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Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou | Written by Guy Ritchie, Joby Harold, Lionel Wigram | Directed by Guy Ritchie

The first movie I saw directed by Guy Ritchie was Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. When I started watching King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, little did I know that I’d find myself comparing the gangster feel of the two. In many ways this represents how confusing a movie it can be, especially when it is about a character like King Arthur…

Robbed of his birth right as King, Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) grows up the hard way, fighting for what he can and protecting those around him. Forced to pull a sword out of a stone, he soon begins the journey to becoming the true king with the help of a Mage (Astrid Berges-Frisbey). With his legend growing, this pushes him towards his destiny, a confrontation with...

Guy Ritchie’s frenetic “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” which flopped at the box office in its opening weekend, might have been too leery of “Game of Thrones” for its own good. It mixes Arthurian mythology with the director’s signature grit and temporal trickery, while throwing in a mashup “Lord of the Rings,” “The Lion King,” and “The Little Mermaid,” among others.

Still, the opening siege of Camelot is a visual feast, boasting impressive VFX from Framestore. It features three giant elephants larger than a football field attacking the royal castle in the English mountains, surrounded by a viaduct and valley, some overheated sorcery, and, of course, the legendary sword, Excalibur.

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Everything about the opening thwarts our expectations: Mordred (Rob Knighton), the traitor, appears a generation earlier as a magician (or mage) to overthrow Arthur’s father,...

An undercooked script spoils this story of a young woman in a coastal town who forms a friendship with a man returning for his brother’s funeral

In an English coastal town, German slacker Melanie (Nora Tschirner) is spinning her wheels, neglected by her fiance, a never-seen voice on the phone.

In a cafe, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with Ray (Rob Knighton), a mysterious, taciturn older man with cut-glass cheek bones who’s back in his hometown for more than just the death of his younger brother. The two pal up, play at shoplifting and pay a visit to Ray’s brother’s kooky Wiccan family, and before you can say Lost in Translation, stifled feelings of romantic yearning begin to stir between these two people at very different points in their lives.

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We've been asked once or twice why there was no review of the film Entourage on this site. Bluntly, the answer was this: I had the chance to see it, or Jones' Everyone's Going To Die instead. I plumped for the smaller British film, and am mightily glad I did.

Made back in 2013 but only now getting a UK release, Everyone's Going To Die pretty much had me on side from its opening credits. That 'A Film By' screen you sometimes get? It was filled with the name of everyone who worked on the film. A really lovely touch, and a welcome precursor for what turns out to be a far, far sweeter film than the title might lead you to believe.

It's a kind of Before Sunrise with harsher edges, at times showing the confines of its miniscule budget,...

Max Barron: "It's totally about people being lonely. People being lonely is a very real thing - now more than ever"

In 2013, directorial duo Jones - better known to their mums as Max Barron and Michael Woodward - brought their debut feature film Everyone's Going To Die up to the Edinburgh Film Festival, fast-forward two years and, as this year's festival reaches its final weekend, their blackly comic indie drama is finally reaching cinemas, courtesy of a Kickstarter project (it will be released on VoD on July 6). The title might suggest that it's the latest grim shoot-em up from London but, in fact, it's a quirky off-beat drama between world-weary hitman Ray (Rob Knighton) and a young German emigre (Nora Tschirner).

When I caught up with Barron a couple of weeks ago, I asked him why they picked such an unusual title, given that that might well add to...

Strange and wonderful and unclassifiable in the best way, this is an unexpectedly touching and oddly funny platonic romance. Sort of. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

I love a movie that I cannot classify. That so few of them exist is a sad testament to how hidebound cinematic storytelling has gotten (maybe always was). This strange and wonderful Everyone’s Going to Die: Is is a romance? No, except maybe in a platonic way. Is it a crime flick? Kinda almost but not really. Is it a black comedy? I suppose that genre description comes closest, but what to make of how unexpectedly touching it is between all the oddly funny bits? On an ordinary day in an English seaside town, immigrant Melanie (German star Nora Tschirner, who is a bit Felicity Jones-ish...

Offbeat and beguiling Brit comedy Everyone’s Going To Die, the feature debut of directing collective Jones, is hard to describe and so probably needs to be watched. And, fortunately, we have a clip...It’s the story of Ray (Rob Knighton), who arrives in Folkestone to do a dubious job, dressed like a “fancy dress gangster” from Reservoir Dogs, and forms an unlikely – but convincing – connection with young German ex-pat Melanie (Nora Tschirner).“The film gets quite a lot of different descriptions from the different festivals it’s been in or every reviewer,” says Michael Woodward, one half of Jones. “We had ‘existentialist crime rom-com',” chips in Max Barron, the other part of the puzzle. “It’s about a guy and a girl both having a bit of a difficult time and they meet up and they’re able to help each other out. It’s kind of a platonic romance.

