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For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #234: From Indie Film to TV Producing for HBO with...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #234: From Indie Film to TV Producing for HBO with...
- 8/23/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
’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
Exclusive: Dan Stevens and Skyfall’s Bérénice Marlohe star in futuristic sci-fi.
FilmNation is screening a promo of futuristic sci-fi Redivider at the Efm in Berlin.
The under-the-radar sci-fi stars Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens (The Guest) and Bérénice Marlohe (Skyfall).
Currently in post-production after a 2014 shoot, first-time feature writer-director Tim Smit’s VFX-heavy futuristic feature charts the story of a pilot battling to save his family and the planet.
FilmNation’s Aaron Ryder is among producers on the project, based on Smit’s short What’s In The Box?. Smit was a VFX supervisor on 2015 crime-drama Tiger House and worked on 2013 thriller Last Passenger.
Set in a future version of the world, the video game style plot follows an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, which goes wrong. Chased by drones and soldiers, pilot and physicist Will Porter must race through an imploding world to get the Redivider box to a tower, which will save...
FilmNation is screening a promo of futuristic sci-fi Redivider at the Efm in Berlin.
The under-the-radar sci-fi stars Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens (The Guest) and Bérénice Marlohe (Skyfall).
Currently in post-production after a 2014 shoot, first-time feature writer-director Tim Smit’s VFX-heavy futuristic feature charts the story of a pilot battling to save his family and the planet.
FilmNation’s Aaron Ryder is among producers on the project, based on Smit’s short What’s In The Box?. Smit was a VFX supervisor on 2015 crime-drama Tiger House and worked on 2013 thriller Last Passenger.
Set in a future version of the world, the video game style plot follows an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, which goes wrong. Chased by drones and soldiers, pilot and physicist Will Porter must race through an imploding world to get the Redivider box to a tower, which will save...
- 2/13/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Well it’s that time of year again – the one where websites across the globe churn out Top 10 list after top ten list. So why should we be any different?! Yet whilst we may be following the predictable end of year lists, I can guarantee that my list is anything but predictable, featuring films from across the globe: including the Us, Canada, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and even good old Blighty!
This year more than ever there has been film after film that knocked it out of the park for me – which is why my Top 10 list has Two sections: the Top 10 and then the pick of 35(!) more brilliant movies (I would have loved this list to be a Top 45, honestly). So what’s my criteria? Well it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut,...
This year more than ever there has been film after film that knocked it out of the park for me – which is why my Top 10 list has Two sections: the Top 10 and then the pick of 35(!) more brilliant movies (I would have loved this list to be a Top 45, honestly). So what’s my criteria? Well it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut,...
- 12/19/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Thank you very much Mr. Traincrash.
You don't see a lot of decent movies anymore. You see mediocrities all the time, movies that never get too good, but often stray into the below-average, but these decent movies that stay just above average but thoroughly entertain are a rare breed. Last Passenger (2014) does this quite convincingly on a budget of around £1.5 million. Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), another train-based film, cost about $100 million and provided roughly the same amount of gripe-free viewing. Economic though it may be, Last Passenger isn't breaking new ground in any other arena. The framework is incredibly familiar in both plot and character dynamic. This is a disaster genre movie through and through. But it's reliable. About as unaccountably reliable as those brake pads. How could they possibly have still worked?
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You don't see a lot of decent movies anymore. You see mediocrities all the time, movies that never get too good, but often stray into the below-average, but these decent movies that stay just above average but thoroughly entertain are a rare breed. Last Passenger (2014) does this quite convincingly on a budget of around £1.5 million. Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), another train-based film, cost about $100 million and provided roughly the same amount of gripe-free viewing. Economic though it may be, Last Passenger isn't breaking new ground in any other arena. The framework is incredibly familiar in both plot and character dynamic. This is a disaster genre movie through and through. But it's reliable. About as unaccountably reliable as those brake pads. How could they possibly have still worked?
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- 10/8/2014
- by Jason Ratigan
- JustPressPlay.net
Captain America: The Winter Soldier The Captain hits DVD and Blu-ray today and I wonder, do the Marvel fanatics consider this the best Marvel movie of the year or Guardians of the Galaxyc
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - The Complete First Season Of course, if you're going to pick up Captain America: The Winter Soldier you have to also pick up the first season of "Shield" rightc I mean, there must be an Easter Egg or two that explains that thing or hints at that other thing in there somewhere rightc
Words and Pictures Didn't hear anything all that great about this one, but I don't think I heard anything all that bad. With Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche I assume it can't be all bad, though I doubt I'll ever give it a shot.
