FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS

6 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 15th March 2019

Director: Chris Foggin (Kids in Love)

Cast: James Purefoy, Daniel Mays, Tuppence Middleton, David Hayman, Dave Johns, Sam Swainsbury, Christian Brassington, Maggie Steed, Meadow Nobrega, Vahid Gold, Christopher Villiers, Mae Voogd, Jade Anouka, Sandy Foster, Jumayn Hunter and Noel Clarke

Writer: Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard & Piers Ashworth

Trailer: FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• James Purefoy: Pennyworth (TV), Sex Education (TV), Churchill, Interlude in Prague, Momentum, High-Rise, Episodes (TV), John Carter,  Ironclad, Solomon Kane, Resident Evil, Maybe Baby, A Knight’s Tale,  The Wedding Tackle, Mansfield Park (1999), Lighthouse, Bedrooms & Hallways
• Daniel Mays: The Rhythm Section, 1917, Good Omens (TV), Temple (TV), Swimming With Men, The Limehouse Golem, Against The Law, Star Wars – Rogue One, The Infiltrator, Dad’s Army (2016), Victor Frankenstein, Byzantium, Welcome To The Punch, Tintin (mo-cap), Made In Dagenham, Nanny McPhee Returns – Nanny McPhee 2, The Firm (2009), Shifty, The Bank Job, Atonement, Vera Drake, All Or Nothing
• Tuppence Middleton: Downton Abbey, The Current War, War & Peace (TV), Dickensian (TV), Spooks – The Greater Good, Jupiter Ascending, The Imitation Game, The Love Punch, A Long Way Down, Trap for Cinderella, Trance, Cleanskin, , Skeletons, Chatroom, First Light, Tormented
• David Hayman: Our Ladies, The Corrupted, Hatton Garden (TV), Finding Your Feet, Viceroy’s House, Taboo (TV), Macbeth (2015), Dartmoor Killing, Queen & Country, Castles In The Sky, Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit, Screwed (2011), Sawney – Flesh of Man, Burke and Hare, Flood, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, Rag Tale, Tailor Of Panama, Vertical Limit, The Match, My Name Is Joe, Smilla’s Feeling For Snow, Regeneration, The Jackal, The Near Room (dir),  Twin Town,  Rob Roy, The Hawk (dir), Venus Peter, Silent Scream (dir), Hope and Glory, Sid & Nancy
• Dave Johns: 23 Walks, Blithe Spirit, The Keeper, Walk Like a Panther, I Daniel Blake
• Sam Swainsbury: Mum (TV)
• Christian Brassington: Poldark (TV), Our Kind of Traitor, The Smoke, Hummingbird, Burke and Hare, St. Trinians 2- The Legend of Fritton’s Gold
• Maggie Steed: Eastenders (TV), Paddington 2, A Cure for Wellness, Pudsey the Dog, Florence Foster Jenkins, Stella (TV), The Painted Veil, Born & Bred (TV), Pie In The Sky (TV), Shine On Harvey Moon (TV), Martin Chuzzlewit (TV), Lipstick On Your Collar (TV), Coronation Street (TV)
• Christopher Villiers: The Shouting Men, Emmerdale (TV), Mile High (TV), Family Affairs (TV), Bloody Sunday, Sliding Doors, First Knight, We Are Seven (TV), Top Secret!, Doctor Who (TV)
• Jade Anouka: The Rhythm Section, Last Christmas
• Sandy Foster: Mr Turner
• Jumayn Hunter: Yardie, How To Talk To Girls at Parties, Remainder, Kill Your Friends, The Guvnors, Scintilla, Dom Hemingway, Borrowed Time, I Anna, Quartet, Piggy, Attack The Block, Cherry Tree Lane, Eden Lake
• Noel Clarke: SAS – Red Notice, Bulletproof (TV), The Corrupted, I Kill Giants, Mute, 10x 10, Brotherhood, The Anomaly,  I Am Soldier, Saving Santa (voice), Star Trek 2 – Into Darkness (2013), The Knot, Fast Girls, Huge, Screwed (2011), Heartless, 4-3-2-1, Centurion, Sex & Drugs & Rock-N-Roll, Doghouse, Adulthood, Kidulthood, Dr Who (TV), Auf Wierdesen Pet (TV)

THE FIGHT

6 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 15th March 2019 (DVD premiere)

Director: Jessica Hynes

Cast: Jessica Hynes, Shaun Parkes, Anita Dobson, Rhona Mitra, Sennia Nanua, Liv Hill, Sally Phillips, Cathy Tyson, Russell Brand with Alice Lowe, Robert James Collier and Christopher Fairbank

