Writer/director David L.G. Hughes' British crime film Hard Boiled Sweets will be available On Demand Tuesday, September 25 and we've got an exclusive featurette that you can watch below. In the film, ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss 'Shrewd' Eddie has one million in dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn't know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money... Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Liz May Brice, Paul Freeman, Ty Glaser, Laura Greenwood, Ian Hart, Nathaniel Martello-White, Danny Sapani, Scott Williams, Peter Wrght and René Zagger star.
- 9/24/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Check out the official poster for the upcoming independent drama Hard Boiled Sweets, featuring an ensemble cast including Paul Freeman, Ty Glaser and Scot Williams.
Ex-con Johnny (Scot Williams) is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie (Paul Freeman) has one million in dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money…
Additional cast include Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Liz May Brice, Laura Greenwood, Ian Hart, Nathaniel Martello-White, Danny Sapani, Peter Wrght, and René Zagger.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
Mob Boss is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought after Porsche The Sherbet Lemon and has one million pounds in dirty cash stashed in a briefcase at his home.
Ex-con Johnny (Scot Williams) is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie (Paul Freeman) has one million in dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money…
Additional cast include Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Liz May Brice, Laura Greenwood, Ian Hart, Nathaniel Martello-White, Danny Sapani, Peter Wrght, and René Zagger.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
Mob Boss is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought after Porsche The Sherbet Lemon and has one million pounds in dirty cash stashed in a briefcase at his home.
- 9/21/2012
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
As part of our coverage of the DVD release of Hard Boiled Sweets (see our review here), we were able to interview actor Scot Williams, who plays the key role of Johnny in David Hughes’ feature-length directorial debut. We started off asking him how he came to the project…
Scot Williams: I got a call out of the blue and was offered a role, which is very rare. Usually I have to audition, but on this occasion my agent sent me a disc for the short film A Girl & A Gun, which had Paul Freeman and Ian Hart in it. I was drawn to it and because I’d worked with Ian in Backbeat I called him up and asked him if he would recommend I work on it and he said “absolutely”. The script was fabulous and the other actor attached were excellent – I wouldn’t have agreed...
Scot Williams: I got a call out of the blue and was offered a role, which is very rare. Usually I have to audition, but on this occasion my agent sent me a disc for the short film A Girl & A Gun, which had Paul Freeman and Ian Hart in it. I was drawn to it and because I’d worked with Ian in Backbeat I called him up and asked him if he would recommend I work on it and he said “absolutely”. The script was fabulous and the other actor attached were excellent – I wouldn’t have agreed...
- 5/11/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As part of our coverage of Hard Boiled Sweets, the feature debut of writer-director David Hughes (you can read our review here), we had the chance to speak with him at some length about getting the film made, his aspirations and influences and where he might go from here.
HeyUGuys: The Special Features on the DVD say a lot about getting the project going. It seems to have all started with Ian Hart?
David Hughes: Ian Hart, [co-star] Paul Freeman, [producer] Margaret Matheson – these are people with incredible careers and they’ve shown incredible generosity to me. I was working in film advertising and I wrote a script [short film A Girl & A Gun]. A guy I knew who worked on film scoring had kids at school with Ian Hart’s kids and said he seemed like an approachable guy in the playground and asked if he could try to give the script to him. He took...
HeyUGuys: The Special Features on the DVD say a lot about getting the project going. It seems to have all started with Ian Hart?
David Hughes: Ian Hart, [co-star] Paul Freeman, [producer] Margaret Matheson – these are people with incredible careers and they’ve shown incredible generosity to me. I was working in film advertising and I wrote a script [short film A Girl & A Gun]. A guy I knew who worked on film scoring had kids at school with Ian Hart’s kids and said he seemed like an approachable guy in the playground and asked if he could try to give the script to him. He took...
- 5/10/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, April 30th 2012.
