Cast: Jack Lowden, Peter Mullan, Ophelia Lovibond, Sam Neill, Therese Bradley, Ian Pirie, Max Deacon, Paul Tinto, Andy Gray, Benjamin Wainwright, Paul Reid with Nicky Henson and Peter Ferdinando
Sam Neill: Jurassic World 6 – Dominion, Peter Rabbit, The Commuter, Sweet Country, Thor 3 – Ragnarok, The Adventurer – The Curse of the Midas Box, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, The Daughter, Backtrack, Peaky Blinders (TV), A Long Way Down, Escape Plan, The Vow, The Hunter, Legend of the Guardians – The Owls of Ga Ho’ole (voice), Daybreakers, In Her Skin, Dean Spanley, Little FIsh, Wimbledon, Yes, Dirty Deeds, Jurassic Park 3, The Dish, Bicentennial Man, The Horse Whisperer, Event Horizon, Snow White (1997), Victory (1996), Children of the Revolution, Restoration, The Jungle Book (1994), In The Mouth of Madness, A Country Life, Sirens, The Piano, Jurassic Park, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Until The End of the World, Death In Brunswick, The Hunt for Red October, Dead Calm, A Cry In The Dark, Plenty, Reilly – Ace of Spies (TV), Attack Force Z, The Omen 3, My Brilliant Career, Sleeping Dogs, Landfall
Cast: Elle Fanning, Zlatko Buric, Agnieska Grochowska, Archie Madekwe, Ruairi O’Connor, Jordan Stephens, Ursula Holliday, Clara Rugaard, Millie Brady, Vivian Oparah, Andrew Ellis, Richard Leeming, Stephen Boxer, Daisy Lowe, Johnny Vaughan, Danny Dyer, Dani Dyer with Elizabeth Berrington and Rebecca Hall
Elle Fanning: A Rainy Day In New York, Maleficent 2 – Mistress of Evil, How To Talk To Girls at Parties, Mary Shelley, The Beguiled, 20th Century Women, Live by Night, The Neon Demon, Trumbo, The Boxtrolls (voice), Maleficent, Ginger & Rosa, We Bought a Zoo, Twixt, Super 8, Somewhere, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Phoebe In Wonderland, Babel
Zlatko Buric: Killerman, Kursk – The Last Mission, Montana, St George’s Day,Pusher (2012), Pusher III – I Am The Angel of Death, Pusher II – With Blood On My Hands, Dirty Pretty Things, Bleeder, Pusher (1996)
Agnieska Grochowska: Walesa – Man of Hope
Archie Madekwe: Midsommar
Ruairi O’Connor: The Conjuring 3 – The Devil Made Me Do It, Handsome Devil
Jordan Stephens:Tucked, Access All Areas, Alleycats, Glue (TV)
Elizabeth Berrington: Sanditon (TV), Good Omens (TV), Yesterday, Patrick Melrose (TV), Stella (TV), Tracey Ullman’s Show (TV), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Mr Turner, Waterloo Rd (TV), Hard Boiled Sweets, Psychoville (TV), Moving Wallpaper(TV), In Bruges, Nanny McPhee, A Cock and Bull Story, The Office (TV),Quills, The Little Vampire, Mad Cows, Onegin, 8.5 Women, Secrets & Lies, Naked
Rebecca Hall: Godzilla vs. Kong, A Rainy Day in New York, Holmes & Watson, Mirai (voice), Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, The Dinner, Christine (2018), The BFG (2016), The Gift (2015), Transcendence, Closed Circuit, Iron Man 3, Parade’s End (TV), Lay The Favourite, The Awakening, Everything Must Go, Please Give, The Town, Dorian Gray, Frost/Nixon, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Prestige, Starter For 10
Cast: Claire-Maria Fox, Clementine-Helene Aumord, Manny Jai Montana, Clayton Frake, Elena Thomas, Nicola Lean, Mathew Sibal with Will Dodd and Mike Kelson
Cast: Iko Uwais, Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen, Scott Adkins, Michael Bisping, Celina Jade, Jennifer Qi Jun Yang, Monica Mok, JeeJa Yanin, Ron Smoorenberg, Dominiquie Vanderberg, Guangbei Zhang, Anthony Tai with Daniel Whyte and Michael Jai White
Iko Uwais: Wu Assassins (TV), Stuber, Mile 22, Skyline 2 – Beyond, Headshot, Star Wars – The Force Awakens, The Raid 2, Man of Tai Chi, The Raid, Merantau
Tony Jaa: Master Z – Ip Man Legacy, xXx 3 – The Return of Xander Cage, Never Back Down 2 – No Surrender, Fast & Furious 7, Skin Trade, Warrior King 2, Ong Bak 3, Ong Bak 2, Ong Bak
Tiger Chen: Man of Tai Chi
