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Sauerkraut, Shoyu and Shank Season 51 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” titled “Sauerkraut, Shoyu and Shank,” promises to be an exciting journey through unique flavors and creative dishes. Guy Fieri, the show’s host, will explore some amazing spots that offer bold and unexpected combinations of food. This episode is sure to delight those who enjoy discovering new tastes and culinary adventures.

One highlight of the episode features a couple from New York City who has made their way to Naples, Florida. They are bringing their take on Greek cuisine to the Sunshine State. With fresh ingredients and traditional recipes, they aim to introduce local diners to the vibrant flavors of Greece. Their passion for food is evident, and viewers will get a glimpse of their culinary journey.

In Dallas, a restaurant stands out with its over-the-top pork belly lollipops.

How often do we stumble upon a blockbuster flick that doesn’t quite get its due roses when it comes to the box office? Some films become instant classics, drawing audiences from every corner and grossing millions of dollars at the box office. However, there are some hidden gems that may not have received the recognition they deserve, despite their indescribable brilliance. One such film is The Shawshank Redemption, which starred Tim Robbins in the leading role.

The 1994 film, helmed by Frank Darabont (The Green Mile and The Mist), has endured the test of time and remains an unlikely classic. Despite receiving critical acclaim and seven Oscar nominations, The Shawshank Redemption did not perform well at the box office.

Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption

Robbins, who played Andy Dufresne in the film, provided his explanation for why this might have happened in an interview with Entertainment Weekly...

Rob Leane Jan 13, 2020

Who wouldn't want to play with these GameCube-style controllers for the Switch?

A hardware modder, whose YouTube account is named Shank Mods, has posted an eye-watering video that will cut to the heart of many a Nintendo fan: it features a set of fully functional Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers that have been modded to look like GameCube controllers.

With Nintendo's classic franchises such as Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. spanning both the GameCube and the Switch, certain segments of the fandom have been calling for an official mashup like this for quite some time. And since you can already buy official versions of the Nes and Snes controllers for the Switch, a set of GameCube-style Switch controllers doesn't feel like an unrealistic dream.

However, Shank Mods has beaten Nintendo to the punch and created some gorgeous GameCube-aping controllers that are apparently fully functional. You can take...

Win Emily Atack’s Latest Movie! To celebrate the release of Lies We Tell we are giving away a copy on DVD. Stars of Pulp Fiction and Miller’s Crossing are brought together for Mitu Misra’s unflinching, award-winning British thriller about loyalty and revenge, a Northern Noir in the tradition of Mike Hodge’s Get Carter and Mike Figgis’ Stormy Monday.

When his billionaire boss Demi (Harvey Keitel) dies, chauffeur Donald (Gabriel Byrne) is given one final job – to wipe out any evidence of Demi’s relationship with his mistress, the enigmatic and beautiful Amber (Sibylla Deen). Donald’s task soon unravels when Amber’s life is threatened, and he finds himself her reluctant protector. Unwittingly drawn into a dangerous urban underworld, he encounters dark, harrowing practices, and a sinister underworld figure who will test him to his very limits.

Lies We Tell is a unique, gritty thriller that...

The year 2015 is upon us and it’s safe to say that we haven’t lived up to all the expectations filmmakers had for us. Some of their negative predictions might be reflective of what’s come to pass while other less pessimistic ones haven’t quite transpired. I’ll let you be the judge of whether or not the good outweighs the bad when it comes to where humanity sits in the grand scheme of things after watching a few or all of the movies I’ve listed which take place in the year 2015.

Let’s just get the most obvious one out of the way immediately. Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future Part II takes place in three different times, one of which is 2015. In the movie, “Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955” to prevent catastrophic changes to 1985 after dropping in on 2015... “without interfering with his first trip.

Exclusive: Salon Pictures readies Duchenne documentary.

Zodiak Rights has boarded documentary The Greatest Ironman which follows a father’s attempts to raise awareness of Duchenne a fatal muscle-wasting disease affecting his son.

The Greatest Ironman, produced by fledgling indie Salon Pictures, is due to begin filming next month and will track Alex Smith as he bids to complete a triathlon in a record-breaking time while carrying his 8 year old boy.

Peter Williams MBE is directing the film which will air as a 60 or 90 minute feature.

It will be produced by Salon’s Paul Van Carter and Nick Taussig, whose two sons also suffer from the disease.

Zodiak Rights’ head of factual Emily Elisha told Broadcast it was a “truly inspirational” story. “The team at Zodiak felt very moved by the original taster for the film which at its heart has the story of a father giving his all, to a physical extreme, for his son...

With so many projects filming in the UK at the moment, and with most of the major film studios booked out by major American productions, British producers are having to be increasingly creative when it comes to finding somewhere to film. Which is how HeyUGuys found ourselves spending a snowy day early last year in a former Hsbc training centre just outside of Watford.

