Andrew Blair Feb 15, 2017
As the Epic Movie team announce they have Star Wars in their sights, might we have a chat about Mel Brooks' Spaceballs, amongst others?
Readers of this site may have read last week's news that there's to be a new Star Wars spoof. This film comes from the team who brought us Date Movie, Epic Movie, and apparently something called The Starving Games which blissfully passed me by. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Selzer make relatively cheap movies that, despite critical maulings, tend to make money at the box office. When I worked at a cinema, an eleven year old boy went to see Meet The Spartans three times, proclaiming it the best film he had ever seen.
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In the words of financier Covert Media’s Paul Hanson: “Jason and...
As the Epic Movie team announce they have Star Wars in their sights, might we have a chat about Mel Brooks' Spaceballs, amongst others?
Readers of this site may have read last week's news that there's to be a new Star Wars spoof. This film comes from the team who brought us Date Movie, Epic Movie, and apparently something called The Starving Games which blissfully passed me by. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Selzer make relatively cheap movies that, despite critical maulings, tend to make money at the box office. When I worked at a cinema, an eleven year old boy went to see Meet The Spartans three times, proclaiming it the best film he had ever seen.
See related Ash Vs Evil Dead renewed for season 3 Bruce Campbell interview: Ash Vs Evil Dead
In the words of financier Covert Media’s Paul Hanson: “Jason and...
- 2/14/2017
- Den of Geek
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Father Ted’s Graham Linehan and The Adam And Joe Show’s Adam Buxton are writing The Cloud, a new comedy series for Channel 4…
Here’s some exciting news. Channel 4 has picked up new sci-fi comedy, The Cloud, from Father Ted and The It Crowd creator Graham Linehan and Adam Buxton of Adam Buxton's Bug and The Adam And Joe Show. Mr Buxton is also much praised, in this writer’s household at least, for engineering this chuckle-inducing moment in Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
"We have commissioned the series but we have no word yet on casting, though we can assure you that it will still be set in space," an informative Channel 4 source told the Radio Times.
We’ve also learned that “The Cloud follows the fairly hapless crew of Cloud Station 13, a data hub floating in space, set up to protect...
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Father Ted’s Graham Linehan and The Adam And Joe Show’s Adam Buxton are writing The Cloud, a new comedy series for Channel 4…
Here’s some exciting news. Channel 4 has picked up new sci-fi comedy, The Cloud, from Father Ted and The It Crowd creator Graham Linehan and Adam Buxton of Adam Buxton's Bug and The Adam And Joe Show. Mr Buxton is also much praised, in this writer’s household at least, for engineering this chuckle-inducing moment in Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
"We have commissioned the series but we have no word yet on casting, though we can assure you that it will still be set in space," an informative Channel 4 source told the Radio Times.
We’ve also learned that “The Cloud follows the fairly hapless crew of Cloud Station 13, a data hub floating in space, set up to protect...
- 11/3/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Special Mention: Shock Corridor
Written and directed by Samuel Fuller
USA, 1963
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Shock Corridor stars Peter Breck as Johnny Barrett, an ambitious reporter who wants to expose a killer hiding out at the local insane asylum. In order to solve the case, he must pretend to be insane so they have him committed. Once in the asylum, Barrett sets to work, interrogating the other patients and keeping a close eye on the staff. But it’s difficult to remain a sane man living in an insane place, and the closer Barrett gets to the truth, the closer he gets to insanity.
Shock Corridor is best described as an anti-establishment drama that at times is surprisingly quite funny despite the dark material. The film deals with some timely issues of the era, specifically the atom bomb, anti-communism, and racism. It features everything from a raving female love-crazed nympho ward,...
Written and directed by Samuel Fuller
USA, 1963
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Shock Corridor stars Peter Breck as Johnny Barrett, an ambitious reporter who wants to expose a killer hiding out at the local insane asylum. In order to solve the case, he must pretend to be insane so they have him committed. Once in the asylum, Barrett sets to work, interrogating the other patients and keeping a close eye on the staff. But it’s difficult to remain a sane man living in an insane place, and the closer Barrett gets to the truth, the closer he gets to insanity.
Shock Corridor is best described as an anti-establishment drama that at times is surprisingly quite funny despite the dark material. The film deals with some timely issues of the era, specifically the atom bomb, anti-communism, and racism. It features everything from a raving female love-crazed nympho ward,...
- 10/9/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
A new series of Adam Buxton's Bug is available to stream on BFI Player.
The show, which sees the comedian share his thoughts about a selection of music videos, has been commissioned in a new format for the online video player.
The first episode of the show includes Buxton's take on videos such as alt-j's 'Hunger of the Pine' and 'Iron Sky' by Paolo Nutini.
Bug: The Evolution of Music Video was first launched in April 2007 as a series of events at the BFI Southbank.
After it gained popularity, Buxton landed a series on Sky Atlantic in 2012.
Buxton has appeared in films including Hot Fuzz and Stardust. He also wrote and starred in comedy series The Adam and Joe Show.