Scott Adkins: Ip Man 4, Incoming, Avengement, Accident Man, The Debt Collector (2018), Wolf Warrior 2, American Assassin, Boyka – Undisputed 4, Eliminators, Doctor Strange, Hard Target 2, Grimsby, Jarhead 3 – The Siege, Zero Tolerance – 2 Guns II, Re-Kill, Criminal (2016), Legendary, Ninja 2 – Shadow of a Tear, The Legend of Hercules, Green Street 3 – Never Back Down, Universal Soldier 4 – Day of Reckoning , Zero Dark Thirty, The Expendables 2, Assassination Games, Undisputed 3 – Redemption, The Tournament, X Men: Wolverine, Undisputed 2 – Last Man Standing, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Pink Panther (2006), Eastenders (TV), Black Mask 2 – City of Masks, Doctors (TV)
Michael Bisping: Den of Thieves, Twin Peaks (TV), xXx 3 – The Return of Xander Cage, My Name Is Lenny, The Anomaly, Plastic, Hollyoaks Later (TV), Beatdown
Celina Jade: Arrow (TV), Wolf Warrior 2, Skin Trade
Michael Jai White: Undercover Brother 2, Accident Man, Never Back Down 2 – No Surrender, Why Did I Get Married Too?, Blood and Bone, Black Dynamite, Batman 2 – The Dark Knight, Undisputed 2, Kill Bill – vol.2, Exit Wounds, Universal Soldier 2, Breakfast of Champions, Spawn, City of Industry, 2 Days in the Valley
Derren Nesbitt:Run For Your Wife, The Hot Potato, Flawless, Double X – Name of the Game (1992), Bullseye, Spy Story, Where Eagles Dare, The Blue Max, Dr Who (TV)
Jordan Stephens: Teen Spirit, Access All Areas, Alleycats, Glue (TV)
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Derek Jacobi, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Harry Gilby, Albie Marber, Adam Bregman, Ty Tennant, Craig Roberts, Mimi Keene, Genevieve O’Reilly, Owen Teale, Laura Donnelly with Pam Ferris and Colm Meaney
Nicholas Hoult: The Current War, X Men 7 – Dark Phoenix, The Favourite, Watership Down (voice) (TV), 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
Lily Collins: Okja, To The Bone, Rules Don’t Apply, Love Rosie, The Mortal Instruments, Mirror Mirror, Abduction, Priest (2011), The Blind Side
Genevieve O’Reilly: Tin Star (TV), Tolkein, The Kid Who Would Be King, The Snowman (2017), Star Wars – Rebels (voice) (TV), Star Wars – Rogue One, The Legend of Tarzan, Survivor (2015), Banished (TV), Episodes (TV), Forget Me Not
Owen Teale: Game Of Thrones (TV), The Fold, Hunky Dory, Stella (TV), The Hawk, War Requiem
Laura Donnelly: Outlander (TV), The Program, Hello Carter, Casualty (TV), Sugar Rush (TV)
Pam Ferris: Holmes & Watson, Ethel & Ernest (voice), Call The Midwife (TV), Nativity 2,Saving Santa (voice), Nativity 2, The Raven, Luther (TV), Malice In Wonderland, Telstar, Nativity!, Children Of Men, Rosemary & Thyme (TV), Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkhaban, Death To Smoochy, Matilda, The Darling Buds of May (TV), Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Meantime
Colm Meaney:The Journey, Pele – Birth of a Legend, One Chance, A Belfast Story, Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa, The Hot Potato, The Cold Light Of Day, Bel Ami, Parked, Three and Out, Get Him To The Greek, The Damned Utd, Intermission, This Is My Father, Claire Dolan, Con Air, The Road To Wellville, War Of The Buttons, The Committments, The Snapper, The Van, Star Trek – Deep Space 9 (TV), Under Siege, Into the West, The Last Of The Mohicans (1992), Far and Away, Die Hard 2
Excellent feature debut from Tupaq Felber, which is the type of honest film we rarely see made in this country. Our filmmakers are quite happy to leave this kind of project to Europeans, Americans and Antipodeans. Tides is a British film about identifiable characters that mirror how we are in our own lives. The film about how we grow away from and how we reconnect with our closest friends when distance, time and work gets in the way of regular meetups. Jon (JON FOSTER) gets together with three of his friends who work in the film industry and enjoy a long weekend on a canal boat trip along the watercourses and locks of Surrey.
