#Tommy Boulding

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HOUNDED (2022) dir. Tommy Boulding

JAMES LANCE as Hugo Redwick

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Tommy Robinson making a film in Ireland.

TOMMY ROBINSON IN IRELAND purely to make a film – nationalist spokesman/networker John O’Connell informs us in latest news.The Irish media all jumped to the wrong conclusion that the enfant terrible was in Ireland to participate in some sort of revolutionary activity – even the Garda police headquarters was on high alert that the bould Thomas was in Ireland to lead a massive campaign of \’hatred”…

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Possum (2018 - Matthew Holness)

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Hounded

Throwing subtlety aside, Hounded is a straight-up lampoon of the kind of snooty toffs that believe the world is their birthright.

People have been intrigued by the concept of humans hunting humans ever since Richard Connell published his influential short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, in 1924. Almost every iteration of the media it inspired over the last 100 years has carried through an element of class disparity between hunter and prey, used originally to highlight the barbarity of hunting animals. Hounded is the…

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In Hounded UK Trailer Tradition Is Preserved In Blood

In Hounded UK Trailer Tradition Is Preserved In Blood #HoundedMovie #Horror @SignatureEntUK #frightfest #SamanthaBond

Tradition is preserved in blood as Signature Entertainment release the UK Trailer for survival thriller, Hounded. After making it’s world premiere at last month’s Arrow FrightFest, Tommy Boulding‘s directorial feature debut is heading to the digital film world. Hounded (or Hunted in USA) tells the story of a stately home gone wrong. When a group of South London thieves are caught by the owners…

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BARBARIANS - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: IFC Midnight

SYNOPSIS:  Adam and Eva awaken in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas, property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe, to celebrate Adam's birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. Secrets begin to unravel over dinner. Then the doorbell rings and the evening takes a nightmarish turn. Manners give way to madness and what was supposed to be an 'idyllic' evening of celebration descends into a dark night of terror; and the group's civilized dinner party turns out to be anything but.

REVIEW: BARBARIANS is as complex as a Rubik cube. At the core of these moving parts is a sense that something is wrong with the environment. There is a monolith at the core of this development that could channel energy, a diseased fox, and something unspoken about the land. The plot unravels with horrifying consequences like a sinister nesting doll.

Charles Dorfman is an intricate weaving of all character dynamics and the environment that plays out with a thin sense of ritual as it sets it against the backdrop of a dinner and a birthday. There is a prologue that sets up what this community where Adam and Eve’s house is supposed to be, yet for all its promises things are not what they appear. As the characters come together Dorfman strips away who these characters present themselves and reveals their primal selves. There are many hidden truths lying just below the surface. Is this happening due to some unseen catalysts or is it because these personalities come together in this space? When these three masked intruders show up things spiral out of control and become deadly. Their presence is a result of Lucas’ actions in securing the land for the development. It is a rising crescendo that explodes from all the built up tension leaving the viewer with much to ponder.

The production values are fantastic. The location is hypnotic. The special effects are haunting. There is an aspect to the costumes that seems to build upon the sense of ritual that culminates in the designs of the three intruders. I loved the cinematography, as well as the framing. The editing provides a smoldering feel that builds to an inferno.

BARBARIANS features a tremendous cast with the four principals, Iwan Rheon, Tom Cullen, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Inès Spiridonov. Iwan is best known for his role as Ramsey Bolton in “Game of Thrones.” Tom Cullen is recognizable from his work on “Downton Abbey, among other roles. Catalina Sandino Moreno appeared in “Falling Skies,” “American Gothic,” and is currently in “From.” This cast is such an intricate interplay of performances, the dynamic of them together, as well as what they reveal when alone, is a driving palate that feels like a doubles tennis match that transforms into a wrestling free for all when the intruders show up.

Charles Dorfman’s BARBARIANS is a masterful orchestration of elements that plays out like a macabre opera. The ambiguity as to the core of this narrative and engrossing characters keeps the viewer riveted. There are moments in the film that had a shock and awe that elicited emotions similar to that of Kubrick's “A Clockwork Orange.” These characters are placed in an environment where, eventually, their inner “Alex” emerges and chaos ensues. There are other moments in the production designs where you might feel Dorfman paying homage to Kubrick’s film. However, the narrative employs current events and issues to explore how violence and sadism, our animal instincts, can be unleashed from our nature during an “idyllic” evening. Again, BARBARIANS a tour de force that leaves the viewer with much to ponder.