Brick Mansions On DVD and Blu-ray is where this one is probably best left experienced.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - The Complete First Season Of course, if you're going to pick up Captain America: The Winter Soldier you have to also pick up the first season of "Shield" rightc I mean, there must be an Easter Egg or two that explains that thing or hints at that other thing in there somewhere rightc
Words and Pictures Didn't hear anything all that great about this one, but I don't think I heard anything all that bad. With Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche I assume it can't be all bad, though I doubt I'll ever give it a shot.
Brick Mansions On DVD and Blu-ray is where this one is probably best left experienced.
- 9/9/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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
It was a very busy week for me as I saw three movies in theaters and watched another five at home. As for the theatrical trips, they included two I've already reviewed -- The Other Woman (read the review here) and Brick Mansions (read the review here) -- and Jon Favreau's Chef (5/9), which I already wrote a little about, but I'll say it again here, I enjoyed it... review coming in a couple weeks. At home I watched a screener for Last Passenger (review here) and I also watched Blue Ruin On Demand and I'll have a review of that this coming week, but I did post this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ropeofsilicon/status/459850214036078592 Then, last week I mentioned how I was digging into Werner Herzog's catalog courtesy of Fandor.com as they are releasing 16 of Herzog's titles, one a week, in advance of Shout Factory's release...
- 4/27/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It's the last episode of the Friday podcast that will be made available for free and I think we've delivered, coming in with reviews for The Other Woman, Last Passenger and Brick Mansions as well as a lot of news, a dramatic reading of Peter Jackson's announcement the third Hobbit film will be titled The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, tons of your questions, voice mail and four games. We hope you enjoy and hope to continue to have many of you join us once the Friday episode goes subscription only come May 2. If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for...
- 4/25/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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
A Promise
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 35 Mins.
Director Patrice Leconte seems to have cribbed from the Merchant Ivory playbook for a lukewarm tale of repressed desire set in 1912 Germany, where a young engineer (Richard Madden) comes between his sickly boss (Alan Rickman) and his wife (Rebecca Hall). It’s well made but drearily familiar, what with its stolen glances and pleas of “No, we mustn’t!” (Also available on VOD) B- —Chris Nashawaty
New Release
Blue Ruin
R, 1 Hr., 32 Mins.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the same can go for revenge movies. Looking more like a middle manager than Charles Bronson,...
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 35 Mins.
Director Patrice Leconte seems to have cribbed from the Merchant Ivory playbook for a lukewarm tale of repressed desire set in 1912 Germany, where a young engineer (Richard Madden) comes between his sickly boss (Alan Rickman) and his wife (Rebecca Hall). It’s well made but drearily familiar, what with its stolen glances and pleas of “No, we mustn’t!” (Also available on VOD) B- —Chris Nashawaty
New Release
Blue Ruin
R, 1 Hr., 32 Mins.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the same can go for revenge movies. Looking more like a middle manager than Charles Bronson,...
- 4/23/2014
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
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
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This […]
The post This Week In Trailers: The Immortalists, The Joe Show, The Sheik, Misfire, Fight Church, Last Passenger appeared first on /Film.
The post This Week In Trailers: The Immortalists, The Joe Show, The Sheik, Misfire, Fight Church, Last Passenger appeared first on /Film.
- 4/5/2014
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
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
I already expect there to be something of a deflated expectation to Disney's Maleficent once people scroll down to see it just received a PG rating from the MPAA. The Angelina Jolie-led, live action Sleepy Beauty prequel story is one that has certainly gained attention since the first trailers began playing, but will the PG-rating sour some of you that had high expectations for what looked like a very dark storyc Additional ratings include an R rating for Joon-ho Bong's Snowpiercer, which is still without an official U.S. release date and I also don't have any running time information as debate over whether the director's cut or the Weinstein Co.'s edit will make its way to domestic theaters. Finally, the last notable title is a PG-13 rating for The Fault in Our Stars. You can check out the full bulletin directly below. Dragon Guardians Rated PG...
- 2/18/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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
To mark the release of Last Passenger on 27th January, we’ve been given 5 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Lewis (Dougray Scott – My Week With Marilyn, Mission: Impossible 2) jumps on the last train leaving London, heading home after a long day’s work. Striking up a relationship with the flirty and beautiful Sarah (Kara Tointon – The Sweeney), he soon realises this is going to be a journey to remember, but for all the wrong reasons.
In the sleepy and abandoned carriages stop after stop are missed and Lewis, with five other remaining passengers, end up on a ride of a lifetime as the train hurtles relentlessly down the track. Hijacked by a vengeful sociopath who is hell-bent on crashing the speeding train, all six strangers must work together if any of them are going to survive this death ride which is destined for destruction.
Please note: This competition...
Lewis (Dougray Scott – My Week With Marilyn, Mission: Impossible 2) jumps on the last train leaving London, heading home after a long day’s work. Striking up a relationship with the flirty and beautiful Sarah (Kara Tointon – The Sweeney), he soon realises this is going to be a journey to remember, but for all the wrong reasons.