Zubair is a gay taciturn, painter and actor; Red, a potty, self-obsessed drama girl; and Simon a vaguely selfish actor who has spent a lot of time away from his own family. I liked the way that there was no real grandstanding, and no on-the-nose confrontations. The four clearly have a shared history and this is alluded to but not gone into in any depth for the sake of the audience. We catch snippets and gradually learn of a power dynamic in the group. Jon is getting over a recent trauma but his friends are walking on eggshells as they don’t know how to deal with him or such situations. And it’s great to see how these English characters of a certain age or handled with care and aplomb by the unknown quartet of actors.
The film is enhanced by beautiful lensing of the Surrey countryside and canal ways. It really has a sense of place, and space and it makes you yearn for a warm summer. The soundtrack is a bit overbearing at times, but when the music stops and the ambience of the great outdoors is bewitching.
Beautiful cinematography, expert handling of real characters (who aren’t always very likeable) by the actors, nice script and a good measured pace,Tupaq Felber could become an important UK filmmaker if he gets the right kind of breaks.
7 out of 10 – Wonderful character study of the modern British 40 something. Tastefully done, it’s a refreshing to see such an unfussy, human drama like Tides after all this time. Recommended.
Cast: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Max Irons and Mike Myers with Thomas Turgoose, Matthew Lewis, Katarina Cas, Les Loveday, Jourdan Dunn with Paul Reynolds and Nick Moran
Margot Robbie: Barbie, Birds of Prey 2 – Gotham City Sirens, Suicide Squad 2, Peter Rabbit 2 (voice), Bombshell, Birds of Prey, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, The Lego Movie 2 – The Second Part (voice), Mary Queen of Scots (2019), Slaughterhouse Rulez, Peter Rabbit (voice), I Tonya, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Suicide Squad, The Legend of Tarzan, Whisky Tango Foxtrot, Focus, Z is for Zachariah, Suite Francaise, The Wolf of Wall Street, About Time, Neighbours (TV)
Simon Pegg: Mission Impossible 7, Inheritance, Truth Seekers (TV), The Dark Crystal – Age of Resistance (voice)(TV), The Boys (TV), Slaughterhouse Rulez, Mission Impossible 6 – Fall Out, Ready Player One, Star Trek 3 – Beyond, Ice Age 5 – Collision Course (voice), Star Wars – The Force Awakens (mo-cap), Absolutely Anything, Mission Impossible 5 – Rogue Nation, Kill Me Three Times, Man Up, The Boxtrolls (voice), Hector and the Search For Happiness, The World’s End, Star Trek 2 – Into Darkness (2013), A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Ice Age 4 – Continental Drift (voice), Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol, Burke & Hare, Paul, Ice Age 3 – Dawn of the Dinosaurs (voice), Star Trek (2010), How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, The Good Night, Mission Impossible 3, Run Fat Boy Run, Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead, Guest House Paradiso, Spaced (TV)
Max Irons: The Little Drummer Girl (TV), The Wife, Crooked House, Bitter Harvest (2016), Woman In Gold, The Riot Club, The White Queen (TV), The Host (2013), Red Riding Hood (2011)
Mike Myers:Bohemian Rhapsody, Saturday Night Live (TV), Shrek 4 – Shrek Forever After (voice), Inglourious Basterds, The Love Guru, Shrek 3 – Shrek The Third (voice), Shrek 2 (voice), The Cat In The Hat, Shrek (voice), Austin Powers 3 – Goldmember, Shrek (voice), Mystery Alaska, 54, Austin Powers 2 – The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery, Wayne’s World 2, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Wayne’s World
Matthew Lewis: Ripper Street (TV), Me Before You, Happy Valley (TV), The Rise, Harry Potter 8 – The Deathly Hallows 2, Harry Potter 7 – The Deathly Hallows 1, Harry Potter 6 – The Half-blood Prince, Harry Potter 5 – The Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter 4 – The Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter 3 – The Prisoner of Azkhaban, Harry Potter 2 – The Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Katarina Cas: Danny Collins, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Guard