Watch a clip from Sky Atlantic's Bug below:...
The show, which sees the comedian share his thoughts about a selection of music videos, has been commissioned in a new format for the online video player.
The first episode of the show includes Buxton's take on videos such as alt-j's 'Hunger of the Pine' and 'Iron Sky' by Paolo Nutini.
Bug: The Evolution of Music Video was first launched in April 2007 as a series of events at the BFI Southbank.
After it gained popularity, Buxton landed a series on Sky Atlantic in 2012.
Buxton has appeared in films including Hot Fuzz and Stardust. He also wrote and starred in comedy series The Adam and Joe Show.
Watch a clip from Sky Atlantic's Bug below:...
- 2/2/2015
- Digital Spy
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There’s been much speculation in recent months about the casting for Star Wars: Episode VII, the latest entry in the iconic sci-fi franchise that will see J.J. Abrams take the director’s chair following his work on the two most recent Star Trek films.
Many names were thrown around, from acting heavyweights with years of experience under their belts to up-and-comers and relative unknowns. With the casting announcement now made, more of the newcomers fall into the latter category than the former and have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kickstart their careers by co-starring with veterans of the business, as well as the returning Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Anthony Daniels (C3PO) and Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks).
I’m kidding about the last one, thank God.
So without further ado, lets look at some...
There’s been much speculation in recent months about the casting for Star Wars: Episode VII, the latest entry in the iconic sci-fi franchise that will see J.J. Abrams take the director’s chair following his work on the two most recent Star Trek films.
Many names were thrown around, from acting heavyweights with years of experience under their belts to up-and-comers and relative unknowns. With the casting announcement now made, more of the newcomers fall into the latter category than the former and have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kickstart their careers by co-starring with veterans of the business, as well as the returning Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Anthony Daniels (C3PO) and Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks).
I’m kidding about the last one, thank God.
So without further ado, lets look at some...
- 4/30/2014
- by Alex Antliff
- Obsessed with Film
After the terribly disappointing Star Trek Into Darkness, there may be hope for the next installment in the very good possibility that Joe Cornish will direct Star Trek 3. Yesterday, Deadline exclusively reported the rumor, whatever that really means, and ever since I’ve been trying to imagine what this development could mean. A lot of fans of both Cornish and Trek have been debating the pros and cons of the pairing. Cornish is too inexperienced as a director, some say. He shouldn’t waste his time with a franchise threequel, others argue. Well, I am optimistic for a few reasons. One is that we’ll probably get more Simon Pegg‘s Scotty, because Cornish and Pegg go way back — he helmed behind-the-scenes docs for Pegg and Edgar Wright films and also scripted The Adventures of Tintin, which featured voice work from the actor. And maybe he could find a role for Pegg’s buddy Nick Frost, who...
- 11/3/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A new series Topsy And Tim which draws on the legacy of the famous childrens books by Jean and Gareth Adamson comes to CBeebies this November.
With a focus on big drama inspired by the small stuff in little people’s lives, each episode will feature a vibrant, charming insight into family life from the point of view of 5-year-old twins, Topsy and Tim. Whether it’s washing the car with Dad; learning to ride a bike with Mum; or finding a lost cat, each story is full of warmth, humour and above all authenticity. Topsy And Tim is a series that all families can recognise a part of themselves in.
8 year old Jocelyn McNab (represented by Alphabet Kidz) from Maidstone plays Topsy Odell. Jocelyn has previousl appeared in Bletchley Circle, The Fear and Southclifffe.
Topsy is more gung-ho than Tim and there’s a real zest about her. She...
With a focus on big drama inspired by the small stuff in little people’s lives, each episode will feature a vibrant, charming insight into family life from the point of view of 5-year-old twins, Topsy and Tim. Whether it’s washing the car with Dad; learning to ride a bike with Mum; or finding a lost cat, each story is full of warmth, humour and above all authenticity. Topsy And Tim is a series that all families can recognise a part of themselves in.
8 year old Jocelyn McNab (represented by Alphabet Kidz) from Maidstone plays Topsy Odell. Jocelyn has previousl appeared in Bletchley Circle, The Fear and Southclifffe.
Topsy is more gung-ho than Tim and there’s a real zest about her. She...
- 10/10/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
When alien invaders maraud through a south London council estate, it’s down to a bunch of teenage delinquents to fight back. Joe Cornish of The Adam and Joe Show makes an impressive debut as a writer director with this polished, action packed horror comedy (closer to horror than comedy). But it would have been better if it had more plot twists and fewer lectures on the importance of hugging a hoody.
- 9/17/2011
- The Independent - Film
Joe Cornish’s critically acclaimed debut film Attack the Block is released on DVD, Double-Play, and Est on September 19th and to celebrate, we’re giving you the chance to own it on Double-Play! The film tells the story of a group of teenagers from South London who, after capturing an alien that crash lands on Earth, find themselves protecting their block from a whole invasion.