Writer: Jessica Hynes

Trailer: THE FIGHT

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Jessica Hynes: Seagull, Years and Years (TV), Nativity 4 – Rocks!, Paddington 2, W1A (TV), Bridget Jones 3 – Bridget Jones’ Baby, W1A (TV), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Pudsey The Dog, Chalet Girl,  Nativity 2 – Danger in The Manger, Burke and Hare, Faintheart, Magicians, Son Of Rambow, Confetti, Bridget Jones 2 – The Edge of Reason, Pure, Spaced (TV), Born Romantic, Staying Alive (TV)
• Shaun Parkes: Lost in Space (TV), The Aliens (TV), Line of Duty (TV), Silent Witness (TV), Urban Hymn, The Inspector Lynley Murders (TV), Clubbed, Notes On a Scandal, The Mummy 2 – Returns, Human Traffic
• Anita Dobson: The Worst Witch (TV), Torvil & Dean, London Road, The Rise of the Krays, Charlie (2004), The Tichborne Claimant, The Revengers’ Comedies, Beyond Bedlam, Split Ends (TV), Eastenders (TV)
• Rhona Mitra: Supergirl (TV), Hard Target 2, Reuniting The Rubins, Doomsday, Underworld 3 – Rise of the Lycans, Shooter, The Number 23, Skinwalkers, Nip/Tuck (TV), Boston Legal (TV), The Life of David Gale, Sweet-Home Alabama, Ali G In Da House, Get Carter (2000)
• Sennia Nanua: The Girl With All The Gifts
• Liv Hill: Jellyfish, The Little Stranger
• Sally Phillips: Rizen 2 – Possession, Surviving Christmas With The Relatives, The More You Ignore Me, Trollied (TV), Smack The Pony (TV), The Rizen, Burn Burn Burn, Bridget Jones 3 – Bridget Jones’ Baby, Set The Thames On Fire, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Decoy Bride, Miranda (TV), Green Wing (TV), Bridget Jones 2 – The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones, Mean Machine, Birthday Girl, Born Romantic
• Cathy Tyson: The Marker, ChickLit, Mob Handed, Grange Hill (TV), Band of Gold (TV), Priest (1994), The Serpent and The Rainbow, Mona Lisa
• Russell Brand: Minions 3 – The Rise of Gru (voice), Four Kids and It, Army of One, Trolls (voice), Despicable Me 2 (voice), Rock of Ages, Arthur (2011), Hop (voice), The Tempest (2010), Despicable Me (voice), Get Him To The Greek, Bedtime Stories, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, St Trinian’s, Penelope
• Alice Lowe: Dark Encounter, Solis (voice), Sometimes Always Never, Black Mirror – Bandersnatch, Chubby Funny, The Ghoul, Prevenge (dir), Adult Life Skills, Stoner Express, Burn Burn Burn, Black Mountain Poets, Aaaaaaaah!, Electricity, Paddington, Locke (voice), The World’s End, Sightseers, This Is Jinsy (TV), Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place (TV)
• Rob James-Collier: Downton Abbey, Ackley Bridge (TV), The Ritual, A Christmas Star, Downton Abbey (TV), Spike Island, Wayland’s Song, Mercenaries, Coronation St (TV)
• Christopher Fairbank: Journey To China – The Mystery of Iron Mask, Hatton Garden (TV), Walk Like a Panther, Taboo (TV), Lady Macbeth, Dickensian (TV), Orthodox, Dragonheart 3, Hercules (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy, Jack The Giant Slayer, Little Deaths, Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 – On Stranger Tides, Goal 3, Mindflesh, Goal 2, Goal, Below, The Bunker, The Fifth Element, Alien 3, Batman (1989), Auf Wierdesen Pet! (TV)

 

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

4.5 out of 10

UK/USA co-production

REVIEW COMING ONE DAY

Release date:  1st March 2019

Director: Stephen Merchant (Hello Ladies (TV) / Life’s Too Short (TV) / Cemetery Junction / Extras (TV) / The Office (TV))

Cast: Florence Pugh, Vince Vaughn, Jack Lowden, Lena Headey and Nick Frost with Aqueela Zoll, Kim Matula, Ellie Gonsalves, Julia Davis, Stephen Merchant, Mohammed Amiri, Hannah Rae, Tori Ellen Ross, Thomas Whilley, Jack Gouldbourne, Elroy Powell, Josh Myers and Dwayne Johnson

