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Good, fast-paced adult comedies with a little bit of action sprinkled in are rare these days. The 2022 film God’s Petting You, written and directed by Jamie Patterson, feels like it belongs to another time—probably the early 2000s—where it could have been a sleeper hit with its raunchy vibe and the overall rom-com tone it tries to subvert. But in the third decade of the century, it’s missed out on the zeitgeist that could make this film feel relatable. That being said, this film can be enjoyed, and it does have genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but they have to be placed within the context of the film. The film is a bit tone-deaf at points, and some of the characters seem so out of sync with the story that it would have been better if they were edited out completely. But God’s Petting You still remains a watchable experience...

Following his BIFA nominated feature films Tucked (2019) and Justine (2021), writer/director Jamie Patterson’s latest continues his look into the untold stories of those on the margins in his hometown of Brighton.

Starring up and coming talent George Webster (Disney+ series Wedding Season and upcoming AppleTV+ series Masters of the Air and Paramount+ series The Doll Factory) and Skye Lourie, and featuring Alice Lowe, Joe Wilkinson, April Pearson, Jordan Stephens, Joss Porter, Benedict Garrett and Patrick Bergin, God‘s Petting You is a darkly twisted comedy charged with erotic thriller energy in its exploration of the depths and depravity of the Brighton underworld.

Synopsis:

At a self-help group, cheeky young Charlie, a down on his luck heroin addict, falls in love with the ravishing ‘Tattoo Girl’, a struggling sex addict. Teaming up they hatch a hair-brained scheme to steal a small fortune from a criminally inclined porn star, a plan that’s guaranteed to fail.

Written and directed by British filmmaker Jamie Patterson, God’s Petting You is a dark, twisted comedy about two addicts joining forces to steal a small fortune from a wealthy porn star. One happens to be addicted to heroin, the other to sex, oh – and they also happen to find each other attractive, so what’s the worst thing that could happen?

Will it work or will it all crumble and fall?

Set in Patterson’s hometown of Brighton, the film’s atmosphere is dark and gloomy throughout, with no real hope of a happy ending. Our main character Charlie, the heroin addict (George Webster), seems to be yet another addict fighting his way for the next high, with few other cares or consequences in the world. He’s stuck in a dead-end job in insurance with a boss called Mark (Joss Porter), who is borderline inappropriate and batshit crazy towards Charlie,...

Another busy week sees 18 new titles in cinemas.

A major horror franchise resurrects itself at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as Studiocanal’s Evil Dead Rise opens in 587 cinemas – the eighth-widest opening ever for an 18-rated film.

Written and directed by Lee Cronin, Evil Dead Rise follows two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by flesh-possessing demons thrusting them into a battle for survival.

The film stars Australian actresses Lily Sullivan, who starred in Amazon Studios series Picnic At Hanging Rock and features including Galore; and Alyssa Sutherland, from Amazon’s Vikings series.

Rise is the fifth film in the Evil Dead franchise,...

Heroin addict Charlie (George Webster) has been planning to commit a violent crime. He wants money. He wants revenge. It all began when a young woman turned up at his addiction support group and said she was addicted to sex. He goes into all of this, in great detail, in front of his bemused counsellor. Won’t she feel obliged to report him to the police? Perhaps, but not everything here is what it seems.

Director Jamie Patterson has an established affinity for Brighton’s underworld, for the people on the margins whose stories are not glamorous enough to attract attention most of the time, yet who don’t have enough control over their own lives to lead more conventional narratives. Whilst this one may sound familiar, it’s less a retreading of the familiar noir plot than an experiment in applying its tropes to people far less competent and less considered in their actions.

Fantaspoa 2022 Announced: "After two years of successful online editions, the 18th edition of the beloved Brazilian genre festival Fantaspoa will return to the cinemas from April 15th through May 1st. This year, attendees will discover a very different Fantaspoa from its last on-site edition (a very distant 2019): instead of its usual two venues, the fest will take place simultaneously in five cinemas, with part of its program also being available online, geo-blocked for viewers within Brazil.

