’Blade Runner 2049’ editor Joe Walker praises director.
Source: Ndf International
Omid Nooshin
UK filmmaker Omid Nooshin has passed away suddenly in London aged 43.
Nooshin was best known for making 2013 thriller Last Passenger, starring Dougray Scott, Iddo Goldberg, Kara Tointon, Lindsay Duncan and David Schofield.
The film, which sold well for Pathe International, earned Nooshin a Bifa nomination for best debut director.
Nooshin more recently co-scripted 2017 action-sci-fi Kill Switch, starring Dan Stevens and Berenice Marlohe. The film was sold by FilmNation Entertainment with buyers including Us outfit Saban Film.
The UK writer-director had been in development on his second directorial feature Invade, a Us horror film being produced by Silver Linings Playbook and Chocolat executive producer Michelle Raimo. He was also attached as associate producer to previously announced sci-fi Inversion.
Two-time Oscar-nominee Joe Walker, editor of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, worked with Nooshin on Last Passenger.
He said: ”I joined Omid as film editor of [link=tt...
Source: Ndf International
Omid Nooshin
UK filmmaker Omid Nooshin has passed away suddenly in London aged 43.
Nooshin was best known for making 2013 thriller Last Passenger, starring Dougray Scott, Iddo Goldberg, Kara Tointon, Lindsay Duncan and David Schofield.
The film, which sold well for Pathe International, earned Nooshin a Bifa nomination for best debut director.
Nooshin more recently co-scripted 2017 action-sci-fi Kill Switch, starring Dan Stevens and Berenice Marlohe. The film was sold by FilmNation Entertainment with buyers including Us outfit Saban Film.
The UK writer-director had been in development on his second directorial feature Invade, a Us horror film being produced by Silver Linings Playbook and Chocolat executive producer Michelle Raimo. He was also attached as associate producer to previously announced sci-fi Inversion.
Two-time Oscar-nominee Joe Walker, editor of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, worked with Nooshin on Last Passenger.
He said: ”I joined Omid as film editor of [link=tt...
- 1/26/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Joseph Baxter May 16, 2017
A brand new trailer for sci-fi action movie Kill Switch, starring Dan Stevens, has landed...
Update: A second trailer has now landed for this one. Which looks like this...
Here's our story on the original trailer from the start of the month...
Dan Stevens has been a busy man these past few years, evidenced by the debut trailer for one of the many projects on his docket: sci-fi action film Kill Switch. However, the trailer showcases a rather unconventional effort with cinematography so reminiscent of a first-person-shooter video game, you’d think that this was a trailer for a movie adaptation of Half-Life. For the record, it’s not.
Video of Kill Switch Teaser Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Trailers
The Kill Switch trailer is a teaser for its video game cinematic style, showcasing flying ships and things falling from the sky amidst a story about an experiment for unlimited energy gone awry.
A brand new trailer for sci-fi action movie Kill Switch, starring Dan Stevens, has landed...
Update: A second trailer has now landed for this one. Which looks like this...
Here's our story on the original trailer from the start of the month...
Dan Stevens has been a busy man these past few years, evidenced by the debut trailer for one of the many projects on his docket: sci-fi action film Kill Switch. However, the trailer showcases a rather unconventional effort with cinematography so reminiscent of a first-person-shooter video game, you’d think that this was a trailer for a movie adaptation of Half-Life. For the record, it’s not.
Video of Kill Switch Teaser Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Trailers
The Kill Switch trailer is a teaser for its video game cinematic style, showcasing flying ships and things falling from the sky amidst a story about an experiment for unlimited energy gone awry.
- 5/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Dan Stevens is everywhere these days. The star of this year’s “Colossal” and “Beauty and the Beast” will appear next in “Kill Switch,” the sci-fi action film from first-time feature director Tim Smit. In the movie, Stevens stars as Will Porter, a pilot who battles to save his family (and the planet) after an experiment for unlimited energy goes drastically wrong. Charity Wakefield and Bérénice Marlohe (“Skyfall”) co-star.
‘The Big Sick’ Trailer: Kumail Nanjiani and Ray Romano Grapple with Family Illness in Sundance Crowdpleaser — Watch
Smit is a visual effects supervisor who also did the visual effects for “Kill Switch,” which looks at times like a cross between “District 9” and a video game movie. Saban Films acquired the North American distribution rights to the movie out of the Berlin Film Festival when it was still called “Redivider.” The movie is based on a short film of Smit’s...
‘The Big Sick’ Trailer: Kumail Nanjiani and Ray Romano Grapple with Family Illness in Sundance Crowdpleaser — Watch
Smit is a visual effects supervisor who also did the visual effects for “Kill Switch,” which looks at times like a cross between “District 9” and a video game movie. Saban Films acquired the North American distribution rights to the movie out of the Berlin Film Festival when it was still called “Redivider.” The movie is based on a short film of Smit’s...