Writer: Stephen Merchant

Trailer: FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Florence Pugh: Black Widow, Little Women (2020), Midsommar, The Little Drummer Girl (TV), Outlaw King, The Commuter, Lady Macbeth,  The Falling
• Vince Vaughn: Dragged Across Concrete, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Hacksaw Ridge, True Detective (TV), Unfinished Business, Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues, Delivery Man, The Internship, Neighbourhood Watch, Couples’ Retreat, Four Christmases, Fred Clause, Into the Wild, The Break Up, Wedding Crashers, Mr & Mrs Smith, Be Cool, Thumbsucker, Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Dodgeball, Starsky & Hutch, Blackball, Old School, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Domestic Distubance, Zoolander, Made, The Cell, Psycho (1998), Clay Pigeons, Return to Paradise, A Cool Dry Place, Jurassic Park 2 – The Lost World, Swingers, Rudy
• Jack Lowden: Capone, Calibre, Mary Queen of Scots (2019), England Is Mine, Dunkirk, Tommy’s Honour, Denial, A United Kingdom, War and Peace (TV)
• Lena Headey: The Dark Crystal (voice)(TV), The Flood, Game Of Thrones (TV), Walk Like a Panther, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Adventurer – Curse of the Midas Box, 300 2 – Rise of an Empire, The Mortal Instruments, The Purge,  Dredd, The Broken (2009), The Brothers Grimm, Imagine Me & You, St. Trinians, 300, The Cave, Ripley’s Game, The Parole Officer, Gossip, Onegin, If Only, Mrs Dalloway, Face, The Grotesque, The Jungle Book (1994), Century, The Remains Of The Day, Waterland
• Nick Frost: Horrible Histories – The Rotten Romans, Slaughterhouse Rulez, The Festival, Tomb Raider (2018), Monster Family (voice), The Huntsman’s Winter War, Unfinished Business, Mr Sloane (TV), Cuban Fury, The World’s End, Ice Age 4 (voice), Snow White & The Huntsman, Attack The Block, Tintin (voice), Paul, The Boat That Rocked, Wild Child, Hyper Drive (TV), Hot Fuzz, Kinky Boots, Shaun Of The Dead, Spaced (TV)
• Aqueela Zoll: Wrong Turn 6 – Last Resort
• Julia Davis: Phantom Thread, Brakes, Psychobitches (TV), Cemetery Junction, Four Lions, Come On Eileen, Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself, Confetti, Sex Lives Of The Potato Men, Love Actually, Big Train (TV)
• Stephen Merchant: The Barking Murders (TV), JoJo Rabbit, Critters – A New Binge (TV), Good Boys, The Girl In The Spider’s Web, Sherlock Gnomes (voice), Table 19, X-Men – Logan,  Hello Ladies (TV), I Give It a Year, Life’s Too Short (TV)(dir), Movie 43, Extras (TV)(dir), Hall Pass, Cemetery Junction (dir), Run Fatboy Run, Hot Fuzz, The Office (TV)(dir)
• Mohammed Amiri: City of Tiny Lights
• Hannah Rae: Broadchurch (TV), City of Tiny Lights
• Josh Myers: The Krays 2 – New Blood, Vengeance 2, Rise of the Footsoldier 4 – Marbella, Once Upon a Time In London, The Krays – Dead Man Walking, Rise of the Footsoldier 3 – The Pat Tate Story, Ripper, Bonded By Blood 2, Fall of the Krays, Anti-Social, Meet The Firm – White Collar Hooligan 3,  I Am Soldier, Green Street 3, Zombie Diaries 2, Psychosis
• Dwayne Johnson: Jungle Cruise, Jumanji 3 – The Next Level, Fast & Furious – Hobbs & Shaw, Skyscraper, Rampage, Jumanji 2 – Welcome to the Jungle, Baywatch, Fast & Furious 8, Moana (voice), San Andreas, Fast & Furious 7, Hercules (2014), Fast & Furious 6, Pain & Gain, GI Joe 2 – Retaliation, Journey 2 – The Mysterious Island, Fast & Furious 5, Faster, The Other Guys, Tooth Fairy, Planet 51 (voice), Race to Witch Mountain, Get Smart, Reno 911 – Miami, Gridiron Gang, Southland Tales, Doom, Be Cool, Walking Tall, The Scorpion King, The Mummy 2 – Returns

THE FLOOD

4.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 21st June 2019

Director: Anthony Woodley (The Carrier / Outpost 11)

Cast: Lena Headey, Ivanno Jeremiah, Iain Glen, Peter Singh, Mandip Gill, Jack Gordon, Christopher Sciueref, John Lightbody and Arsher Ali

Writer: Helen Kingston

TRAILER: THE FLOOD

• Lena Headey: The Dark Crystal (voice)(TV), Game Of Thrones (TV), Fighting with My Family, Walk Like a Panther, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Adventurer – Curse of the Midas Box, 300 2 – Rise of an Empire, The Mortal Instruments, The Purge,  Dredd, The Broken (2009), The Brothers Grimm, Imagine Me & You, St. Trinians, 300, The Cave, Ripley’s Game, The Parole Officer, Gossip, Onegin, If Only, Mrs Dalloway, Face, The Grotesque, The Jungle Book (1994), Century, The Remains Of The Day, Waterland
• Ivanno Jeremiah: Cold Feet (TV), London Unplugged, Humans (TV), The Veteran
• Iain Glen: Game of Thrones (TV), My Cousin Rachel, Eye In The Sky, The Bad Education Movie, Resident Evil 6 – The Final Chapter, Downton Abbey (TV), The Iron Lady, Kick Ass 2, Spooks (TV), Resident Evil 3 – Extinction,  Harry Brown, The Last Legion, Kingdom Of Heaven, Resident Evil 2 – Apocalypse, Song for a Raggy Boy, Lara Croft – Tomb Raider, Beautiful Creatures, The Young Americans, Silent Scream, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead, Mountains Of The Moons, Paris By Night, Gorillas In The Mist
• Peter Singh: The Personal History of David Copperfield, Hampstead, Coronation Street (TV)
• Mandip Gill: Doctor Who (TV),  Doctors (TV), Hollyoaks (TV)
• Jack Gordon: Bachelor Games, The Carrier, A Royal Night Out, Northern Soul, Life Just Is, Truth or Dare, The Devil’s Business, Panic Button, Heartless, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife
• Christopher Sciueref: Angel (2015), 300 2 – Rise of An Empire
• Arsher Ali: The Ritual, The Darkest Universe, Remainder, Line of Duty (TV) All In Good Time, Four Lions