Bonfire night, South London. Sam (Jodie Whittaker – St Trinian’S, Venus) and a gang of hooded youths encounter a meteor which crash lands near their housing block. Sam flees the scene, but the gang are attacked by a small vicious alien. They kill the ghoulish invader, but their triumph is short lived. More aliens are invading and they’re bigger, stronger and out for blood. The gang’s only chance of survival is to take refuge within the concrete walls of the block. Teaming...
Bonfire night, South London. Sam (Jodie Whittaker – St Trinian’S, Venus) and a gang of hooded youths encounter a meteor which crash lands near their housing block. Sam flees the scene, but the gang are attacked by a small vicious alien. They kill the ghoulish invader, but their triumph is short lived. More aliens are invading and they’re bigger, stronger and out for blood. The gang’s only chance of survival is to take refuge within the concrete walls of the block. Teaming...
- 9/15/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Joe Cornish’s critically acclaimed debut film Attack the Block is released on DVD, Double-Play, and Est on September 19th and to celebrate, we’re giving you the chance to own it on Double-Play! The film tells the story of a group of teenagers from South London who, after capturing an alien that crash lands on Earth, find themselves protecting their block from a whole invasion.
Bonfire night, South London. Sam (Jodie Whittaker – St Trinian’S, Venus) and a gang of hooded youths encounter a meteor which crash lands near their housing block. Sam flees the scene, but the gang are attacked by a small vicious alien. They kill the ghoulish invader, but their triumph is short lived. More aliens are invading and they’re bigger, stronger and out for blood. The gang’s only chance of survival is to take refuge within the concrete walls of the block. Teaming...
Bonfire night, South London. Sam (Jodie Whittaker – St Trinian’S, Venus) and a gang of hooded youths encounter a meteor which crash lands near their housing block. Sam flees the scene, but the gang are attacked by a small vicious alien. They kill the ghoulish invader, but their triumph is short lived. More aliens are invading and they’re bigger, stronger and out for blood. The gang’s only chance of survival is to take refuge within the concrete walls of the block. Teaming...
- 9/14/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Attack the Block only received a limited release in the Us, but those who missed out won’t have to wait too much longer to see the movie for themselves. Sony Pictures has just announced that Attack the Block will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on October 25th. We have a copy of the official press release, which also includes the list of bonus materials.
“Culver City, CA (9/19/11) – “It’s an alien invasion, bruv – believe it” and it’s coming to you from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. “Trust, fam!” Attack The Block will be invading your area on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD on October 25th, 2011. The film boasts an impressive roster, including fan favorites’ co-star Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), and his cinema brethren filmmaker Edgar Wright serving as executive producer. It also introduces audiences to a slew of UK newcomers, like writer/director Joe Cornish (The Adventures of Tintin,...
“Culver City, CA (9/19/11) – “It’s an alien invasion, bruv – believe it” and it’s coming to you from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. “Trust, fam!” Attack The Block will be invading your area on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD on October 25th, 2011. The film boasts an impressive roster, including fan favorites’ co-star Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), and his cinema brethren filmmaker Edgar Wright serving as executive producer. It also introduces audiences to a slew of UK newcomers, like writer/director Joe Cornish (The Adventures of Tintin,...
- 9/12/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Joe Cornish’s critically acclaimed debut film Attack the Block is released on DVD, Double-Play, and Est on September 19th and to celebrate, we’re giving four people the chance to own it on Double-Play! The film tells the story of a group of teenagers from South London who, after capturing an alien that crash lands on Earth, find themselves protecting their block from a whole invasion.
Bonfire night, South London. Sam (Jodie Whittaker – St Trinian’S, Venus) and a gang of hooded youths encounter a meteor which crash lands near their housing block. Sam flees the scene, but the gang are attacked by a small vicious alien. They kill the ghoulish invader, but their triumph is short lived. More aliens are invading and they’re bigger, stronger and out for blood. The gang’s only chance of survival is to take refuge within the concrete walls of the block.
Bonfire night, South London. Sam (Jodie Whittaker – St Trinian’S, Venus) and a gang of hooded youths encounter a meteor which crash lands near their housing block. Sam flees the scene, but the gang are attacked by a small vicious alien. They kill the ghoulish invader, but their triumph is short lived. More aliens are invading and they’re bigger, stronger and out for blood. The gang’s only chance of survival is to take refuge within the concrete walls of the block.
- 9/12/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As a kid growing up in South London during the late ’70s and early ’80s Joe Cornish adored both creature features like Gremlins and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and gang movies such as The Outsiders and The Warriors. His one complaint about these films? None of them were set in South London. “I used to wonder why those stories never happened where I lived,” says Cornish. “Twenty-five years later I’m trying to put that right.”
Cornish’s vehicle for doing so is the movie Attack the Block, which the 42-year-old wrote and directed and which opens tomorrow.
Cornish’s vehicle for doing so is the movie Attack the Block, which the 42-year-old wrote and directed and which opens tomorrow.
