Tag: Happy New Year
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‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’ Trailer: Ben Wheatley Throws a Party to Remember
Ben Wheatley tends to make ultra-violent, ultra-strange movies that you can’t quite pin down. With Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, he appears to be trying something different. The trailer sells Wheatley’s latest as a wacky comedy of errors, but don’t be surprised if there’s more than meets the eye. In the film, a man rents…
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‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’ Trailer: Ben Wheatley’s Latest Is A Scorching, Dysfunctional Family Drama
Family reunions and holiday get-togethers have been fodder for films for decades. These stories have stood the test of time in film because everyone has experience at one of these events, where it just feels like no one is happy but everyone fakes it as best they can. Ultimately, they’re miserable affairs. And that’s exactly…
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‘Rebecca’ Remake: Ben Wheatley Directs, Armie Hammer & Lily James To Star
British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, known for darkly comedic genre fare like “Free Fire” and “High Rise,” is about to remake an Alfred Hitchcock classic. The director, who most debuted the scaled-back family dramedy “Happy New Year, Colin Burstead” at the BFI London Film Festival has signed on to helm a remake of Hitchcock’s gothic romance…
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Film Review: ‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’
“Reboot” is a word bandied about so much in the film industry these days that its meaning has become entirely elastic, referring to anything from a sequel to a remake to a mildly delayed franchise chapter. A lo-fi, high-volume original character piece from Ben Wheatley, “Happy New Year, Colin Burstead” is none of these things…