- 5/2/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Saban Films has taken North American distribution rights to FilmNation’s sci-fi pic Redivider. Dan Stevens and Bérénice Marlohe star in the Tim Smit-directed film that’s based on his own short What’s In The Box? It’s currently in post-production. Charlie Kindinger and Omid Nooshin co-wrote the futuristic title that follows a pilot battling to save his family after an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, goes wrong. Patrick Chu produced for…...
- 2/10/2017
- Deadline
Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to Tim Smit’s Redivider starring Dan Stevens and Berenice Marlohe.
The sci-fi story is based on Smit’s short What’s In The Box?, and is written by Charlie Kindinger and Omid Nooshin. It's set in a futuristic world where a pilot is battling to save his family after an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, goes wrong.
Patrick Chu produced the film, which is post-production, for FilmNation Entertainment alongside Tim Smit, and Sander Verdonk and Denis Wigman for Ctm Films. FilmNation’s Aaron Ryder and Milan Popelka, SquareOne Entertainment’s Al Munteanu, RainMaker Films’...
The sci-fi story is based on Smit’s short What’s In The Box?, and is written by Charlie Kindinger and Omid Nooshin. It's set in a futuristic world where a pilot is battling to save his family after an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, goes wrong.
Patrick Chu produced the film, which is post-production, for FilmNation Entertainment alongside Tim Smit, and Sander Verdonk and Denis Wigman for Ctm Films. FilmNation’s Aaron Ryder and Milan Popelka, SquareOne Entertainment’s Al Munteanu, RainMaker Films’...
- 2/10/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You know what you're getting with Omid Nooshin's “Last Passenger” as soon as the brilliant opening credits roller-coaster their way on screen. Even the title, by making the first “a” from both words form one simple train track, foreshadows the idea of what this retro ride is all about: simple fun. And calling it “simple” is no slight. Cluttered movies are a dime a dozen these days; the overabundance of characters like in “Grand Budapest Hotel,” convoluted plots like released version of “Snowpiercer” or an action scene every five minutes in just about every modern comic book film. So when you have a cut-and-dry premise like Nooshin's, the trap of boredom is much harder to avoid without the ability of throwing the whole kitchen sink at the audience. People who love digging for plot holes, even when there's enough going on to divert their attention, will find one or two.
- 5/3/2014
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
Someone has hi-jacked a London commuter train and six passengers left aboard are forced to figure out a way to either stop or get off said train. Given the six passengers, I'm not sure where the title Last Passenger comes from, but more importantly, the fact this film doesn't even care who the driver of the train is or what exactly their motivations are actually works in its favor. These kind of films can often get bogged down in the whos and whys, forgetting that much of the time spent debating the villain's reasons ignores the fact the characters are in a heap-load of trouble. Directed and co-written by first time feature director Omid Nooshin, Last Passenger is a one-location thriller with the majority of the focus on Dr. Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), a single father traveling with his son (Joshua Kaynama). But before he realizes trouble is afoot, he's...
- 4/24/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
On tap right now is an exclusive clip from Omid Nooshin's Speed-like horror flick Last Passenger (review). Cohen Media Group will release the film in NY, La, Seattle, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philly, Sf, DC, and Orlando on April 25th. Eyes peeled, kids!
Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and David Schofield star. The flick opens in the UK on October 18th.
Synopsis
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hellbent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave.
Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and David Schofield star. The flick opens in the UK on October 18th.
Synopsis
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hellbent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave.
- 4/24/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Runaway Train: Nooshin’s Banal Debut Goes Wrong Way on a One Way Track
What promises to be a nimble, low budget whodunit aboard a high speed train, forcing a small band of disparate passengers to work together for their own well-being, devolves quickly into a stodgy exercise of wanton blandness in Omid Nooshin’s debut, Last Passenger. Arriving in Us theaters after initial foreign DVD releases (and finally a theatrical bow in native UK last Fall), it’s anyone’s guess as to what the impetus was behind granting succor to this tasteless cinematic offering by releasing it in an already oversaturated market.
On the last train coming out of London, hard pressed doctor and single dad Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is trying to head home for the Christmas season with his young son, Max. But a patient emergency means a slight detour for the pair. Luckily, Lewis...
What promises to be a nimble, low budget whodunit aboard a high speed train, forcing a small band of disparate passengers to work together for their own well-being, devolves quickly into a stodgy exercise of wanton blandness in Omid Nooshin’s debut, Last Passenger. Arriving in Us theaters after initial foreign DVD releases (and finally a theatrical bow in native UK last Fall), it’s anyone’s guess as to what the impetus was behind granting succor to this tasteless cinematic offering by releasing it in an already oversaturated market.
On the last train coming out of London, hard pressed doctor and single dad Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is trying to head home for the Christmas season with his young son, Max. But a patient emergency means a slight detour for the pair. Luckily, Lewis...
- 4/24/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: Last Passenger Director: Omid Nooshin Starring: Dougray Scott, Kara Tointon, Iddo Goldberg, David Schofield, Joshua Kaynama, Lindsay Duncan Ahh, what might have been for Dougray Scott. In the late 1990s, he was originally cast as adamantium-clawed “X-Men” mauler Wolverine, but then forced to drop out of the film when overruns and delays dragged out the production schedule of “Mission: Impossible II.” Stripped of that franchise touchstone, he’s never quite reached the same buzzy occupational heights. Now, while Hugh Jackman has gone on to all sorts of riches and rewards, the Scottish-born Scott is left to anchor British-produced rip-offs of “Speed,” as with “Last Passenger,” a runaway-train action thriller that coasts along serviceably for a [ Read More ]
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- 4/24/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
This Friday, April 25, Cohen Media Group will release Last Passenger into theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, DC and Orlando and today they've sent over an exclusive clip for me to share with you. Directed and co-written by first time feature director Omid Nooshin, the film stars Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II) in a story set on a speeding London commuter trailer where a small group of passengers find themselves up against a driver whose intentions aren't entirely pure. I just received a screener of the film, but I haven't yet had a chance to watch it. Below I've featured the exclusive clip (the first video) along with the film's trailer, give 'em a watch and let me know what you think in the comments. Should I give this one a shotc sb id="918427" height="360" width="640" sb id="918429" height="360" width="640"...
- 4/23/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A tight, claustrophic thriller that puts a premium on character development, Last Passenger is one of the best surprises I’ve had at the movies in a long while. Indie thrillers, working with leaner budgets and lesser known stars, are often dead on arrival, thanks to scripts too weak to compensate for the lack of top-tier effects work. Luckily, writer-director Omid Nooshin and co-writer Andrew Love are smart enough to maintain a level of frightening plausibility in their film even as they ratchet the suspense up to agonizing levels. Couple their efforts with remarkably strong performances, and you’ve got one of the year’s best thrillers so far.
Dougray Scott plays Lewis Shaler, a doctor heading home with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) on a late night train from London. At first, nothing on the train seems out of the ordinary. Lewis and fellow passenger Sarah Barwell (Kara Tointon...
Dougray Scott plays Lewis Shaler, a doctor heading home with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) on a late night train from London. At first, nothing on the train seems out of the ordinary. Lewis and fellow passenger Sarah Barwell (Kara Tointon...
- 4/23/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Few vistas are as exhilarating as the passenger train window, the world advancing and receding with breathtaking speed, the viewer stationary yet hurtling through the landscape.
Few films articulate this sensation as stunningly as the opening of Omid Nooshin's Last Passenger, which features wide Pov shots of trains charging through exotic terrains. It's an indicator that, while Last Passenger is a campy B-movie, it possesses greater aesthetic aspirations, and the film's stylistic ambition is ultimately what makes it an entertaining ride.
Dougray Scott is Dr. Lewis Shaler, our hero aboard a train that mysteriously starts passing its scheduled stops. Lewis, along with a small cadre of passengers that feels positively Agatha Christie–esque in character...
Few films articulate this sensation as stunningly as the opening of Omid Nooshin's Last Passenger, which features wide Pov shots of trains charging through exotic terrains. It's an indicator that, while Last Passenger is a campy B-movie, it possesses greater aesthetic aspirations, and the film's stylistic ambition is ultimately what makes it an entertaining ride.
Dougray Scott is Dr. Lewis Shaler, our hero aboard a train that mysteriously starts passing its scheduled stops. Lewis, along with a small cadre of passengers that feels positively Agatha Christie–esque in character...
- 4/23/2014
- Village Voice
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Last Passenger , writer/director Omid Nooshin's suspense thriller which Cohen Media Group will release in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Orlando on April 25. Last Passenger tells the story of Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when he discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath...
- 3/26/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Stars: Dougray Scott, Kara Tointon, Iddo Goldberg, David Schofield, Joshua Kaynama, Lindsay Duncan | Written by Omid Nooshin, Andy Love | Directed by Omid Nooshin
What’s this? I’m reviewing a new British movie? Yes indeed, if you’ve been a long time reader of my work, you may have noticed a proclivity for me to review mainly American movies be it of the mainstream or independent variety. But every so often a British flick comes along that grabs my attention – usually they’re of the horror or thriller variety of course, and Last Passenger is no different.
The film tells the story of a small group of passengers on a late night train out of London. In the sleepy and abandoned carriages stop after stop are missed and Lewis (Dougray Scott), with five other remaining passengers, end up on a ride of a lifetime as the train hurtles relentlessly down the track.
What’s this? I’m reviewing a new British movie? Yes indeed, if you’ve been a long time reader of my work, you may have noticed a proclivity for me to review mainly American movies be it of the mainstream or independent variety. But every so often a British flick comes along that grabs my attention – usually they’re of the horror or thriller variety of course, and Last Passenger is no different.