- 7/28/2011
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Luke Treadaway in Attack the Block
Photo: Screen Gems Attack the Block is a film sold with the tagline "Inner City vs. Outer Space" as aliens have landed in South London and for some reason seem attracted to one specific South London apartment building. Even more specifically, they seem to be honing in one group of young thugs, whom we first meet as they are mugging a nurse as she's walking home. As terror rains down from the stars this group of misfits and the woman they mugged must ultimately work together to save their tower block from the alien marauders. But while Attack the Block is being sold as a sci-fi comedy, there's a lot more to it than just that.
John Boyega stars as Moses, the leader of this gang with a not-so-ironic name. On top of serving as the face of this young group of hoods,...
Photo: Screen Gems Attack the Block is a film sold with the tagline "Inner City vs. Outer Space" as aliens have landed in South London and for some reason seem attracted to one specific South London apartment building. Even more specifically, they seem to be honing in one group of young thugs, whom we first meet as they are mugging a nurse as she's walking home. As terror rains down from the stars this group of misfits and the woman they mugged must ultimately work together to save their tower block from the alien marauders. But while Attack the Block is being sold as a sci-fi comedy, there's a lot more to it than just that.
John Boyega stars as Moses, the leader of this gang with a not-so-ironic name. On top of serving as the face of this young group of hoods,...
- 7/28/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I like interviewing up-and-coming talent because there's a curiosity factor. Like, who's this rookie writer-director out of Britain everybody's talking about, whose movie won audience awards at both SXSW and the Los Angeles Film Festival? Insiders have been tracking Joe Cornish not only because he's a protege of Attack the Block exec producer Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz), with whom he co-wrote Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin and Marvel's Ant Man, but because he's also a TV writer-personality (late night Channel 4 homemade sketch comedy series The Adam and Joe Show). (All Cornish will say about Tintin is that because Herge drew each panel from photographs, performance capture is a "good fit.") Cornish does talk below about his $13-million debut film Attack ...
- 7/13/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Tintin is one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year as the comics, The Adventures of Tintin by the late cartoonist Herge, come to life in this 3D motion-capture film. Steven Spielberg is directing, Peter Jackson is producing and the screenplay is co-written by Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), Joe Cornish (The Adam and Joe Show), and Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Doctor Who).
Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) will voice Tintin and the film also features the voices of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) as Inspectors Thompson and Thompson, Daniel Craig (007: Quantum of Solace) as Red Tackham, and Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) as Captain Haddock.
Story:
The script is rumored to be a combined adaptation of three Tintin books: The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure. Bell...
Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) will voice Tintin and the film also features the voices of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) as Inspectors Thompson and Thompson, Daniel Craig (007: Quantum of Solace) as Red Tackham, and Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) as Captain Haddock.
Story:
The script is rumored to be a combined adaptation of three Tintin books: The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure. Bell...
- 5/18/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Much has been made of the similarities between Attack the Block and now landmark hit horror comedy Shaun of the Dead in the advertising for this film. It's true, both films have been co-funded by Film4 Productions - one of the forerunners in British cinematic production - and both feature the wonderfully talented Nick Frost. Furthermore, it's another innovative genre blend, coming from "Joe" (Joe Cornish, who's worked on the screenplays for the upcoming Tintin and Ant-Man), one half of the much-loved - and ever so popular - Channel 4 comedy of yesteryear, The Adam and Joe Show. In fact, it even comes from the same producers that brought that film to the screen.
So, it's fairly evident that this film has been built on some very solid foundations. Furthermore, the depth and experience belonging to those involved in its production is remarkable, again adding to this film's strength. However,...
So, it's fairly evident that this film has been built on some very solid foundations. Furthermore, the depth and experience belonging to those involved in its production is remarkable, again adding to this film's strength. However,...
- 5/13/2011
- Shadowlocked
Writer-director Joe Cornish's Attack the Block is gearing up for its U.K. release; Empire has released a new poster for the occasion. A hit at this year's South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), Attack the Block won the SXSW Audience Award and near universal praise for Cornish's directorial debut. The festival helped win the movie U.S. distribution, though no release date has been set yet.
While Cornish has co-written the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and the in-development Ant-Man with Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright (who produced Attack the Block), Cornish started his career as a comedian on the BBC sketch show The Adam and Joe Show. It's taken a decade for Cornish to finally make his first movie, but Cornish explained to The Skinny that he was "just waiting till I was ready."
My life...
While Cornish has co-written the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and the in-development Ant-Man with Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright (who produced Attack the Block), Cornish started his career as a comedian on the BBC sketch show The Adam and Joe Show. It's taken a decade for Cornish to finally make his first movie, but Cornish explained to The Skinny that he was "just waiting till I was ready."
My life...
- 5/9/2011
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Attack The Block
Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost, Danielle Vitalis | Written and Directed by Joe Cornish
Attack the Block feels something like the culmination of a new wave of British filmmaking, if you’ll forgive such grandiose showboating. With the mainstream successes of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in recent years, followed by films by Garth Jennings, Ricky Gervais, Chris Morris and more recently Richard Ayoade, it seems clearer than ever that British television comedy is a particularly fertile breeding ground for quality filmmaking. The latest example of this is Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block. Cornish, who made his name with Adam Buxton on their cult TV and now radio programme, The Adam and Joe Show, presents a slick urban-comedy-sci-fi-horror-action flick that in one fell swoop proves the first-time feature director as an assured talent and a definite ‘one to watch’ for coming years.
Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost, Danielle Vitalis | Written and Directed by Joe Cornish
Attack the Block feels something like the culmination of a new wave of British filmmaking, if you’ll forgive such grandiose showboating. With the mainstream successes of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in recent years, followed by films by Garth Jennings, Ricky Gervais, Chris Morris and more recently Richard Ayoade, it seems clearer than ever that British television comedy is a particularly fertile breeding ground for quality filmmaking. The latest example of this is Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block. Cornish, who made his name with Adam Buxton on their cult TV and now radio programme, The Adam and Joe Show, presents a slick urban-comedy-sci-fi-horror-action flick that in one fell swoop proves the first-time feature director as an assured talent and a definite ‘one to watch’ for coming years.
- 4/25/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
He used to re-make films using cuddly toys in a Brixton bedsit on the Adam and Joe Show. Now Joe Cornish has made his own movie, a darkly funny, provocative horror. Next up, he's working with Steven Spielberg – which holds terrors of its own…
Seven years ago, the comedian Joe Cornish was walking home through the south London streets he's lived in since he was a child, when, for the first time in his life, he was mugged. Cornish is a long man. A man whose 42-year-old arms swing contentedly in their sweatshirt sleeves like cats in a duvet cover; whose voice, lullabyish and sardonic-sounding, slips easily into a giggle. "This mugging violated certain boundaries," he explains, his hands holding his face in the way people do when they're trying to hold down a blush – he's not used to talking about himself. "It made me think two things. First, it...
Seven years ago, the comedian Joe Cornish was walking home through the south London streets he's lived in since he was a child, when, for the first time in his life, he was mugged. Cornish is a long man. A man whose 42-year-old arms swing contentedly in their sweatshirt sleeves like cats in a duvet cover; whose voice, lullabyish and sardonic-sounding, slips easily into a giggle. "This mugging violated certain boundaries," he explains, his hands holding his face in the way people do when they're trying to hold down a blush – he's not used to talking about himself. "It made me think two things. First, it...
- 4/16/2011
- by Eva Wiseman
- The Guardian - Film News
A remarkable documentary by rising British director Lucy Walker offers terrifying insights into an issue many people think is a political dead letter – nuclear war. Plus the best of the rest
Countdown to Zero (dir Lucy Walker) ★ Star pick
Lucy Walker is fast becoming one of Britain's most remarkable, and remarkably prolific, film-makers. It has hardly been a month since she was on the Oscar red-carpet as an Academy Award nominee for her fascinating documentary Waste Land. Now she gives us an extraordinary and quite terrifying documentary about a subject that most of us think is a political dead letter: nukes.
You might believe that worrying about nuclear war went out in the 1980s with Norman Tebbit and Katharine Hamnett T-shirts. Wrong. Walker talks to a range of interviewees including Mikhail Gorbachev and Tony Blair – who appears to rediscover his leftist youth with a plea to reduce nuclear weapons to...
Countdown to Zero (dir Lucy Walker) ★ Star pick
Lucy Walker is fast becoming one of Britain's most remarkable, and remarkably prolific, film-makers. It has hardly been a month since she was on the Oscar red-carpet as an Academy Award nominee for her fascinating documentary Waste Land. Now she gives us an extraordinary and quite terrifying documentary about a subject that most of us think is a political dead letter: nukes.
You might believe that worrying about nuclear war went out in the 1980s with Norman Tebbit and Katharine Hamnett T-shirts. Wrong. Walker talks to a range of interviewees including Mikhail Gorbachev and Tony Blair – who appears to rediscover his leftist youth with a plea to reduce nuclear weapons to...
- 4/6/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
If there must be one film to be labeled as the true winner of this year’s SXSW, it’s without a doubt Joe Cornish‘s feature debut film, Attack the Block. The comedic chase film is by all accounts a universally loved film here at the festival, and for good reason. The story follows a group of hooligans from the projects fighting off an alien invasion, and what could be cooler than that? Anything? No? Thought so. If you need further proof as to why the film is so beloved, then check out Brian Salisbury’s excellent review to discover why it is truly the bee’s knees. Very few films this year will contain half the energy and style that Attack the Block has, similarly to the work of Edgar Wright, who’s an executive producer of the film. Cornish’s Attack the Block and Edgar Wright’s work have such a specific energy to...
- 3/19/2011
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
If British comedians insist on crossing over to the big screen, they need to pay more attention to narrative and character development
Is there anything British comedians can't do? Not content with dominating the airwaves with their comedy shows, chat and quiz shows, they've been branching out into journalism, novels and, increasingly, the movies. And I'm not just talking about performing, though nowadays it's hard to escape Russell Brand, who popped up in The Tempest, will shortly be heard as voice of the Easter Bunny in Hop, and seen as Arthur in the remake of a film that starred Dudley Moore, another British TV comedian who was (briefly) clutched to the bosom of Hollywood.