The poster for this year’s festival was conceived by the festival’s art director Thalles Mourão, with the drawing from local artist Fernanda Moreira. The striking image is a mashup of two centenary anniversaries: The Modern Art Week, one of Brazil’s greatest art movements, and F. W. Murnau’s 1922 masterpiece of cinema, Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror.

Nosferatu will also have a very special screening on the opening night of the festival,...

Centenary screening of Nosferatu, world premiere of stoner comedy The Smoke Master bookend event.

Brazil’s Fantaspoa genre festival, billed as the largest of its kind in Latin America, is returning to an in-person event for the first time since 2019 and has unveiled its first wave of titles.

This year’s International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre will take place in five cinemas around the southern city from April 15-May 1. It is bookended by a special opening night centenary screening of F. W. Murnau’s vampire classic Nosferatu accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by Carlos Ferreira and Brazilian...

Alone With You: "As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when voices, shadows, and hallucinations reveal a truth she has been unwilling to face."

Starring: Emily Bennett, Emma Myles, Dora Madison and Barbara Crampton

Co-Written and Co-Directed by: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks

In Theaters - February 4, 2022, On Demand, Digital and DVD - February 8, 2022

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The Last Thing Mary Saw: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, unveils today the first trailer and new poster art for the upcoming Shudder Original The Last Thing Mary Saw, premiering exclusively on the platform on Thursday, January 20.

The film stars Rory Culkin, Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), and is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, making his feature length film debut.

Southold, New York, 1843: Young Mary (Scott), blood trickling...

Stills from Find Her: "Psychological Thriller Find Her has released new stills ahead of the film's 2022 release. The noir stars Nick McCallum (Burning Kentucky), Richard Gunn (Clemency), Stelio Savante, (Running For Grace), Rebecca Lines (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier), Anais Lilit (The Walking Dead: Red Machete), Randall Gonzalez (Greenland), John James (Axcellerator), Mary Drew Ahrens, John Daniel Gates and G. Andrew Ahrens who also serves as producer.

Filmed in Louisiana and Florida, Find Her was directed by Nick McCallum from his own script with Emmy award winning director of photography, Evan Zissimopulos providing the cinematography. In the film, Isaiah Slade, a mysterious ex cop with an addiction to uppers, arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his still missing daughter. Slowly it becomes clear that he has his own personal agenda to finding the truth."

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The Kindred Directed by | Jamie Patterson Written by | Christian J. Hearn Starring | April Pearson, Blake Harrison, James Cosmo In Select Theaters and On Demand January 7, 2022 Synopsis After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved …

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"All I ever got: 'sackhead took him.'" Vertical Ent. has released an official trailer for The Kindred, an indie horror thriller from the UK. This initially premiered at FrightFest in the UK this fall, and it also played at the Fantasmagoría Film Festival in Colombia. Not to be confused with the other psychological thriller called Kindred. A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father's suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect might've been murdered by him. Uncovering her "dark family history" could prove deadly for her child. The film's cast includes April Pearson, Blake Harrison, and James Cosmo. It certainly looks scary, a bunch of jump scares in this trailer. Check it out. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jamie Patterson's The Kindred, direct from YouTube: After her father's suicide, a young mother...

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Cary Joji Fukunaga’s long awaited Bond flick “No Time to Die,” the final instalment featuring long-time lead Daniel Craig, will close this year’s EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival, presented by Joji Fukunaga (“Beasts of No Nation”) himself and the film’s Oscar-winning cinematographer Lunus Sandgren (“La La Land”).

“This is the first time Cary Joji Fukunaga and Linus Sandgren collaborated on a film project, yet the result is just the kind of visual spectacle we hoped for given their artistic portfolios,” said the festival in a release accompanying the announcement.

This will be Joji Fukunaga’s first time attending EnergaCamerimage in person, although his film “Jane Eyre” and the “True Detective” pilot episode he directed both screened at the fest. Sandgren is becoming something of an EnergaCamerimage regular, having presented in person two films on which he worked, Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” and “First Man.”

