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Trailer For Rowan Joffé’s ‘Brighton Rock’ – Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough & Helen Mirren
Nov 22nd
To help us conquer our mondaymorningitis, Optimum Releasing’s have unveiled this brooding trailer for ‘Brighton Rock,‘ Rowan Joffé’s directorial debut and re-adaptation of Graham Greene’s iconic 1939 murder/thriller novel. Joffé was the screenwriter behind Danny Boyle’s ’28 Weeks Later’ and Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’ starring George Clooney. The film features a first rate British cast in Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Phil Davis, Sean Harris and Nonso Anozie.
Adapted from Graham Greene’s iconic 1939 novel, BRIGHTON ROCK charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime. At the heart of the story is the anti-hero Pinkie’s relationship with Rose – an apparently innocent young waitress who stumbles on evidence linking Pinkie and his gang to a revenge killing that Pinkie commits. After the murder, Pinkie seduces Rose, first in an effort to find out how much she knows and latterly to ensure she will not talk to the police. A love story between a murderer and a witness; can Pinkie trust Rose or should he kill her before she talks to the police? Can Rose trust Pinkie or is she next in line?
New Poster For Rowan Joffé’s ‘Brighton Rock’ – Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough & Helen Mirren
Nov 18th
Above is a new stylishly sinister poster for ‘Brighton Rock,‘ Rowan Joffé’s directorial debut and re-adaptation of Graham Greene’s iconic 1939 murder thriller novel. Joffé was the scriptwriter behind Danny Boyle’s ’28 Weeks Later’ and Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’ starring George Clooney. The film features a first rate British cast in Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Phil Davis, Sean Harris and Nonso Anozie. Brighton Rock is out in cinemas February 4th.
Adapted from Graham Greene’s iconic 1939 novel, BRIGHTON ROCK charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime. At the heart of the story is the anti-hero Pinkie’s relationship with Rose – an apparently innocent young waitress who stumbles on evidence linking Pinkie and his gang to a revenge killing that Pinkie commits. After the murder, Pinkie seduces Rose, first in an effort to find out how much she knows and latterly to ensure she will not talk to the police. A love story between a murderer and a witness; can Pinkie trust Rose or should he kill her before she talks to the police? Can Rose trust Pinkie or is she next in line?
44 Inch Chest
Dec 2nd
I saw this back in October at the London Film Festival and really enjoyed it, it was definitely one of my highlights of the festival. The dialogue in the film is some of the wittiest and funniest I’ve seen in along time, if your a bit of a fairy and you don’t like swearing this film is not for you though. The story keeps you engaged and was definitely not what I was expecting, it could of gone in so many directions
44 Inch Chest is from the writers of Brit Flick classic Sexy Beast (no little speedos in this though), and reunites Ray Winstone and Ian McShane, also adding John Hurt, who might I add is brilliant, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane and Joanne Whalley.
This debut feature by Malcolm Venville from a script by Sexy Beast writers Louis Mellis and David Scinto is a powerful drama of a wronged husband trying to regain his self-respect. Colin (Ray Winstone) is devastated when his wife announces she’s leaving him for a younger man, and when we first meet him he is sprawled drunkenly amidst the wreckage of their final argument, as Nilsson’s ‘Without You’ loops in the background. This virtuoso opening really sets the tone for what follows, aggressive and maudlin by turns. Colin’s motley crew of old friends (John Hurt, Ian McShane, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane) rally to his aid, though their plot to kidnap the lover and push Colin into taking revenge is misguided in conception and inept in execution. A provocative and darkly funny study of masculinity at its most troubling, 44 Inch Chest gives the actors full rein to explore the male ego pushed to its limits, and this wonderful ensemble certainly rise to the task.
44 Inch Chest is in UK cinemas 22nd January.