The UK’s cinema lockdown and the endless blockbuster postponements at least means smaller movies are finding an audience – and Philophobia director Guy Davies is trying to ensure that for his own indie film, by putting together his own DIY cinema release schedule. Despite being a scheduling newbie, he currently has 43 cinemas lined up… Fear not – UK indie Philophobia has a trailer and a cinema release Read More
The Isle: Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart on their spooky, siren drama…
“On the island… when something like a force nine gale hit, or a beach disappeared due to a storm, we couldn’t just stop filming, we didn’t have the luxury of time.” Three sailors, the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the rocks, find their way to shore through the mist. This is an island that shouldn’t… The Isle: Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart on their spooky, siren drama… Read More
2018: The Good The Bad & The Ugly (But Mostly Good)
Well that went quick! It seems like no time since I was writing my 2018 To-Watch list and thinking how long it was until Aquaman was coming out. And in some ways, not a whole amount has changed in the past 12 months. We’re still in the EU (just), and we still haven’t seen Replicas…. 2018: The Good The Bad & The Ugly (But Mostly Good) Read More
Six Degrees & Kevin Bacon: The Making Of Short Film “Entrance No Exit”
*** Check out my Entrance No Exit cast & crew interviews *** It’s a mysterious, extraordinary entity, a technological marvel that somehow becomes a repository for our heaviest baggage. Yes, I’m talking about Fiat 500s. Oh and film. 1. CHARIOTS OF FIRE Never was this shown so clearly than when I waited at the station with three actors to… Six Degrees & Kevin Bacon: The Making Of Short Film “Entrance No Exit” Read More
FishBowl California: Interviews With Director Michael A MacRae & Actor Steve Olson
“I was honored to work with some of the best talent in the world. I learned from them” Michael A MacRae Michael A MacRae directed and co-wrote Fishbowl California, a hilarious comedy about 20-something slacker Rodney (Steve Olson) who ends up living with June (Katherine Cortez), a bolshy, beer-loving widow, after she catches him stealing her electricity. Check… FishBowl California: Interviews With Director Michael A MacRae & Actor Steve Olson Read More
Fishbowl California Interviews: Actor Steve Olson (Rodney)
“I know Rodneys. I try not to give advice since people usually don’t take it anyways, let alone from me” Steve Olson Steve Olson stars in the hilarious indie comedy Fishbowl California, about Rodney, a 20-something slacker who ends up house-sharing with cantankerous, hard-drinking widow June (Katherine Cortez) after she catches him trying to steal… Fishbowl California Interviews: Actor Steve Olson (Rodney) Read More
James & Jessica Whitehill On 5-Day Feature “The 12”
The debut feature film from director James Whitehill and screenwriter Jessica Whitehill, The 12 is a British thriller with a seam of black humour. In the movie, an unstable gunman, Caleb, takes a pastor and his congregation hostage. As the group gets to know the intruder, they discover he already has connections to their church; and… James & Jessica Whitehill On 5-Day Feature “The 12” Read More
Breathe Easy 3.5 stars
You know the apocalypse is only going to get worse when you’re British and your mate says “oh and we’ve run out of beer”. Turns out the world ends not with a bang but with a young man’s whimper, that the stash of Fosters is all gone. In Britain, anyway. Elsewhere it’s more urgent and more violent, as… Breathe Easy Read More
Crowdfund, Collaborate, Never Stint On Catering: Indie Filmmaker Richard Rowntree
“Necessity really is the mother of invention, and people found ways to achieve things that you wouldn’t believe if you knew what their budgets were” Richard Rowntree is a British indie film director who, yes, started watching horror films FAR too young. But he’s put that early cinematic exposure to the darker side of life to very good use – Dogged,… Crowdfund, Collaborate, Never Stint On Catering: Indie Filmmaker Richard Rowntree Read More