“No Time to Die...

10 films on the list for low-budget independent films.

Harri Shanahan and Sian A. Williams’ documentary Rebel Dykes and Ryan Andrew Hooper’s comedy-thriller The Toll are among the 10 titles longlisted for the Discovery award at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas).

Six documentaries make the list, including Annika Ranin and Sean Fee’s Boarders, following a group of British skateboarders on their journey towards the sports Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Ranin and Jasmin Morrison are also on the longlist for breakthrough producer, announced as part of the new talent selection earlier this month.

Further documentaries include Celeste Bell and Paul Sng...

Nominees include ‘Censor’ director Prano Bailey-Bond.

UK genre festival FrightFest has chosen three directors and two actors on the shortlist for its 2021 Genre Rising Star award, presented by Screen.

This year’s shortlist includes writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond for her debut feature Censor, about a film censor who gets lost between fiction and reality. Bailey-Bond was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018, and met fellow Star Niamh Algar at an event for the selection, going on to cast her as the lead in Censor.

Also nominated for the FrightFest award is Leroy Kincaide for debut feature The Last Rite, which he wrote,...

Genre festival reveals 25 titles set to play at its first in-person event since 2019.

UK genre festival Festfest is to open this year’s edition with Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic and has revealed the first wave of titles set to screen at its first in-person event since 2019.

The supernatural thriller, shot by South African writer/director Blomkamp during the pandemic, will receive its European premiere at Frightfest, which will take place in central London from August 26-30.

The festival will close with the UK premiere of Taiwanese virus horror The Sadness, which marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Jabbaz.

The...

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

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 #215: How to make 16 Features in 10 Years with director and screenwriter Jamie Patterson – Justine,...

Justine (Tallulah Haddon) meets Rachel (Sophie Reid) in a bookshop and the two start chatting. After another chance enounter they begin dating and quickly develop a pretty serious relationship. The problem is that Rachel, about to move to Barcelona to be an English teacher, has her life much more together than Justine, who is on probation and still in the grip of alcoholism.

There are a lot of issues going on in Justine, but rather than alcoholism, or putting one’s life back together on probation, or the struggles of a relationship across economic lines, director Jamie Patterson and writer Jeff Murphy are interested in the human story between their two main characters. We don’t get a huge amount of background on Rachel, and what we learn about Justine is largely teased out in her reticence about her past, at least until one late scene lays some family tensions a bit more bare,...

Rose Glass’ psychological horror “Saint Maud” leads the charge at the 2020 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with 17 nominations.

“Saint Maud” is up for best British independent film, screenplay and director, and also features in the debut categories — producer, director and screenwriter. Morfydd Clark is nominated for best actress and Jennifer Ehle for supporting actress. The film also features heavily in the technical categories.

Close behind is Remi Weekes’ “His House,” which contrasts asylum seekers’ real life horrors with those of the supernatural kind. It has 16 nominations across the director, screenplay, debut and technical categories, and acting nominations for Wunmi Mosaku and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.

Elsewhere, “Rocks,” Sarah Gavron and Anu Henrique’s take on life as a marginalized British teen, has 15 nominations, including for stars Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali and D’angleou Osei Kissiedu.

Nick Rowland’s “Calm With Horses” has 10 nominations while Riz Ahmed has four BIFA nominations this year,...

The 2020 British Independent Film Awards nominations were revealed Wednesday morning by British actors Holliday Grainger (“The Borgias”) and Micheal Ward (“Lovers Rock”). Leading the list of nominees this year is Rose Glass’ horror movie “Saint Maud” with an impressive 17 nominations. A24 has U.S. distribution rights, but canceled a spring 2020 release due to the pandemic. While the film managed to open in the UK, it has yet to grace stateside screens outside of film festivals.

