shank ( 2009 film )
christian martin’s cal is the long - awaited sequel to 2009’s gay gangster flick shank .
more shank from behind... .. a behind the scenes scene from a movie called shank
alto sax great bud shank & director graham carter during filming of the bud shank
against the tide
documentary .
set in the economically depressed england of today, cal is a startling sequel to the hit 2009 film, shank. 20 - year - old cal returns from france to britain aft ...
the film is great and has good sound and video quality but the storyline moves slower than shank and in my opinion is not as good as shank was. although the film has a whole was great to watch .
cal hooks up for sex on gaydar... .. taken from the movie urltoken - world premiere melbourne queer film festival 20th march 2009
2009, first run features, 109 min. dirs. peter brosens, jessica hope woodworth. .
john greyson - director - talks about shank and his protest with toronto international film festival 09 and the tel aviv spotlight... .
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the film has a good storyline however not as interesting to watch as the first film and the actors are not as good. however the film does give a different prospective between the two .
after the film, gore and directors bonni cohen and jon shank came onstage for a q & a. here are some highlights, edited for clarity and brevity :
what got you interested in doing a documentary on the life of big band leader stan kenton, was it your award - winning bud shank film ,
against the tide ?
...
what was that about saving your bullets ?
from the first film .
the directors on making the film: we needed to follow this guy around; see the film through his eyes. we didn’t want to do another slideshow .
from the writers of last years film fest favorite, shank, comes this hard - edged prison drama. when father jack (daniel brocklebank) is incarcerated, his fellow inmates suspect the reason is pedophi ...
rubens place - gay film - about a young man reconnecting with his boyhood friend .
shank is a thought provoking urban drama, which opens a window onto the sharp reality encountered by the unwanted faces of inner city youth .
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producer & director graham carter during editing of the documentary film woody herman: blue flame .
session a: ‘come on ding dong! ’ - unexpected lessons in leadership. alice elliott, film director, filmmaker, associate teacher, tisch school of the arts, kanbar institute of film and television, new york university, film director; kathy conour, film subject, ba in social work, olivette university, disability rights activist; diana braun, film subject, disability rights activist, illinois council on developmental disabilities, arc of illinois; and alyce myatt, moderator, executive director, grantmakers in film and electronic media (gfem) .
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, the film was released in the united states on july 3, 2002. it is a
a 2009 film directed by guy ritchie, and starring robert downey jr, jude law, rachel mc adams, and mark strong, based on the sherlock holmes stories that updates (or maybe restores) holmes and watson as thinking men of action. a sequel, a game of shadows, was released in december of 2011. both films are known for their humor and for using modern - day action film techniques .
as others have said, this is a follow - up film to the earlier
shank
and both harder and less heart - warming in its story - line. it' s nevertheless a good film, and i' m possibly being a bit hard in only giving it three stars, but i don' t think it deserves four .
the second film has holmes typing a suspicious question mark after watson' s
the end
.
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as ‘shank’ careers towards a gut - wrenching finale, its final scenes demanded a lot of 21 - year - old bott. “i was actually looking forward to that day, ” the actor cheerily reveals. “‘shank’ is very gritty and a lot more violent than most gay films. the end was the most challenging scene for me out of all of it. ” no spoilers here, but suffice to say that ‘shank’ wields a powerful emotional climax that will shock many audience members .
so what next for the trio? pearce and virgo have just completed another gay - themed film, ‘release’, while bott stars as a mentally disturbed young man in ‘tender age’. but for pearce, ‘shank’ will always be that special first film, overflowing with ambition and promise. “yes, it’s a gay drama, ” he reasons. “but we were keen to cross over. christian and darren built in themes that would enable ‘shank’ to go beyond the gay market. part of the film is that there is still a lot of intolerance and hostility out there. we wanted to address that. it should be seen by everyone. ”
a carefully crafted visual poem set on an unforgiving landscape .
- 2011 toronto international film festival .
from the makers of shank comes this fabulously quirky british comedy following a young gay couple who find one hell of a unique way to get themselves out their ...
for pearce, virgo and bott, ‘shank’ represents the plucking of their feature film cherries. all of them 21 or under at the time of shooting (and all, sorry about this, straight), they’d each had varying filmic experiences, but never the heavy responsibilities that ‘shank’ demanded them. it all began when gay producing partners christian martin and darren flaxstone, having seen a short by pearce, offered the young director a bag of cash (an estimated £120, 000, peanuts in the film business) to help bring their script to the screen .
promo trailer for the upcoming sequel to shank disclaimer - no copyright infringement intended re music extract from fool yourself by chase & status fair usage claimed for promotional purposes ...
two guys and a girl: holmes and watson with irene in the first film and sim in the second .
