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Trailer Drops For Gary Rogers' "Edge Of Your Seat" Thriller ABATEMENT.

Synopsis: Can you trust in your instincts when those around you react differently? When a group of young adults camp out in the woods, they become entwined in a murder. A murder which grows, and strangles their perception of trust, loyalty and morals. In protecting the people they love, they uncover those only willing to protect themselves. ABATEMENT is a story that will keep you guessing all through the film! Just when you think you have worked out what is going on another sequence of events ...

Alexa Dalby Reviews Jason Wingard's "Warm & Surreally Comic" EATEN BY LIONS.

EATEN BY LIONS is a warm and surreally comic film, starring an array of British comedy talent. It’s a more raffish and comedic East Is East for our times. The parents of half-brothers Omar (Antonio Aakeel, Tomb Raider) and Pete (comedian Jack Carroll, Trollied) were killed in a freak ballooning accident (hence the title) and the two youngsters were brought up by their beloved Gran (Stephanie Fayerman) in Bradford. When she dies, Omar, the result of their mother’s one night stand with an unna...

David Jackson Talks About His British Drama WINTERLONG Ahead Of UK Release.

Britflcks talks with writer/director David Jackson (DJ) about his British drama WINTERLONG. WINTERLONG celebrated its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018, where it was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film. It was also an official selection at the Dinard Film Festival 2018. www.facebook.com/winterlongfil... www.winterlongthefilm.com/...

Andrew Hulme Talks About His British Film THE DEVIL OUTSIDE Ahead Of Its Digital Release.

Andrew Hulme, writer/director of THE DEVIL OUTSIDE, talks with BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright, about his "coming of age film about religion, madness and repressed sexuality." Synopsis: Robert is an innocent teenager, living a sheltered life in a Born Again Christian family with an insular world view dictated by his evangelising Mother. He lives in a fantasy world that soon changes when he starts school. Exposed to science and secularism he starts to realise the world is no...

Jason Wingard Talks About His Comedy Road Movie EATEN BY LIONS On The BritFlicks Podcast.

EATEN BY LIONS' writer/director Jason Wingard talks with Britflicks Podcast host Stuart Wright about his heart-warming road-trip comedy, starring Antonio Aakeel & Jack Carroll. EATEN BY LIONS opens on over 100 screens across the UK on Friday 29 March 2019. Check local listings for details. www.EatenByLions.com/#cinema-listings ...

British Films In UK Cinemas, On Digital, DVD & Blu-Ray April 2019.

Here'a a look at British films hitting UK Cinemas, Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD, April 2019. Included in this month's releases are CHARISMATA, a must-see satanic indie horror starring Sarah Beck Mather, John McPhail's gory zombie musical, ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE, and Simon Rumley's highly anticipated period British gangster movie, ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON. There's also a couple of classic British films being re-released, Stanley Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, and for one night only to cel...

Crowdfunder Launched To Fund Film On Sidney Cornell, The First Black British Paratrooper To Land In France On D-Day.

PARATROOPER is the true story of Sidney Cornell, an amateur boxer from Portsmouth who was the first black British Paratrooper to land in France on D-Day. Describe as being "hard as nails", Sidney Cornell served in the 7th Parachute Battalion as a runner in B Company and landed behind enemy lines 5th/6th June 1945. For the next 5 weeks he was in continuous action, and was later promoted to Sergeant and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.  PARATROOPER revolves around the f...

Alexa Dalby Reviews Simon Amstell's 'Bittersweet' BENJAMIN.

BENJAMIN is comedian Simon Amstell’s second film (after Carnage). Like his comedy, it’s self-reflexive, almost brutally revealingly so. Look-and-soundalike (apart from the Irish accent) Colin Morgan plays the eponymous Benjamin, Amstell’s avatar in BENJAMIN.  Like Amstell, Morgan’s Benjamin is a gay vegan film director/screenwriter, contorted with excruciating self-doubt and self-conscious social embarrassment. Benjamin is about to present his second film at the London Film Festival...

Alexa Dalby Looks At Jessica Hynes' Boxing Drama THE FIGHT.