Another horror movie, Remi Weekes’ refugee nightmare story “His House,” trails close behind with 16 nominations. That film is available to stream on Netflix. With 15 nominations is Sarah Gavron’s teen tale “Rocks.” “Calm with Horses,” titled in the U.S. as “The Shadow of Violence,” has 10 nominations, while “Mogul Mowgli” starring Riz Ahmed has seven. Florian Zeller’s Oscar hopeful “The Father,” with Anthony Hopkins, also is ahead of the pack with six nominations.

The Richard Harris Award,...

10 titles have been selected for the latest list.

The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) has selected 10 titles for its Raindance Discovery Award longlist, including several that received recognition in last week’s lists.

Eva Riley’s sibling drama Perfect 10 is on the list, adding to its selections on four lists last week for debut director, debut screenwriter (both for Riley), breakthrough producer (Jacob Thomas) and twice in most promising newcomer (Frankie Box and Alfie Deegan).

Also selected on its fifth list is Rene van Pannevis’ crime drama Looted. van Pannevis was longlisted for debut director, and for debut screenwriter...

‘Bait’, ‘A Bump Along The Way’ among 16 titles selected.

Mark Jenkin’s breakout hit Bait and Shelly Love’s pregnancy drama A Bump Along The Way are among the 16 titles longlisted for the Raindance Discovery award at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

The 16 films will be whittled down to five nominated titles by Bifa voters and announced next week (Oct 30) alongside the other Bifa nominations.

Other longlisted films include Good Posture, the directorial debut of actor Dolly Wells starring Grace Van Patten and Emily Mortimer; Pink Wall, the first feature film from Weekend and Downton Abbey actor Tom Cullen; and Mari,...

Jordan Stephens and Derren Nesbitt in Tucked

In the first part of my recent interview with Jamie Patterson we talked about how he developed the ideas behind Tucked and set out to turn the story of an ageing drag queen with cancer into an uplifting tale of friendship and self-discovery. In part two we discuss his amazing cast, starting with Derren Nesbitt, who has never had a role like Jackie before.

“I used to date his step-daughter, who’s a wonderful make-up artist,” Jamie says, explaining how they know each other. “He was retired and he came out of retirement a few years ago to do a film I was working on called Home For Christmas. A lovely performance, but he was doing it was a favour for me. While he was on set I said ‘Actually, I’ve got this idea for this movie about this ageing drag queen who gets this bad news,...

Other openers include ’Birds Of Passage’ and Fox’s Breakthrough.

Scottish 90s rave drama Beats and John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum begin their run at the UK box office this weekend, with Avengers: Endgame aiming to retake the number one crown it surprisingly lost to Pokémon Detective Pikachu last weekend.

Directed by Brian Welsh and based on writer Kieran Hurley’s play, Beats sees two best friends from different backgrounds in a small Scottish town in the summer of 1994. They head to an illegal rave which promises to be the best night of their lives, so long as the police...

Jamie Patterson at work

Derren Nesbitt stars as an ageing drag queen recently diagnosed with cancer who takes Jordan Stephens’ young non-binary performer under his wing in Jamie Patterson’s Tucked, a small film with a big heart which has secured a cinema release after charming audiences at festivals around the world. The now very much in-demand director kindly took time out to talk to me whilst in transit, hiding in a station concourse Paperchase so we could hear each other speak. I asked if he was excited about all the positive attention the film has received so far.

Tucked

“Yes!” he exclaims. “It’s been mad. It’s been one of those films. It was my tenth film as a writer/director and it just seemed to connect with an audience in a way that none of my other movies have. I don’t know what that is – if...

"How long have I got?" Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for an award-winning indie drama titled Tucked, the first queer film from prolific young British director Jamie Patterson. This premiered at the Outfest Film Festival last year, where it won both the Narrative Audience Award and the International Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize. Tucked is about an aging drag queen named Jackie Collins, who has been told he only has six weeks left to live. All he wants to do is perform his long-running act, and behave as if all is normal. But between a surprising new friendship with a rising young queen and unfinished business with his estranged daughter, he may just have the most eventful month and a half of his entire life. Starring Jordan Stephens, Derren Nesbitt, April Pearson, and Steve Oram. Worth a peek if you're curious. Here's the official trailer (+ two posters) for Jamie Patterson's Tucked,...

