Rich Hall Interview: Hell No I Ain’t Happy! DVD
Comedian Rich Hall is grouchy, absurd and sarcastic.
And audiences love him.
Better known as Otis Lee Crenshaw, Hall’s white trash alter ego continues to appeal to sold-out audiences each year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, throughout the UK (on tour) and at comedy festivals worldwide. With a Perrier, a Time Out Comedy, and two Emmy Awards to his name, the tenth season (1984-85) Saturday Night Live cast member is still on top.
Given his latest work, the DVD release of Rich Hall with Special Guests Otis Lee Crenshaw and the Honky Tonk A**holes – “Hell No I Ain’t Happy” out to own on 23rd November, what better time to speak to the king of spitfire wit himself? In an interview by phone, Hall yanks our chain and speaks freely to OTB about his comic career. Read More…
Jack O’Connell Interview: Harry Brown
He may be most famous for his work as Cookie in Skins, but Jack O’Connell is no newbie to film-making.
The 19 year-old has already played young delinquents in Eden Lake and This Is England.
In those movies his character may have escaped with nothing more than a grounding, but the outlook isn’t so good for him in Harry Brown – he’s got a gun-toting Michael Caine breathing down his neck.
We caught up with him as he hopped out of bed with one of his many on-set girlfriends… Read More…
Twilight New Moon Press Conference Gossip: Nipples & Numptys
November 11, 2009 by Danielle Jacoby
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The Twilight phenomenon is big.
And I don’t mean Hannah Montana-Disney-tweener big. I mean middle-aged-housewife-reader big. So big, I spotted a lipstick kiss on Robert Pattinson’s tube billboard cheek the other day. Someone actually put their lips to an underground poster of the Twilight saga’s second instalment. Gross.
New Moon is the sequel to Twilight, which raked in more than $350 million last year and spawned 100 fan clubs globally. These days, Pattinson (i.e. Cedric Diggory, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) graces the pages of Vanity Fair and his lady, Kristen Stewart (aka Bella), is envied by Team Edward fans worldwide.
With a little more than a week left until New Moon is be released in cinemas across UK and Ireland, the international stars spared a bit of their time to chat it up with us lowly reporters. But the panel was primarily dominated by an adorably loquacious Pattinson. Read More…
The 5 Hardest Harrys In Film History
November 11, 2009 by Sean Marland
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There are few things more entertaining than watching a group of Burberry decked chavs fleeing from someone armed with nothing more than a bus pass and a bad temper.
Fine actor though he is, we all know where Michael Caine’s real strengths as an actor lie: Playing in goal for all-star Hollywood football teams, chatting cockney and dishing out justice to unsuspecting thugs.
So it’s great to see him back to his best in Harry Brown. But after watching the vigilante caper we realised that he’s not the first person of that name to be harder than a bucket of nails.
This is OTB’s utterly definitive list of the toughest Harrys in film history… Read More…
2012 Exclusive Clip – LA Goes Bye Bye
Roland Emmerich is what you’d call slightly ‘iffy’ when it comes to big budget spectaculars.
No-one can deny the unfettered, timeless genius of Independence Day, Stargate and… erm… Universal Soldier.
But in recent years 10,000BC and Godzilla are what the polite movie critic would call a slight misstep.
His upcoming BLOW THE CRAP OUT OF THE WORLD action movie 2012 – which explores what could really happen if the world ends in December 2012 as the uncannily specific Mayan calendar would have us believe – had us on the fence. Until we saw this clip.
Holy Balls. With this much mindless destruction, we’ll happily sit through hackneyed dialogue and pants ‘characterisation. Hold onto your seats.
2012 will open in cinemas everywhere across the UK from Friday 13th November 2009
This Is It – The 5 Most Shocking Cash-Ins In Film History
For fans, the untimely passing of Michael Jackson meant the title of his “final curtain call” show took on a whole new meaning.
And so it did for the corporate piggies at Sony. No longer could it mean fifty gigs in London or the return of the King of Pop™, but it could still be a great title for a film that gives us one last chance to see the man doing what made him famous, right?
On 28th October This Is It was released, promising a look back at the rehearsals and build-up to Jacko’s final gigs. There is more than a vague whiff of cashing in on a legacy here, but for many fans this will be irrelevant if the film reflects the legend and lives up to the standards of which we know he was capable.
Whether this is possible remains to be seen, but here at OTB we ask you to be wary. For every biopic that truly captures the essence of its subject matter there are hundreds of absolute shockers, and then there are some that are so poor they should never be forgotten… Read More…
5 Kung Fu Heroes Who Were Unaware Of Their Bodacity
October 22, 2009 by Sean Marland
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Just like Che Guevara, kung fu will never go out of fashion, and the new Ong Bak film should introduce us to several fresh techniques in the fight against oppressive henchmen everywhere.
Picking holes in the storyline seems to be as pointless as questioning Rocky’s training methods and any plot discrepancies are pretty easy to sidestep after you see a man backflip from an elephant to clothesline some poor villager.
However as Thailand’s favourite ninja knows only too well, some people are born for kung fu, others have kung-fu forced upon them.
This is OTB’s tribute to the movie heroes who didn’t realise they had it in them… Read More…
Twilight New Moon Video: Kick-Ass Wolf Scene
Twilight’s so blah, it’s so girly, it’s so limp.
That’s the common cry from any guy who was forced to sit through the original Twilight (even if our manly reviewer thought it was actually pretty decent).
Yet with King of the Tweens Robert Pattinson missing for most of the New Moon novel, more and more face time is being given to the growly, fight-happy werewolves.
And from the look of this clip, we couldn’t be happier. Bring it on.
Twilight: New Moon is on general release across the UK from Friday 20th November 2009.
Defanged: When Did Movie Vampires Become Pussies?
October 15, 2009 by Danielle Jacoby
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Vampires are not what they used to be.
Read the books. Watch the movies and television series. What kind of vampire is ashamed of his fangs, “just says no” to bloodsucking and glitters in the sunlight?
These days, you find the modern vampire roaming around public schools in daylight and managing nightclubs in rural America. They are our friends, neighbours, and one-night-stands. And they listen, stalk, care and cry—anything but feed—on us for their survival.
The release of Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst got us thinking. While it’s full of moral angst and whiny monologues, there’s still enough horrific violence and bloody spurts (which is what you’d expect from the guy who did Oldboy) to satisfy the average horror fan.
When was the last time we saw a good to honest ‘poop in your pants’ vampire scarefest?
Fangs for the Memories – where did it all go wrong?! Read More…
Video: Fantastic Mr Fox – Clooney, Murray & Anderson Speak!
We’re really not bragging, but we’ve met our fair share of celebs.
Usually from a distance and through binoculars, but it’s a very rare day we turn into giggling fan girls.
Today, however, is no ordinary day. To celebrate the launch of the London Film Festival and promote the Gala opening (the excellent stop-frame animation Fantastic Mr Fox), the cast and crew gathered in a rather swanky London hotel to natter about how it went down.
Assorted were director Wes Anderson and, amongst others, stars George Swooney – sorry, Clooney, Bill Murray (whose epic cameo in Zombieland we’re still recovering from) and…. Jarvis Cocker?!
That’s not the weirdest thing – prepare to hear about why Bill Murray hates Roald Dahl’s wife, how he channels his inner badger and why Clooney extols the virtues of stealing….
Fantastic Mr Fox is on general release across the UK from Friday 23rd October 2009, and can be seen right now at the London Film Festival. Check out our review here….