Harassed mum Tina, the character that actor Jessica Hynes plays in her first film as director, is beset by almost too many family problems at once. Her talented daughter Emma (Sannia Nanua), one of her three children, is being bullied at school by classmate Jordan (Liv Hill). Tina’s needy mother (Anita Dobson) is leaving her father (Christopher Fairbank) and clings to her as a confidante. And Tina herself is an overworked care assistant  for elderly people doing three jobs to keep the fam...

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: A Comedy Drama That May Become The Ultimate British Feel-Good Movie.

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS is a comedy drama that may become the ultimate British feel-good movie – The Full Monty, but with songs, sea and sou’westers. Based on a slightly fictionalised version of real events, it’s set in Port Isaac on the beautiful north Cornish coast and has stunning views of harbour and sea. Renamed as Portwenn, the small working fishing port can also be seen on ITV as the location for the Doc Martin series. A group of singing fishermen from Port Isaac – the FISHERMAN’S...

Images & Trailer From Matt Gambell's British Gangster Movie KING OF CRIME

KING OF CRIME is a British Gangster film with a very current twist. Produced in 2k resolution with 5.1 stereo surround the film was shot in the UK and Marbella in Spain. It has a strong domestic cast led by Mark Wingett and Claire King who have been on the big screen and TV for over twenty years in much loved shows such as The Bill, Emmerdale, Bad Girls and Coronation Street. Vas Blackwood and Chris Ellison are recognisable faces for any fans of this genre and Rachel Bright and Hainsley Lloyd Be...

Trailer Drops For David Jackson's Feral Drama WINTERLONG.

Synopsis: Francis leads his life resolutely on the margins, an existence that is by turns solitary, feral and lawless. When his estranged teenage son, Julian, turns up on his doorstep one day, the two of them are forced into an uneasy relationship together. Then Francis’ sometime girlfriend Carole appears on the scene. Her presence is a bulwark against his fiery temper and slowly, tentatively, she draws out of him a faith in the world again as the three of them strike up an unlikely rappo...

Video Exclusive: BritFlicks Goes Behind The Scenes Of Zombie Horror THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE

On our latest set visit, BritFlicks traveled to Kings Weston House on the outskirts of Bristol to film some behind the scenes, on Juliane Blocks zombie horror, THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE. Excited at the prospect of meeting some zombies in an English stately home, the cast and crew of THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE didn't disappoint, take a look at the feature to find out more. Subscribe to BritFlicksExtra to keep up to date with all our behind the scenes features. ...

With A BFI Stanley Kubrick Focus Announced, BritFlicks Talks With EYES WIDE SHUT Cinematographer Larry Smith.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with Gaffer, Cinematographer and Director, Larry Smith. Larry worked with Stanley Kubrick on Barry Lyndon, The Shining and was the Cinematographer on Kubrick's final film, Eyes wide shut. Larry has also recently directed action drama TRAFFICKER, which is set for release in the US on 27th April 2019. ...

Hereford Films Acquire Rights To Bernard O’Mahoney’s ESSEX BOY: LAST MAN STANDING.

Hereford Films have announced that they have acquired the film rights to Bernard O’Mahoney’s bestselling book ESSEX BOY: LAST MAN STANDING. The film adaptation will be released in 2020 to mark the 25th anniversary of the infamous ‘Range Rover Murders’ in Rettendon, Essex. The book is based on the true story of Steve ‘Nipper’ Ellis. Hereford Films previously adapted O’Mahoney’s Essex Boys: The New Generation as BONDED BY BLOOD 2&nb...

Trailer Drops For Jo Morris' Urban Crime Thriller DAGENHAM.

DAGENHAM is an urban crime drama that follows the struggles of a mother, (Doraly Rosa) and daughter (Lily Newmark) trying to navigate their own fraught relationship, while also contending with the violence of the criminal underworld after the release of local hard man Billy Moroney sets off a dangerous chain of events. ...

Trailer Drops For Gun-Slinging, Weed Growing, Nun Documentary BREAKING HABITS.

This unbelievable film follows Sister Kate who gave up her former corporate life when she found out her husband was a both a bigamist and stealing from her. She fled with her children, and started a business called Sisters of the Valley, growing cannabidiol (CBD) marijuana with medicinal benefits to treat cancer and other conditions.  ...