“It’s like a mini-studio,” explains producer, Terry Stone, “It’s like Pinewood Studios, but having the lot, and you just play on it all day”.

Stone, and his producing partner, Daniel Toland have taken over the 74 acre site to film their latest movie, the Julian Gilbey helmed, credit-card-fraud-flick, Plastic.

“You’ve got the main stately home over there, and that’s doubling for all the interiors, like the Dorchester, and then doubling again for the Marie de Guise.” Adds, Tolland, “We’ve got a fantastic art department.

Exclusive: Salt inks multi-territory deal with eOne for action-thriller starring Lars Mikkelsen and Michelle Fairley.

UK producer Moli Films’ action-thriller Montana has sold to 14 territories for The Salt Company, including a multi-territory deal with distributor Entertainment One.

eOne has picked up rights in the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Scandinavia, Switzerland and South Africa.

The deals were negotiated by James Norrie of Salt and Joel Kennedy and Jo Sweby of eOne, which will distribute directly in the UK and sub-distribute in the other territories.

Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Adam Deacon (Anuvahood), Ashley Walters (Bullet Boy) and newcomer Mckell David star in director Mo Ali’s crime-thriller about a steely eastern European hitman who arrives in London to avenge the death of his family but is held up after stumbling on a 14 year-old runaway.

The film has also sold to Australia and New Zealand (Eagle Entertainment), Greece (Odeon), Malaysia (Roarlion), the Middle East (Front...

In recent years London’s Shoreditch area has been spruced up rather a lot. The former factories and warehouses that were once abandoned and left to run down have found a new life as trendy shops, cafes bars and restaurants. It would seem, however, that the Montana production team have found one that’s been left to rot.

As we wander around the loft space that’s being used for the day’s filming, it’s impossible to tell which bits of twisted metal are set dressing, and which are going to give us tetanus. We make sure not to touch anything, just to be safe.

“I come from a music video background, so anything visual has to stand out to make sense,” director Mo Ali explains, “I’m avoiding doing the whole council estate aesthetic; it’s almost slightly fantastical locations, but they suit the characters.”

Montana – the story of a young boy,...

It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a very light week this week, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, March 11th 2013.

Pick Of The Week

The Tall Man (DVD/Blu-ray)

Mystery thriller written and directed by Pascal Laugier. The small town of Cold Rock has long suffered since the mines which used to supply jobs and prosperity have closed down. With not much hope for the community of Cold Rock anyway, matters are only made worse by the disappearance of local children at the hands of local legend, ‘The Tall Man’. Jessica Biel plays young nurse, Julia Dunning, whose child is the latest to be abducted, and while in pursuit of the ‘Tall...

15 year old newcomer Mckell David will play the title role in new UK action feature film Montana, directed by Mo Ali.

He will star alongside The Killing’s Lars Mikkelsen, 2012 BAFTA Rising Star winner Adam Deacon, and Top Boy's Ashley Walters in the film which is about to start shooting in London.

Mikkelsen plays a steely eastern European hitman who arrives in London to avenge the death of his family but is held up after stumbling on a 14 year-old boy (played by Mckell), himself on the run from drug lords trying to kill him. The boy is mentored by Dimitri in survival and the dark arts of assassination and in so doing, learns the true meaning of friendship, honour and respect.

At the young age of 12 Mckell started his own (hidden camera/sketch) online comedy show via www.youtube.com/LilMckellTv where he went out pranking the public. He...

By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

The home invasion horror short The Other Side from GroundBreak Films has just completed a 20 minute 'home invasion' short horror film sponsored by Panavision.

The film has been accepted by ScreamFest.

Check out the trailer (which looks promising) below the synopsis.

Also, check out the killer artwork on the larger version of the movie poster which was illustrated by legendary artist Graham Humphreys (The Woman in Black & Old Boy).

"The Other Side" Synopsis

When fresh-faced nanny Sophie (Jennie Jacques) arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, caretaker James (Nick Moran) is struggling to provide for his family and wife Rachel (Amelia Warner) is unable to cope with the demands of her newborn baby.

As night falls on the secluded farmhouse, a sinister intruder invades the property, unraveling a night of gruesome bloodshed & unprecedented terror. Who is behind it? What do they want?...

Truth Of Dare

Stars: Liam Boyle, Jack Gordon, Florence Hall, Nicky Henson, Jennie Jacques, Jason Maza, Tom Kane, David Oakes | Written by Matthew McGuchan | Directed by Robert Heath

I find with British horror, especially films with smaller budgets there is a tendency to stick to the mainstream idea of what is popular. Set up an injustice at in the first few minutes of the film then have a character come back for revenge. Its cliché, it’s over used and to be quite honest it’s boring. The ironic thing is though there is always a hidden gem that manages to shine through, down to some clever writing and actor choices. This is what you get with Truth or Dare.

When the weird kid at the party gets ridiculed during a game of truth or dare at a party and the butt of the joke the last thing a group...