FINAL SCORE

5.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 7th September 2018

Director: Scott Mann (The Tournament)

Cast: Dave Bautista, Ray Stevenson, Lara Peake, Amit Shah, Ralph Brown, Craig Conway, Alexandra Dinu, Martyn Ford, Aaron McCusker, Lucy Gaskell, Rian Gordon, Bill Fellows, Peter Pedrero, Lee Charles, Gordon Alexander, Nick Rowntree with Julian Cheung and Pierce Brosnan

Writer: The Brothers Lynch & Jonathan Frank

Trailer: FINAL SCORE

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Dave Bautista: Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Army of the Dead, Dune (2020), My Spy, Stuber, Escape Plan 3 – Devil’s Station, Avengers 4 – Endgame, Master Z – Ip Man Legacy, Hotel Artemis, Espcape Plan 2 – Hades, Avengers 3 – Infinity War, Bladerunner 2049, Bushwick, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Kickboxer 4 – Vengeance, Highlander (2016), James Bond – Sceptre, Guardians of the Galaxy, WWF Raw (TV), Riddick, Man With The Iron Fists, The Scorpion King 3, House of the Rising Sun, My Son My Son What have Ye Done?
• Ray Stevenson: Rellik (TV), Accident Man, Allegiant, Transporter 4 – Refuelled, Big Game, Insurgent, Divergent, Thor 2 – The Dark World, GI Joe 2- Retaliation, The Three Musketeers (2011), Thor, Kill The Irishman, Outpost, The Book Of Eli, The Other Guys, Punisher – War Zone, Rome (TV)
• Lara Peake: How To Talk To Girls At Parties, The Marker, Spaceship, Bypass
• Amit Shah: Last Christmas, Ordinary Love, The Courier, Johnny English 3 – Strikes Back, Breathe, Howl (2015), The Hundred Foot Journey, Lilyhammer (TV), The Facility, All Stars, The Infidel
• Ralph Brown: Gemini Man, Jackie, Hard Tide, Agent Carter (TV), Babylon (TV), All Things To All Men, Jack The Giant Slayer,  I Anna, Stoker, Tower Block, Killing Bono, Huge, The Kid (2010), The Boat That Rocked, Flood, Straightheads, Exorcist – The Beginning,  Mean Machine, Star Wars – The Phantom Menace, Up N’ Under, Amistad, Wayne’s World 2, Undercover Blues, The Crying Game, Alien 3, Diamond Skulls, Scandal, Buster, Withnail & I
• Craig Conway: The Courier, Broken (2017), Estranged, Blood Shot, Scintilla, Detective Harrigan, Airborne, 7Lives, Four, Devil’s Playground, How To Stop Being a Loser, The Tournament, Doomsday
• Martyn Ford: The Marine 6 – Close Quarters, Robin Hood  – The Rebellion, Redcon-1, Of Gods and Warriors
• Aaron McCusker: Bohemian Rhapsody, Fortitude (TV), Shooting For Socrates, Shameless (TV)
• Lucy Gaskell: Misfits (TV), Casualty (TV), Lesbian Vampire Killers, Cutting It (TV)
• Rian Gordon: River City (TV)
• Bill Fellows: Lady Macbeth, Broken (2017), Doctors (TV), Vampires (2015), Almost Married, Detective Harrigan, In Our Name, Zombie Women of Satan, The Tournament
• Lee Charles: Vengeance 2, Tranzit 17, The Courier, The Marine 6 – Close Quarters, Cannibals and Carept Fitters, Accident Man, I Am Soldier
• Gordon Alexander: The Courier, The Anomaly, Don’t Let Me In, The Grind, Sucker Punch (2008), Underground (2008), Baseline, The Purifiers
• Nick Rowntree: The Tournament
• Julian Cheung: The Grandmaster
• Pierce Brosnan: The Foreigner, A Christmas Star, No Escape (2015), Survivor, The November Man, The Love Punch, A Long Way Down, The World’s End, Love Is All You Need, Remember Me, The Ghost, Percy Jackson, Mamma Mia!, Married Life, Seraphim Falls, The Matador, After The SUnset, Laws Of Attraction, James Bond – Die Another Day, Evelyn, The Tailor Of Panama, James Bond – The World Is Not Enough, Grey Owl, The Match, Thomas Crown Affair (1999), James Bond – Tomorrow Never Dies, The Nephew, Dante’s Peak, Mars Attacks, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Mrs Doubtfire, The Lawnmower Man, The Deceivers, The Fourth Protocol, Remington Steele (TV), Nomads, The Long Good Friday

