Monday, August 1, 2011 3:29PM - By Damon Houx
Joe Cornish‘s Attack the Block opened July 29 in limited markets, so those who’ve been hearing about the film, but don’t live in the major metro areas have been out of luck. But on August 19, the film is expanding to Boston, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. But Screen Gems also wants to add a sixth location. The catch is that you have to vote it into Philadelphia, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Portland, Cleveland, or Minneapolis. Check out the details…
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Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:00PM - By Damon Houx
The little English film that could, Attack the Block hits limited screens this weekend. Highly championed stateside since its South by Southwest debut, what makes Attack the Block so special is that it is a throwback to the 1970′s and 1980′s films that geeks love (from Assault on Precinct 13 to Gremlins) without ever feeling like it’s just a rip-off. In that way, director Joe Cornish paid a greater homage to Steven Spielberg than J.J. Abrams. It’s a marvel. Check out our review….
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Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
For Joe Cornish’s first film Attack the Block, he did something that could have been perilous: he cast first-timers for the gang of boys who end up becoming the film’s protagonists. The lead role is John Boyega, who plays Moses, a young tough who starts the film by robbing a young woman, and ends it as a leading man. It’s one of the best first roles in a long time, and Boyega absolutely nails it. He came to America (for the first time) for the start of the press tour, and we got a chance to talk to the young confident actor. Take a look…
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
Though Joe Cornish is a first time director with Attack the Block, he’s not someone fresh out of film school, or a dilettante. Having been in the British entertainment industry for over a decade, his move to feature length filmmaking was as considered as the movie. Cornish was happy to talk about his influences, and was somehow drawn to speaking of Grace Jones. We had a great chat about the film, and he’s a very sharp passionate man. Check it out.
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Monday, June 13, 2011 12:21PM - By Damon Houx
Joe Cornish’s debut film Attack the Block has been screened repeatedly in America and is already out in the UK, but after the great press out of SXSW it was unknown when the film would hit American shores. Screen Gems bought the rights, and now the film is going to go out on limited screens July 29. This is great news – we’ve seen the film and it delivers the same sort of 80′s throwback charms that Super 8 promised but couldn’t deliver.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 1:43PM - By Damon Houx
One of the titles that came out of South By Southwest this year with incredible heat was writer-director Joe Cornish‘s Attack the Block. Executive produced by Edgar Wright and starring Nick Frost (among a young cast of Brits), the film was a fan favorite and recently had two screenings in Los Angeles, the first with ticket giveaway winners and a second for industry people. It seems those screenings went over like gangbusters, and the film was just picked up by Sony’s Screen Gems for release.
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