No, because here comes Richard Ayoade, best known for roles in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Nathan Barley and The It Crowd, making his feature writing and directing debut with Submarine. Also coming soon to a multiplex near you is Attack the Block,...
Is there anything British comedians can't do? Not content with dominating the airwaves with their comedy shows, chat and quiz shows, they've been branching out into journalism, novels and, increasingly, the movies. And I'm not just talking about performing, though nowadays it's hard to escape Russell Brand, who popped up in The Tempest, will shortly be heard as voice of the Easter Bunny in Hop, and seen as Arthur in the remake of a film that starred Dudley Moore, another British TV comedian who was (briefly) clutched to the bosom of Hollywood.
No, because here comes Richard Ayoade, best known for roles in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Nathan Barley and The It Crowd, making his feature writing and directing debut with Submarine. Also coming soon to a multiplex near you is Attack the Block,...
- 3/18/2011
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
The only invasion more impressive than the wildebeest-like aliens that descend on a South London street corner to terrorize its denizens in Joe Cornish's "Attack the Block" is the way in which the film itself came in and conquered SXSW. Deep in the heart of geek culture...err, Texas, the debut appeared to be one of the surest bets of the festival, given the involvement of executive producer Edgar Wright and that Cornish's arrival in the States comes after years of being a favorite in his native England as a radio host on the sketch comedy program "The Adam and Joe Show" and his work on two scripts with Wright for two of the more anticipated films around, Wright's "Ant-Man" and Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn."
It's probably no coincidence then that Cornish just made a film that thrives on the wit and joy that permeates Wright's work,...
It's probably no coincidence then that Cornish just made a film that thrives on the wit and joy that permeates Wright's work,...
- 3/16/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Alien invasion, wormholes and a remarkably nasty horror flick are on offer from the Brits at SXSW 2011
The Brits are coming at SXSW. Or is it the cliques? One type of limey dominates at the festival: the 40-year-old with a background in Channel 4 comedy, keen on alien invasion, now lucratively tapping a big screen Us geek sensibility. These are the crown princes here; better groomed, more successful versions of the lads lapping up their films.
That mirroring is part of the appeal: this audience has no hang-ups about whether the films are a disappointment after Spaced or The Adam and Joe Show. They're open and excitable; an irresistible sorbet after Britain's hard cheese.
Also glimpsed in the city: chancer music documentarians, who've cooked up lyrical UK curios on a shoestring. Remember: in Austin, Teesside counts as exotica.
Duncan Jones
The (slight) exception to the rule is also king Brit.
The Brits are coming at SXSW. Or is it the cliques? One type of limey dominates at the festival: the 40-year-old with a background in Channel 4 comedy, keen on alien invasion, now lucratively tapping a big screen Us geek sensibility. These are the crown princes here; better groomed, more successful versions of the lads lapping up their films.
That mirroring is part of the appeal: this audience has no hang-ups about whether the films are a disappointment after Spaced or The Adam and Joe Show. They're open and excitable; an irresistible sorbet after Britain's hard cheese.
Also glimpsed in the city: chancer music documentarians, who've cooked up lyrical UK curios on a shoestring. Remember: in Austin, Teesside counts as exotica.
Duncan Jones
The (slight) exception to the rule is also king Brit.
- 3/15/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
From the intention of newly minted director Joe Cornish, Attack the Block is an homage to The Warriors, Predator, The Outsiders, E.T., Rumble Fish, and just about every other great monster and child-gang film you can think of. From Cornish's mouth "Super 8... Mile'; a joke that comes nowhere near doing the film justice, but provides for a cheeky top-down. Cornish, while popular in Britain for his comedic trappings and co-creation of The Adam and Joe Show may be a bit of an unknown to American audiences. This should hopefully change quite soon. Cornish is a long time friend and current writing partner of Edgar Wright, the two having worked on the upcoming The Adventures of Tin-Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn as well as...
- 3/13/2011
- Screen Anarchy
South By Southwest is like the renegade cousin of prim and pristine Sundance. The film portion of the Austin, Texas-based festival has been kicking for seventeen glorious years, with a week of innovative films by a mix of emerging filmmakers, fresh faces, established talent and a few of the best hold-overs from Sundance.
SXSW finds its roots in rock and roll, and that spirit is alive and burning in this year's film selections. Horror flicks, music docs, sci-fi adventures, introspective dramas, off-kilter comedies and hedgehogs who love drinking beer -- no stone goes unturned.
Here are nine movies we're dying to see, but you can see the full slate over at the official SXSW film site.
'Paul'
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the duo behind "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," are as much movie buffs as they are movie stars. Their latest road trip flick "Paul" is an ode to everything geek,...
SXSW finds its roots in rock and roll, and that spirit is alive and burning in this year's film selections. Horror flicks, music docs, sci-fi adventures, introspective dramas, off-kilter comedies and hedgehogs who love drinking beer -- no stone goes unturned.