 

THE FAVOURITE

8 out of 10

UK / Eire / Greece co-production

Release date: 1st January 2019

Director: Yorgos Lantimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer / The Lobster / Dogtooth)

Cast: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith and Mark Gatiss

Writer: Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara

Trailer: THE FAVOURITE

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Olivia Colman: Consider Yourself, Peep Show (TV), The Lobster, London Road, Broadchurch (TV), Locke (voice), Mr Selfridge (TV), Cuban Fury,  I Give It a Year,  The Iron Lady, Tyrannosaur, Le Donk & Scorsayzee, Hot Fuzz, Confetti, Green Wing (TV)
• Rachel Weisz: Disobedience, The Mercy, My Cousin Rachel, Denial, The Light Between The Oceans, Youth (2016), The Lobster, Oz The Great and Powerful, 360, The Bourne Legacy, Dream House, The Deep Blue Sea (2011), The Lovely Bones, The Brothers Bloom, My Blueberry Nights, Eragon (voice), The Fountain, The Constant Gardner, Constantine, Runaway Jury, The Shape Of Things, About a Boy, The Mummy 2 – Returns, Enemy At The Gates, Beautiful Creatures, The Mummy, I Want You, Land Girls, Bent, Chain Reaction, Stealing Beauty, Death Machine
• Emma Stone: Zombieland 2, The Croods 2 (voice), Maniac (TV), Battle of the Sexes, La La Land, Popstar – Never Stop Stopping, Irrational Man, Birdman, Magic in the Moonlight, The Amazing Spider Man 2, The Croods (voice), Gangster Squad, Movie 43, The Amazing Spider Man, The Help, Crazy Stupid Love, Friends with Benefits, Easy A, Zombieland, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The House Bunny, Superbad
• Nicholas Hoult: X Men 7 – Dark Phoenix, Watership Down (voice) (TV), The Current War, Sand Castle, Collide, X Men 6 – Apocalypse, Kill Your Friends, Mad Max 4 – Fury Road,  X-Men 5 – Days of Future Past, Jack The Giant Slayer, Warm Bodies, X-Men 4 – First Class, Clash of the Titans (2010), A Single Man, Kidulthood, Skins (TV), The Weather Man, Wah Wah, About a Boy, Intimate Relations
• Joe Alwyn: Harriet, Boy Erased, Mary Queen of Scots, The Sense of an Ending, Billy Lynn’s Long Half-Time Walk
• James Smith: In The Thick of It (TV), Grandma’s House (TV), In The Loop, Magicians
• Mark Gatiss: Good Omens (TV), Christopher Robin, The Mercy, Game of Thrones (TV), Dr Who (TV), Taboo (TV), Sherlock (TV), Denial, Absolutely Fabulous – The Movie, Dad’s Army (2016), Our Kind of Traitor, Victor Frankenstein, London Spy (TV), Wolf Hall (TV), Starter For 10, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (voice), The League of Gentleman’s Apocalypse, Sex Lives of the Potato Men, Birthday Girl, The League of Gentlemen (TV)

 

DON’T BLINK aka FOX TRAP

5.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 10th September 2018 (DVD premiere)

Director: Jamie Weston (The Doll From The Attic)

Cast: Kate Lister, Becca Fletcher, Julia Eringer, Alex Sawyer, Therica Wilson-Reed, Richard Summers-Calvert, Carey Thring, Georgina Dugdale, Tara MacGowran, Charlene Cooper, Shelley Lankovits with Klariza Clayton and Scott Chambers

Writer: Scott Jeffrey

Trailer:  DON’T BLINK

• Kate Lister: Suicide Club, The Final Scream, The Doll From The Attic, Curse of the Scarecrow, Unhinged
• Becca Fletcher: The Satanic Nun 2, Blood Cell, The Final Scream, The Satanic Nun, Fifty Shades of Elise, 12 Deaths of Christmas, Unhinged, House on Elm Lake
• Therica Wilson-Reed: Suicide Club
• Richard Summers-Calvert: The Brink, Suicide Club, King of Crime, Dragon Kingdom – Order of Kings 2
• Carey Thring: Suicide Club
• Tara MacGowran: Mummy Reborn, Fifty Shades of Elise, The Doll From The Attic, 12 Deaths of Christmas, House on Elm Lake
• Klariza Clayton: Suicide Club, Skins (TV)
• Scott Chambers: Malevolent, Patrick, Ian McKellen (doc), Chicken

FINDING YOUR FEET

4.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 23rd February 2018

Director: Richard Loncraine (Firewall / Wimbledon / My House In Umbria / Richard III / The Missionary / Brimstone & Treacle)

Cast: Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, David Hayman, John Sessions, Marianne Oldham, Indra Ove, Phoebe Nicholls, Larrington Walker with Josie Lawrence and Joanna Lumley

Writer: Meg Leonard & Nick Moorcroft

Trailer: FINDING YOUR FEET

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Imelda Staunton: Maleficent 2, Paddington 2 (voice), Paddington (voice), Pride (2014), Maleficent, The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists (voice), Arthur Christmas (voice), The Awakening, Psychoville (TV), Harry Potter 7 – The Deathly Hallows, Alice In Wonderland (voice), Another Year, Three and Out, Taking Woodstock, A Bunch Of Amateurs, Harry Potter 4 – The Order of the Phoenix, Freedom Writers, Shadow Man, Little Britain (TV), Nanny McPhee, Vera Drake, Blackball, Bright Young Things, Crush, Another Life, Chicken Run (voice), Shakespeare In Love, Remember Me? (1997), Twelfth Night (1996), Sense and Sensibility, Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Peter’s Friends
• Timothy Spall: Stanley – A Man of Variety, Early Man (voice), Electric Dreams (TV), Hatton Garden (TV), The Party, The Journey, Denial, Alice In Wonderland 2 (voice), Away, Mr Turner,  The Love Punch, The Rise, Love Bite, Comes a Bright Day, Harry Potter 8 – The Deathly Hallows 2, Ginger and Rosa, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter 7 – The Deathly Hallows 1, Wake Wood, Heartless, Reuniting The Rubins, Harry Potter 6 – The Half-Blood Prince, Alice In Wonderland (2011) (voice), Apaloosa, The Damned Utd, Sweeney Todd, Pierrepoint, Harry Potter 5 – The Order of the Phoenix,  Harry Potter 4 – The Goblet of Fire, Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter 3 – The Prisoner of Azkhaban, The Last Samurai, Gettin’ Square, Nicholas Nickleby (2002),  All Or Nothing, Vanilla Sky, Rock Star, Lucky Break, Chicken Run (voice), Loves Labours Lost,  Topsy Turvy, Still Crazy, Wisdom Of Crocodiles, Hamlet (1996), Secrets & Lies, Life Is Sweet, The Sheltering Sky, White Hunter Black Heart, To Kill a Priest, The Missionary, Auf Wierdesen Pet (TV), Quadrophenia
• Celia Imrie: Nativity 4 – Nativity Rocks, A Cure For Wellness, Molly Moon & The Incredible Book of Hypnotism, Bridget Jones 3 – Bridget Jones’ Baby, Absolutely Fabulous – The Movie, Second Best Marigold Hotel, What We Did On Our Holiday, Nativity 3 – Dude Where’s My Donkey?, The Love Punch, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, St Trinians 2 – The Legendof Fritton’s Gold, Nanny McPhee, St Trinians, Imagine Me & You, Wah-Wah, Bridget Jones  2, Wimbledon, Calendar Girls, Heartlands, Thunderpants, Bridget Jones, Lucky Break, Gormenghast (TV), Dinner Ladies (TV), Star Wars – The Phantom Menace, Hilary & Jackie, The Borrowers (1997), In The Bleak Midwinter, Frankenstein (1994)
• David Hayman: Two Graves, Fisherman’s Friends, Hatton Garden (TV),  Viceroy’s House, Taboo (TV), Macbeth (2015), Dartmoor Killing, Queen & Country, Castles In The Sky, Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit, Screwed (2011), Sawney – Flesh of Man, Burke and Hare, Flood, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, Rag Tale, Tailor Of Panama, Vertical Limit, The Match, My Name Is Joe, Smilla’s Feeling For Snow, Regeneration, The Jackal, The Near Room (dir),  Twin Town,  Rob Roy, The Hawk (dir), Venus Peter, Silent Scream (dir), Hope and Glory, Sid & Nancy
• John Sessions: Loving Vincent, Whisky Galore (2017), Alice In Wonderland 2, Denial, Mr Holmes, Legend (2015), Pudsey The Dog, Filth, The Iron Lady, Made In Dagenham, Nativity!, The Good Shepherd, The Adventures Of Pinocchio, In The Bleak Midwinter, Princess Caraboo, The Pope Must Die, Henry V (1989), The Bounty
• Marianne Oldham: A Very English Scandal (TV), Absolutely Anything, The Crimson Field (TV)
• Indra Ove: Club Le Monde, Resident Evil
• Phoebe Nicholls: Chubby Funny, Transformers 5 – The Last Knight, Starfish, Fortitude (TV), Downton Abbey (TV), Shackleton (TV), Fairy Tale, Maurice, The Missionary, Brideshead Revisited (TV), The Elephant Man, Women In Love
• Larrington Walker: Second Coming, Rudy’s Rare Records
• Josie Lawrence: Humans (TV), Eastenders (TV), Fat Friends (TV), Outside Edge (TV), Enchanted April, Josie (TV), Get Fresh (TV)(presenter)
• Joanna Lumley: Paddington 2, Absolutely Fabulous – The Movie, Me Before You, Absolutely Anything, She’s Funny That Way, The Wolf of Wall Street, Absolutely Fabulous (TV), Animals United (voice), Corpse Bride (voice), Ella Enchanted, The Cat’s Meow, Maybe Baby, Mad Cows, Parting Shots, Prince Valiant, James and The Giant Peach, Innocent Lies, Cluedo (TV), Lovejoy (TV), Shirley Valentine, The Kenny Everett Show (TV), Curse of the Pink Panther, Trail of the Pink Panther, Sapphire and Steel (TV), The New Avengers (TV), The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Coronation Street (TV), Lady Chatterly vs Fanny Hill, The Devil’s Widow, James Bond – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