Brand new fantasy action drama Wolfblood comes to Cbbc this September, telling the story of two seemingly ordinary teenagers, who are secretly part of a mysterious race who have lived amongst us for centuries, disguising their abilities and blending in: Wolfbloods.19 year old Aimee Kelly stars as Maddy Smith. Aimee (represented by United Agents) is from Newcastle and trained at Tring Park. She made her film debut in Sket, which has just been released on DVD.

Maddy is keeping a secret; a secret so important she can’t even tell her best friends, as it could put her whole family in danger.

20 year old Louisa Connolly-Burnham, also a Tring Park graduate plays best friend Shannon. Louisa (represented by Jackie Palmer) is currently filming a new character Willow in the latest series of House of Anubis. Tom is played by Kedar Williams-Stirling, who is currently training at Italia Conti. Kedar made his film debut in Shank.

Submissions close tomorrow, August 14th, for Grimmfest 2012 so if you have a feature or short film you want to put out there, now's the time! You could be as lucky as The Other Side, which was just selected for the fest.

The Other Side (review here) is written by Ben Scott, Joshua Van Hooke, and Jeremy Drysdale and directed by the Santoro brothers. It stars Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Harry Potter series), Amelia Warner (Mansfield Park, Aeon Flux, The Echo), and Jennie Jacques (Shank, Cherry Tree Lane).

Synopsis:

When a fresh-faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling to provide for his family, and Rachel, an inexperienced mother, is unable to cope with the demands of her newborn baby. Unaware of his wife’s decision to hire help,...

Check out these new stills and the official UK trailer for Truth Or Dare.

Five teenage friends are taken hostage by a vengeful psychopath and forced to play a party game with life-or-death consequences.

Truth: A group of college friends celebrate the end of term with a party to end all parties. Drink, drugs and sex flow in equal measure as everyone lets loose. As the focus shifts to playing a seemingly harmless game of Truth or Dare it leads to humiliation and pain for one lonely geek.

Dare: A year later the four friends are reunited as they are invited to a birthday party at a grand stately home. They realize very quickly that this is a party where the guests are definitely not welcome. In a bid for vengeance all are forced to play a sickening and gruesome game of Truth or Dare, where a Dare may well equal death.

*here be minor spoilers. Director: Robert Heath. Writer: Matthew McGuchan. Cast: Liam Boyle, Jack Gordon, Florence Hall, Nicky Henson, Jennie Jacques, Tom Kane, Jason Maza, and David Oakes. Truth or Dare is a revenge thriller created by director Robert Heath. Heath recently completed another dramatic thriller titled Sus in 2010. Heath has cast a wide range of actors for his latest. Arguably, Jennie Jacques (Shank) and television actor David Oakes have the most acting experience. Eleanour (Jacques) and Justin (Oakes) are also coincidentally the two main villains in this picture with Felix (Tom Kane) acting as a quiet and shy protagonist. Truth or Dare transitions from a revenge thriller into a gory horror picture thanks to a few twists along the way. And, this film is an enjoyable watch despite a few awkward scenes. The film's story is set up much like a trap in the first act. Justin invites several...

Here’s the new trailer for UK comedy ‘Outside Bet’ which has a fantastic cast including Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter, Phil Davis, Calum McNab, Adam Deacon and Emily Atack. It’s directed by Sacha Bennett (Bonded by Blood) and is based on the novel ‘The Mumper’ written by Mark Baxter and Paolo Hewitt.

Outside Bet is a comedy drama following the journey of seven friends during the Fleet Street print workers’ strikes in the 1980s. While money, privatisation, unions and dramatic media evolution start to swirl, the life-long group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse – hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around. The story is one of friendship and overcoming the odds.

The film stars a host of British acting talent including Academy Award nominee Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa, Made in Dagenham) and BAFTA...

Filming is now underway in Northumberland on Cbbc's new teen werewolf drama series Wolfblood.

18 year Aimee Kelly leads the cast as Maddy Smith, who seems like an ordinary girl – but things are not what they seem. The truth is Maddy hides a secret even her closest friends don’t know about. Look into her eyes, but don’t get too close… because Maddy is a wolfblood.

Aimee (represented by United Agents) is from Newcastle and trained at Tring Park. She made her film debut in Sket, which has just been released on DVD.

18 year old Bobby Lockwood (represented by Sandra Singer Associates) from Essex, who plays Mick Campbell in Nickelodeon's House of Anubis, stars as the new boy Rhydian who turns up at Maddy's school and as a fellow wolfblood teenager makes her world a lot more complicated.

Maddy's two best friends at school are played by 17 year old Kedar Williams-Stirling.