Paul Reynolds: Aux, Level Up, Eddie The Eagle, The Guvnors, Croupier, Blue Juice, Let Him Have It, Slipstream, Castaway (1986), Beastmaster, Press Gang (TV)
Cast: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Nathalie Emmanuel, Agyness Deyn, Noah Jupe, Corey Johnson, Aleksander Jovanovic, Diego Boneta, Aaron Heffernan, Alex Lanipekun, Francesc Garrido, Steven Cree, Nathalie Poza with Naomi Battrick and Tom Wilkinson
Sam Worthington: Avatar 2, The Hunter’s Prayer, The Shack, Hacksaw Ridge, Everest, Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, Cake, Sabotage, Drift, Wrath of the Titans, Man On a Ledge, Texas Killing Fields, Last Night (2010), The Debt, Avatar, Terminator Salvation, Clash of the Titans (2010), Rogue, Macbeth (2006), Somersault, Getting Square, Dirty Deeds, Hart’s War, Bootmen
Taylor Schilling: Orange is the New Black (TV), The Prodigy, Argo
Nathalie Emmanuel: Fast & Furious 9, Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV), The Dark Crystal (TV)(voice), Maze Runner 3 – The Death Cure, Game of Thrones (TV), The Fast & The Furious 8 – The Fate of the Furious, The Fast & The Furious 7, Twenty8K, Hollyoaks (TV)
Noah Jupe: A Quiet Place 2, Ford v Ferrari, Holmes & Watson, That Good Night, A Quiet Place, Wonder, Suburbicon, The Man With The Iron Heart, The Night Manager (TV)
Tom Wilkinson: SAS – Red Notice, Watership Down (voice)(TV), Dead In a Week (Or Your Money Back), The Happy Prince, Denial, Snowden, Good People, Unfinished Business, Selma, Felony, Belle, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lone Ranger (2013), Felony, Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Burke and Hare, The Green Hornet, The Debt, The Ghost, 44 Inch Chest, Duplicity, Valkyrie, Rock-N-Rolla, Michael Clayton, Cassandra’s Dream, The Last Kiss, Seperate Lies, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Before You Go, The Importance Of Being Earnest (2002), In The Bedroom, Black Knight, Another Life, Essex Boys, The Patriot, Ride With The Devil, Shakespeare In Love, Rush Hour, The Governess, Oscar & Lucinda, Wilde, The Full Monty, Smilla’s Feeling For Snow, The Ghost and The Darkness, Sense and Sensibility, Martin Chuzzlewit (TV), Priest (1994), A Business Affair, Paper Mask
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz, Holliday Grainger, Jack O’Connell, Tom Hollander, Matthew Morrison, Cara Delevingne, Kevin McKidd, David Harewood, Douglas Hodge, Joanna Scanlan, Michael Smiley, Michael Nardone, Johnny Vegas, Conner Chapman, with Judy Dench and Zach Galifianakis
Former actor Justin Chadwick’s most recent film Tulip Fever is still in release limbo, having been released all around the world except for the UK. This is strange considering the weight of British and European talent in front of the camera. This film is no slouch either with enough plot to fill three films, so it’s a shame that its not been married up with the older audiences. Movies like this are cat-nip for grannies.
I enjoyed the central story of a young orphan (ALICIA VIKANDER – TOMB RAIDER (2018)) who is married / selected by a noble man (CHRISTOPH WALTZ – DJANGO UNCHAINED) who deals in the lucrative trade of buying, selling and speculating on tulip bulbs. It turns out that he is infertile, but she is having an affair with her flighty, charming, unreliable painter lover (DANE DEHAAN – THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES) and wants to run away with him. By an odd twist of fate, the maid (HOLLIDAY GRAINGER – THE FINEST HOURS) finds herself pregnant – so they concoct a plan to deceive the noble man where everyone wins. What becomes apparent as the plan unfurls is that the noble man isn’t quite as evil as he was first painted, he’s just naive and stupid. A clever twist of the tale in that our allegiances shift slightly; are they supposed to?