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watson winds up in the hospital for a bit, but he' s fine by the end of the film .
on metacritic, the film achieved a rating of 65 out of 100, which indicates
generally favorable reviews
.
i was disappointed with cal. a very negative story spoilt the upbeat and hopeful ending of shank. the film was too preoccupied with making social and political comment. i am not sure why so many gay films are based on the tenet that the possibility of successful, rewarding gay relationships is unachievable. both shank and cal focus for their drama on gay men as victims. i am not saying this is not a reflection of reality. but it is far from being the whole story .
i saw an inconvenient sequel: truth to power monday night at a san francisco jewish film festival screening at the castro. it’s a powerful and important film. but for the average ticket holder, much of the event was a mess .
this film is really bad... i was at the previews and all i can say is that the people that think this film is good are generally the fools causing foolishness in our society and the idiots that bothered to make this cack
in the first film, holmes deduces that riordan was killed as soon as his experiments were successful, for this reason .
harris co - wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is filled with humor, action and clever turns .
holmes could also be considered this too. early in the film he was trying to construct a silencer and later in the film he empties his whole gun just moments after telling watson to
save your bullets
. watson calls him on it .
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in the first film, holmes gets chastised by watson for drinking a bottle of a chemical intended for use in eye surgery .
short entitled
chicken scratch
was shown prior to the film, which later aired as part of the series' fourth season. the film made its network debut on cartoon network on may 23, 2003 and on march 5, 2004 on toonami .
shot in bleakest bristol, shank is an ambitious little film that deals with, among other things, closeted homosexuality, drug use, peer pressure, asbo culture, disaffected youth, knife crime, happy slapping, male rape and self - determinism. despite this veritable quagmire of hot topics, the film is deftly handled by first time director simon pearce, who ensures proceedings move along at a brisk pace with minimum fuss and distinct lack of obvious preaching .
not invoked by the film itself, unless you count mary' s comment that watson' s journals would make interesting reading, but the film' s divergences from the canon can be handily explained by applying the standard theory that watson' s published accounts were somewhat fictionalized (with the film, by this hypothesis, showing the actual reality). considering what happened to blackwood' s
visit the recent belgian cinema los angeles page on for events & and news about belgian cinema the grit and whimsy iii film series .
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a quick behind the scenes look at shank in the mix - in this scene cal returns to olivier to find his house trashed and then a message comes through on his phone... ... .
watson' s use of the word
masochist
: the film is set in 1891 and the word was first recorded in 1890 .
dredger
bears some resemblance to rondo hatton, who played a similar hulking villain in the 1944 holmes film the pearl of death .
a collection of queer characters, representations, and sensibilities on film. from queer masterpieces to camp classics, documentaries to romantic comedies, …
these are my first xmas crap - wrappings of the 2009 regular season. i am pleased with these, but i expect better from myself. for starters, i need to branch out from the green masking tape and find new means of adhering the wrappings. also: more creepy faces needed. it' s a start .
people say
it' s hard to make a film
to excuse bad films because, hey, it' s hard to make a film. i don' t disagree: making a film is, in ways i' m sure i don' t even recognize, a technical, financial, organizational, creative, and human relations challenge whose details would make me drop into a fetal position and soil myself .
brilliantly portrayed was lovely film from start to end. . just shows what young kids have to go through to deal with their emotions. .
mood whiplash: noted by many a reviewer. the film' s pacing is a little odd, so at times it suffers from this .
at last a gay 18 rated film that lives up to the selling write - up. well worth the price will certainly recommend to all my friends
i will go beyond that and assert that no film with a blemish as ham - handed as
unobtainium
would score above 60% .