This year's UK riots made gritty dramas such as Kidulthood and Shank look all too real. But could these films be part of the problem, asks Live magazine's Zindzi Rocque-Drayton

It looked a little like a movie. Cars on fire. Groups of youths in hoodies, their faces covered, running from corner to corner. Shop windows being smashed, and people climbing inside to fetch trainers or TVs or designer cloths. Was it Shank? Kidulthood? Who's starring in this one?

What unfolded on the nation's TV screens between 6 and 10 August wasn't a Sky Movies season of British urban cinema, of course, but the English riots, leaving five people dead and causing an estimated £200m worth of damage to property. And even as they unfolded, there were voices linking the violence to popular culture. On Newsnight, for example, the historian David Starkey huffed and puffed: "What has happened is that the substantial section...

Rooney Mara, currently being enveloped by the Hollywood machine, apparently now has limited time for quirky indie dramas, and has had to drop out of Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes. But all is not lost for Francesca Gregorini's second stint behind the camera: she's already replaced Mara with Kaya Scodelario.The up-and-coming Scodelario turned heads in Channel 4's Skins, and has herself seen some Hollywood action in Clash Of The Titans, where she played Peshet. She's otherwise taken the indie route however, with roles in Duncan Jones' Moon and Mo Ali's Shank, and she recently starred as Cathy Earnshaw in Andrea Arnold's controversial Wuthering Heights.Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes is not a peculiarly piscine entry in the erotic franchise (not enough M's), but from the cursory synopses available at this stage, rather sounds like a bonkers mash-up of Vertigo and Lars And The Real Girl.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn makes daily progress, while new Bollywood entry Ra.One soars on the crest of a Diwali wave

The winner

Several years in the making, combining the creative efforts of box office powerhouses Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn arrived freighted with a fair amount of commercial expectation. On the other hand, Hergé's boy reporter isn't necessarily a familiar character for the pre-teen target, so it was hard to predict exactly how the film would perform.

Opening last Monday with a so-so £485,000, the film saw grosses build day by day throughout the October half-term holiday, with £640,000 on Tuesday, £1.05m on both Wednesday and Thursday, £1.11m on Friday and £1.30m on Saturday. Seven-day total is a healthy £6.76m, the biggest opening for an animated film this year. On the flipside, it only achieved that number...

Few in the UK film industry want to shout about it but the evidence is clear. We are enjoying a renaissance in domestic cinema. Andrew Pulver reports on how audiences developed a taste for homegrown movies

Compared to theatre, cinema is an entirely portable medium – think what our view of film would be like if all we saw were British movies, with occasional touring productions of foreign work. No Hollywood blockbusters, no Korean ultra-violence, no Iranian minimalism. Nothing old, either – no Italian neorealism, or Czech new wave, or French poetic realism. Imagine what life for the British filmgoer would have been like, say, in 1978 – the highlight of your year would probably have been Death on the Nile, or Watership Down. And let's not forget the dark days of 1999 and 2000, when this paper felt compelled to trash the jaw-dropping wave of terrible British films in the wake of the lottery-fund bonanza.

Exclusive: Los Angeles-based sales agent Im Global has made a multi-film commitment to take upcoming in-house productions from UK distributor Revolver Entertainment. The slate will go through Im Global’s Octane genre label. “We’re looking to create films that have the potential to travel internationally,” Revolver CEO Justin Marciano tells me. Gunslinger, Revolver’s in-house production arm, has two projects it is pushing forward on: Offender, directed by Ron Scalpello, which the company is pitching as a Brit version of A Prophet; and Lenny “The Guvnor” McClean (working title), based on the true story of a East End thug who became Britain’s most notorious bare-knuckle fighter. Revolver has already set a summer 2012 release for Offender, written by Paul Van Carter and produced by Nick Taussig of Revolver, which tells the story of a man who sets up his own imprisonment in order to avenge the rape of his girlfriend.

Blood feuds are as ancient as primordial human history. The Celts (Irish) have killed thousands throughout history. In Albania, 10,000 people have been killed in the last twenty years because of family or blood feuds. Now, Gunslinger, the production arm of Revolver Entertainment, will bring a family feud to East London. When Tanya (Kate Foster-Burns) is killed, Kayla must retaliate for her sister's murder the only way she knows how, by joining an all girl gang. The gang leader Danielle (Emma Hartley-Miller) vows to get vengeance on an opposing gang: "we'll be like them," which leads to even more violence.

The first trailer for Sket is here and the clip is mature rated because of violence and other adult material. As well, Gunslinger continues to create these gang styled thrillers often set in East London e.g. Shank, which just seem to highlight gang violence. Also, the material here seems to...

The latest bit of psycho-driven fun from our friends across the pond has gotten a makeover. A title change has turned the film once known as Suicide Kids into the less edgy Demons Never Die. We even have a new quad one-sheet for ya. Dig it!

Written and directed by one of the UK’s most exciting new filmmakers, Arjun Rose (Diversity 3D, Swift), and produced by Golden Globe Nominee Idris Elba ("The Wire", 28 Weeks Later, RocknRolla), Demons Never Die boasts an impressive ensemble cast that brings together the freshest stars of the latest generation of British acting talent.