Given that plot is a major priority in this film, its a bit of let down that the cast are given very thin roles, even the leads. Even the heavyweight supporting actors Judi Dench (THE CHRONICLES OF THE RIDDICK) and Zach Galifianakis (THE HANGOVER) are left wanting as they have some fun in unsual roles. Even worse great actors like David Harewood (BLOOD DIAMOND), Douglas Hodge (RED SPARROW) and Cara Delevingne (SUICIDE SQUAD) are left with nothing to do that a glorified extra couldn’t. Thank goodness for the involving plot, the high standard of acting, a taste script, and high production values. It may be that film suffered in the editing because early scenes fly by without establishing any depth and not stopping long enough for us to invest anything in the heroine and her goofy lover.
5 out of 10 – Not the Euro-pudding I was expecting, this shelved period picture is better than a lot of UK films that get a cinema release. It’s a long way off being a memorable or even great film but it’s way more involving and entertaining than you’d like to think. Watch it with an old person.
Dane DeHaan: The Kid (2019), Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets, A Cure for Wellness, Life (2017), The Knight of Cups, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Life After Beth, Devil’s Knot, Kill Your Darlings, Lincoln, The Place Beyond The Pines, Lawless, Chronicle
Christoph Waltz: James Bond – No Time To Die, Alita – Battle Angel, Downsizing, James Bond – Spectre, Tarzan (2016), Big Eyes, Horrible Bosses 2, Muppets Most Wanted, The Zero Theorem, Epic (voice), Django Unchained, Carnage, The Three Musketeers (2011), Water For Elephants, The Green Hornet, Inglourious Basterds, Ordinary Decent Criminal
Tom Hollander: Bird Box, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mowgli, – Legend of the Jungle (voice), Breathe, Grey’s Anatomy (TV), Glee (TV), As The World Turns (TV)
Cara Delevingne: Her Smell, London Fields, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Suicide Squad, Kids In Love, Pan, Paper Towns, The Face of an Angel
Kevin McKidd: Grey’s Anatomy (TV), Star Wars – Rebels (voice)(TV), Brave (voice), Comes a Bright Day, Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, Made of Honour, The Last Legion, The Purifiers, Hannibal Rising, De-Lovely, 16 Years of Alcohol, Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Max (2002), Dog Soldiers, Topsy Turvy, Hideous Kinky, Bedrooms and Hallways, The Acid House, Dad Savage, The Leading Man, Small Faces, Trainspotting
Douglas Hodge: Red Sparrow, The Night Manager (TV), Diana, Robin Hood (2010), The Descent 2, Scenes Of a Sexual Nature, Hollow Reed, Middlemarch (TV), Buddy’s Song
Johnny Vegas: The Wombles, Good Omens (TV), Eaten by Lions, We Still Open All Hours (TV), Early Man (voice), Red Dwarf (TV), Benidorm (TV), Moone Boy (TV), Grimsby,The Harry Hill Movie (voice), Ideal (TV), Bleak House (TV), The Libertine, Sex Lives of The Potato Men, Blackball
Judi Dench: Artemis Fowl, Red Joan, All Is True, Nothing Like a Dame (doc), Murder On The Orient Express (2017), Victoria and Abdul, Miss Peregrine’s School For Peculiar Children, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Philomena, Run For Your Wife,James Bond – Skyfall, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, J. Edgar, My Week With Marilyn, Jane Eyre (2011), Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 – On Stranger Tides, Nine, Notes On A Scandal, James Bond – Quantum Of Solace, Mrs Henderson Presents, Pride & Prejudice (2005), Ladies In Lavender, James Bond – Casino Royale, The Chronicles Of Riddick, The Importance Of Being Earnest, The Shipping News, Iris, James Bond – Die Another Day, Chocolat, Tea With Mussolini, James Bond – The World Is Not Enough, Shakespeare In Love, James Bond – Tomorrow Never Dies, Hamlet (1995), Mrs Brown, James Bond – Golden Eye, Jack & Sarah, Henry V (1989), A Handful Of Dust, 84 Charing Cross Road, A Room With a View
Zach Galifianakis: Missing Link (voice), A Wrinkle In Time, The Lego Batman Movie (voice), Keeping Up With The Joneses, Masterminds, Birdman, Muppets Most Wanted, The Hangover 3, The Campaign, The Muppets (2011), Shrek – Puss In Boots (voice), The Hangover 2, Due Date, Dinner for Schmucks, Youth In Revolt, Up In The Air, The Hangover, What Happens In Vegas, Into The Wild, Below
RISE OF THE ZOMBIE HOOLIGAN FILMS 