Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) passed away yesterday, its been a funny ole month, some of my favourites have decided now is the time to shift off the mortal coil, and so be it. If the time was right.
But is the time ever right?
Anyways, Hopper was a mad man of Hollywood, his roles have always been a source of constant inspiration to me as an actor, his fearlessness and devotion to the craft will forever stand as a testament to how this job is done.
Wish he could have seen the show, he would have loved it.
Watched this Gem of a film over the weekend. Its a stark realistic approach to the destruction of the aboriginal community in Australia. It focuses on the lives of two young Aborigines living in a small reserve out in the middle of no-where. With not one word spoken between the young lovers it relies on their connection through unspoken communication. Beautifully executed it leaves the viewer cringing and crying with Joy and desperation. Written, directed and shot by Warwick Thorton, Samson an Delilah broke Australian records on its release and also got a Cannes award for first film.
I really recommend this film, it left me feeling very sad that even today we still don’t really except the wholesale destruction of so many indigenous societies with our need for so called urban progress an expansion projects. It was put on in London by Survival International, which is a charity set up solely with the intention to help protect whats left of the lands and rights of these Indigenous people worldwide. A fantastic charity we at FYH completely support and will be writing more about very soon.
Looking at the underground music scene in Tehran, ‘No one knows about Persian Cats’ is a stylish tale of struggling musicians, subversive youth, and the constraints of living in a dictatorship. With a limited release hitting cinemas next week, you’re gonna have to hunt for it though.
THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY JUST TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE
Football and comedy fans will experience plenty of laugh-out-loud moments in The Shouting Men, a brand new British comedy film from co-writers and stars Matt Daniel-Baker and Warren Llambias and director Steve Kelly. Also starring Dudley Sutton, Vyelle Croom, Tony Denham, Craig Fairbrass, weather girl and TV presenter Lara Lewington and featuring cameo appearances from a variety of well-known faces from the football world including England football legends John Barnes and Peter Beardsley, the film chronicles the uproarious misadventures of a group of football supporters during a cross-country “away day” weekend to watch their beloved team play in the quarter finals of the FA Cup.
An amiable British comedy about a totally mismatched group of characters, brought together by football in the way that only football can do, The Shouting Men perfectly captures the inane but hilarious banter of footie fans and if you’re fed up with football films always being about football violence this is a welcome and very funny look at the lighter side of the beautiful game – a real comedy for real football fans.
And just in case you were wondering, the film’s rather apt title comes from the Latin phrase “domus clamantium” – or “home of the shouting men” – Gillingham FC’s club motto and a traditional epithet associated with the town of Gillingham.
The Shouting Men (cert. tbc) is released by Kaleidoscope Entertainment and will open at selected UK cinemas on 5th March 2010.
Has anyone else noticed that Avatar has worrying similarities to Dances with Wolves, it cost $300.000.000 to make and despite a horrific waste of money in re: global economic climate, I loved every second. Yeah i know, Indigenous life loving nomads with bows and stones fighting Mankind’s inability to curb his desire for absolute power through mass destruction and greed..
Right up my alley i hear you say
But its sentiment hit a real chord with me, even though a similar chord was hit by Kevin Costner in the original.
(no but really, its the same story. Naughty Cameron, that’s a bad boy!).
Strange how as a species, our drive to become ever closer to the machine and all the glories it promises has driven us like cattle to the big cities of promise, on mass we’ve lost touch with our primal selves. This ever increasing lack of control we’ve developed on all levels is worrying, its almost like we’re slowly but surely going into a global coma. Soon we’ll evolve into nothing more then reality television wage slave androids sponsored by Tesco. Unbiasedly used for market research poles, unlicensed product testing and overall general life expectancy ROI statistics for global advertising conglomerates…wait.
When was the last time you touched the earth, felt the contours of a leaf or smelt and felt the sea mist on your face on a crisp winter morning.
Souvenirs is a new film Short film from Director Andy Pearson, set in Birmingham the plot focuses around two friends Denzil and Bookmark. Its all about conquest and personal arrivals, as they notch one after the other to the proverbial bedpost. But things turn sow when Bookmark finally meets the ” One ” leaving queen bitch Denzil seeking out ways to sour the broth as he tries to hold onto his best friend.
Winning choice of the festival at the independent film festival in London and chosen for the Oscar qualifying international film festival Palm Springs (where it out sold Demi Moore and Courtney Cox’s directorial debuts resulting in a David an Goliath article being written about it on CBS) and has now been selected for the Stuttgart international film festival in January, the Thai International film festival, the Mecal Film Festival Barcelona and the Bermuds festival (which is also Oscar Qualifying).
This film has a lot of heart and I’ve heard on the grape vine that a series and possible feature film is in the pipeline.
I’ve been kinda hooked on this over the last couple of days. Trailer Park Boys is Canada’s mocumentary style equivalent of Shameless meets The Royle Family, but with strong characters who take the pikey way of life to a different level. Expect stoned cougars on viagra, a closet gay George Bush look-alike alcoholic, rocabilly blow dried barnets and camel toe. Here’s a taster of my favourite episode “I am the liquor”. It actually makes me want to move to Canada to live on a trailer park & eat peanut butter with crow bars. Pure Genius.