The film tells the story of a small group of passengers on a late night train out of London. In the sleepy and abandoned carriages stop after stop are missed and Lewis (Dougray Scott), with five other remaining passengers, end up on a ride of a lifetime as the train hurtles relentlessly down the track.
- 1/26/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Sean Ellis's Metro Manila was the big winner at last night's Moët British Independent Film Awards.
The film, which centres on a family who flee the rice fields of the Philippines to start a new life in Manila, won Best Director, Best Achievement in Production and Best British Independent Film.
The Best Actor prize went to James McAvoy for Filth, while Le Week-End's Lindsay Duncan took home the Best Actress award. Imogen Poots collected the Supporting Actress gong for The Look of Love and Ben Mendelsohn won Best Supporting Actor for Starred Up.
Special awards on the night were handed to Julie Walters, who took the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film, and Paul Greengrass, recipient of the Variety Award for helping to shine the world spotlight on the UK.
The Bifa winners in full are as follows:
Best British Independent Film
Metro Manila -...
The film, which centres on a family who flee the rice fields of the Philippines to start a new life in Manila, won Best Director, Best Achievement in Production and Best British Independent Film.
The Best Actor prize went to James McAvoy for Filth, while Le Week-End's Lindsay Duncan took home the Best Actress award. Imogen Poots collected the Supporting Actress gong for The Look of Love and Ben Mendelsohn won Best Supporting Actor for Starred Up.
Special awards on the night were handed to Julie Walters, who took the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film, and Paul Greengrass, recipient of the Variety Award for helping to shine the world spotlight on the UK.
The Bifa winners in full are as follows:
Best British Independent Film
Metro Manila -...
- 12/9/2013
- Digital Spy
It’s a very important night for British film. Celebrating, in a way the BAFTAs can’t, the vital new talents emerging in this country. The British Independent Film Awards is one of our favourite nights of the year, as much a routemap for the people to watch over the next year as it is a celebration of them.
The sheer variety of films nominated is evidence of the potent creative landscape of Britain. From the crowd pleasing and inspirational journey of Steve Coogan and Judi Dench in Philomena, through the haunted and surreal discovery of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, to the barren urban clash of Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant this country has an independent film industry to be proud of.
There was a great swell of support for one film in particular but the awards point to many successes here. It’s great to see...
The sheer variety of films nominated is evidence of the potent creative landscape of Britain. From the crowd pleasing and inspirational journey of Steve Coogan and Judi Dench in Philomena, through the haunted and surreal discovery of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, to the barren urban clash of Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant this country has an independent film industry to be proud of.
There was a great swell of support for one film in particular but the awards point to many successes here. It’s great to see...
- 12/8/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson: 2013 British Independent Film Awards nominations (photo: Judi Dench in ‘Philomena’) Since the likes of Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, James McAvoy, and Tom Hardy are in the running for the 2013 British Independent Film Awards, expect at least a little overlapping between the determinedly indie-oriented BIFAs and other awards season nominees and/or winners elsewhere. (See also: “Judi Dench Sole Bifa Nominee Surely to Get BAFTA, Oscar Nominations.”) Judi Dench and Scarlett Johansson are competing in the Best Actress category; Dench for Stephen Frears’ Philomena, Johansson for Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin. Tom Hardy and James McAvoy are in the running for the Best Actor British Independent Film Award; Hardy for Steven Knight’s Locke, McAvoy for Jon S. Baird’s Filth. The top Bifa 2013 movie, however, is David Mackenzie’s Starred Up, with a total of eight nominations including Best British Independent Film, Best Director,...
- 11/14/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
While the Oscars and BAFTAs take up a fair share of the awards spotlight the British Independent Film Awards (or the BIFAs as they are lovingly referred to) are, to our mind, a far more exciting and precise barometer of the state of British film.
It matters not how many La-based golden statues are picked up by the British each February, it is the winners and nominees of the BIFAs which point, once again, to a thrilling year in British film with invention and stark, raving talent at the forefront.
Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant is rightly garlanded with nominations, as is David Mackenzie’s Lff-choice for many, Starred Up. Perhaps the more noticeable names of the Philomena cast and crew are present an dcorrect however it’s the slew of nominations for Jon Baird’s Filth and Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin which are very gratifying. Scarlett Johansson...
It matters not how many La-based golden statues are picked up by the British each February, it is the winners and nominees of the BIFAs which point, once again, to a thrilling year in British film with invention and stark, raving talent at the forefront.
Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant is rightly garlanded with nominations, as is David Mackenzie’s Lff-choice for many, Starred Up. Perhaps the more noticeable names of the Philomena cast and crew are present an dcorrect however it’s the slew of nominations for Jon Baird’s Filth and Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin which are very gratifying. Scarlett Johansson...