Pick(S) Of The Week
Suits: Season One (DVD)
The new original series Suits delves into the fast-paced, highstakes world of a top Manhattan corporate law firm where hotshot attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) makes a risky move by hiring the brilliant but unmotivated, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), as his new associate. The only problem is he doesn’t have an actual law degree. With his encyclopedic knowledge and uncanny knack of remembering things, Mike proves to be a legal prodigy despite the absence of bonafide legal credentials. Bound by their secret,...
Pick(S) Of The Week
Suits: Season One (DVD)
The new original series Suits delves into the fast-paced, highstakes world of a top Manhattan corporate law firm where hotshot attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) makes a risky move by hiring the brilliant but unmotivated, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), as his new associate. The only problem is he doesn’t have an actual law degree. With his encyclopedic knowledge and uncanny knack of remembering things, Mike proves to be a legal prodigy despite the absence of bonafide legal credentials. Bound by their secret,...
- 4/30/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Hard Boiled Sweets
Stars: Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Paul Freeman, Liz May Brice, Laura Greenwood | Written and Directed by David L.G. Hughes
Guy Ritchie has a lot to answer for. Following the success of his British gangster flick Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels we’ve had a myriad of rip-offs and wannabes of which Hard Boiled Sweets is one. Taking inspiration from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Guy Ritchie’s aforementioned gangster flick, the film weaves together a number of different stories and characters into this tale of seaside gangsters – the trouble is right from the get-go you know exactly where the film is headed and how all the plot threads will come together; watching everything pan out as you’ve already guessed makes for very dull viewing!
The film follows mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie (Freeman), a Southend-on-Sea gangster who is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs the town,...
Stars: Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Paul Freeman, Liz May Brice, Laura Greenwood | Written and Directed by David L.G. Hughes
Guy Ritchie has a lot to answer for. Following the success of his British gangster flick Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels we’ve had a myriad of rip-offs and wannabes of which Hard Boiled Sweets is one. Taking inspiration from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Guy Ritchie’s aforementioned gangster flick, the film weaves together a number of different stories and characters into this tale of seaside gangsters – the trouble is right from the get-go you know exactly where the film is headed and how all the plot threads will come together; watching everything pan out as you’ve already guessed makes for very dull viewing!
The film follows mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie (Freeman), a Southend-on-Sea gangster who is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs the town,...
- 4/29/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Hard Boiled Sweets is hitting DVD and Blu-ray 30th April. It has a great cast which includes Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Liz May Brice, Paul Freeman and Ty Glaser. In this exclusive clip from the movie, we get to see a particularly nasty Paul Freeman (who i will always knows as Dr. René Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Arc) enforcing his authority!
Mob Boss, ‘Shrewd’ Eddie – ‘The Gobstopper’ (Paul Freeman; Hot Fuzz, Raiders of the Lost Ark) is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought-after Porsche – ‘The Sherbet Lemon’ (Ty Glaser; Secret Diary of a Call Girl), and has one million pounds in dirty cash stashed in a briefcase at his home. However, nothing in this world comes without a price, and this weekend his boss and top-dog London Mobster, Jimmy The Gent (Peter Wight; My Week With Marilyn,...
Mob Boss, ‘Shrewd’ Eddie – ‘The Gobstopper’ (Paul Freeman; Hot Fuzz, Raiders of the Lost Ark) is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought-after Porsche – ‘The Sherbet Lemon’ (Ty Glaser; Secret Diary of a Call Girl), and has one million pounds in dirty cash stashed in a briefcase at his home. However, nothing in this world comes without a price, and this weekend his boss and top-dog London Mobster, Jimmy The Gent (Peter Wight; My Week With Marilyn,...
- 3/22/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
John Carter (12A)
(Andrew Stanton, 2012, Us) Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, Ciarán Hinds. 132 mins
Despite the technological might of Pixar, this Martian epic still feels closer to retro fare such as Flash Gordon or Dune. It's a cumbersome hero's journey fully of silly names, skimpy costumes and princesses in peril – stuff we've seen recycled so many times since Edgar Rice Burroughs first wrote this, it now feels laughably quaint. Still, it's always fun to see an expensively rendered alien world, even if cheesy myth-making comes with the territory.
