each month, but The Other Side really stands out from the pack. This short horror film is directed by The Santoro Brothers and it is apparent that they are skilled directors who are also true fans of the genre. The Other Side will be hitting the festival/convention circuit shortly, and we expect it to play really well with slasher and home invasion horror fans.
Synopsis: “When a fresh faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling...
The Other Side: We’re sent dozens of short films to check out each month, but The Other Side really stands out from the pack. This short horror film is directed by The Santoro Brothers and it is apparent that they are skilled directors who are also true fans of the genre. The Other Side will be hitting the festival/convention circuit shortly, and we expect it to play really well with slasher and home invasion horror fans.
Synopsis: “When a fresh faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling...
- 8/12/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Over the weekend I started to read Stephen King’s new book, 11/22/63: A Novel. I’m not very far into it, as King writes long and I like to luxuriate in his enjoyment at having a story to tell and his great affection for his characters. And also, I have things to do.
It’s a time-travel story, and so far it’s set in 1958. I was five years old then (King was 11), and some of my memories of that time are clear. As he describes children playing in Maine, I remember what it was like for me in Ohio.
We played Cowboys and Indians, Cops and Robbers. We played House, and School. None of us had Barbies yet, but we had stuffed animals so we could play Zoo. We made mud pies. We played Kick the Can and had squirt gun fights (see above re: Cowboys and Indians,...
It’s a time-travel story, and so far it’s set in 1958. I was five years old then (King was 11), and some of my memories of that time are clear. As he describes children playing in Maine, I remember what it was like for me in Ohio.
We played Cowboys and Indians, Cops and Robbers. We played House, and School. None of us had Barbies yet, but we had stuffed animals so we could play Zoo. We made mud pies. We played Kick the Can and had squirt gun fights (see above re: Cowboys and Indians,...
- 12/30/2011
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Studio Ghibli’s beautifully enchanting animation, Arrietty arrives in cinemas nationwide on 29th July, with a star-studded voice cast including Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Lovely Bones), Tom Holland, Mark Strong, Olivia Colman, Pyhllida Law and Geraldine McEwan.
The film tells the story of an adventurous 14 year old, Arrietty, who despite being warned by her family of “little” people to never let humans see her, is determined to explore the world beyond the floorboards of a sprawling mansion. When Arrietty is discovered by a human, she discovers that some people can be trusted and before long a friendship begins to blossom…
Sound familiar? Continuing a long line of incredibly successful film recreations, the story is a magical adaptation of Mary Norton’s well-known, children’s favourite The Borrowers. And it’s not the first adaptation of children’s literature either, so here’s our pick of the top 10 fantastic films based on...
The film tells the story of an adventurous 14 year old, Arrietty, who despite being warned by her family of “little” people to never let humans see her, is determined to explore the world beyond the floorboards of a sprawling mansion. When Arrietty is discovered by a human, she discovers that some people can be trusted and before long a friendship begins to blossom…
Sound familiar? Continuing a long line of incredibly successful film recreations, the story is a magical adaptation of Mary Norton’s well-known, children’s favourite The Borrowers. And it’s not the first adaptation of children’s literature either, so here’s our pick of the top 10 fantastic films based on...
- 7/27/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Dq Entertainment has inked a new agreement with Zdf Enterprises, for a new 3D stereoscopic HD TV series named 5 & It as part of a packaged multi million euro deal signed in Hyderabad, India.This agreement is in accordance with Zdf's objective to develop, produce and distribute quality original programming and Dqe's objective to bring classical and iconic properties to life. 5 & It is a series of fantasy adventures for children aged 6 to 10 and is based on the famous book by Edith Nesbit written in the early part of the last century. The story has already ...
- 6/7/2011
- BusinessofCinema
This Monday, 3rd May sees to the release of the 40th anniversary edition of The Railway Children on DVD and Blu Ray. Optimum Releasing were kind enough to send me a review copy where I got to see the movie for the first time in about 20 years. Find out what I thought of the movie and it’s conversion to blu ray below.
When I was trying to work out what word describes The Railway Children, the only one that I could think of was ‘quintessential’ and I’m not sure I’ve ever used that word before in my life! This Monday, 3rd May sees the release of Lionel Jeffries classic (based on the book by E. Nesbit) 1970 movie about 3 children (Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren) who’s lives are changed when they are forced to move from London to Yorkshire with their mother (Dinah Sheridan) after their...
When I was trying to work out what word describes The Railway Children, the only one that I could think of was ‘quintessential’ and I’m not sure I’ve ever used that word before in my life! This Monday, 3rd May sees the release of Lionel Jeffries classic (based on the book by E. Nesbit) 1970 movie about 3 children (Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren) who’s lives are changed when they are forced to move from London to Yorkshire with their mother (Dinah Sheridan) after their...
- 4/29/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It was a little film that became an instant classic. As The Railway Children celebrates its 40th birthday, Patrick Barkham catches up with the original cast
The Railway Children will always be remembered for that scene at Oakworth station, the one where Roberta's father emerges through the steam of a departing train. "Daddy, my Daddy!" Plenty of people will admit to weeping when the young Jenny Agutter is reunited with her father. But watching it now, 40 years after it was first released, I find myself welling up long before then: at the birdsong, the music, the Yorkshire countryside, the lost Edwardian world.
Why does it make me cry? "Because you're an old sentimentalist," says Bernard Cribbins, who played Perks, the station porter, and is now an astonishingly frisky 81. "Which would apply to most of the audience who watch The Railway Children." Does Agutter cry? "No, she's hard as nails," says Cribbins.
The Railway Children will always be remembered for that scene at Oakworth station, the one where Roberta's father emerges through the steam of a departing train. "Daddy, my Daddy!" Plenty of people will admit to weeping when the young Jenny Agutter is reunited with her father. But watching it now, 40 years after it was first released, I find myself welling up long before then: at the birdsong, the music, the Yorkshire countryside, the lost Edwardian world.
Why does it make me cry? "Because you're an old sentimentalist," says Bernard Cribbins, who played Perks, the station porter, and is now an astonishingly frisky 81. "Which would apply to most of the audience who watch The Railway Children." Does Agutter cry? "No, she's hard as nails," says Cribbins.
- 3/21/2010
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
British actress Jenny Agutter is becoming a producer - in a project which will revisit her greatest triumph. The 47-year-old star will produce a new film about E. Nesbit the author of The Railway Children - which Agutter famously starred in as a young actress in 1967 - but hasn't ruled out appearing in the flick herself. She says, "I'll certainly be wearing my producer's hat - as for acting, I'll have to decide whether I'll be asset to the eventual production or otherwise. After all E. Nesbit was in her mid-forties at the time we're writing about her."...
- 11/6/2000
- WENN
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