- 11/11/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Prison drama starring Jack O'Connell leads the field with eight nods, with The Selfish Giant just behind with seven
• The Selfish Giant trailer
• First look review: Under the Skin
Starred Up, the prison drama starring Jack O'Connell and directed by David Mackenzie, has emerged somewhat unexpectedly at the head of the pack of the nominations for the British Independent film awards (BIFAs).
Starred Up, which received its world premiere at the Toronto film festival, but has yet to be released in the UK, received eight nominations, including best British independent film, best director for Mackenzie, and best actor for O'Connell.
Close behind with seven nominations came The Selfish Giant, the acclaimed Oscar Wilde adaptation directed by Clio Barnard, which included a most promising newcomer nod for its two young lead actors, Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas.
More established names in the nominations list included Judi Dench and Steve Coogan for...
• The Selfish Giant trailer
• First look review: Under the Skin
Starred Up, the prison drama starring Jack O'Connell and directed by David Mackenzie, has emerged somewhat unexpectedly at the head of the pack of the nominations for the British Independent film awards (BIFAs).
Starred Up, which received its world premiere at the Toronto film festival, but has yet to be released in the UK, received eight nominations, including best British independent film, best director for Mackenzie, and best actor for O'Connell.
Close behind with seven nominations came The Selfish Giant, the acclaimed Oscar Wilde adaptation directed by Clio Barnard, which included a most promising newcomer nod for its two young lead actors, Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas.
More established names in the nominations list included Judi Dench and Steve Coogan for...
- 11/11/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Captain Phillips | Enough Said | Escape Plan | Prince Avalance | The Lebanese Rocket Society | Like Father, Like Son | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Turbo | Last Passenger
Captain Phillips (12A)
(Paul Greengrass, 2013, Us) Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Michael Chernus. 134 mins
No room for Depp-like jollity aboard this pirate tale. Instead, Greengrass brings his usual reportage-style urgency to a true-life Indian Ocean hijack situation. It's tense, credible and intelligent, even if pitting four Somali fishermen against Hanks, a big ship and formidable back-up is a pretty unfair contest – that very imbalance is part of the point.
Enough Said (12A)
(Nicole Holofcener, 2013, Us) Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener. 93 mins
Gandolfini's final performance elevates a polished but trifling comedy, centring on a blossoming romance poisoned by an ex-wife.
Escape Plan (15)
(Mikael Håfström, 2013, Us) Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 115 mins
The "geriaction" veterans join forces to punch their way out of a high-tech super-prison.
Prince Avalanche (15)
(David Gordon Green,...
Captain Phillips (12A)
(Paul Greengrass, 2013, Us) Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Michael Chernus. 134 mins
No room for Depp-like jollity aboard this pirate tale. Instead, Greengrass brings his usual reportage-style urgency to a true-life Indian Ocean hijack situation. It's tense, credible and intelligent, even if pitting four Somali fishermen against Hanks, a big ship and formidable back-up is a pretty unfair contest – that very imbalance is part of the point.
Enough Said (12A)
(Nicole Holofcener, 2013, Us) Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener. 93 mins
Gandolfini's final performance elevates a polished but trifling comedy, centring on a blossoming romance poisoned by an ex-wife.
Escape Plan (15)
(Mikael Håfström, 2013, Us) Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 115 mins
The "geriaction" veterans join forces to punch their way out of a high-tech super-prison.
Prince Avalanche (15)
(David Gordon Green,...
- 10/19/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
British thrillers don't have a great track record, but here's a Hitchcockian debut feature that might give the genre a boost
The British action movie remains a rare beast – understandably so, if you recall 1997's Downtime, which attempted to emulate Die Hard in a tower block with an asthmatic Paul McGann. The genre may get a boost from writer-director Omid Nooshin's enjoyably crafty, neo-Hitchcockian debut, set aboard a midnight commuter train. Dougray Scott is the medic trying to return his son to Sevenoaks when the guard disappears and the driver – whose death drive is left chillingly motiveless – speeds through Tunbridge Wells with no terminus in sight save, the English Channel. It takes a judicious while to introduce Scott's ambiguous fellow travellers, yet even when the pace accelerates, Nooshin holds on to a strain of logic that doesn't often survive at this level of filmmaking. If you've wondered what goes on inside a driver's cab,...
The British action movie remains a rare beast – understandably so, if you recall 1997's Downtime, which attempted to emulate Die Hard in a tower block with an asthmatic Paul McGann. The genre may get a boost from writer-director Omid Nooshin's enjoyably crafty, neo-Hitchcockian debut, set aboard a midnight commuter train. Dougray Scott is the medic trying to return his son to Sevenoaks when the guard disappears and the driver – whose death drive is left chillingly motiveless – speeds through Tunbridge Wells with no terminus in sight save, the English Channel. It takes a judicious while to introduce Scott's ambiguous fellow travellers, yet even when the pace accelerates, Nooshin holds on to a strain of logic that doesn't often survive at this level of filmmaking. If you've wondered what goes on inside a driver's cab,...