Trishna (15)
(Michael Winterbottom, 2011, UK) Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth. 113 mins
Hardy's Tess looks a comfortable fit with modern-day India in this naturalistic drama, which takes liberties with the text but finds new resonances, as Pinto's subdued villager struggles to find happiness with a wealthy young British-Indian.
The Raven (15)
(James McTeigue, 2012, Us) John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans.
(Andrew Stanton, 2012, Us) Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, Ciarán Hinds. 132 mins
Despite the technological might of Pixar, this Martian epic still feels closer to retro fare such as Flash Gordon or Dune. It's a cumbersome hero's journey fully of silly names, skimpy costumes and princesses in peril – stuff we've seen recycled so many times since Edgar Rice Burroughs first wrote this, it now feels laughably quaint. Still, it's always fun to see an expensively rendered alien world, even if cheesy myth-making comes with the territory.
Trishna (15)
(Michael Winterbottom, 2011, UK) Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth. 113 mins
Hardy's Tess looks a comfortable fit with modern-day India in this naturalistic drama, which takes liberties with the text but finds new resonances, as Pinto's subdued villager struggles to find happiness with a wealthy young British-Indian.
The Raven (15)
(James McTeigue, 2012, Us) John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans.
- 3/10/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
★★☆☆☆ British gangster flick Hard Boiled Sweets (2012) is the feature length debut of writer and director David L.G. Hughes, and boasts an all-British cast including Peter Wight (My Week With Marilyn) and Elizabeth Berrington (In Bruges). The film follows the highs and lows of London crime boss Jimmy The Gent (Wight), who's recently fallen on hard times after new school gangster Leroy (Danny Sapani) moves in on his turf, demanding that Jimmy step down and pay him £1.5 million. Jimmy reluctantly agrees and proceeds to make his monthly tour of London to collect money from those who work for him, ending up in the seedy world of Southend.
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- 3/8/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
There are certain cinematic genres that historically the British have always done well, and the gangster film is maybe at the top of the list. Think The Long Good Friday, Get Carter, or more recently the sumptuous Sexy Beast. Hard Boiled Sweets is David Hughes’ addition to the canon and, though it doesn’t last as long in the memory as those films mentioned, it more than holds its own, and is one of the stronger British gangster films of recent years.
Southend-on-Sea is best known for penny arcades, cheap B&Bs and donkey rides along the beach, but here it is home to a labyrinthine criminal underworld complete with sex, drugs, and bodies dredged up at low tide. Shrewd Eddie is the boss of the town, and he’s in a bad mood, because this weekend Jimmy The Gent, the big cheese in London, and more importantly,...
There are certain cinematic genres that historically the British have always done well, and the gangster film is maybe at the top of the list. Think The Long Good Friday, Get Carter, or more recently the sumptuous Sexy Beast. Hard Boiled Sweets is David Hughes’ addition to the canon and, though it doesn’t last as long in the memory as those films mentioned, it more than holds its own, and is one of the stronger British gangster films of recent years.
Southend-on-Sea is best known for penny arcades, cheap B&Bs and donkey rides along the beach, but here it is home to a labyrinthine criminal underworld complete with sex, drugs, and bodies dredged up at low tide. Shrewd Eddie is the boss of the town, and he’s in a bad mood, because this weekend Jimmy The Gent, the big cheese in London, and more importantly,...
- 2/28/2012
- by Harry Harris
- Obsessed with Film
Shooting has started in London on claustrophobic horror The Seasoning House, reports Screen Daily. The directorial debut of Paul Hyett, who has worked as a special make-up FX designer on credits including The Woman In Black, Attack The Block and The Eagle, also stars Nathalie Cox, Anna Walton and Kevin Howarth. "The film centres around a young Balkan girl (played by Rosie Day) forced to work in a rape house during an unspecified war, who kills a militiaman and goes on the run." The film is being produced by Michael Riley of London based Sterling Pictures. The company has two other films due for release, Jk Amalous Deviation (to be released by Revolver) and underworld comedy Hard Boiled Sweets, which Universal is releasing in the UK.
- 1/30/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
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