“it was an absolute eye - opener, ” says filmmaker simon pearce. we’re chatting about his experience shooting gay drama ‘shank’, for which the 22 - year - old first - time feature director has been scooping awards left, right and center (to date he’s bagged the miami gay and lesbian film festival’s emerging talent trophy, as well as the prestigious audience award in barcelona) .
when i read the mixed reviews this film has received on this page, i disbelieved those that were so against the film thinking that they must have some axe to grind. having seen the film for myself, i wish i had believed them. talk about disappointing... ! all the characters in this film are so poorly drawn that i found it difficult to feel anything for any of them. and when it came to the end, it was predictable and left me feeling that there was something cynical about the way the story had been told. it had nothing redeeming in it at all. as for the religious scenes and imagery with which the film was shot through, some of them were inaccurate and others left me wondering what message the film makers were trying to convey. having visited and worked in several prisons i could not see anything realistic about the way the prison was depicted, either. do not buy this film thinking that it will come anywhere near
priest
. it does not and will leave you feeling let down .
the second film opens and closes with him writing
the final problem
, the actual short story that a game of shadows is loosely based on .
set in the economically depressed england of today, cal is a startling sequel to the hit 2009 film, shank. 20 - year - old cal returns from france to britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. he finds his home city of bristol facing hard times, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting and looting rife. now openly gay, cal clashes with his homophobic mother and alcoholic, predatory aunt. things soon turn around upon meeting a cute, young student who needs his help. however, cal s act of kindness brings about a whole lot of trouble and a race against time to make peace with his mother and escape his home town. an intense, dark and intelligent feature bringing cal s story bang up - to - date .
i have read comments on this film all over the shop - reviewed everywhere. so i curiously took a look - bang in your face and rattling your sense and prejudices and expectations from frame one. some sentimentality right at the end softens the landing as the credits roll. when you get off this ride that is shank you will be greatly satisfied - it defies the mis - used low budget moniker - it' s a slick fast paced well written, shot and performed film tackling tough but relevantly and contemporary issues in an entertaining and engaging way. good stuff .
set in the economically depressed england of today, cal is a startling sequel to the hit 2009 film, shank. 20 - year - old cal returns from france to britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. he finds his home city of bristol facing hard times, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting and looting rife. now openly gay, cal clashes with his homophobic mother and alcoholic, predatory aunt. things soon turn around upon meeting a cute, young student who needs his help. however, cal' s act of kindness brings about a whole lot of trouble and a race against time to make peace with his mother and escape his home town. an intense, dark and intelligent feature bringing cal' s story bang up - to - date .
the ‘tasteful’ literary adaptation of dorian gray creeps effortlessly into the local multiplexes, but in this regard it does not typify the majority of new british feature films. more typical is the low budget social realism of films such as fish tank and shank or the ultra - low budget films such as reckoning day heading almost immediately to dvd, that are all released this week on very limited schedules. of these, fish tank, a family melodrama set on an essex council estate, has the highest profile thanks to the critical success of andrea arnold’s previous cctv thriller red road. in contrast, the teen gang film shank with its gay sexual themes has struggled for publicity and recognition .
interview with wayne virgo and tom payne - from shank to cal five years on... ... the story continues. . written, produced & directed by christian martin (c) faqs limited t / a bonne idée productions w ...
this was the only an inconvenient sequel screening at the festival. but the film will open in theaters on august 4. i’ll have a full review up before then .
scenescape. the inspired script is both sinfully cynical and aw - shucks sweet
. he also called it
one of the few american creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art .
however, the film received minimal controversy for some of its violence, which many felt was too extreme for a family - oriented film ,
shank is a movie starring wayne virgo, marc laurent, and tom bott. a closeted teenage street punk takes up with the latest roughed - up gay victim of his bullying gang, which does not set well with the gang' s drugged - up, brotherly leader .
anonymous killer narrator: the film cuts between sherlock' s investigations and the many unnatural killings committed by the villain, all without revealing how or why he committed the murders .
blade below the shoulder: blackwood has a glass blade hidden in the sleeves of his robes, and attempts to stab watson with it in the film' s opening scene .
a jazz record label and film production company, was founded in the denver, colorado metropolitan area in 2002. jazzed media' s owner graham carter is a multi - grammy nominated record producer (the bill holman band: live and the bill holman band: hommage) and award winning jazz filmmaker (phil woods: a life in e flat, bud shank: against the tide, stan kenton: artistry in rhythm and woody herman: blue flame) .
a game of shadows also has the actual text from
the final problem
( the story that the film is loosely based on) appearing around the illustrations and credits themselves .
combined with continuity nod, the establishing shot of baker street in the first film is almost exactly the same shot that opened the granada sherlock holmes series with the seminal jeremy brett .
posthumous character: the ginger midget is dead before we even get to meet him, but the things he does in his experiments for blackwood lie at the core of the film .