In the sleepy and abandoned carriages stop after stop are missed and Lewis, with five other remaining passengers, end up on a ride of a lifetime as the train hurtles relentlessly down the track. Hijacked by a vengeful sociopath who is hell-bent on crashing the speeding train, all six strangers must work together if any of them are going to survive this death ride which is destined for destruction.
Please note: This competition...
- 1/20/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Other multiple nominees include Philomena, Blue Jasmine, Filth, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall StreetScroll down for full nominations
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads the nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with nine nods. Stephen Frears’ Philomena follows with five nominations.
Receiving four each were Blue Jasmine, Filth, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Films getting three nominations each were American Hustle, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Captain Phillips, Frances Ha, The Great Beauty, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska and The Selfish Giant.
Gary Oldman will be honoured with the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film. Oldman said: “I am truly honoured, and humbled to be named for this prestigious award, especially when one considers both who is doing the awarding and also the inspirational list of past recipients. I can’t wait to be there.”
The 34th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, voted on by 140 members, will be held...
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads the nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with nine nods. Stephen Frears’ Philomena follows with five nominations.
Receiving four each were Blue Jasmine, Filth, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Films getting three nominations each were American Hustle, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Captain Phillips, Frances Ha, The Great Beauty, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska and The Selfish Giant.
Gary Oldman will be honoured with the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film. Oldman said: “I am truly honoured, and humbled to be named for this prestigious award, especially when one considers both who is doing the awarding and also the inspirational list of past recipients. I can’t wait to be there.”
The 34th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, voted on by 140 members, will be held...
- 12/18/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The London Film Critics' Circle announced their nominations and surprise, surprise, Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack with nine nods including Best Picture. Missing in action? David O. Russell's "American Hustle" But Jennifer Lawrence was given a Best Supporting Actress nomination.
Winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony on February 2, 2014.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the London Film Critics' Circle awards:
Film of the Year
"Blue is the Warmest Color"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Frances Ha"
"Gravity"
"Her"
"The Great Beauty"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Director of the Year
Alfonso Cuaròn, "Gravity"
Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Paolo Sorrentino, "The Great Beauty"
Actor of the Year
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Tom Hanks,...
Winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony on February 2, 2014.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the London Film Critics' Circle awards:
Film of the Year
"Blue is the Warmest Color"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Frances Ha"
"Gravity"
"Her"
"The Great Beauty"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Director of the Year
Alfonso Cuaròn, "Gravity"
Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Paolo Sorrentino, "The Great Beauty"
Actor of the Year
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Tom Hanks,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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
New commercial fare helped box office bounce back; Escape Plan proves Sly + Arnie still works but Enough Said not enough
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Turbo
• Watch the Ender's Game trailer
The winner
Following a session that saw the lowest grosses of any weekend in 2013 so far, box office has bounced back, thanks to the arrival at last of some commercially strong new product. Both Turbo and Captain Phillips delivered numbers north of £3m. The last time a film – any film, let alone two at once – managed a £3m-plus session was back in late August with the arrival of One Direction: This Is Us.
In the official chart, DreamWorks Animation's Turbo grabs the top spot with £3.89m, boosted by £1.77m in previews. That number compares unfavourably with the previous effort from the company, The Croods, which kicked off with £5.37m including £1.85m in previews back in March. Turbo's result...
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Turbo
• Watch the Ender's Game trailer
The winner
Following a session that saw the lowest grosses of any weekend in 2013 so far, box office has bounced back, thanks to the arrival at last of some commercially strong new product. Both Turbo and Captain Phillips delivered numbers north of £3m. The last time a film – any film, let alone two at once – managed a £3m-plus session was back in late August with the arrival of One Direction: This Is Us.
In the official chart, DreamWorks Animation's Turbo grabs the top spot with £3.89m, boosted by £1.77m in previews. That number compares unfavourably with the previous effort from the company, The Croods, which kicked off with £5.37m including £1.85m in previews back in March. Turbo's result...
- 10/23/2013
- by Charles Gant
- 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
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
The Fifth Estate | Le Week-end | Machete Kills | Not Another Happy Ending | Baggage Claim | Romeo & Juliet | Nobody's Daughter Haewon
The Fifth Estate (15)
(Bill Condon, 2013, Us/Bel) Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, David Thewlis, Laura Linney, Peter Capaldi. 128 mins
Cumberbatch was seemingly born to play Julian Assange, though this pacy hot-button-issue thriller struggles to make the Wikileaks story into another Social Network. There are some questionable cinematic flourishes (ooh, cyberspace!), but at the core is the bromance between Brühl's wide-eyed German techie (Daniel Berg) and the enigmatic Aussie – partners in a morally hazardous social justice crusade that climaxes with, er, the Guardian.