- 10/18/2013
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Hitting our screens on October 18, Omid Nooshin’s thriller Last Passenger depicts the tale of a runaway train, hurtling down the track with little sign of stopping. In what is a captivating, fast-paced piece of cinema, we had the great pleasure in sitting down with the two lead stars, Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon, to discuss this memorable film.
The pair who play strangers embroiled in a love interest aboard this unstoppable train, speak about Nooshin’s unique vision for this title – and what attracted them to join him in his ambitious endeavour, while Tointin tells us about escaping from her soap-opera stereotype, following on from a triumphant stint in Eastenders.
Last Passenger is out on October 18, and you can read our review here.
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The pair who play strangers embroiled in a love interest aboard this unstoppable train, speak about Nooshin’s unique vision for this title – and what attracted them to join him in his ambitious endeavour, while Tointin tells us about escaping from her soap-opera stereotype, following on from a triumphant stint in Eastenders.
Last Passenger is out on October 18, and you can read our review here.
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- 10/17/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The premise of a train hurtling down the track at over a hundred miles an hour, unable to be stopped, and holding innocent civilians scared for their life on board, is one that was only recently brought to life on the big screen, by the late Tony Scott with Unstoppable. However don’t let that put you off Omid Nooshin’s directorial debut Last Passenger, because despite sharing a similar concept, this intense thriller takes a somewhat more pragmatic approach, avoiding typical cinematic conventionalities, in turn for a film that gets inside our characters’ heads, and begs the question; what would you do?
When Lewis (Dougray Scott) and his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) are heading back home on the train after a trip to London, they meet the affable stranger Sarah (Kara Tointon), also heading back to the suburbs. Though a natural chemistry is formed and the pair hit it off instantaneously,...
When Lewis (Dougray Scott) and his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) are heading back home on the train after a trip to London, they meet the affable stranger Sarah (Kara Tointon), also heading back to the suburbs. Though a natural chemistry is formed and the pair hit it off instantaneously,...
- 10/14/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Interview Andrew Blair 14 Oct 2013 - 06:32
Ahead of the release of his new thriller Last Passenger, we chat to star Dougray Scott about realism, genres, and Iain Banks...
Over the phone, while a very quiet and slightly confused engineer inspected our boiler, Den of Geek chatted to Dougray Scott – former Triffid wrangler, Imf double agent, author of Death Of A Salesman and guest star in Highlander: The TV Series – about his new film Last Passenger.
Set on a quiet, late-night commuter train out of London, the first full-length movie from short-film director Omid Nooshin sees a small group of strangers trapped on the speeding train with no help coming from outside. Think Unstoppable directed by Mike Leigh, and then try not to let your imagination run away with you next time you step on board public transport...
How did you become attached to this project? What was it about...
Ahead of the release of his new thriller Last Passenger, we chat to star Dougray Scott about realism, genres, and Iain Banks...
Over the phone, while a very quiet and slightly confused engineer inspected our boiler, Den of Geek chatted to Dougray Scott – former Triffid wrangler, Imf double agent, author of Death Of A Salesman and guest star in Highlander: The TV Series – about his new film Last Passenger.
Set on a quiet, late-night commuter train out of London, the first full-length movie from short-film director Omid Nooshin sees a small group of strangers trapped on the speeding train with no help coming from outside. Think Unstoppable directed by Mike Leigh, and then try not to let your imagination run away with you next time you step on board public transport...
How did you become attached to this project? What was it about...
- 10/11/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Umbrella Entertainment has released a second trailer for Omid Nooshin's Speed-like horror flick Last Passenger, and we have it for you right here to ferry you off into your Thursday evening.
Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and David Schofield star. The flick opens in the UK on October 18th.
Synopsis
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hellbent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave.
As the speeding locomotive ploughs through stations and level crossings,...
Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and David Schofield star. The flick opens in the UK on October 18th.
Synopsis
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hellbent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave.
As the speeding locomotive ploughs through stations and level crossings,...
- 10/11/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Vintage rolling stock and a touch of the old Hitchcockian drama play their part in a riposte to Hollywood
From the warm waters of Pirates of the Caribbean to the fairytale castle in Snow White and the Huntsman, British film studios now regularly create exotic sets for blockbusters. Last year, however, the largest production space at Shepperton, called the "H-Stage", was dominated by the more mundane hulks of two reclaimed British railway carriages, dating from the slam-door days.
The battered train is the unlikely focus of an attempt to bring back the action thriller to this country. Last Passenger, which stars Dougray Scott and opens in cinemas next week, is the debut feature from director Omid Nooshin, a former art student from Guildford, Surrey, who aims to reclaim Britain's reputation for Hitchcockian suspense and couple it with special effects that rival Hollywood.
"British film-makers love spectacle and adventure, but that...