BritFlicks Reviews LAVINIA SIMINA's Urban Drama ACCEPTABLE DAMAGE.

With a beautifully shot opening, which introduces us to what is a completely character driven drama, the audience is in no doubt as to the sincerity of the filmmakers of ACCEPTABLE DAMAGE. What then unfolds is a very sensitively put together film. This is largely due to the talents of award-winning cinematographer, ‘Simon Rowling,’ whose understanding of story, framing and economy of movement, really turns this urban drama into something good. The work of seasoned editor, ‘Dragos Teglas,�...

Alan Coulson's Gritty Crime Drama ASHES Released On Amazon Prime.

Synopsis: After the death of his beloved wife in a devastating fire, Jonathon Soter's life is in ruins. Drinking to excess and barely holding down his job as a teacher, he's a man lost with nothing to live for. But the sudden news that the boy who killed his wife, Scottish born Donald McKinley, has been released early from prison, brings monumental change for Soter.  He begins a journey to a small coastal town, where he hopes to find his tormentor, to find an answer and perhaps to ultimatel...

Richard Squires' DOOZY To Go On UK Theatrical Tour 23 April - 10 MAY 2019.

Quite simply a ‘doozy’ of a film experience…  With his flamboyant persona and acerbic delivery, in-the-closet comedian and actor Paul Lynde became one of America’s best-known television personalities in the 60s and 70s. Along with recurring roles in the likes of Bewitched and his coveted position in the ‘centre square’ on glitzy gameshow Hollywood Squares, Lynde would also lend his distinctive voice to a series of villainous characters in animation studio HannaBarbera’s p...

University Of East Anglia Professor Of Film Studies Mark Jancovich, Talks 5 Great British Horror Films.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright speaks with University Of East Anglia Professor Of Film Studies, and Miskatonic Institute lecturer, Mark Jancovich about 5 Great British Horror Films. ...

Steven M. Smith‘s Indie Film THE HAUNTING OF BORLEY RECTORY Hits #4 In The Amazon Horror Charts.

Indie horror THE HAUNTING OF BORLEY RECTORY has surpassed all expectations since its 25th February 2019 release, hitting #4 in the Amazon Horror charts. Director Steven M. Smith is obviously delighted to see his film sitting just behind David Gordon Green's HALLOWEEN in the Amazon horror charts and comments "Not bad for a tiny film!"....

BritFlicks Reviews Savvas D. Michael's SMOKING GUNS.

Directed By Savvas D. Michael Genre: Crime/Drama/Comedy 'Gambling's got nothing to do with making money. It's about winning and losing', so begins the London gamblers epic A PUNTERS PRAYER, from first time writer/director Savvas D. Michael and newly formed Liontari Pictures. It spins multiple plates, and is at once violent, funny, heartbreaking and steeped in reality. It's a fizzy, witty debut that bubbles with heart and grit, and is full of the rare confidence that instantly informs the vi...

Matt Shaw's Sick Horror MONSTER Released On Amazon Prime Video.

A Marmite prefix certainly fits the bill when describing Matt Shaw's British horror MONSTER, as it's certainly a sick affair, but nonetheless enjoyable if you like your horror a little on the disgusting side. You could describe it as being of the same ilk as Steven Sheil's MUM & DAD, and it’s definitely a must-see for hard core horror fans. Written and directed by horror author Matt Shaw, MONSTER stars, Rod Glenn, Tracy Shaw, Laura Ellen Wilson, Danielle Harold, Mike Butler, Clair Buckley, Ton...

Hereford Films Announce Pre-Production Of Urban Crime Movie TRAPPERS.

London-based indie Hereford Films has announced its first urban thriller: the action-packed drug running film TRAPPERS. Based on a true story, the film follows a naïve girl working as a stockbroker office massage therapist, who is the financial and emotional rock of her family. Things take a turn for the worst when she loses her job and her father is killed in an altercation with a loan shark, who she brutally attacks. Fearing she will go down for murder, she goes on the run and turns to enigma...