THE FESTIVAL

6 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 24th August 2018

Director: Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners 2 / The Inbetweeners (TV))

Cast: Joe Thomas, Hammed Animashaun, Claudia O’Doherty, Hannah Tointon, Emma Rigby, Kurt Yaeger, Hugh Coles, Lizzy Connolly, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Chris Geere, Adrian Lukis, Stirling Gallacher and Nick Frost with Noel Fielding and Jemaine Clement

Writer: Keith Akusihie & Joe Parham

Trailer: THE FESTIVAL

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Joe Thomas: White Gold (TV), Scottish Mussel, Fresh Meat (TV), The Darkest Universe, The Inbetweeners 2, The Inbetweeners Movie, The Inbetweeners (TV)
• Hammid Animashaun: How To Build a Girl, Borrowed Time
• Claudia O’Doherty: Love (TV), Trainwreck
• Hannah Tointon: Mr Selfridge (TV), Captain Webb, The Inbetweeners (TV), The Children, Hollyoaks (TV)
• Emma Rigby: Ripper Street (TV), Plastic, Endless Love, Demons Never Die, Hollyoaks (TV)
• Kurt Yaeger: NCIS – Los Angeles (TV), Sons of Anarchy (TV)
• Theo Barklem-Biggs: Journey’s End, Kingsman – The Secret Service, Borrowed Time, Hammer of the Gods, Silk (TV), The Man Inside (2012),  Keith Lemon, The Age Of Heroes, The Inbetweeners Movie, 7Lives
• Chris Geere: Trollied (TV), Waterloo Road (TV)
• Adrian Lukis: The Bill (TV), Peak Practice (TV), Pride & Prejudice (1995)(TV)
• Nick Frost: Pugwash, Fighting With My Family, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Tomb Raider (2018), Monster Family (voice), The Huntsman’s Winter War, Unfinished Business, Mr Sloane (TV), Cuban Fury, The World’s End, Ice Age 4 (voice), Snow White & The Huntsman, Attack The Block, Tintin (voice), Paul, The Boat That Rocked, Wild Child, Hyper Drive (TV), Hot Fuzz, Kinky Boots, Shaun Of The Dead, Spaced (TV)
• Noel Fielding: The Great British Bake Off (TV)(presenter), Brakes, Set Fire To The Thames, Aaaaaaaaah!, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy (TV), The IT Crowd (TV), Horrid Henry – The Movie, Come On Eileen, Bunny & The Bull, The Mighty Boosh (TV), Nathan Barley (TV)
• Jemaine Clement: Wellington Paranormal (TV), The Breaker Upperers, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Brad’s Status, The Lego Batman Movie (voice), Moana (voice), The BFG (mo-cap), Rio 2 (voice), Muppets Most Wanted, What We Do In The Shadows, Men In Black 3, Rio (voice), Dinner for Schmucks, Despicable Me (voice), Gentlemen Broncos, Diagnosis Death, Flight of the Concords (TV), Eagle vs Shark, Futile Attraction

FANGED UP

2 out of 10

Release date: 30th July 2018 (DVD premiere)

Cast: Daniel O’Reilly aka Dapper Laughs, Danielle Harold, Stu Bennett, Vas Blackwood, Lauren Socha, Roland Manookian, Stephen Marcus, Ewen MacIntosh, Chris R Wright, Huw Samuel, Arron Crascall, Dan Palmer, Sue Graham, Ian Reddington, Lucy Pinder, Joe Egan with Terry Stone and Steven Berkoff

Writer: Nick Nevern, Dan Palmer & Dapper Laughs

Trailer: FANGED UP

Like last year’s Eat Locals, this anaemic horror-comedy arrives UOA (Undead On Arrival). Drained of all humour and suspense you can still sense that this could have been a laugh riot had the cast mastered the art of comic timing. Unfortunately, Nick Nevern and Dan Palmer posted their script to the wrong people – whereas the former’s The Hooligan Factory had energy and some smarts this comedy fails to tap into anything resemblng a life-force. Half-good lines are garbled, jokes botched and solid performers wasted along the way.