From the warm waters of Pirates of the Caribbean to the fairytale castle in Snow White and the Huntsman, British film studios now regularly create exotic sets for blockbusters. Last year, however, the largest production space at Shepperton, called the "H-Stage", was dominated by the more mundane hulks of two reclaimed British railway carriages, dating from the slam-door days.
The battered train is the unlikely focus of an attempt to bring back the action thriller to this country. Last Passenger, which stars Dougray Scott and opens in cinemas next week, is the debut feature from director Omid Nooshin, a former art student from Guildford, Surrey, who aims to reclaim Britain's reputation for Hitchcockian suspense and couple it with special effects that rival Hollywood.
"British film-makers love spectacle and adventure, but that...
- 10/5/2013
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Following on from the exclusive first-look images that we debuted almost a year ago, the official Facebook page has released some new images from British movie Last Passenger. The movie stars Dougray Scott, Iddo Goldberg, Joshua Kaynama, Kara Tointon and is directed by Omid Nooshin. This is the one of the first movies in the venture supported by both the BFI and Pinewood Studios who have joined together with Future Films /2B Pictures, Pathé and Ndf International to co-produce the film.
Last Passenger tells the story of Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when he discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged.
Last Passenger tells the story of Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when he discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged.
- 10/9/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Unless you count Roman Polanski’s Tess as a significant invite, Pathe International is pretty much relegated to market screenings, but this week it was announced that Denis Villeneuve’s An Enemy to be shot in Toronto with Jake Gyllenhaal, so it looks like there is definitely something to look forward to with this French sales co.
An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La BÊTE) by Christophe Gans
Jappeloup by Christian Duguay
Alceste A Bicyclette by Philippe Le Guay
Bowling by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’Arrive Jamais Seul) by James Huth
Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami (Sur La Piste Du Marsupilami) by Alain Chabat
It Happened In Saint Tropez (Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent) by Danièle Thompson
Last Passenger by Omid Nooshin
My Best Holidays (Nos Plus Belles Vacances) by Philippe Lellouche
No One Lives by Ryuhei Kitamura
Sea,...
An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La BÊTE) by Christophe Gans
Jappeloup by Christian Duguay
Alceste A Bicyclette by Philippe Le Guay
Bowling by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’Arrive Jamais Seul) by James Huth
Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami (Sur La Piste Du Marsupilami) by Alain Chabat
It Happened In Saint Tropez (Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent) by Danièle Thompson
Last Passenger by Omid Nooshin
My Best Holidays (Nos Plus Belles Vacances) by Philippe Lellouche
No One Lives by Ryuhei Kitamura
Sea,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It's all aboard Pathe International's new train-based thriller 'Last Passenger'. And one particular passenger that co-stars alongside Scottish actor Dougray Scott ('My Week with Marilyn'), Lindsay Duncan and David Schofield ('The Wolfman') that caught my eye was ex-'Eastenders' star and all-round hottie Kara Tointon (below). The sexy star pops up on the doomed train ride as Sarah, a flirty passenger. The Omid Nooshin helmed story revolves around a man, his son and a small group of passengers who end up on a speeding train that is being driven by an out of control maniac with vengeance on his mind. Check out the nice extended plot synopsis below and a couple of pics of exactly why I used to watch 'Eastenders'....
- 3/20/2012
- Horror Asylum
With Afm 2011 looming in the distance (it runs November 2-9 this year), more eye candy has come our way. This time it's from Pathe International, which has released the first two images from Omid Nooshin's Speed-like horror flick Last Passenger. Check 'em out!
Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and David Schofield star.
Synopsis
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hellbent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave.
As the speeding...
Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and David Schofield star.
Synopsis
Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hellbent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave.
As the speeding...
- 10/24/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
More Afm awesome as Pathe International has released the first two images from Omid Nooshin's Speed-like horror thriller Last Passenger, which stars Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan and David Schofield. "Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when Lewis discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has taken control of the train and is hell bent on crashing it, taking his passengers with him to the grave...."...
- 10/24/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Filming has begun on The Last Passenger , written and directed by Omid Nooshin. The film, starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon is described as "a claustrophobic suspense thriller in the Hitchcockian-Spielberg tradition of the everyday man thrust into an extraordinary situation." The Last Passenger tells the story of Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when he discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath has...
- 10/24/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Earlier in the year we reported that Pinewood Shepperton were to invest millions in film production here in the UK and today we’ve been given exclusive access to the first images to emerge from Omid Nooshin’s film Last Passenger starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon.
In a stroke of brave ingenuity the creative team behind the project made a pitch trailer to show off their ideas and it did the trick as the funding came together with the BFI and Pinewood Studios announcing they were joining forces with Future Films/2B Pictures, Pathé and Ndf International to co-produce the film, marking the second move by the Pinewood group into film production.
The pitch trailer is available to watch online at the film’s Facebook page and there’s more information on the film at their website.