Here are nine movies we're dying to see, but you can see the full slate over at the official SXSW film site.
'Paul'
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the duo behind "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," are as much movie buffs as they are movie stars. Their latest road trip flick "Paul" is an ode to everything geek,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Matt Patches
- NextMovie
2011 is shaping up to be a great year for sci-fi films, with the likes of Battle: Los Angelos, Paul, Super 8, Source Code, and not to mention the tons of superhero movies coming to the big screen. Add Attack the Block to that list, the directorial debut of Joe Cornish (The Adam and Joe Show), which just had its trailer premiere over at Empire (embedded below). The key difference between this film and all the others I mentioned is that, Attack the Block (which by the way is produced by the same people behind Shaun Of The Dead) doesn’t involve huge action set pieces or huge explosions. Instead we have a movie featuring a gang of teens who must protect their neighborhood from space invaders. The trailer has me sold since if feels like a throwback to movies like Monster Squad and Night of The Creeps.
Attack the Block...
Attack the Block...
- 3/4/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Sci-Fi, Cinematical
A surprising amout of alien-invasion movies are due out in 2011, but save for one of them, they're all Hollywood flicks that can afford to put themselves on your radar by buying a Super Bowl ad. The exception? 'Attack the Block,' the directorial debut of Joe Cornish ('The Adam and Joe Show'), which just had its trailer premiere over at Empire (embedded below).
From the producers of 'Shaun of the Dead,' 'Attack the Block' looks like the anti-alien-invasion blockbuster. It doesn't involve soldiers fighting off spaceships. It doesn't involve conspiracy theories on the moon. It doesn't involve entire cities being destroyed. It's about a gang of teens who must protect their neighborhood from space invaders. Think of it as the 'Monster Squad,' just with, ya know, aliens.
Unfortunately, as of right now 'Attack the Block' doesn't have U.
A surprising amout of alien-invasion movies are due out in 2011, but save for one of them, they're all Hollywood flicks that can afford to put themselves on your radar by buying a Super Bowl ad. The exception? 'Attack the Block,' the directorial debut of Joe Cornish ('The Adam and Joe Show'), which just had its trailer premiere over at Empire (embedded below).
From the producers of 'Shaun of the Dead,' 'Attack the Block' looks like the anti-alien-invasion blockbuster. It doesn't involve soldiers fighting off spaceships. It doesn't involve conspiracy theories on the moon. It doesn't involve entire cities being destroyed. It's about a gang of teens who must protect their neighborhood from space invaders. Think of it as the 'Monster Squad,' just with, ya know, aliens.
Unfortunately, as of right now 'Attack the Block' doesn't have U.
- 3/3/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Moviefone
Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Sci-Fi, Cinematical
A surprising amout of alien-invasion movies are due out in 2011, but save for one of them, they're all Hollywood flicks that can afford to put themselves on your radar by buying a Super Bowl ad. The exception? 'Attack the Block,' the directorial debut of Joe Cornish ('The Adam and Joe Show'), which just had its trailer premiere over at Empire (embedded below).
From the producers of 'Shaun of the Dead,' 'Attack the Block' looks like the anti-alien-invasion blockbuster. It doesn't involve soldiers fighting off spaceships. It doesn't involve conspiracy theories on the moon. It doesn't involve entire cities being destroyed. It's about a gang of teens who must protect their neighborhood from space invaders. Think of it as the 'Monster Squad,' just with, ya know, aliens.
Unfortunately, as of right now 'Attack the Block' doesn't have U.
A surprising amout of alien-invasion movies are due out in 2011, but save for one of them, they're all Hollywood flicks that can afford to put themselves on your radar by buying a Super Bowl ad. The exception? 'Attack the Block,' the directorial debut of Joe Cornish ('The Adam and Joe Show'), which just had its trailer premiere over at Empire (embedded below).
From the producers of 'Shaun of the Dead,' 'Attack the Block' looks like the anti-alien-invasion blockbuster. It doesn't involve soldiers fighting off spaceships. It doesn't involve conspiracy theories on the moon. It doesn't involve entire cities being destroyed. It's about a gang of teens who must protect their neighborhood from space invaders. Think of it as the 'Monster Squad,' just with, ya know, aliens.
Unfortunately, as of right now 'Attack the Block' doesn't have U.
- 3/3/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
This week Chuck was jam packed with a new expansion to the Volkoff empire, action, emotional scenes and the best use of Star Wars toys (I of course mean collectibles) to grace our screens since The Adam and Joe Show.
Casey and Morgan both felt like spare parts with Chuck and Sarah, Casey on the work side and Morgan at home. It is a testament to how well that Chuck and Sarah work as a team that have induced these feelings in their friends. Of course they still need Casey and Morgan, but for Morgan it probably is about time that he flies the coop. Casey is often the third man in the missions, especially now that Chuck can control his use of the Intersect, though this episode reinforced that he has much needed skills out in the field beyond his excellent bar tending skills. The new mission that Casey...