. as for me, i don' t give two shits about whether this film breaks new ground in 3 - d or whatever, but the giving of shits is, of course, a matter of individual discretion. i defer to others on whether this film is secretly awesome because of the fabulous new way the director combined computers and cameras or whatever .
on rotten tomatoes, which is a travesty. i am confident in saying the same film with merely hollywood - blockbuster - average visual effects would be scoring in the teens among critics .
the film follows the story of two teenagers who decide to go to the são paulo gay pride parade, encouraged by the uncle of one of them, a successful executive ...
: used to contrast two of the most dramatic onscreen murders, both of which occur at the midpoint of the film when lord blackwood' s plan is coming together. we see blackwood drown
super detailed fight narration: the film has two scenes wherein sherlock plans a beatdown out in advance before delivery. assisted by robert downey jr' s real - life knowledge of wing chun .
director / co - writer q. allan brocka has created a gorgeously textured film that not only explores the recesses of the human heart, but is charged with sex and fi ...
if i could i would give this film a zero, it started of poor giving no real insight in to the main carachter call, it pics up in the middle of the film with a sweet reltaionship booming but come then end of the film there is a very grapic rape scenc that i feel did not have to be as graphic as it was to get the point accross, i feel this film soud carry a warning of quite how graphic this scene is, any one who has been unforunate enough to have been in this type of situation woud undoubtable be upset by this scene. in all honest my partner had to wak out at this scene and i barley managed to watch. the fims finale dose not make up for or justify such a graphic scene .
images from the film are rendered as victorian era - esque pencil illustrations. much like the kind you might find in the occasional novel, including the original stories (illustrated by sidney paget) .
however, technically the film still doesn' t go far enough. london should have been constantly obscured by a thick, choking fog, while in the movie it' s just cloudy skies .
punch! punch! punch! uh oh... : holmes vs. dredger. it somehow manages to be played straight, subverted, and averted throughout the entire course of the film .
also from the second film, holmes advises watson
whatever you do, don' t let these gypsies make you drink ,
then takes a large swig from the bottle simza just offered him .
key to the film was casting. in a neat twist on traditional casting calls, pearce and his producers sent out an announcement for actors to submit their auditions by mobile phone (“we thought that was very fitting for the film, ” says pearce). they also visited a local film college to scout for talent, and weren’t sure they’d have much luck, until… “wayne walks in halfway through the session, ” pearce recalls, “myself, christian and darren all clocked each other across the room and were like, ‘that’s him! he looks the part, god i hope he can act! ’”
quoted by moriarty in the second film when he
dismisses
irene from their lunch engagement, though on - screen never found the body by holmes, so who knows (see greenlighted sequel above) .
set in bristol, the counterculture centre of england, this film is not a
classic
gay film. it tells a rich story about how you face yourself, and how you face your friends' s attitude about who you really are. if you have a chance to visit bristol, do visit canteen, 80 stokes croft, you will understand what is real bristol which lies beneath the posh clifton suspension bridge .
this film was ok. there were good points, there was the normal level of psychosis. but the prison guards using a metal bar to stop a prisoner from saving a younger man from being ...
a shy but smitten college boy pursues a ny go - go boy through the pretext of making a documentary film about him, with the guys knowing each other only as
doc
and
go .
it was the best gay film i seen since noah' s arc & queer as folk and it was so raw and real! great job! !. hat off to wayne virgo for making it feel real .
session a: new work in deaf studies at osu. brenda brueggemann, professor, english & disability studies, faculty leader, asl program, the ohio state university; marla berkowitz, ma, cdi, aslta provisional, senior lecturer, asl program, the ohio state university; and trena shank, senior lecturer, the ohio state university .
a standard definition dvd presentation, watched on a 40
widescreen hd television, upscaled to high definition. viewed in a 1. 78: 1 aspect ratio. tla releasing' s presentation of the film is good enough .
before there was strictly come dancing there was a little student film tripping the light fantastic with some lovely characters... .. 20 years ago this year! 1993 - 2013 - how far have we actually c ...