Stars: Louisa Lytton, April Pearson, Karl Davies, Calvin A. Dean, Jordan Metcalfe | Written by Christian Hearn, Jamie Patterson | Directed by Jamie Patterson

First off if, like me, you saw the title of this movie and was a little put off, rest assured that Fractured is much better than the generic title…

After looking up director Jamie Patterson it should have been no surprise that he has directed quite a few films (although not any I have actually seen), because Fractured looks very much like a movie made by an experienced filmmaker. It looks great and I loved some of the camera work. There’s some expert use of lighting and several really interesting and simply fantastic-looking shots. Things that might sound simple but on screen are so much more. Like an almost black and white shot of a house with one character in light (and therefore colour) seen through a window.

NewFest, the New York-set Lgbtq film festival that is celebrating its 30th year, has unveiled its full linuep of movies ahead of its run October 24-30. As previously announced, the fest opens with Yen Tan’s AIDS drama 1985 starring Gotham‘s Corey Michael Smith, The Gifted‘s Jamie Chung, Aidan Langford, Virginia Madsen and Michael Chiklis.

This year’s slate includes the New York Centerpiece screening of the Matt Smith-starring Mapplethorpe; the Telluride-bowing Boy Erased starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges as the U.S. Centerpiece; and the International Centerpiece Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu’s pic that has been banned in its native Keyna for centering on a relationship between two women.

Also on tap is the Documentary Centerpiece film Dykes, Camera, Action. The fest will close with Robert Clift and Hillary Demmon’s Making Montgomery Clift.

This year’s lineup features programming from 32 countries, with 46 feature films,...

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Boy Eats Girl A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his appetite for his beloved.

The Dead When his plane crashes, a U.S. Navy officer (Rob Freeman) must trek through an African landscape where zombies roam.

The Dead 2: India As a zombie plague spreads across India, an American turbine engineer battles his way back to Mumbai to rescue his pregnant lover.

In the Mouth of Madness An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

31 films and 2 series are heading to Shudder in August, including African zombie movie The Dead, Lucky McKee's All Cheerleaders Die, and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness:

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Boy Eats Girl (2005, Stephen Bradley) A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his appetite for his beloved.

The Dead (2010, Howard J. Ford, Jon Ford) When his plane crashes, a U.S. Navy officer (Rob Freeman) must trek through an African landscape where zombies roam.

The Dead 2: India (2013, Howard J. Ford, Jon Ford) As a zombie plague spreads across India, an American turbine engineer battles his way back to Mumbai to rescue his pregnant lover.

In the Mouth of Madness (1994, John Carpenter) An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror...

The Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival has unveiled winners for its 2018 edition that wrapped Sunday, with Jeremiah Zagar’s We the Animals taking the U.S. Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize and Jamie Patterson’s Tucked scoring the Best Narrative Audience Award among the honors.

Drew Droege, who starred in the Michael Urie-directed Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, won the U.S. Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance. The top documentary winners included T Cooper’s Man Made in the audience category and Jamal Sims’ When the Beat Drops landing the grand jury prize.

The Orchard acquired North American rights to We The Animals, based on Justin Torres’ debut novel, after it took the Next Innovator Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It will hit theaters sometime this year. Tucked, meanwhile, inked an output deal with Gravitas Ventures last week ahead of its world premiere.

Jamie Patterson’s Tucked, a drama about a drag queen facing a terminal illness, received the Best Narative Audience Award at the 2018 Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival, which concluded Sunday with a screening of Desire Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, starring Chloe Grace Moretz.

The U.K.’s Tucked also shared the International Feature Grand Jury Prize with Brazil’s Hard Paint, which was directed by Felipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon.

The Best Documentary Feature Audience Award went to T Cooper’s Man Made, which follows four men as they train for Trans FitCon, a bodybuilding competition exclusively for ...

Jamie Patterson’s Tucked, a drama about a drag queen facing a terminal illness, received the Best Narative Audience Award at the 2018 Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival, which concluded Sunday with a screening of Desire Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, starring Chloe Grace Moretz.