Le Week-end (15)
(Roger Michell, 2013, UK) Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum. 93 mins
Before Midnight for seniors, as a 60-something couple's Parisian second honeymoon gives rise to bickering, regrets, and fears for the future, but youthful romantic comedy too. There's wit and wisdom in the writing and the seasoned performers are very good company.
The Fifth Estate (15)
(Bill Condon, 2013, Us/Bel) Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, David Thewlis, Laura Linney, Peter Capaldi. 128 mins
Cumberbatch was seemingly born to play Julian Assange, though this pacy hot-button-issue thriller struggles to make the Wikileaks story into another Social Network. There are some questionable cinematic flourishes (ooh, cyberspace!), but at the core is the bromance between Brühl's wide-eyed German techie (Daniel Berg) and the enigmatic Aussie – partners in a morally hazardous social justice crusade that climaxes with, er, the Guardian.
Le Week-end (15)
(Roger Michell, 2013, UK) Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum. 93 mins
Before Midnight for seniors, as a 60-something couple's Parisian second honeymoon gives rise to bickering, regrets, and fears for the future, but youthful romantic comedy too. There's wit and wisdom in the writing and the seasoned performers are very good company.
- 10/12/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
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
New shots of Orlando Bloom in Zulu, Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston in Only Lovers Left Alive, Henry Cavill in Man of Steel, Natalie Portman and Christian Bale in Terence Malick's Knight of Cups, Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain in Miss Julie, Clive Owen and Mila Kunis in Blood Ties, Brit Marling in The East, and Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco.
Set photos of Peter Dinklage and Jennifer Lawrence on the "X-Men: Days of the Future Past" set, and Hugh Jackman filming The Wolverine from a few months back.
Posters for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Man of Steel, Riddick, Everybody Has A Plan, Rapture-Palooza, Blood Ties, Last Passenger, Drinking Buddies, The Internship, About Time, and The Lone Ranger.
"The upcoming 3D Blu-ray release of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' will come with a limited edition phaser (non-working of course). No official date has been announced, though unofficially...
Set photos of Peter Dinklage and Jennifer Lawrence on the "X-Men: Days of the Future Past" set, and Hugh Jackman filming The Wolverine from a few months back.
Posters for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Man of Steel, Riddick, Everybody Has A Plan, Rapture-Palooza, Blood Ties, Last Passenger, Drinking Buddies, The Internship, About Time, and The Lone Ranger.
"The upcoming 3D Blu-ray release of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' will come with a limited edition phaser (non-working of course). No official date has been announced, though unofficially...
- 5/20/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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
Pinewood Studios
He’s played Prince Henry in “Ever After,” a villain in “Mission: Impossible II” and most recently Arthur Miller in “My Week With Marilyn.” Now, actor Dougray Scott takes on the role of Lewis Shaler, a doctor and single dad based in London who’s on the last train out of the city with his son in”Last Passenger.” When Shaler strikes up a relationship with a pretty stranger, he believes his life may be on the upswing,...
He’s played Prince Henry in “Ever After,” a villain in “Mission: Impossible II” and most recently Arthur Miller in “My Week With Marilyn.” Now, actor Dougray Scott takes on the role of Lewis Shaler, a doctor and single dad based in London who’s on the last train out of the city with his son in”Last Passenger.” When Shaler strikes up a relationship with a pretty stranger, he believes his life may be on the upswing,...
- 10/24/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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
Founded by J Arthur Rank, the studios are home to 007, Harry Potter and American blockbusters – but still invest in UK talent
The horizon at Pinewood alters every month as sets and scaffold towers go up and down. This weekend a visitor told to present themselves at the "main gate" might face a moment's confusion. By far the biggest gate, dwarfing everything else at the entrance to the film studios in Buckinghamshire, is a huge wooden affair, reached by a drawbridge.
A portcullis is suspended above it and a pair of crenellated stone towers stand on either side. It is part of the set constructed for Snow White and The Huntsman, one of a succession of big budget films that have queued up to get inside a production centre that is unrivalled, not just in Britain, but across the world.
The film, directed by Rupert Sanders, will star Charlize Theron as The Evil Queen,...
The horizon at Pinewood alters every month as sets and scaffold towers go up and down. This weekend a visitor told to present themselves at the "main gate" might face a moment's confusion. By far the biggest gate, dwarfing everything else at the entrance to the film studios in Buckinghamshire, is a huge wooden affair, reached by a drawbridge.
A portcullis is suspended above it and a pair of crenellated stone towers stand on either side. It is part of the set constructed for Snow White and The Huntsman, one of a succession of big budget films that have queued up to get inside a production centre that is unrivalled, not just in Britain, but across the world.
The film, directed by Rupert Sanders, will star Charlize Theron as The Evil Queen,...
- 10/1/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
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
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