The genre busting cast includes British Independent Film Award winnner Ashley Walters (Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Stormbreaker, Bullet Boy), Andrew Ellis (This is England), Arnold Oceng (Adulthood, 4,3,2,1), Jacob Anderson (Chatroom, 4,3,2,1), Reggie Yates (Doctor Who), Emma Rigby (Hollyoaks), Femi Oyineran (Kidulthood, Adulthood, Annuvahood), Jack Doolon (Cemetery Junction), Peter Baladi (Streetdance 3D,...

To mark the release of The Veteran on DVD and Blu-ray on August 29th, Revolver Entertainment have given us five copies of the movie to give away on DVD.

Revolver Entertainment presents acclaimed British actor and BAFTA-nominee Toby Kebbell (Prince of Persia, Control, RocknRolla ) in The Veteran, the gritty, hard-hitting tale of Robert Miller, a young soldier returning from Afghanistan, unable to fit back into society and soon targeted as a clandestine operative to monitor suspected terrorists in Britain.

Writer/Director Matthew Hope (The Vanguard) helms this independent production, which he scripted with Robert Henry Craft, a former member of The Parachute Regiment who completed 24 years of exemplary service including active service worldwide. Although fiction, the film reflects on his experiences of adapting to civilian life, along with trying to self-manage Ptsd (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).

Pertinent to the current social climate, The Veteran explores the link between the war on...

The Veteran is the gritty, hard-hitting tale of Robert Miller, a young soldier returning from Afghanistan, unable to fit back into society and soon targeted as a clandestine operative to monitor suspected terrorists in Britain. The Veteran brings together a host of talents, including Brian Cox Cbe (The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, X:Men X2), grime music star Ashley Thomas (Shank, 4.3.2.1), Tom Brooke (The Boat That Rocked, The Young Victoria) to deliver a tension filled, cautionary story of a war closer to home.

You can watch the trailer here:

To celebrate the release of The Veteran on Blu-ray and DVD on August 29th we have 5 DVDs to give away, just answer to simple question below to be in with a chance of winning:

Q. Which of the following films has Toby Kebbell, who plays ex-soldier Robert Miller in The Veteran, not been in?

A. RocknRolla

B. Dead Man’s Shoes

C.

The first concept poster for Sket is now showing, courtesy of Revolver Entertainment. This production recently completed through Revolver Entertainment's Gunslinger production arm. This film company creates gang thrillers e.g. Shank, Anuvahood and others for moderate budgets (less than $1 million).

The graphic shows a girl gang looming in front of an austere background. The graphic says "Sisterhood," but the title would be offensive to most women. This title will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival this October. Check out the cast and crew details for Sket below.

The synopsis for Sket is here:

"When her sister is brutally murdered, teenager Kayla seeks revenge on the gang who carried out the attack. She joins a rival girl gang for support in her quest for retribution but soon finds herself caught up in their adrenaline-fuelled criminal lifestyle.

Sket is an extreme and controversial look at the world of girl...

Revolver Entertainment presents Box Office smash hit – and the UK’s first-ever Urban comedy – Anuvahood out now on DVD and Blu-ray Revolver Entertainment. Grossing over £2m at the box office; Writer, Director and Actor Adam Deacon (Kidulthood/Shank) delivers a satirical spoof of the ‘hoodie’ movie, and paying tribute references to the likes of cult American classics such as Friday and House Party.

Anuvahood is out now on DVD from Revolver Entertainment. Buy it from Play.com.

We have teamed up with Revolver Entertainment to give away 3 signed Anuvahood DVDs, 3 t-shirts, a strawberry Fruit-tella and some Reggae-Reggae Sauce!!

For your chance of winning the prizes we are giving away all you need to do is email contest@obsessedwithfilm.com with the e-mail header Anuvahood. Make sure you leave your full name and address and please only enter if you are 18 or over. Good luck and the winners will be notified...

Gunslinger Films, the production arm of Revolver Entertainment, is getting set to release their third film, titled Sket. Sket is not a word that can be translated here with any class; however, the film deals with some of the lowlifes and family ties in a fictional female gang. Sket is a revenge thriller and Kayla, played by Aimee Kelly, seeks justice for those who attacked her sister. Gang warfare ensues.

Thriller fans in the United Kingdom can expect to see this film in theatres late in 2011, while those in North America will have to wait to see this film, at a future date. A release in North America has not been confirmed. However, readers can have a look at the UK release details for this "girl gang retribution thriller" (Revolver) inside.

The plot outline for Sket is here:

"When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious...

To mark the release of Anuvahood on DVD and Blu-ray 4th July, Revolver have given us three copies of the DVD to give away along with a t-shirt and a stickers.