The U.K.’s Tucked also shared the International Feature Grand Jury Prize with Brazil’s Hard Paint, which was directed by Felipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon.

The Best Documentary Feature Audience Award went to T Cooper’s Man Made, which follows four men as they train for Trans FitCon, a bodybuilding competition exclusively for ...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights outside the UK to Tucked, the dramedy written and directed by Jamie Patterson that is having its world premiere Saturday at the Outfest Lgbtq Film Festival. Gravitas now plans an early 2019 release to coincide with the British theatrical bow.

The film, which stars Jordan Stephens, Derren Nesbitt, Steve Oram and April Pearson, screens at Outfest tomorrow at 7 Pm at the DGA Theater. The fest wraps Sunday with a screening of The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which won the top prize this year at Sundance.

Tucked centers on veteran drag queen Jackie Collins (Nesbitt) after he receives a diagnosis that he has six weeks to live. All Jackie wants to do is perform his long-running act and behave as if all is normal, but between a new friendship with a rising young queen (Stephens) and unfinished business with his estranged daughter (Pearson), he may...

As far as gay film festivals go, Outfest takes the cake. Now in its 36th year, the Los Angeles-based festival is the country’s leading Lgtbq film festival, supporting independent queer film and filmmakers for over three decades. This year, two thirds of the program is directed by women, people of color, and/or trans filmmakers. “The reason we put on this festival is to encourage the Lgbtq community and the wider community — mainstream culture — to recognize the inherent value and infinite diversity,” said Outfest head programmer Lucy Mukerjee. “We have to continue to celebrate and showcase queer artists so they can get the same level of access and opportunity as white male directors.”

Outfest is celebrating its first year as an Academy Award-qualifying shorts festival, meaning any short that wins a grand jury prize will be eligible for an Oscar nomination. Following the examples set by Tribeca and Sundance festivals,...

Fractured appears, on the surface and the for first 40 minutes, as a predictable cabin-in-the-woods scenario – the American cabin being replaced with a charming house in the English countryside. A young couple, Michael (Karl Davies) and Rebecca (April Pearson), are driving along an unlit country road, on their way to the house. On the way, they stop at a petrol station where the guy behind the counter (Calvin Dean) looks very shifty indeed. The couple arrive at the house, and (of course) get the sense that they’re not alone.

The first half is enough for anyone to twitch in their seats, out of boredom rather than fear. Hearn’s script suffers the occasional, apathetic cliché, as well as pockets of ludicrous writing. One scene has Michael knock himself unconscious after trying to pull up his trousers, after he ties up his girlfriend for some basic kinky sex. There was an great opportunity for comedy here,...

As An American Werewolf in London so vividly demonstrated, nothing good happens on the English moors. It's a lesson that the central characters of Jamie Patterson's imaginatively creepy horror film would have done well to learn, except if they had we wouldn't have the ingeniously creepy Caught.

The 1972-set story concerns Andrew (Ruben Crow) and Julie (Mickey Sumner, Frances Ha), married journalists – he's a writer, she's a photographer – who live with their young son and infant daughter in a well-appointed Sussex house they've inherited from her parents. When first seen, Andrew is on the phone trying to convince...

As An American Werewolf in London so vividly demonstrated, nothing good happens on the English moors. It's a lesson that the central characters of Jamie Patterson's imaginatively creepy horror film would have done well to learn, except if they had we wouldn't have the ingeniously creepy Caught.

The 1972-set story concerns Andrew (Ruben Crow) and Julie (Mickey Sumner, Frances Ha), married journalists — he's a writer, she's a photographer — who live with their young son and infant daughter in a well appointed Sussex house they've inherited from her parents. When first seen, Andrew...

