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Ben Wheatley's Career Evolution: From 'Down Terrace' To 'Normal'

Explore Ben Wheatley's rise from 'Down Terrace' to 'In the Earth,' showcasing his genre-bending storytelling and success in indie and big-budget films.

Top News

Razzie Awards 2024: Ana de Armas, Jennifer López, Salma Hayek Nominated for Worst Actress

Three out of five nominees for Worst Actress are Latinas. A look at the other categories.

Latin Times

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Streaming: the best party movies

From the will-they-won’t-they romance of When Harry Met Sally to the acid-burn comedy of Festen, organised jollity is a gift for film-makers

The Guardian - UK

‘It was the ultimate outsider cinema’: the indelible influence of London’s Scala

In the 1980s and early 90s, the King’s Cross picture house attracted all manner of freaks, geeks, itinerants and outcasts to its cult movie all-nighters. The makers of a new documentary discuss its rise, fall, and quite heroic legacy

The Guardian - UK

Generation Z: release date, cast, plot, trailer, trailer and everything you need to know about the zombie comedy

Generation Z is a Channel 4 comedy horror series with Sue Johnston, Robert Lindsay and Anita Dobson.

WhatToWatch

Mind-Set review – sarkiness, stoicism and squash power weirdly likable lo-fi indie

Mikey Murray’s crowdfunded debut has a bit of Ben Wheatley about it, with Steve Oram as a struggling screenwriter and Eilis Cahill as his lonely wife

The Guardian - UK

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Klokkenluider movie review – twisty whistleblower thriller is a real knock-out

Actor Neil Maskell’s darkly comic directorial debut celebrates those who fly under the radar

Evening Standard

Klokkenluider review – tough-guy actor Neil Maskell directs brooding black comedy

There is something of In Bruges about this Belgium-set tale of whistleblowers in hiding, with a little bit of David Brent

The Guardian - UK

Neil Maskell: ‘If me and Idris Elba got into a physical altercation, I’d last about a second!’

From terrifying audiences in Kill List to squaring up to Elba in airline thriller Hijack, the actor has made his name playing a host of wrong’uns. Now he’s leaving the baddies behind to direct a Belgium-based whistleblower drama

The Guardian - UK

20 Netflix shows and movies that critics hated, from Emily in Paris to Secret Obsession

If you’re in the mood to hate-watch movies and TV shows – you’ve come to the right place

The Independent UK

20 Netflix shows and movies that critics hated, from Emily in Paris to Secret Obsession

If you’re in the mood to hate-watch movies and TV shows – you’ve come to the right place

The Independent UK

Sorry Marvel, Why The Meg 2 Director Thinks The Franchise Resonates With Moviegoers More Than Superhero Films

The Meg 2: The Trench director explains why fans resonate more with the monster flick than with superhero movies.

Cinemablend

Meg 2: The Trench Director Talks The Film’s Rating, And Whether Or Not An R-Rated Cut Was Considered

Meg 2: The Trench director Ben Wheatley explains hus perspective on the film's PG-13 rating.

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Total Film

Meg 2 blows Oppenheimer out of the water in impressive box office debut

The shark-centric sequel made a respectable $142 million worldwide amid Barbenheimer fever

The Guardian - UK

Meg 2: The Trench review – another fin mess for Jason Statham

Ben Wheatley’s prehistoric shark sequel comes adrift in a surfeit of new lizardy threats, a clunking screenplay and a total lack of onscreen chemistry

Cinemablend

Critics Have Seen Meg 2: The Trench, And They Agree On What’s Missing From The Jason Statham Sequel

Critics have seen Meg 2: The Trench, and they all seem to agree there's something missing from Jason Statham's sequel.

Cinemablend

The Kick-Ass Way Meg 2 Shot Jason Statham's Jet Ski Scenes

Meg 2: The Trench features a massive action sequence featuring Jason Statham on a Jet Ski, and the story behind how it was shot kicks ass.

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The Independent UK

Meg 2: The Trench review – Jason Statham’s shark movie is a hook, line and stinker of a sequel

Sequel to the blockbuster 2018 film is two thirds boredom, one third aquatic chaos

Evening Standard

Meg 2: The Trench review: watch a franchise eat itself alive!

Watching Jason Statham stick it to a prehistoric shark has never been less entertaining

Cinemablend

Meg 2: The Trench Review: A Big Shark Action Movie Without Nearly Enough Big Shark Action

Meg 2: The Trench clearly isn’t designed as a film that is meant to be taken too seriously… but it’s not fun enough to earn that complacency.

Evening Standard

The cine files: everything you need to see at the cinema in August

From Jason Statham battling the jaws of death in The Meg 2 to filthy Asian-American comedy Joy Ride, we round up the nine best films to see in August

Total Film

Ben Wheatley is really hoping he'll get to make a Meg 3

EXCLUSIVE: The Meg 2 director Ben Wheatley says "there's a lot more to explore" in shark-centered The Meg series

The Independent UK

Netflix films: 50 best original movies to watch, ranked

From ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Malcolm & Marie’ to ‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Roma’, Ed Power picks the streaming service’s best original offerings – and its worst

The Independent UK

Netflix films: 50 best original movies to watch, ranked

From ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Malcolm & Marie’ to ‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Roma’, Ed Power picks the streaming service’s best original offerings – and its worst

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