This is the feature film debut of Daniel O’Reilly aka Dapper Laughs, a London comedian in the mould of Roy Chubby Brown who mistakes dick and fanny jokes for sophistication. He expands his act here and projects on to a chancer who’s sent to jail for starting a mass brawl at Club Moist (his favourite strip joint). Only he’s sent to the mysterious Stokesville Prison where the Governor (STEVEN BERKOFF – BEVERLY HILLS COP) and the screws are really vampires. They’re government sanctioned as it keeps prisoner numbers down too (political jokes!!!!!)  When the lights go down the inmates get harvested – amongst the prey are frequent diners in the Happy Eater league of filmmaking like: Vas Blackwood (CREEP), Stephen Marcus (HEAR MY SONG), Joe Egan (KILLER BITCH) and Stu Bennett (I AM VENGEANCE). On the baddies side is Lauren Socha (TV’s MISFITS), Roland Manookian (THE BUSINESS) and Dan Palmer (STALLED). Terry Stone (ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON) shows up for a tired cameo at the start too. Us viewers really do get spoiled sometimes.

Limping along with its script wielded like a crucifix against boredom, bad make-up effects and a lack of energy Fanged Up is a good idea in search of a pulse. Dapper Laughs gives it his all but by pairing him up with a chunk of furniture (Bennett) means he’s left gesticulating, recycling jokes and fluffing some potentially funny lines.

2 out of 10 – Fanged Up is on par with stag-do videos and fan-made tributes to Mrs Brown’s Boys. There’s no need to be vamped up for this one.

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Daniel O’Reilly aka Dapper Laughs: Dapper Laughs – The Res-Erection (live), Dapper Laughs – On The Pull (live)
• Danielle Harold: The Tombs, Dead Ringer, Eastenders (TV)
• Stu Bennett: I Am Vengeance, Eliminators, Dead Man Down
• Vas Blackwood: King of Crime, We Still Steal The Old Way, A Room To Die For,  The Comedian’s Guide To Survival, Cryptic, The Guvnors, Meet The Firm – White Collar Hooligan 3, Essex Boys Retribution, It’s a Lot, White Collar Hooligan 2, Offender, Mercenaries, Creep, Rollin With The Nines, Mean Machine, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Lenny Henry Show (TV)
• Lauren Socha: Misfits (TV)
• Roland Manookian:  Rise of the Footsoldier 4 – Marbella, Once Upon a Time In London, Rise of the Footsoldier 3  – The Pat Tate Story, London Heist, GBH, Rise and Fall Of The White Collar Hooligan, Piggy, Big Fat Gypsy Gangster, Dead Cert, Just For The Record, Rise Of The Footsoldier, Rock-N-Rolla, Grow Your Own, The Business, The Football Factory, Goodbye Charlie Bright
• Stephen Marcus: The Rizen 2, Welcome to Curiosity, Walk Like  a Panther, Rise of the Footsoldier 3  – The Pat Tate Story, Sanctuary, The Rizen, Eliminators, Gridiron UK,  The London Firm, The Smoke, It’s a Lot, Fast and The Furious 6, Interview With A Hitman, Ninja Assassin, The Baby Juice Express, Kinky Boots, Stage Beauty, Quills, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Hear My Song, My Beautiful Laundrette
• Ewen MacIntosh: Shed of the Dead, Nightmare on 34th Street, The Bromley Boys, Smoking Guns, A Dozen Summers, K-Shop, The Beat Beneath My Feet, The Office (TV)
• Chris R Wright: K-Shop, Big Brother (2014)
• Dan Palmer: Dead Air, Stalled, Evil Aliens
• Ian Reddington: The Adventurer – Curse of the Midas Box, Coronation Street (TV), Eastenders (TV), Dr Who (TV), Highlander
• Lucy Pinder: Nightmare on 34th Street, Sharknado 5 – Global Swarming, Dangerous Game, Age of Kill, Strippers vs. Werewolves
• Joe Egan: Once Upon a Time In London, Gloves Off, Essex Vendetta, I Am Soldier, Lords of London, The Magnificent Eleven, Strippers vs. Werewolves, Freight, Killer Bitch
• Terry Stone: Rise of the Footsoldier 4 – Marbella, Once Upon a Time In London, Rise of the Footsoldier 3 – Pat Tate Story, Away, Bonded By Blood 2, Plastic, Get Lucky, Outside Bet, Anuvahood, The Holding, Bonded By Blood, Shank, Ten Dead Men, Jack Said, Doghouse, Unarmed and Dangerous, Rise Of The Footsoldier, Rollin’ With The Nines, Hell To Pay
• Steven Berkoff: London Heist, North V South, Rise of the Footsoldier 2, We Still Kill The Old Way, Red 2, GBH, Strippers Vs. Werewolves, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (US), 44 Inch Chest, The Tourist, Big Fat Gypsy Gangster, The Big I Am,  Just For The Record, Dead Cert, Steal, Charlie, Rancid Aluminium, Legionnaire, Another  and a Half Weeks, Fair Game (1994), Decadence, The Krays, Under The Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners, Revolution, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo – First Blood 2, James Bond – Octopussy, Outland, McVicar, Barry Lyndon, The Passenger, A Clockwork Orange