Before the images here’s the official synopsis,
Last Passenger tells the...
In a stroke of brave ingenuity the creative team behind the project made a pitch trailer to show off their ideas and it did the trick as the funding came together with the BFI and Pinewood Studios announcing they were joining forces with Future Films/2B Pictures, Pathé and Ndf International to co-produce the film, marking the second move by the Pinewood group into film production.
The pitch trailer is available to watch online at the film’s Facebook page and there’s more information on the film at their website.
Before the images here’s the official synopsis,
Last Passenger tells the...
- 10/20/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New stills from Hugo, Wuthering Heights, The Barrens, My Week with Marilyn, The Thing and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
New posters for Wuthering Heights, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, The Muppets and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Set photos of a bloodied James McAvoy shooting Trance, a wet Kristen Stewart filming scenes on a beach for Snow White and the Huntsman, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin at work on The Gangster Squad, and Ryan Reynolds waving a gun around on the set of R.I.P.D..
"Fox Searchlight has confirmed they're releasing Steve McQueen's "Shame", the sex addict drama starring Michael Fassbender, in limited U.S. theatrical release on December 2nd. As Magneto's other 'red helmet' makes numerous appearances alongside some graphic sex, it's expected the rating will be Nc-17…" (full details)
"Joel Schumacher has revealed that his aborted third "Batman" film, "Batman Triumphant", would've had...
New posters for Wuthering Heights, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, The Muppets and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Set photos of a bloodied James McAvoy shooting Trance, a wet Kristen Stewart filming scenes on a beach for Snow White and the Huntsman, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin at work on The Gangster Squad, and Ryan Reynolds waving a gun around on the set of R.I.P.D..
"Fox Searchlight has confirmed they're releasing Steve McQueen's "Shame", the sex addict drama starring Michael Fassbender, in limited U.S. theatrical release on December 2nd. As Magneto's other 'red helmet' makes numerous appearances alongside some graphic sex, it's expected the rating will be Nc-17…" (full details)
"Joel Schumacher has revealed that his aborted third "Batman" film, "Batman Triumphant", would've had...
- 10/5/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
To coincide with the 75th Birthday of the biggest and best movie studio in the UK (nay, the world), today they have announced that their new movie in collaboration with the BFI, Future Films/2B Pictures, Pathé and Ndf International ‘Last Passenger’ has begun shooting at one of their sister studio, Shepperton from today. The film stars Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon and and is written and directed by Omid Nooshi.
Last Passenger tells the story of Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when he discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath...
Last Passenger tells the story of Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), an overworked doctor and devoted single dad heading home with his young son on the last train from London. When he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful and flirtatious stranger, Lewis believes life is finally looking up. But events then take a dark turn when he discovers the guard has mysteriously vanished and the brakes have been sabotaged. Unknown to the handful of remaining passengers, a vengeful sociopath...
- 9/30/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Omid Nooshin's Last Passenger starring Dougray Scott as a doctor caught on a runaway train U.K.-based Pinewood Shepperton is investing in the film budgetd at $2.5 million which started shooting at Shepperton Studios on Thursday. Dougray Scott plays a doctor who is caught on a runaway commuter train in the Omid Nooshin-directed and scripted thriller. Variety reports that other investors include Future Films, the BFI Film Fund and Japan's Fel Corp. Zack Winfield and nm2251602 autoAdo Yoshizaki[/link] of Ndf International are serving as producers on Last Passenger which Pathe is handling international sales for. Pinewood's looking at backing four films a fear from first-timers, combined a budget of around $13 million.
- 9/30/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Omid Nooshin's Last Passenger starring Dougray Scott as a doctor caught on a runaway train U.K.-based Pinewood Shepperton is investing in the film budgetd at $2.5 million which started shooting at Shepperton Studios on Thursday. Dougray Scott plays a doctor who is caught on a runaway commuter train in the Omid Nooshin-directed and scripted thriller. Variety reports that other investors include Future Films, the BFI Film Fund and Japan's Fel Corp. Zack Winfield and nm2251602 autoAdo Yoshizaki[/link] of Ndf International are serving as producers on Last Passenger which Pathe is handling international sales for. Pinewood's looking at backing four films a fear from first-timers, combined a budget of around $13 million.
- 9/30/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Omid Nooshin's The Last Passenger does not yet exist but it will soon. At least he will if the microbudget promo he shot for the film has anything to say about it.The film's script made The Brit List - the UK equivalent to The Black List - back in 2008, an event that got Nooshin a job offer from M Night Shyamalan to write the middle piece of the Night Chronicles trilogy, a job Nooshin turned down to focus on this instead. And when investors proved slow to step up he went out and shot the promo below for a paltry eight hundred bucks. You'd never guess it to look at it.Think Your commute is bad? Delayed, overcrowded and overcharged? Well for these six...
- 3/8/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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