consequently, while one side is drooling and barking insanely, worth observing only periodically to ensure that none of its members is approaching with a sharpened shank or chewing through his own tongue, all the substantive policy - crafting, such as it is, occurs between the least and most wild - eyed, reality - indifferent, and business - subservient wings of the democratic party .
when watson comes to find holmes after his boxing match in the first movie, holmes' experiment with his violin and a jar full of flies is a recreation of a similar scene in the basil rathbone film the adventures of sherlock holmes .
moriarty is always one step ahead of holmes, managing to pull off his schemes without a hitch while distracting and misleading the good detective at every turn. by the end of the film, with minutes left to go, it looks like
a tortured love story set in the streets of bristol, ‘shank’ follows young drug pusher cal (wayne virgo). confused about his sexuality, cal belongs to a rag - tag gang, and is closest to jonno (tom bott), with whom he shares a handful of homoerotic encounters (“in the film there’s the blow back scene, which i kept calling ‘blow back mountain’, ” jokes bott). but when cal attempts to extricate himself from the gang, and falls for natty - dressing french exchange student olivier (marc laurent), he discovers that getting out is going to be even harder than coming out .
in this session the presenters will screen the award - winning short film, body & soul: diana & kathy and follow - up with a panel made up of the subjects, the filmmaker, and moderated by gfem. the film captures a unique 40 year friendship while humanizing the issues of independent living, the aging of people with disabilities, and the importance of and tools used in effective advocacy. the film and follow - up discussion provide concrete examples of how leadership can come from the ground up. the importance of independent living and the need for effective advocacy from all sectors will be reinforced. the session will underscore the fact that disability rights are human rights and, as such, require a seat at every policy discussion .
in the first film, the warner bros. shield, village roadshow w, and silver pictures square appear as metal - worked sewer covers on a cobblestone street; the camera pulls back to reveal the street as part of the movie' s opening chase .
it' s also demonstrated to have a severe limitation; that no allies interfere in the fight. notably, in game of shadows, holmes plans out a curb - stomp battle for an assassin he finds in the rafters, only for the not - so - damsel in distress to try and shank the guy with throwing knives. his plan thus foiled, he is forced to grab the girl and run .
terrific sequel to the equally brilliant shank. i think the former was more harrowing but this is close - cal succeeds with the heart strings too, by bringing in cal' s mother and shining its light into corners of his life which are emotionally powerful. top notch acting from wayne virgo, tom payne and all the cast make this gritty, visceral, powerful cinema. hats off writer and director christian martin .
do you reserve particular contempt for the film out of its inverse popularity, or its inherent qualities? i mean, a lot of bad films are being consistently farted out by hollywood, and that without your comment (not that i' m expecting it) .
shank is a powerfully modern drama showing the fine line between what it means to have a reputation vs. what it means to find real love and the harsh denial that comes with it. also touching on issues of discovering one' s sexuality through shady means, but ideally leaving a message of what it means to hurt somebody while maintaining the heart, dignity and kindness when the person who hurt them is hurt themselves .
was and remains a very watchable, even thought - provoking science fiction film, despite - - please note this - - its sometimes middling special effects. it took a terrible actor, arnold schwarzenneger, and put him in a role where his stiffness could actually work .
a 16 - year old icelandic boy' s first kiss with another boy gives him
jitters
- - feelings he can' t deny. this is a well - written film that captures the confusion and excitement of being a... see full summary »
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kung fu (robert downey, jr.' s primary style of martial arts, which was speculated in - universe by the choreographer of the film as due to holmes having a book of chinese boxing which he tested in his bareknuckle fights), as well as some serious
in the second film, take a close look at moriarty' s little red notebook. then go watch the granada version of
the final problem
- specifically, the scene where moriarty visits holmes in baker street and consults his notebook about when holmes first crossed his path .
grit and whimsy
is the monthly belgian film series organized by the consulate general of belgium in partnership with the american cinematheque. every third wednesday of the month is belgian movie night in los angeles! the latest upcoming screenings are listed below, with more to be announced .