Casey and Morgan both felt like spare parts with Chuck and Sarah, Casey on the work side and Morgan at home. It is a testament to how well that Chuck and Sarah work as a team that have induced these feelings in their friends. Of course they still need Casey and Morgan, but for Morgan it probably is about time that he flies the coop. Casey is often the third man in the missions, especially now that Chuck can control his use of the Intersect, though this episode reinforced that he has much needed skills out in the field beyond his excellent bar tending skills. The new mission that Casey...
- 2/22/2011
- by emma fraser
- TVovermind.com
Let’s face it, when it comes to animated feature films – CG or otherwise – Walt Disney Animation and Pixar hold the crown. If it’s CG, Pixar wins out by a mile with Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo, Up – the list goes on. Thanks to the recent releases of The Princess and the Frog and Tangled, Disney has risen back to animated glory after its post-90s slump.
DreamWorks Animation often finds itself as the number two underdog who tries to pummel its big brother. Kung Fu Panda and Shrek beat the odds and became two strong household names.
New animated features that don’t come from the Disney-Pixar powerhouse usually end up forgotten. Mega-what? Celebrity stunt voice casting can only go so far. However, when Sherlock and Doctor Who Executive Producer Steven Moffat and Director Steven Spielberg decide to hook up for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,...
DreamWorks Animation often finds itself as the number two underdog who tries to pummel its big brother. Kung Fu Panda and Shrek beat the odds and became two strong household names.
New animated features that don’t come from the Disney-Pixar powerhouse usually end up forgotten. Mega-what? Celebrity stunt voice casting can only go so far. However, when Sherlock and Doctor Who Executive Producer Steven Moffat and Director Steven Spielberg decide to hook up for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,...
- 12/19/2010
- by Bags
- BuzzFocus.com
Cameras have started rolling on writer-director Joe Cornish's debut feature film Attack the Block.
Cornish (pictured) has numerous writing credits including The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, set for release towards the end of 2011, and Edgar Wright's planned film adaptation of Marvel hero Ant-Man.
Attack the Block is described as "a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters."
It stars Jodie Whittaker (St. Trinians, Venus) and newcomers John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones and Simon Howard. The supporting cast includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) and Luke Treadaway (Clash of the Titans).
The film is produced by Nira Park (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs the World) and James Wilson. The executive producers are Big Talk's Matthew Justice, Film4's Tessa Ross and Optimum Releasing's Will Clarke and Jenny Borgars.
Cornish (pictured) has numerous writing credits including The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, set for release towards the end of 2011, and Edgar Wright's planned film adaptation of Marvel hero Ant-Man.
Attack the Block is described as "a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters."
It stars Jodie Whittaker (St. Trinians, Venus) and newcomers John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones and Simon Howard. The supporting cast includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) and Luke Treadaway (Clash of the Titans).
The film is produced by Nira Park (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs the World) and James Wilson. The executive producers are Big Talk's Matthew Justice, Film4's Tessa Ross and Optimum Releasing's Will Clarke and Jenny Borgars.
- 3/24/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Following the success of their alternative Quantum of Solace theme song from a couple of years back, British comedy duo Adam and Joe have turned to Stephen King’s classic – The Shining.
The song is intended as a closing credits theme, to be accompanied by a visual summary of the story. It was first heard on The Adam and Joe Show on BBC6 Music.
Video is spoiler filled and not safe for work -
Incidentally Joe Cornish has recently switched from TV and radio to feature films, working closely with Shaun of the Dead’s Edgar Wright. He co-wrote Spielberg’s upcoming Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn with Wright, and is reportedly scripting Wright’s Ant-Man movie. Cornish is also about to direct a British film called Attack the Block, about a teen gang in South London defending their block from an alien invasion.
The song is intended as a closing credits theme, to be accompanied by a visual summary of the story. It was first heard on The Adam and Joe Show on BBC6 Music.
Video is spoiler filled and not safe for work -
Incidentally Joe Cornish has recently switched from TV and radio to feature films, working closely with Shaun of the Dead’s Edgar Wright. He co-wrote Spielberg’s upcoming Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn with Wright, and is reportedly scripting Wright’s Ant-Man movie. Cornish is also about to direct a British film called Attack the Block, about a teen gang in South London defending their block from an alien invasion.
- 3/1/2010
- by Sheridan Passell
- Movie-moron.com
There's more strings to Garth Jennings' bow than to a life sized Harp lager logo. Along with producer Nick Goldsmith and (sometimes) editor Dom Leung, Jennings is one part of Hammer and Tongs, creators of world-beating music videos and commercials; he's part of Squid Vicar, a Tongs offshoot musical... thing that has played a fair sized handful of gigs and released an album of telephone hold music; he's the best presenter that The Adam and Joe Show on 6 Music doesn't always have; he directed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow; and he's particularly good at telling Mark Kermode to "Fuck off" on TV. Basically, he's living the dream. In interview to discuss his new video for Vampire Weekend's Cousins (which you can see below the break, alongside a test/pitch version), Jennings also gave a minor update on the two big-screen projects he's got...
- 12/10/2009
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
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