Following the recent conveyor belt of gritty and dramatic urban films, Anuvahood is a comedic coming of age story that adds a refreshing air of levity to the urban genre. Shot on-location in West-London, Anuvahood is a hysterical trip through London’s concrete jungle; featuring a host of colourful, comical characters along the way where their well-intentioned antics inevitably result in hysterical consequences.

Deacon brings together a strong ensemble cast of both rising and established British talent, including Femi Oyeniran (Kidulthood/Shank), Ollie Barbieri (Skins), Jazzie Zonzolo , Michael Vu, Richie Campbell (The Silence/The Firm), Linda Robson (Birds Of A Feather) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood/Made In Dagenham), with cameos from Ashley Walters (Bullet Boy/Dead Man Running), Perry Benson...

A Prophet made big waves when it premiered in Cannes two years ago, and Revolver Entertainment are hoping to take a slice of the same cake with British prison drama Feltham. The film is about a young man who gets himself incarcerated at the young offender's institute in Feltham, London, in order to avenge the rape of his girlfriend. Gunslinger (UK distributor Revolver's production arm) has lined up Shank screenwriter Paul Van Carter and director Ron Scalpello for the pic, which is set to start shooting late summer. Whether this will...

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R-Pattz and the elephants stomp Hanna into second place in the UK's new releases

The winners

The week after the start of the official 2011 summer blockbuster season, the market pauses for breath. Holdover titles dominate, with Thor, Fast & Furious 5 and Insidious retaining their hold on the top three spots.

Marvel's Thor drops 38% in its second frame, which compares with an equivalent drop of 59% in week two for Iron Man back in May 2008. Thor's total to date stands at £9.52m, as against £10.16m for Iron Man at the same stage. Distributor Paramount will be happy with that.

Fast & Furious 5 also drops 38%, and is decaying slower than the fourth film in the series did two years ago. F&F5 has amassed £14.39m after three weekends, which compares with £12.04m for the last one at this stage of release. The new instalment is already the 15th biggest hit from the past year (ie...

Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda returns to UK cinemas this week with Everywhere and Nowhere, another coming-of-age tale focusing on a British Asian teenager (James Floyd, pictured below) wrestling with how to lead his own life, while having to contend with what’s expected of him from his family and culture.

We had the chance to chat with Huda about the film (which he co-wrote) and how he related to the characters in the film when he was growing up.

How much does the film reflect your own upbringing?

The side which wasn’t a struggle for me was my decision to take a creative path in my career (in the film, lead character Ash wants to be a DJ, much to the disapproval of his father).

The double life thing was definitely something I encountered, and trying to keep my love for clubbing/raving separate from my family.

This is another rites of passage tale.

From the director of Kidulthood, Everywhere & Nowhere comes to cinemas on 6 May. The film is a raw, powerful and funny coming-of-age drama focusing on the identity struggles of Ash a young British Asian who is torn between the traditions of suburban family life and his passion for DJ’ing. To mark the release, we have 3 posters signed by cast members James Floyd, Shivani Ghai, Simon Webbe, and director Menhaj Huda to give away!

Exciting new talent James Floyd (The Infidel, Tormented) leads the cast which also includes Adam Deacon (Kidulthood, Adulthood, 4.3.2.1., Shank, Anuvahood), top Bollywood star Alyy Khan, and singer-songwriter Simon Webbe. The film also features acting legends Art Malik and Saeed Jaffrey and Inbetweeners star James Buckley.

Young, good-looking and educated, Ash has a privileged life but he’s trapped between a clash of cultures: hedonistic, multi-cultural London with his friends and a traditional Asian family upbringing in the middle class suburbs.

The Veteran, the latest gritty offering from Revolver Entertainment (Shank, Anuvahood), tackles the issues of violence, drugs and gang culture on a London estate. Starring Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox and Ashley Thomas, the film is released nationwide (UK) on April 29th.

The film is written and directed by Matthew Hope, who you may remember as the creator of Pa flick The Vanguard (review, interview) and stars the award winning and BAFTA-nominated Toby Kebbell in a career-defining performance as Miller. The film also stars multiple award-winner Brian Cox, popular urban grime artist Ashley Thomas in a tough and impressive performance and also features Israel’s leading theatre actress Adi Bielski.

The Veteran tells the powerful story of retired soldier Robert Miller (Toby Kebbell), returning home from Afghanistan. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who...

More psycho-driven fun has hit our radar coming from our friends across the pond so we figured we'd share. You know. We always make nice. Especially when kids are involved. Check it!

From the Press Release

Set against a gritty London backdrop, Suicide Kids is a terrifying urban horror, written and directed by one of the UK’s most exciting new filmmakers, Arjun Rose (Diversity 3-D, Swift). Produced by Golden Globe Nominee Idris Elba (The Wire, 28 Weeks Later, RocknRolla), Suicide Kids boasts an impressive ensemble cast that brings together the freshest stars of the latest generation of British acting talent.

When Amba (N*Dubs star Tulisa Contostavlos) takes her own life, Archie Eden (Robert Sheehan – Misfits, Cherrybomb) and seven other depressed London teenagers decide to follow her lead and create a suicide pact. As the group begins to die one by one, Archie realises they have all become the target...

Alpine-set Britcom edges out The Lincoln Lawyer, but posts the lowest returns for a top newcomer since April 2010

The fallow period

Occasionally, the weekend before or after a major blockbuster, no major movie will be released and the UK box office will pause for breath. The weekend of 18-20 March was different. The frame after Battle: Los Angeles and before Limitless hardly qualifies as a no-go zone for commercially appealing fare. But, for whatever reason, the date failed to attract a big hitter.

The Lincoln Lawyer and Chalet Girl, which both launched on 300-plus screens, battled for top-dog status. Over the Friday-to-Sunday period, the Matthew McConaughey legal thriller won the honours, with £572,000. But thanks to previews totaling £128,000 on Wednesday and Thursday, the alpine-set Britcom pulled ahead, with a five-day gross of £678,000.

Neither figure is cause for wild celebration. This weekend saw the previews-boosted Chalet Girl deliver the lowest box-office number...

*Full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by producer Adam Smithe.

**Some spoilers be below.

Directors: Paul Tanter and Alexander Williams.

Writer: Paul Tanter.

Jack Falls is the third film in a series of neo-noir crime thrillers (trilogy). This title releases in the United Kingdom March 21st, with a North American release unannounced. This is Paul Tanter's first time behind the lens and his adaptation of his own graphic novels is best in this third film. However, Jack Falls never rises above the cliches of the criminal underworld and the characters therein e.g. the femme fatale, the criminal overlord.

Jack, played by Simon Phillips, transitions into this third film with a near mortal bullet wound. Consort Natasha (Olivia Hallinan) saves his life, with some persistence. Soon, Jack is on the track of those who tried to end his life. The following is a shallow mystery,...

The likes of Kidulthood and Shank started a new wave of films about urban British teens. Now the genre is getting its first spoof. So has it truly come of age?

There's no surer sign that a film style has matured into a fully-grown genre than when the first parody comes out. That bittersweet moment has arrived for British urban films in the shape of Anuvahood. This brashly coloured council estate jaunt follows a deluded sad case named "K" who fancies himself as a Mc-turned-drug dealer, but lacks the nous to pull it off. Marketed as the UK's answer to Us urban comedies such as Friday (1995) and House Party (1990), the title is also an obvious pastiche of Noel Clarke's Kidulthood, the 2006 film that gave rise to a slew of imitators. It's a ballsy move, especially considering co-writer, co-director and star Adam Deacon got his own break playing comic relief...

When (or if) you think of urban UK film, you may immediately think Noel Clarke. However, while he may be the biggest fish, Clarke isn’t the only one swimming in that pool. Based on the cult novel of the same name by Q (aka Ashanti Power, aka Kwabena Manso), two years ago, Deadmeat won awards on both sides of the pond, Best British Feature at the Bfm Film Festival (London, UK), as well as an Accolade Award for Excellence (Hollywood, Us) and is now due to be released on DVD this week… in the UK, anyway.

Written, directed by and starring Q, Deadmeat is a gritty urban thriller which explores London’s gangland dark underbelly in a chilling tale of revenge killings and betrayal.

While Clarke’s earlier films, KidultHood and AdultHood, gained an avid youth following thanks mainly to their somewhat realistic potrayal of bleak UK inner city life,...

Described as a “UK urban comedy,” from Adam Deacon, the star of Noel Clarke’s Kidulthood, Adulthood and Shank.

I don’t live in the UK, but from what I hear, there’s a proliferation of these kinds of so-called “urban comedies,” thanks largely to Mr Noel Clarke, who doesn’t seem to have a lot of fans in the, shall I say, “highbrow crowd,” partly due to what he has spawn. But you UK readers can correct me if I’m wrong about any of that.

On the surface, films like this one don’t seem all that different from the “urban comedies” we get here in the states, with the main difference being the “native tongue,” and locale. I think we’ve mocked and derided a few of those stateside brawls on this blog in the past. Although, there certainly appears to be a fan-base for them, otherwise,...

*Full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was supplied by Revolver Entertainment.

Director/writer: Sacha Bennett.

Bonded by Blood is loosely based on a group murder carried out December, 1995. The three killed were Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker, each a drug dealer. These villains have been immortalized unjustly in three films, which include: The Essex Boys (2000), Rise of the Foot Soldier (2007) and now Bonded by Blood (2011). Likely killed by Jack Whomes and Michael Steele, who remain in prison, Bonded by Blood covers a detestable subject (drug dealing), with little depth. Revolver Entertainment will distribute this title on DVD February 1st and this film is really only for those who enjoy watching gangland styled films, as there is no positive moral tale here.

Many may have heard the story of The Intercity Firm and their coke induced exploits, but for those who have not - here is a summary.

Screenterrier reported on the casting call for the new Suicide Kids movie being produced by Jason Maza.

Casting has now been announced.

N-dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos (represented by Cole Kitchenn) has landed a lead role in the gritty flick about teen suicide.

Suicide Kids follows Archie Eden and a group of seven other depressed London teenagers who create a pact and take their own lives.

But as each person dies, it turns out that a killer is behind the deaths.

Tulisa featured in TV show Dubplate Drama in 2005, playing a cocaine-addicted pop star who was abused by her manager and boyfriend. And earlier this year she confronted her mother's mental health problems in the BBC documentary Tulisa: My Mum And Me.

Suicide Kids will feature a who's who of cult, rising stars including Adulthood's Adam Deacon, Misfits star Robert Sheehan, and Andrew Ellis from This Is England.

Jennie Jacques (Shank,...

First-time filmmaker Mo Ali’s Shank is a grimy mess of borrowed ideas and mixed messages. Utilizing a gritty style derivative of Guy Ritchie’s British productions and a few intensely physical chase sequences reminiscent of District B13, Ali’s flick never quite establishes its own identity.

Set in a dystopian 2015, the story centers on a scrappy gang of scavengers and amateur rappers, including the soft-spoken runt, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), and his older brother, Rager (Ashley Bashy Thomas). With the food supply in steep decline, the gang often scrounges for “munchies,” the prize commodity among London’s warring factions.

Rager, who regularly preaches that violence isn’t the answer, is shanked in an altercation with a rival clan and Junior snaps, bent on having his bloody revenge. Well, which is it? The misguided quest takes the crew through trash-ridden streets overrun by drugs and prostitutes to find the culprit, Tugz...

Shank BannerMo Ali's first film is a futuristic titled called Shank. The film takes place five years from now in a fantasy created London, where gangs rule the streets. The chances that London, England could fall to gang warfare is unlikely, as Britain has survived Roman, Scandanavian, Irish, Scottish, French, Spanish, German and many more invasions. However, this is a fantasy world created by first time director Ali, with support from writer Paul Van Carter.

And a deadly fantasy world this is! Death is a common occurrence in Shank, with a kill or be killed atmosphere fueling further violence. One brother must rise above the blood soaked streets to stand for a better tomorrow in this trailer for Shank below. If you are feeling the post-apocalyptic vibe of this UK shot film, then get set for the DVD launch October 5th through the Revolver Entertainment Group, with DVD special features provided.

It's billed as 'From The Distributors Of Kidulthood'. Shank is fit to lick its boots...

If you've seen the poster for Shank while you've been out and about, you might notice a somewhat dubious credit as its strapline. Yes, Revolver Entertainment is proudly declaring that this film is "from the distributors of Kidulthood." And, of course, if you know your stuff about what that infers, you know that has about as much value as a debut novel by your local postman being billed as "from the man who brought you the last Harry Potter book".

This wouldn't be too big a problem even amongst "from the studio/producers/best boy of..." straplines, but it's invoking Noel Clarke's work and the film has set its sights too high.

Noel Clarke is a much better actor, writer and director than anyone involved with Shank. Instead, this is a film from music-video director Mo Ali,...

In a fight for family film faces, Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang joined previews of How to Train Your Dragon in knocking off Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland from the top UK box office spot

The family face-off

Easter is still a few days away, but the contest for the seasonal family box office is already well under way. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang opened on more than 500 screens, knocking off Alice in Wonderland from the top spot in its fourth weekend of play. But it was a close-run thing, Nanny's £2.59m comparing with Alice's £2.50m. Both films might have been stronger had they not faced additional competition on Saturday and Sunday from paid previews of DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon.

The Nanny McPhee result compares with an almost-identical opening of £2.60m for the original film in 2005. Given the brand recognition established by the original film,...

Lourdes (U)

(Jessica Hausner, 2009, Aus/Fra/Ger) Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Elina Löwensohn. 99 mins

Handsomely photographed and coolly observant, this excursion to the French pilgrimage town manages to be both a penetrating study of the spiritual tourism racket and a genuine mystical inquiry. Testud is our central pilgrim, paralysed from the neck down and, like many others, in search of a miracle. But unlike those others, she gets one. Or does she? We're given much to think about.

No One Knows About Persian Cats (12A)

(Bahman Ghobadi, 2009, Iran) Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Khoshanejad. 107 mins

A suitably guerrilla-style tour of Iran's underground (often literally) music scene – a place where even gentle indie rock is considered seditious. Mostly factual and shot illegally, it's eye (and ear)-opening stuff.

The Blind Side (12A)

(John Lee Hancock, 2009, Us) Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron. 128 mins

Bullock might have got her Oscar but that doesn't make it any...