, while far from flawless, managed to achieve what it seemingly set out to do, a thing at which many a film has failed, namely, give something to everyone in the audience. it' s a romance and it' s an action flick. it has suspense, layers of conflict, a pretty heroine, a dashing hero, a tear - jerking ending, even boobies and gunplay. its special effects - - please note this - - serve the story rather than seeming like 100% of the reason anyone bothered to make the film .
poorly, woodenly acted, melodramatic, stupid fake accents and nonsense. i honestly thought that this might improve or acquire some meaning as the film went on, but it' s a disconnected mix of drunken aunty, dying mum, impossibly stereotyped pimp, insouciant jobcentre adviser, ridiculous clients and stupid coincidences including when they miss the train. oh, and did i mention the acting? it' s so bad i have to say it twice. this was so dire. i was really hoping for more as
shank
had been half decent. honestly, don' t bother. if i had paid money to watch this, i would have been hopping mad. fortunately, it was a friend' s copy !
in order to incapacitate the first mook of the film, sherlock manually sweeps his leg and punches the side of his kneecap to blow the limb. while this is not terribly unrealistic, a punch to the side of a knee would be difficult to pull out and would not do as much damage as, say, a kick, to the point that it would need a freakishly good striker (as sherlock is supposed to be in the film, anyways). needless to say that you better don' t attemp to punch an aggressor' s knee in real life .
: the film features three leading characters all caught smack in the middle of a cluster of fiery debris - scattering explosions. some minor skin loss and smudges are suffered, but everyone keeps their pretty faces, hair, eyes, ears, and bones intact, and soon shake it off .
certain scenes, however, are handled in the most brazenly melodramatic ways imaginable, including the old applying - sun - lotion - seduction cliché. also dragged out are various frolicking in the shower scenes while sappy music conveys a sense of how much this couple are falling for each other against all the odds. worst of all, a cringe - worthy montage complete with parading in front of a mirror make - over and cutaways to show the distance growing between cal and his chav friends are also included. shank comes from a very sincere place, though, and despite the low budget and one or two uneven performances, the obvious conviction of all involved wins through. the film is many things, but it is never boring and is nearly always provocative and challenging .
“my friends often joke that we need to do a comedy, ” laughs pearce, “’cos i tend to veer towards darker stuff. ” and dark ‘shank’ is; a rough, fearless examination of today’s youth culture, where issues of sexuality, masculinity and violence inform and enforce our chaotic world. “i’d not seen anything like it before, ” affirms 19 - year - old virgo, whose friendly, rapid - fire vernacular is the polar opposite of cal’s muted uncertainty .
: an interesting version, as holmes imagines at least some fights before starting, pointing out the weaknesses he' ll exploit, and then we get to see the fight again in real time. this is applied interestingly later in the film; in every fight where holmes gets his ass kicked, the
artists appearing on the jazzed media label include phil woods, bud shank, terry gibbs, bill holman, bob florence, bill charlap, brian lynch, hubert laws, marvin stamm, bill mays, carl saunders, don menza, christian jacob, irene kral, jackie & roy, bob lark, jim mcneely, mel martin, benny carter, frank tiberi, jeff hamilton, john clayton, jeff clayton, lorraine feather, judy wexler, frank derrick, and matt wilson .
in the first film, holmes observes that one of the mooks is partially deaf, a heavy drinker, and has a slight limp, and proceeds to bring him down with four attacks; one each to the ear, liver, and knee, plus one to the vocal chords to stop him screaming .
after shank im a little disapointed if im honnest. cal is very slow moving maybe the budget wasnt as big as it was for the first film. last 10 mins in whole is sad and well what happened to cal. . a cliffhanger i guess... think it could have been a little more upbeat as it was set in bristol iv been many times and it can be party party even when the chips are down. it was nice to see wayne back on screen, he is a good actor and the team around him aregood at what they do. if i may lastly add if there is going to be a return of cal tho i feel there may not please up the stakes give cal a good time and lets see him happy. lets wait and see ...