The debut film by writing-directing collective Jones, Everyone's Going to Die matches a bored hitman with a woman coming out of a relationship defined by its rom-com perfection. In this clip Ray (Rob Knighton) visits the reincarnation of his dead brother. Everyone's Going to Die, which also stars Nora Tschirner, is released in the UK on Friday 26 June Continue reading...

The British film Everyone’s Going to Die premiered yesterday at SXSW. It is directed by a directing collective called Jones.

Synopsis:

Two lost souls. One last chance.

Melanie’s life in a seaside town is going nowhere until she meets Ray, back in town with a shady job to do. A moment’s escape becomes a chance to save themselves, and each other.

“Everyone’s Going To Die” is a modern British story about coming home, getting by and the redemptive power of feeling you’re not alone. A story where porn hotlines rub shoulders with sexy beavers on rollerskates; where the past is laid to rest, two lives are changed and nobody, finally, is going to die.

The film stars: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Kellie Shirley, Madeline Duggan and Stirling Gallacher.

Poster for Everyone’s Going to Die. Thanks Imp Awards.

The man in the poster stirs up...

It’s tough to believe SXSW is almost upon us, but the festival starts March 8 and the line-up is looking good. The event has a history of premiering some great titles and this year is no different.

Fede Alvarez’s much-anticipated remake of Evil Dead will have its world premiere at the festival. Opening night features the Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi as Vegas magicians. Buscemi’s blond wig alone is reason enough to see this movie. Another highlight is the panel, Bates Motel: Story to Screen with Carlton Cuse, which will feature a first look at the pilot for Bates Motel.

Still waiting on the Midnighters line-up to see what else is in store genre-wise.

See the full list of events below and check the website for more info.

The 2013 SXSW Film Festival will feature:

Downloaded (World Premiere)

Director: Alex Winter

Downloaded is a documentary...

In just a few days’ time, festivalgoers will be heading out to Park City, Utah for Sundance 2013, the first big film festival of the year. Next up is the Berlinale in February. And then comes SXSW in March, out in Austin, Texas.

Sundance continues to boast a brilliant line-up, including the premieres of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon’s Addiction; David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, with Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Ben Foster; Zal Batmanglij’s The East, with Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Brit Marling, and Toby Kebbell; Drake Doremus’ Breathe In, with Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce; and so much more.

And now SXSW has started to announce what films we can look forward to out in Austin this spring, with the initial line-up including the world premiere of Don Scardino’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, which has...

(L-r) Alan Arkin as Rance Holloway, Jim Carrey as Steve Gray, Steve Carell as Burt Wonderstone, Michael Herbig as Lucius Belvedere and Jay Mohr as Rick the Implausible in New Line Cinema’s comedy “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Ben Glass.

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the world premiere of the comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, from Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema, as the 2013 Opening Night Film on Friday, March 8, 2013.

The story follows superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi), who have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey...

We are just about to kick off our Sundance coverage, and we already have another film festival to focus on. SXSW has gone ahead and announced a few great titles from its upcoming lineup. The WB/New Line comedy Incredible Burt Wonderstone has been announced as the opening film. The film stars Steve Carrell, Jim Carrey, and Steve Buscemi as competing Las Vegas magicians. TV Veteran Don Scardino directs from the script by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley.

Other titles announced include some World Premieres of highly anticipated films such as Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake and Alex Winter’s documentary Downloaded, which follows the rise and fallout of Napster. Also scheduled is Joe Swanberg‘s Drinking Buddies, and Good Ol Freda, a film about The Beatles’ secretary Freda Kelly, and directed by Ryan White. Add on a conversational appearance by Matthew McConaughey, and the debut of the full...

SXSW is coming in March and they have some awesome premieres this year. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone hits opening night and the Evil Dead remake is getting it’s world premiere.

Here’s a list of the films hitting SXSW:

Downloaded (World Premiere)

Director: Alex Winter

Downloaded is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. It’s about the teens that helped start this revolution, and the artists and industries who continue to be impacted by it.

Drinking Buddies (World Premiere)

Director/Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg

You know what makes the line between “Friends” and “More Than Friends” really blurry? Beer.

Cast: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston, Jason Sudeikis (uncredited), Joe Swanberg

Everyone’s Going to Die (World Premiere)

Director/Screenwriter: Jones

A guy whose life is falling apart, meets a girl whose life can’t get started.