An English home-invasion thriller of sorts that goes off the rails early and hard, “Caught” is quasi-horror, or science-fiction, though it’s too pretentiously ambiguous about what’s really going on for one to be quite sure. Nonetheless, Jamie Patterson’s film is almost an instant camp classic for its ridiculous villains and poker-faced silliness, the major caveat being that it’s so damn yakkety. Despite mysteriously having won a critic’s prize at Fantasporto, this is likely to enthrall very few Stateside genre fans in its simultaneous Cinedigm release to theaters, on-demand and digital HD on March 30.

Writer Julie (Mickey Sumner) and photographer Andrew Costello (Ruben Crow) are married journalists struggling to make ends meet in 1972 West Sussex, in the south of England, though they live in a very nice country home inherited from her parents. They’re thinking through their next professional move — a proposed exposé of apparent nearby covert military operations,...

Tagline: "Terror Has Arrived." Caught is a psychological thriller. From director Jamie Patterson (Fractured, 2016) and set to be released by Cinedigm Entertainment, this title will show in theatres and on Digital, in just a few days. The story follows a journalist couple, whose home is invaded by a strange man and woman. A bizarre interview leads to murder. But why? Caught stars: Mickey Sumner (End of the Tour), April Pearson (Skins), Cian Barry (Nina Forever), Ruben Crow and David Mounfield. A preview of the film's upcoming Digital launch is hosted here. The trailer for Caught is a good one. It shows two characters descending from a remote hill. They enter a home, only to ask strange and inappropriate questions. Once the murder begins, there may be no way to get these killers out of the home. Caught is slated to show in a few theatres, through Cinedigm. On March 30th,...

This exclusive clip from Jamie Patterson’s (Fractured, City of Dreamers) alien home invasion thriller Caught doesn’t pull any punches. Opening in theaters, On Demand and Digital HD on March 30th, the footage is absolutely vicious, showing a police officer having his eyes gouged out and his brains smashed in as a woman is forced to watch. “You shouldn’t have […]...

I've got a great and creepy trailer here for an alien horror thriller called Caught that I think some of you might enjoy. The movie has a fun vibe to it as it was inspired by the films of the 70s. According to the director Jamie Patterson, he wanted "a gritty, raw feel to the story because there’s nothing glossy about horror. This is my idea of alien art house.” It definitely looks like an entetaing throwback flick.

The movie was filmed in East Sussex, UK where aliens were sighted in 1967. “While on an afternoon walk with their children, two small town reporters notice the military camped on a hilltop. Debating the possible significance of this activity, they answer their door when two unusual strangers come knocking and find themselves held hostage in their own home."

Caught stars Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha, End of the Tour, The Mend), April Pearson (Skins.

"We never said we would leave." Cinedigm has released a trailer for a freaky horror film titled Caught, from director Jamie Patterson. The film about alien visitors was shot in East Sussex, UK where aliens were sighted in 1967. While on an afternoon walk, two small-town reporters notice a military camp going up on a hilltop. Trying to figure out the truth, they answer their door when two unusual strangers come knocking and find themselves held hostage in their own home. Caught stars Mickey Sumner, Cian Barry, April Pearson, Ruben Crow, Dave Mounfield, and Aaron Davis. This feels like a pretty cool throwback to "Twilight Zone", where the aliens look like regular people, though there's something very strange. Check it. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Jamie Patterson's Caught, direct from YouTube: A journalist couple invite two strangers into their idyllic village home after noticing strange military activity nearby,...

The 2017 edition of Sci-Fi London kicks off today and this year's festival features a great assortment and sci-fi titles sure to please a wide range of fans.

The Festival opens with the UK premiere of Caught, a horror film directed by Jamie Patterson about a work at home journalist couple who invite a couple they are interviewing to their idyllic village home only to find themselves fighting for their lives. This is only one of the many movies Patterson has on the docket for this year.

Also at the festival areNathaniel Atcheson's post-apocalyptic Domain (trailer), The End of the Lonely Island, a high-concept Chinese sci-fi film set to the backdrop of a [Continued ...]...