, today, and when i say
i saw avatar today ,
the reader should note that this entails spending upwards of $ 9 to sit in a movie theater for three to six hours - - honestly, i lost count - - to watch a story that has already been rendered in film several times. *
this just wasn' t my cup of tea. all a bit stagey and preachy and i don' t think anybody involved has been anywhere near a real prison. and the plot twists make no sense - all for effect with no real logic. the cover picture is selling a very different kind of film ...
on the other hand, this excuse has it somewhat backwards. a corollary is that a filmmaker gets only so many opportunities to make a film, so this should constitute a reason to step back and take the time to make it as well as possible: story, casting, effects, performances, directing, all of it .
whether stan kenton led his innovations orchestra through some crazy but genius classical - jazz big band fusion, or gave rising musical stars like maynard ferguson, bud shank, and so many others their own big breaks, the man did it with innovative style, and a fearlessness and humanity not found in many jazz circles. producer / director carter knew it, recognized it, and has set about documenting it through countless interviews with those kenton has helped mentor and give voice to, rare performance footage of his orchestra, and really rare archived imagery .
getting crap past the radar: even for a pg - 13 rated movie, cocaine is never mentioned in the 2009 movie. however, at one point watson looks at some bottles, picks one up and says disgustedly ,
you do know what you' re drinking is meant for eye surgery .
cocaine was used for anaesthetic in eye surgeries in the late 1800s. in the second movie mrs. hudson says that holmes has been living on cigarettes, coffee and coca leaves. cocaine is made from coca leaves. (meanwhile, holmes is shown drinking formaldehyde as watson repeats his earlier comment, only this time reminding holmes he' s drinking embalming fluid .) though the effect of consuming coca leaves and cocaine are completely different. coca leaves work like energy drinks and in this case makes more sense, considering holmes energetic behaviour .
bareknuckle boxing matches from the time had a more open ruleset than modern day boxing, including wrestling and some striking variety as portraited in the film, but a boxer finishing off his opponent with a kick should have made the judges scratch their heads. presumably justified because they are too shocked (and intimidated) with holmes' s quick victory to notice the fact .
tla releasing us' s library of some 200 gay, horror and international titles for dvd, tv and vod is available for acquisition. tla will continue to acquire and produce films such as redwoods, shank and chef' s special. however, it is seeking a us distribution partner. its other entities, parent company tla entertainment group, tla releasing uk, tla video retail outlets and www. tlavideo. com [ / link ] continue to operate unchanged. this has been coming since november when rich wolff [ / link ] richard wolf and richard ross left tla to form rich releasing .
simplistic and crude in the final analysis. accents all over the place with a large splash of rp coming in particularly from the lead boy and, of all characters, the girl gang leader. as for her suddenly revealed motivation for such appalling behaviour - well, i groaned out loud. then there was the repressed gang member who committed the rape. in some ways the most difficult part in the film. to sustain convincingly it needed an actor of range and invention. sadly here, the actor knew only anger by compressing his brows together and no other expression. rather embarrassing. the french lad was too camp for me to believe he would work for cal but then who knows? i did feel that the intentions of the film were of the best .
writhing with untamed sexuality and aggression, this blistering british indie centers on cal, a teenage thug so desperate to hide his gay cravings from his gang members that he binges on drugs, anonymous sex and acts of violence. but the bad boy' s secret desires are uncovered when he rescues a kind - eyed french exchange student from one of the clan' s sadistic hate crimes. though the two boys fall passionately in love, cal' s crew is bent on revenge for his betrayal and the young lovers are placed in unspeakable danger. unapologetic and as poignant as it is shocking, shank is a must see .
a totally uneven film that seems unsure what it is, an urban hip - hop music video or a drama? i' m ashamed to say my mate and i turned to each other and we both decided to walk out. ten pounds i wish i' d never spent. sometimes the main reviews of timeout are totally way off and i have to say this was one of them !
27 - year - old johan (vincent rottiers) lives alone on his father' s farm in south - central france, tending to the land and shuttling his mentally unstable sister between the countryside and a nearby institution. as winter sets in, johan becomes increasingly isolated, neglecting his girlfriend and fixating on a wolf that has never been seen but that he is certain is endangering his livestock. john shank' s elegant drama, hailed by variety as
stunningly shot, languidly paced... assembled with impressive confidence and featuring quietly powerful performances ,
follows the solemn alienation of a man desperately holding on to a bygone rural existence .
hollywood silencer: holmes is trying to build one early in the film, much to the annoyance of watson and mrs. hudson. somewhat subverted, since the silencer does not work. at all. of note is that the creators have shown their work here, he' s using a nagant, which forces the cylinder forward to seal the chamber, making it the only revolver that can actually be suppressed .
it is wrong to look for good points in this pile of ordure just because the filmmakers are young and british. unless we have filmmakers with more to offer, there is nothing to gain from supporting a domestic industry. this film shouldn' t have been made. having been made, it shouldn' t have been released. i can only hope it wasn' t subsidised by the taxpayer in any way .
