Humor and violence have always had an odd symbiotic relationship. Be it was Buster Keaton narrowly avoiding catastrophe or Larry, Moe, and Curly gleefully gouging each other’s eyes out, we seem to have a primal enjoyment for brutality. If the violence from old Looney Toon and Tom & Jerry cartoons were brought into reality, it [...]
Enter to win advance screening passes to FREE FIRE Bold, breathless and wickedly fun, Free Fire is an electrifying action comedy about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong. Acclaimed filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High Rise) propels the audience head-on into quite possibly the most epic shootout ever seen on film as he [...]
The new film from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley in UK cinemas March 18th. In the U.S., it hits VOD April 28 before going to theaters May 13. Adapted from J.G. Ballard’s visionary novel by screenwriter Amy Jump, HIGH - RISE stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss. 1975. Two miles west of [...]
Directed by Ben Wheatley, High-Rise is set in the late 70's and focuses on class-warfare amongst the residents of the posh, closed off community within the tower. In the second trailer from Recorded Picture Company, Tom Hiddleston's character Dr. Robert Laing, is loving life in his 1st class surroundings. P.S. If you haven't had a [...]
It's taken over 30 years for the film adaptation of the JG Ballard novel, High-Rise, to be made. Directed by Ben Wheatley (The ABCs of Death, Doctor Who), the dystopian science fiction takes place in the 1970s and focuses on class warfare within a modern, luxury high rise. The building is filled to the brim [...]