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Working with director Jamie Patterson must have been such a pleasure that the producers of his latest film Caught and his writer of his debut feature film, Fractured, are willing to work with him again. Christina O’Shea-Daly of Dandelion Productions and Jeremy Davis of Gael Films will back his next feature film, a psychological horror thriller called The Kindred, written by Christian J. Hearn. The Kindred follows a woman suffering from amnesia as she pieces together the events that led to her father’s suicide only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered by him. Christina O’Shea-Daly said, “I had the pleasure of meeting Christian on the set of my latest movie, Caught, directed by Jamie Patterson....

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Christina O’Shea-Daly of Dandelion Productions (Caught, The Night Before Halloween, and the upcoming The Neverknock) and Jeremy Davis of Gael Films (Caught) are reuniting the Fractured team of award-winning Director Jamie Patterson (Caught, Fractured, City of Dreamers) and screenwriter Christian J. Hearn (Fractured, The Brighton Mob), for the psychological horror thriller, The Kindred, Bloody Disgusting learned. The Kindred follows a woman suffering from […]...

Jamie Patterson's latest film, Caught, described as an alien home invasion thriller, will have its world premiere at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal, between February 24th and March 4th. Caught stars Cian Barry from ScreenAnarchy fave Nina Forever, and April Pearson from the UK sensation that MTV couldn't handle, Skins. We were given a selection of stills and the key art to share with you. London. February 13, 2017. Following the official announcement from the Fantasporto –Oporto International Film Festival, Executive Producers Robert Halmi and Jim Reeve, and Producers Christina O’Shea-Daly, Jeremy Davis and Alex Francis are thrilled to celebrate the world premiere of award-winning director Jamie Patterson’s (Fractured, City of Dreamers) alien home invasion thriller, Caught, as an official selection in the Fantasy...

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Exclusive: Robert Halmi, Jr. and Jim Reeve will executive-produce feature now underway in UK.

Frances Ha actress Mickey Sumner has joined April Pearson (Skins), Cian Barry (Nina Forever) and Ruben Crow (Austenland) in horror Caught, which is currently shooting in the UK.

The film tells the story of a journalist couple who invite a man and woman into their idyllic village home, but what begins with an informal interview descends into a nightmarish fight for survival.

Robert Halmi Jr (Olympus) and Jim Reeve (Foyle’s War) are executive producers for Great Point Media, which will also handle world sales.

Jamie Patterson (City Of Dreamers) is directing the script written by Dave Allsop and Alex Francis, from a story developed by Allsop and Clint Langley.

The film is a Gael Films, Dandelion Productions and Castleview Films production, produced by Jeremy Davis, Christina O’Shea-Daly (The Fixer) and Francis.

The feature marks the first for former Maven Pictures senior...

Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS: Los Angeles" episode 12 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Core Values,"and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff take place as the radiation poisoning of a security guard, prompts the NCIS: L.A. crew to go undercover, and more! In the new, 12th episode press release: Kensi And Deeks Go Undercover At A Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plant As The Team Investigates The Radiation Poisoning Of A Security Guard, On "NCIS: Los Angeles," Monday, Jan. 4. Press release number 2: Kensi and Deeks will end up going undercover at a decommissioned nuclear power plant as the team investigates the radiation poisoning of a Gunnery Sergeant moonlighting as a security guard there. Guest stars features: Raphael Sbarge (Leo Chadmont), Michael B. Silver (Damon Westphal), John Lacy (Security Chief Oaks), Emerson Brooks (Marine Gunnery...

Rose is new to Brighton. She is leaving something relatively unpleasant (but not specifically explained) behind her and is seeking to create a new life for herself and although naturally shy, she manages to strike up conversations and burgeoning friendships with a pleasant mix of people – homeless Joe, barman Harry, half-naked housemate Kyle and underpants wearing launderette user Carlos. Over the course of a few days she chats with them, plays music to them and mingles at parties, whilst trying to feel at home in a lovely but unfamiliar city.

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Cards on the table time – I approached this film with no small amount of trepidation, having learned that it hailed from Jamie Patterson, the writer and director of Billboard, a film I had little time for. But (and it is a big but), such apprehension was unwarranted, for here we indeed have a true hidden gem of a film, a wonderful,...