there is probably someone or something more egregiously half - assedly named in the annals of film - - perhaps
the dark side
from george lucas' s typewriter - bound monkey troupe, as if the oppressors of the universe go around labeling themselves as
dark
rather than light, good, fair, and balanced; or ever concede they' re a
side
of anything rather than its whole .
a friendly little western film with two great leading men that doesn' t seem to dare to scare its audience all that much. there is relatively little tension, a bit of banter and a somewhat anticlimatic ending. at least the road there is somewhat unpredictable and refuses to follow the well known paths of the genre all that closely. entertaining and satisfying enough. zellweger is a classic mis - cast, though .
finally, reckoning day is something different altogether and mainly gathering attention for a dvd release on 14 september – a ‘no - budget’ with a ‘mega - budget’ storyline (action thriller about international drugs gangs) picked up by revolver entertainment. of interest are reports of a controversial advertising campaign involving the taking of the drug ‘salvia’ which is likened to lsd and the fictional drug that is used in the film, including videos posted on youtube .
a great, sensational and old - fashioned entertainment crafted by a superb performer and fine filmmaker. a masterpiece. a skillfully and brilliantly made western laced with wit and adventure. it' s packed with explosive action and dazzling suspense. a thunderous and breathtaking classic that will astound you. ed harris and viggo mortensen are magnificent. harris is magnetic, giving one of his best performances and an excellent approach as the director. mortenson is outstanding, giving another compelling and fantastic performance. renee zellweger is extraordinary, you truly believe this actress can truly play anybody. jeremy irons is riveting, giving a knockout performance. a powerful and unforgettable film. an exhilarating film that will move you with it' s power, characters and story. a great amount of action, thrills, fast - humor, romance and drama. it' s pure excellence with great character development .
imperial stormtrooper marksmanship academy: there is an outstanding amount of
no one was hit
in both films, from both the good guys and bad. which is exactly the way it usually is in a real firefight, especially with the era' s relatively inaccurate guns. while there are more deaths in the second film, most of them are red shirts, and / or are at the hands of sebastian moran, the cold sniper dragon .
choke holds: a thug sneaking up on holmes is put in a blood choke by watson. to prevent the guy from screaming, holmes immediately pinches off his nose and mouth. they chat for a bit even as watson chokes the guy into unconsciousness, and once the thug has passed out, move on. at the end of the film, dredger has to be slowly air choked because he' s just too darn big for anything else .
pearce was as stunned as anybody. “it was quite a bold decision for them to make, ” he nods. “i immediately loved the story and wanted to do it, but i was worried about being able to deliver on their expectations, it’s obviously a story that is very close to them. christian and darren have been happy slapped and queer bashed. a lot of the themes in the film were derived directly from experiences they have had. ”
: jr.' s portrayal is more socially challenged than our usual holmes, has some weird eye contact moments, and is implied to have issues with sensory integration. guy ritchie explains in the blu - ray special features that part of holmes' social short - comings is that he can' t filter out the many clues he picks up in social situations, for example his disastrous dinner in the royale. in the second film he mentions that seeing
everything
is his
shank is a 2009 british drama film starring wayne virgo , marc laurent , alice payne , tom bott and garry summers . the film was written by darren flaxstone and christian martin , and directed by simon pearce & christian martin ( uncredited ) . the film won an audience award in the 2009 barcelona international gay & lesbian film festival as well as the emerging talent in queer cinema in 2009 at the miami gay and lesbian film festival . 
shank is a 2009 british drama film starring wayne virgo, marc laurent, alice payne, tom bott and garry summers. the film was written by darren flaxstone and christian martin, and directed by simon pearce & christian martin (uncredited). the film won an audience award in the 2009 barcelona international gay & lesbian film festival as well as the emerging talent in queer cinema in 2009 at the miami gay and lesbian film festival.
shank is a 2009 british drama film starring wayne virgo, marc laurent, alice payne, tom bott and garry summers. the film was written by darren flaxstone and christian martin, and directed by simon pearce & christian martin (uncredited). the film won an audience award in the 2009 barcelona international gay & lesbian film festival as well as the emerging talent in queer cinema in 2009 at the miami gay and lesbian film festival.