Its stage roots show through at times, but this story of homoerotic tension between two youth team players is well made and acted
You could tell them to get a room – but they’ve already got a room. Russell Tovey and Arinzé Kene give excellent performances as two young footballers in this intimate, intelligent drama written by John Donnelly and directed by Ben A Williams. It has the episodic form of a well-made stage play, and in fact started life as a theatre production at the Royal Court in London. The structure lets you stand back and see the way an entire life can pan out in misery and denial. The homoerotic tension is unbearable as Jason (Tovey) and Ade (Kene), two players in a Premier League club’s youth squad, share a hotel room abroad the night before a big game. They are hanging around in their pants, bantering,...
You could tell them to get a room – but they’ve already got a room. Russell Tovey and Arinzé Kene give excellent performances as two young footballers in this intimate, intelligent drama written by John Donnelly and directed by Ben A Williams. It has the episodic form of a well-made stage play, and in fact started life as a theatre production at the Royal Court in London. The structure lets you stand back and see the way an entire life can pan out in misery and denial. The homoerotic tension is unbearable as Jason (Tovey) and Ade (Kene), two players in a Premier League club’s youth squad, share a hotel room abroad the night before a big game. They are hanging around in their pants, bantering,...
- 12/8/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Recently, ABC delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Agents of Shield" episode 3 of season 3, The episode is entitled, "A Wanted (Inhu)man," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty dramatic and high intense stuff go down as Daisy, Coulson and Mack race against the clock in an effort to rescue Lincoln from the clutches of Rosalind's crew, and more! In the new, 3rd episode press release: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Hunt For The Inhumans Puts Them In The Crosshairs Of Director Coulson's New Rival, On "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." On ABC. Press release number 2: Daisy, Mack and Coulson will race to protect Lincoln as Rosalind's team hunts down the Inhuman in their quest for powered people. In the meantime, Hunter is going to prove that there is no line that he will not cross...
- 10/6/2015
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Hollywood's iconic landmark and the surrounding land have been saved from property developers – ironically, as that's why the sign was originally created
The famous Hollywood sign that for decades has marked the centre of the film-making world has been saved from demolition following a last-minute donation from porn baron Hugh Hefner.
The landmark has been at the centre of a $12.5m (£8.1m) campaign to stop it being torn down to make room for property development in the surrounding area. Playboy owner Hefner stepped in with a $900,000 donation that means the 138-acre site around the sign will now be protected.
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger described the news as "the Hollywood ending we hoped for". He said: "It's a symbol of dreams and opportunity. The Hollywood sign will welcome dreamers, artists and Austrian bodybuilders for generations to come."
Hefner, who stepped in once before, in 1978, to help save the sign, describes it...
The famous Hollywood sign that for decades has marked the centre of the film-making world has been saved from demolition following a last-minute donation from porn baron Hugh Hefner.
The landmark has been at the centre of a $12.5m (£8.1m) campaign to stop it being torn down to make room for property development in the surrounding area. Playboy owner Hefner stepped in with a $900,000 donation that means the 138-acre site around the sign will now be protected.
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger described the news as "the Hollywood ending we hoped for". He said: "It's a symbol of dreams and opportunity. The Hollywood sign will welcome dreamers, artists and Austrian bodybuilders for generations to come."
Hefner, who stepped in once before, in 1978, to help save the sign, describes it...
- 4/27/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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