CAST: Iwan Rheon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Tom Cullen, Inès Spiridonov, Will Kemp, and Steve Saunders CREW: Director/Screenplay/Producer - Charles Dorfman; Producers - Jason Newmark & Laurie Cook; Cinematographer - Charlie Herranz; Score - Marc Canham; Editor - Tommy Boulding; Production Designer - Chris Richmond; Costume Designer - Tina Kalivas; Makeup Designer - Chloe Edwards; Visual Effects Producer - Joe Carhart. OFFICIAL: https://www.ifcfilms.com/category/midnight FACEBOOK: N.A. TWITTER: N.A. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/MANzExoSn9Q RELEASE DATE: Select Theaters, Digital Platforms and VOD on April 1st, 2022

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

[joshy-tomato]

"Those boulding are iconic."

Bitch, Tommy is the only iconic one here, he can do what he wants.

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HOUNDED (2022) Movie Trailer: The Rich Turn the Tables on Would-be Thieves in Tommy Boulding's Survival Thriller https://film-book.com/hounded-2022-movie-trailer-the-rich-turn-the-tables-on-would-be-thieves-in-tommy-bouldings-survival-thriller/?feed_id=96191&_unique_id=6313e9567c779

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THE POWER - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: SHUDDER

SYNOPSIS: In 1974 London Britain prepared for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country. Val is a nurse in training and she arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. Most of the patients and staff are evacuated to another hospital, but Val is forced to work the night shift. She is in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and her deepest fears in order to confront the malevolent force that’s intent on destroying everything around her.

REVIEW: There was a time that a heroine in a genre film had to face down a single supernatural force, such as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers in the “Halloween” films. More and more, there is a new breed of genre films where the female heroes are dealing with some form of personal trauma in addition to facing down a supernatural foe. Sometimes there is a direct connection, other times there is a parallel reference. In either case, it makes for a stronger character with an interesting complexity. Corinna Faith’s THE POWER is a compelling character study. There is a quality to Faith’s tale that is reminiscent of Jerome Bixby’s short story “It’s a Good Life” that was adapted for both the original Twilight Zone series and the 1983 anthology film. THE POWER is a darker plot and Val is dealing with deep personal scares.

Val is a troubled woman who is typically British as she suppresses her problems in order to take on the challenges of  career. Still, we see her vulnerability and know she will have rough emotional waters to navigate. There were times the character made me think of  Eleanor from Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House.” Unlike Hill House, there is only one spirit in the hospital and it possesses greater power to get what it wants. Val is as much a victim of the British class society as she is of being a woman in 1974 London. The matron informs her that she is not to speak to the doctors, who appear to be all male. Later on we learn that she felt so threatened by the male authority figures in her earlier years that she recanted her accusations of abuse against the  school’s headmaster. Faith presents all this background material as haunting memories so the viewer can understand where Val is and what she must overcome to deal with this supernatural horror. She does an excellent job of showing us the evolution of this character and her overcoming trauma and adversity.

The film’s plot centers around this personal journey of Vaa. Bringing her to the screen is the talented actress Rose Williams. Williams does an exceptional job of giving Val a soul. We understand her pain, sympathize with her frustrations, and inwardly cheer as she finds the courage and fortitude to stand up to those who aim to “keep her in her place.” It’s a riveting performance that is as impressive as the genre work of Jamie Lee Curtis or Sigourney Weaver.

THE POWER features some amazing period locations, excellent costumes, breathtaking special and visual effects, in addition to the rest of the talent cast. Corinna Faith takes these cavernous hospital wards and corridors and transforms them into claustrophobic spaces as the darkness descends. She does an amazing job of breathing life into the darkness, making it menacing and an extension of the evil presence, but yet something that is still very organic, natural. All of those elements are enhanced by a haunting score by Elizabeth Bernholz & Max de Wardener.

After viewing the film I came to a keen understanding of how the film’s title, THE POWER, is a play on many of the film’s themes. There are the societal, supernatural, and personal issues of power, as well as the metaphor of the power outage. It all makes for a rich narrative that is transformed into a compelling genre film. Filmmaker Corinna Faith weaves a rich and complex story of a character’s journey of self awareness and determination to rise above the limitations placed on her by a male dominated society with facing down and finding a resolution to a horrifying tragedy. It is a contemporary gothic tale that stands as an exceptional example of the genre film at its best and most powerful. THE POWER is an outstanding cinematic experience.

CAST: Rose Williams, Emma Rigby, Charlie Carrick, Clara Read, Paul Antony-Barber, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Diveen Henry, Robert Goodman, & Nuala McGowan. CREW: Director/Screenplay - Corinna Faith; Producers - Rob Watson & Matthew James Wilkinson; Cinematographer - Laura Bellingham; Editors - Tommy Boulding & Rebecca Lloyd; Score - Elizabeth Bernholz & Max de Wardener; Production Designer - Francesca Massariol; Costume Designer - Holly Smart; Special Effects - Cliff Wallace. OFFICIAL: www.shudder.com FACEBOOK: N.A. TWITTER: N.A. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/nlWQhZotNXs RELEASE DATE: On SHUDDER April 8th, 2021

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike) Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri