Martin Duffy, who played keyboard in Primal Scream, Felt, and Charlatans, died late last year at the age of 55 from injuries he sustained after falling in his home. Now, Duffy’s 19-year-old son, Louie, has accused his father’s former Primal Scream bandmates Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes of financial impropriety that left his father in financial ruin.
Louie Duffy made the allegations in a witness statement submitted to the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Coroner as part of their inquest into his father’s death. Louie claimed that though Martin was initially an equal member of Primal Scream in the early 1990s, “he was gradually cut out from getting any songwriting credits, then touring and merchandise profits, eventually just being paid per gig.” Louie said that his father earned around £40k a year for playing with Primal Scream.
“Dad said the money only really started coming in when Primal...
Louie Duffy made the allegations in a witness statement submitted to the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Coroner as part of their inquest into his father’s death. Louie claimed that though Martin was initially an equal member of Primal Scream in the early 1990s, “he was gradually cut out from getting any songwriting credits, then touring and merchandise profits, eventually just being paid per gig.” Louie said that his father earned around £40k a year for playing with Primal Scream.
“Dad said the money only really started coming in when Primal...
- 6/8/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Shaun the Sheep Movie is like curling up underneath a big cosy duvet with a steaming cup of sugary tea. Everything is precision engineered to enchant and amuse, dragging us into a paradise Britain fuelled by pleasant whimsy and running to clockwork comedy timing. From pastoral dale to bustling metropolis, this plasticine world (literally) bears the fingerprints of its loving creators. And at the centre of it all is a resourceful, brave and cunning hero: Shaun the Sheep.
The moment Shaun innocently padded on screen in 1995’s Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave, a woolly star was born. A breakout success, Britain clutched Shaun to their collective bosom and the sheep became a minor pop culture phenomenon. His lasting popularity led to a spinoff Cbbc TV show in 2007, which is now in its fourth season and has 130 episodes under its belt. It’s also broadcast in a whopping 180 countries and has even launched its own spinoff.
The moment Shaun innocently padded on screen in 1995’s Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave, a woolly star was born. A breakout success, Britain clutched Shaun to their collective bosom and the sheep became a minor pop culture phenomenon. His lasting popularity led to a spinoff Cbbc TV show in 2007, which is now in its fourth season and has 130 episodes under its belt. It’s also broadcast in a whopping 180 countries and has even launched its own spinoff.
- 2/3/2015
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
The X Factor has helped launch the career of dozens of pop acts over the last decade. It has also given us Chico Time. You win some, you lose some.
Here is our definitive ranking of the 15 most ludicrous acts to ever grace Saturday nights on ITV.
15. Rylan
Rylan was already a regular on the reality TV circuit before The X Factor (he was a runner-up in the Sky Living monstrosity Signed By Katie Price), and he was a little bit more knowing and calculated than genuinely bonkers.
However, even if those floods of tears at Nicole Scherzinger's Judges' Houses were staged, they were staged brilliantly. The perfect I'm-mad-me contestant after a decade of near misses.
14. 2 Shoes
Charley Bird and Lucy Texeira were harmless and fairly innocuous as a pop duo. They spoke only in Essex slang ("Roll!") and insisted on calling each other "shoe", but the most ludicrous...
Here is our definitive ranking of the 15 most ludicrous acts to ever grace Saturday nights on ITV.
15. Rylan
Rylan was already a regular on the reality TV circuit before The X Factor (he was a runner-up in the Sky Living monstrosity Signed By Katie Price), and he was a little bit more knowing and calculated than genuinely bonkers.
However, even if those floods of tears at Nicole Scherzinger's Judges' Houses were staged, they were staged brilliantly. The perfect I'm-mad-me contestant after a decade of near misses.
14. 2 Shoes
Charley Bird and Lucy Texeira were harmless and fairly innocuous as a pop duo. They spoke only in Essex slang ("Roll!") and insisted on calling each other "shoe", but the most ludicrous...
- 8/27/2014
- Digital Spy
All your prayers to the Gods of Rock have been answered in one little song. Punk pioneer Iggy Pop teamed with post-punk icons Nick Cave and former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore, creating a musical Dream Team to cover underrated L.A. cult figures The Gun Club for a new tribute album. The faithful take on "Nobody's City" features Pop howling his way through the highly visual lyrics, while Cave adds his ominous baritone growl to the choruses and the bridge. Moore endlessly shreds and feeds back in the background. It's heavy and pummeling, while staying catchy. The version can be found on "Axels & Sockets" is the newest addition to the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, which pays tribute to Gun Club founder Pierce. Listen to it here: Hear the Gun Club's original version here. "Sockets" also pairs Cave with Blondie's Debbie Harry, and Moore with Pierce himself. It...
- 5/2/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
Parenthood, Season 5, Episode 21, “I’m Still Here”
Written by Ian Deichtman and Kristin Rusk Robinson
Directed by Scott Schaeffer
Airs Thursdays at 10pm Est on NBC
This week, on Parenthood: Kristina visits Gwen, Crosby is pitiful, and Sarah opens up
After months of stalling, last week’s “Cold Feet” jumpstarted all of the series’ stagnating season-long arcs, finally giving the show a bit of momentum. Thankfully that continues this week, with each of the threads not only progressed, but examined in a way they haven’t been for much of the season. Yes it’s easy to infer that Kristina’s impulsiveness this year stems from her cancer scare and exposure to the harsh impartiality and unpredictability of death, and we’ve seen a handful of scenes on this topic over the course of the season. But while there’s plenty to be said for letting the audience read between the lines,...
Written by Ian Deichtman and Kristin Rusk Robinson
Directed by Scott Schaeffer
Airs Thursdays at 10pm Est on NBC
This week, on Parenthood: Kristina visits Gwen, Crosby is pitiful, and Sarah opens up
After months of stalling, last week’s “Cold Feet” jumpstarted all of the series’ stagnating season-long arcs, finally giving the show a bit of momentum. Thankfully that continues this week, with each of the threads not only progressed, but examined in a way they haven’t been for much of the season. Yes it’s easy to infer that Kristina’s impulsiveness this year stems from her cancer scare and exposure to the harsh impartiality and unpredictability of death, and we’ve seen a handful of scenes on this topic over the course of the season. But while there’s plenty to be said for letting the audience read between the lines,...
- 4/11/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Oh, you know what, we're feeling all twitchy. The Voice comes to an end tonight and we can't wait for all the action and the emotional crowning - who will it be?
Christina Marie, Jamie Johnson, Jermain Jackman and Sally Barker are still in the running, but first they just have to pull off three final performances. So no pressure, then.
Join Digital Spy as we bring you all the action - the show starts at 7pm, so get your pizza order in now...
21:05So that's it! We have a winner! Make sure you let us know what you think of all that in the comments... and we'll see you back here next year...
The winner of The Voice series 3, it's… @JermainJackman! #thevoiceukFINAL pic.twitter.com/eqMcNInYze
— BBC The Voice UK (@BBCTheVoiceUK) April 5, 2014
21:04So that's it! Jermain is crying his way through 'And I Am Telling You'.
Christina Marie, Jamie Johnson, Jermain Jackman and Sally Barker are still in the running, but first they just have to pull off three final performances. So no pressure, then.
Join Digital Spy as we bring you all the action - the show starts at 7pm, so get your pizza order in now...
21:05So that's it! We have a winner! Make sure you let us know what you think of all that in the comments... and we'll see you back here next year...
The winner of The Voice series 3, it's… @JermainJackman! #thevoiceukFINAL pic.twitter.com/eqMcNInYze
— BBC The Voice UK (@BBCTheVoiceUK) April 5, 2014
21:04So that's it! Jermain is crying his way through 'And I Am Telling You'.
- 4/5/2014
- Digital Spy
Oh, you know what, we're feeling all twitchy. The Voice comes to an end tonight and we can't wait for all the action and the emotional crowning - who will it be?
Christina Marie, Jamie Johnson, Jermain Jackman and Sally Barker are still in the running, but first they just have to pull off three final performances. So no pressure, then.
Join Digital Spy as we bring you all the action - the show starts at 7pm, so get your pizza order in now...
21:05So that's it! We have a winner! Make sure you let us know what you think of all that in the comments... and we'll see you back here next year...
The winner of The Voice series 3, it's… @JermainJackman! #thevoiceukFINAL pic.twitter.com/eqMcNInYze
— BBC The Voice UK (@BBCTheVoiceUK) April 5, 2014
21:04So that's it! Jermain is crying his way through 'And I Am Telling You'.
Christina Marie, Jamie Johnson, Jermain Jackman and Sally Barker are still in the running, but first they just have to pull off three final performances. So no pressure, then.
Join Digital Spy as we bring you all the action - the show starts at 7pm, so get your pizza order in now...
21:05So that's it! We have a winner! Make sure you let us know what you think of all that in the comments... and we'll see you back here next year...
The winner of The Voice series 3, it's… @JermainJackman! #thevoiceukFINAL pic.twitter.com/eqMcNInYze
— BBC The Voice UK (@BBCTheVoiceUK) April 5, 2014
21:04So that's it! Jermain is crying his way through 'And I Am Telling You'.
- 4/5/2014
- Digital Spy
RCA
2014 is already underway and looking set to be one of the most impressive years for music fans of the 21st century. With already-confirmed new releases from artists such as Morrissey and Palma Violets, it seems a rock resurgence is definitely on its way to overthrow the vicious dictatorship of mindless pop music that has been decimating the charts of recent years.
This musical upheaval has been longed for by many for years now, with it seemingly beginning to come into fruition almost exactly a year ago with a return from the Thin White Duke himself (David Bowie) and his first album in ten years “The Next Day”. Alongside this was stellar new albums from Primal Scream (More Light), Queens of the Stone Age (…Like Clockwork) as well as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Push the Sky Away), which wowed the public and critics alike.
However, whilst these may be fairly conventional rock releases,...
2014 is already underway and looking set to be one of the most impressive years for music fans of the 21st century. With already-confirmed new releases from artists such as Morrissey and Palma Violets, it seems a rock resurgence is definitely on its way to overthrow the vicious dictatorship of mindless pop music that has been decimating the charts of recent years.
This musical upheaval has been longed for by many for years now, with it seemingly beginning to come into fruition almost exactly a year ago with a return from the Thin White Duke himself (David Bowie) and his first album in ten years “The Next Day”. Alongside this was stellar new albums from Primal Scream (More Light), Queens of the Stone Age (…Like Clockwork) as well as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Push the Sky Away), which wowed the public and critics alike.
However, whilst these may be fairly conventional rock releases,...
- 2/14/2014
- by Patrick Dalziel
- Obsessed with Film
British culture was once open to 'messy kids' from secondary moderns. But if you want to make it in 21st century Britain, you'd best have a cut-glass accent and public school pedigree
Last week the actor Stephen McGann spoke out about how difficult it is for young people from working-class backgrounds to enter his profession. "Opportunities are closing down," he said in an interview with the Independent. "If you're a messy kid from a council estate today, I think the chances of you making it as a successful actor are a lot worse than they were."
McGann, 50, youngest of the family of acting brothers, grew up on the edge of Toxteth in Liverpool and was educated at a Catholic grammar school. "What counted for me and my brothers – and for mates of ours like David Morrissey and Ian Hart, all growing up in Dingle and Toxteth – was the real change in education,...
Last week the actor Stephen McGann spoke out about how difficult it is for young people from working-class backgrounds to enter his profession. "Opportunities are closing down," he said in an interview with the Independent. "If you're a messy kid from a council estate today, I think the chances of you making it as a successful actor are a lot worse than they were."
McGann, 50, youngest of the family of acting brothers, grew up on the edge of Toxteth in Liverpool and was educated at a Catholic grammar school. "What counted for me and my brothers – and for mates of ours like David Morrissey and Ian Hart, all growing up in Dingle and Toxteth – was the real change in education,...
- 1/26/2014
- by Sean O'Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
How did we come up with our chart? By tallying the votes of our pop writers – and here's what they plumped for
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Tom Hughes, Maddy Costa, Tim Jonze, Michael Hann, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Nosheen Iqbal, Alexis Petridis, Dom Lawson, Paul Lester, Louis Pattison, Kitty Empire, Kate Hutchinson, Betty Clarke, Paul MacInnes, Kieran Yates, Ian Gittins, Jude Rogers, Dave Simpson, Alex Needham, Dan Hancox, Daniel Martin, Sam Wolfson, Ally Carnwath, Stevie Chick, Dorian Lynskey, Sam Richards, Caroline Sullivan, Chris Salmon, Michael Cragg, Alex Macpherson, Sean Michaels, Tom Lamont, Killian Fox, Adam Boult, Harriet Gibsone
- The Guardian - Film News
Who was the queen of sharp tailoring, who outshone Liberace and which baby eclipsed Harper Beckham? We present the style winners of the year
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt appears to produce a novel a decade – and 2013 saw her third, The Goldfinch, released. With it, fashion rejoiced along with the literati: the author's razor-sharp bob returned for another moment in the spotlight. It really is a thing of beauty, one that gives the Queen of the Bob, Anna Wintour – and new convert Miley Cyrus – a run for their money. Tartt teams it with a proper look but unlike Anna, who loves a frock, Tartt wears her bob with tailoring almost as sharp as the plot lines in The Secret History. The result is the kind of disciplined, taut and clever style that the rest of us can only aspire to.
Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra
Sure, Michael Douglas...
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt appears to produce a novel a decade – and 2013 saw her third, The Goldfinch, released. With it, fashion rejoiced along with the literati: the author's razor-sharp bob returned for another moment in the spotlight. It really is a thing of beauty, one that gives the Queen of the Bob, Anna Wintour – and new convert Miley Cyrus – a run for their money. Tartt teams it with a proper look but unlike Anna, who loves a frock, Tartt wears her bob with tailoring almost as sharp as the plot lines in The Secret History. The result is the kind of disciplined, taut and clever style that the rest of us can only aspire to.
Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra
Sure, Michael Douglas...
- 12/11/2013
- by Imogen Fox, Lauren Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Edgar Wright's alien-invasion/drinking comedy The World's End is out on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital today, and the charming Brit director gamely engages in a Q&A with ETonline about his sci-fi inspirations and the origins of the film that he wrote with pal Simon Pegg; how he now finds a full pint "daunting"; and he even reveals a little insight into why the world will champion his highly anticipated upcoming Marvel movie Ant-Man, from T-shirts to Halloween costumes.
The World's End follows a group of friends (Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan) who embark on an epic 12-pub crawl in their hometown in an effort to complete "The Golden Mile," having fallen short two decades earlier when they were teens in their prime. Back to finish what they started, the reunited pals find out the hard way that an alien robo-invasion is taking place. The hilarious...
The World's End follows a group of friends (Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan) who embark on an epic 12-pub crawl in their hometown in an effort to complete "The Golden Mile," having fallen short two decades earlier when they were teens in their prime. Back to finish what they started, the reunited pals find out the hard way that an alien robo-invasion is taking place. The hilarious...
- 11/20/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Director of the mystical road movie Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point was one of a crop of existential road movies in the early 1970s – the others included Two-Lane Blacktop and Electra Glide in Blue – which quickly gained cult status. Its director, Richard C Sarafian, who has died aged 83, never made another film that struck such a resounding chord with audiences, countercultural or otherwise. No matter: the appeal of Vanishing Point was enduring enough to make him a noted, even influential, figure. Quentin Tarantino thanked Sarafian in the closing credits of his own four-wheeled thriller, Death Proof (2007), and the Scottish band Primal Scream signalled their admiration for Vanishing Point by naming a 1997 album after the movie. "It's always been a favourite of the band," said the singer Bobby Gillespie. "We love the air of paranoia and speed-freak righteousness."
This 1971 film concerns the Vietnam veteran Kowalski (played by Barry Newman after the studio overruled Sarafian's first choice,...
Vanishing Point was one of a crop of existential road movies in the early 1970s – the others included Two-Lane Blacktop and Electra Glide in Blue – which quickly gained cult status. Its director, Richard C Sarafian, who has died aged 83, never made another film that struck such a resounding chord with audiences, countercultural or otherwise. No matter: the appeal of Vanishing Point was enduring enough to make him a noted, even influential, figure. Quentin Tarantino thanked Sarafian in the closing credits of his own four-wheeled thriller, Death Proof (2007), and the Scottish band Primal Scream signalled their admiration for Vanishing Point by naming a 1997 album after the movie. "It's always been a favourite of the band," said the singer Bobby Gillespie. "We love the air of paranoia and speed-freak righteousness."
This 1971 film concerns the Vietnam veteran Kowalski (played by Barry Newman after the studio overruled Sarafian's first choice,...
- 9/20/2013
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Kanye West will perform on the upcoming new series of Later... With Jools Holland next week.
The rapper will appear live on the returning BBC Two series on Tuesday, September 17.
He will also feature on the longer pre-recorded edition on Friday night (September 20).
Kings of Leon, Sting, Bill Medley, Lorde and Drenge will also appear on the first episode of the new series.
Other artists confirmed to feature at some point in the new series include Queens of the Stone Age, Disclosure, John Grant, Primal Scream, Haim, The Strypes, Johnny Marr, Melt Yourself Down, Miguel, Omd and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Kanye West has announced plans for a Us tour with Kendrick Lamar to support his latest album Yeezus.
Watch West perform 'Black Skinhead' on Saturday Night Live below:...
The rapper will appear live on the returning BBC Two series on Tuesday, September 17.
He will also feature on the longer pre-recorded edition on Friday night (September 20).
Kings of Leon, Sting, Bill Medley, Lorde and Drenge will also appear on the first episode of the new series.
Other artists confirmed to feature at some point in the new series include Queens of the Stone Age, Disclosure, John Grant, Primal Scream, Haim, The Strypes, Johnny Marr, Melt Yourself Down, Miguel, Omd and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Kanye West has announced plans for a Us tour with Kendrick Lamar to support his latest album Yeezus.
Watch West perform 'Black Skinhead' on Saturday Night Live below:...
- 9/9/2013
- Digital Spy
This year's iTunes Festival will air on Channel 4, it has been confirmed.
The month-long music event will return to Channel 4, E4 and 4Music next month, with Lauren Laverne hosting the coverage.
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Elton John, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and Robin Thicke will all play Camden's Roundhouse as part of the festival.
The lineup also includes Jessie J, Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies, Vampire Weekend, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Rizzle Kicks and many more.
Jonathan Rothery, commissioning editor for music at Channel 4, said: "We are delighted to welcome iTunes Festival back to Channel 4 for a second year.
"The lineup for 2013 proves the event's repeated ability to attract the biggest and most varied acts in the business."
Highlights will be broadcast across the three channels from Wednesday to Friday during September, with a weekly highlights show featuring exclusive interviews and performances...
The month-long music event will return to Channel 4, E4 and 4Music next month, with Lauren Laverne hosting the coverage.
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Elton John, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and Robin Thicke will all play Camden's Roundhouse as part of the festival.
The lineup also includes Jessie J, Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies, Vampire Weekend, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Rizzle Kicks and many more.
Jonathan Rothery, commissioning editor for music at Channel 4, said: "We are delighted to welcome iTunes Festival back to Channel 4 for a second year.
"The lineup for 2013 proves the event's repeated ability to attract the biggest and most varied acts in the business."
Highlights will be broadcast across the three channels from Wednesday to Friday during September, with a weekly highlights show featuring exclusive interviews and performances...
- 8/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Channel 4 has revealed the full lineup for the first episode of That Music Show.
The quiz show, presented by Nick Grimshaw, will see two celebrity panels compete to find out who knows the most about specific years in music history.
The first episode, filmed at the Electric in Brixton, London, will focus on the years 1995 and 2005.
The captain of team 1995 will be 6 Music breakfast show host Shaun Keaveny, who will be joined by M People's Heather Small, Blur's Alex James, Shed Seven's Rick Witter and A*M*E.
Team 2005 will be led by comedian Seann Walsh and will also feature Texas's Sharleen Spiteri, Goldie Looking Chain's Maggot, Theo Hutchcraft from Hurts and comedian Tom Stade.
Tony Mortimer of East 17 is also set to make a guest appearance during a segment filmed at a shooting range.
The hour-long programme will also feature live musical performances, with Primal Scream...
The quiz show, presented by Nick Grimshaw, will see two celebrity panels compete to find out who knows the most about specific years in music history.
The first episode, filmed at the Electric in Brixton, London, will focus on the years 1995 and 2005.
The captain of team 1995 will be 6 Music breakfast show host Shaun Keaveny, who will be joined by M People's Heather Small, Blur's Alex James, Shed Seven's Rick Witter and A*M*E.
Team 2005 will be led by comedian Seann Walsh and will also feature Texas's Sharleen Spiteri, Goldie Looking Chain's Maggot, Theo Hutchcraft from Hurts and comedian Tom Stade.
Tony Mortimer of East 17 is also set to make a guest appearance during a segment filmed at a shooting range.
The hour-long programme will also feature live musical performances, with Primal Scream...
- 7/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Interview Seb Patrick 17 Jul 2013 - 07:04
With The World's End out this week, Edgar Wright talks to us about Spaced, Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead, and ending the Cornetto trilogy...
Over the last decade, Edgar Wright has gone from being the kind of geek who obsessed about other people's movies, to the kind of geek whose movies other people obsess about. You all know the story by now: Spaced begat Shaun Of The Dead begat Hot Fuzz, establishing him as one of filmmaking's hottest directing talents, with an astonishing eye for visual flair and attention to detail.
Having stepped away from his regular collaborations with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to make kinetic 2010 comics adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs The World – not to mention the long-in-gestation Ant Man project for Marvel – Wright has now re-teamed with his partners in crime for The World's End, the final chapter in their so-called...
With The World's End out this week, Edgar Wright talks to us about Spaced, Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead, and ending the Cornetto trilogy...
Over the last decade, Edgar Wright has gone from being the kind of geek who obsessed about other people's movies, to the kind of geek whose movies other people obsess about. You all know the story by now: Spaced begat Shaun Of The Dead begat Hot Fuzz, establishing him as one of filmmaking's hottest directing talents, with an astonishing eye for visual flair and attention to detail.
Having stepped away from his regular collaborations with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to make kinetic 2010 comics adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs The World – not to mention the long-in-gestation Ant Man project for Marvel – Wright has now re-teamed with his partners in crime for The World's End, the final chapter in their so-called...
- 7/16/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
When the end comes you might want you family and friends nearby, perhaps enjoy a last meal of your favorite foods, and quietly prepare for the inevitable. Or you might just want to turn it up and let the good times roll one last time. If that latter scenario is more your style, the soundtrack to Edgar Wright's "The World's End" should certainly do the trick. With the film gearing up to hit Comic-Con and then roll into U.S. theaters next month, we've got the exclusive artwork to the disc and more info on when it's landing in a store new you. For the film, Wright has brought together an array of '90s anthems -- artists such Blur, The Soup Dragons and Primal Scream feature among money others -- that nicely reflect the youthful past of the five lads who get together for one more epic pub crawl in the movie.
- 7/11/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Ok, stop singing that Rem song and start singing Primal Scream instead because The World's End premiered in London last night, and the emphasis was more on doing what we want to do than the coming apocalypse. With Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike and more in attendance, things kicked off with a bang and only ended with a whimper for those who had one too many pints at the after-party. The film is, of course, the finale to the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy: directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan and Rosamund Pike. The five men play old friends who reunite at the behest of Pegg's Gary King to complete the pub crawl they abandoned as teenagers (Pike is Freeman's character's sister, an old flame of Pegg's). However, things don't go to plan...
- 7/11/2013
- EmpireOnline
[Possible vague spoilers follow]
Twenty years after trying – and failing – to complete a 12-leg pub crawl around their small hometown, five largely estranged childhood friends are reunited when one of their number tries to recapture his youth by taking on ‘The Golden Mile’ again. But as the group – one (Simon Pegg) clinging to the past, the other four (Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan) now ‘real grown-ups’ with wives, children and proper jobs – attempt to drink their way towards the final pub on the route, they realise the night’s not just about reconnecting with old friends. It’s about the very fate of the planet.
Partly a raucous, blokey comedy, it's mostly an apocalyptic twist on Jack London's poignant phrase 'You can never go home again.' There's everything you'd expect from a Wright-Pegg-Frost production. Great one-liners. Hyperactive cinematography. A cast packed with the cream of British acting. A hint of the otherworldly and sinister.
Twenty years after trying – and failing – to complete a 12-leg pub crawl around their small hometown, five largely estranged childhood friends are reunited when one of their number tries to recapture his youth by taking on ‘The Golden Mile’ again. But as the group – one (Simon Pegg) clinging to the past, the other four (Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan) now ‘real grown-ups’ with wives, children and proper jobs – attempt to drink their way towards the final pub on the route, they realise the night’s not just about reconnecting with old friends. It’s about the very fate of the planet.
Partly a raucous, blokey comedy, it's mostly an apocalyptic twist on Jack London's poignant phrase 'You can never go home again.' There's everything you'd expect from a Wright-Pegg-Frost production. Great one-liners. Hyperactive cinematography. A cast packed with the cream of British acting. A hint of the otherworldly and sinister.
- 7/9/2013
- Shadowlocked
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike | Written by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg | Directed by Edgar Wright
When was the last time you went to the cinema and properly and frequently belly-laughed your way through a film? Having sat through the relatively mirthless Hangover Part III, This is the End and Despicable Me 2 recently, I was thoroughly relieved to have the pleasure of watching Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s latest effort, the completely hilarious The World’s End.
It’s the story of Gary King (Pegg), a middle-aged goth who’s never grown up. After being provoked at an AA meeting (sound tracked brilliantly to Primal Scream’s Loaded), King decides to gather his old school friends together to finish off a pub crawl they began in 1990. The rest of the group, played by Frost, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan and Martin Freeman,...
When was the last time you went to the cinema and properly and frequently belly-laughed your way through a film? Having sat through the relatively mirthless Hangover Part III, This is the End and Despicable Me 2 recently, I was thoroughly relieved to have the pleasure of watching Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s latest effort, the completely hilarious The World’s End.
It’s the story of Gary King (Pegg), a middle-aged goth who’s never grown up. After being provoked at an AA meeting (sound tracked brilliantly to Primal Scream’s Loaded), King decides to gather his old school friends together to finish off a pub crawl they began in 1990. The rest of the group, played by Frost, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan and Martin Freeman,...
- 7/9/2013
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost bring their trilogy of comedies celebrating British eccentricity to a funny and satisfying conclusion
Back in the golden days (1994) Blur's Damon Albarn used to bang on about the "Coca-colanisation" of Britain. The steady bleed of American culture into his cuppa tea fantasy of the UK.
It's not an ideology you'd expect to see spun into mainstream comedy in 2013. We have iPads now. We eat from gourmet burger stands. The merger between Brit Corp and the Us Inc seems to have gone ahead smoothly. Yet here come Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright with The World's End - a satirical sci-fi comedy that chips away at modern Britain and raises a pint to an old English brand of messy eccentricity.
Gary King (Pegg) is a late 30-something obsessed with a legendary night - 20 years ago - in which he led a gang of mates through...
Back in the golden days (1994) Blur's Damon Albarn used to bang on about the "Coca-colanisation" of Britain. The steady bleed of American culture into his cuppa tea fantasy of the UK.
It's not an ideology you'd expect to see spun into mainstream comedy in 2013. We have iPads now. We eat from gourmet burger stands. The merger between Brit Corp and the Us Inc seems to have gone ahead smoothly. Yet here come Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright with The World's End - a satirical sci-fi comedy that chips away at modern Britain and raises a pint to an old English brand of messy eccentricity.
Gary King (Pegg) is a late 30-something obsessed with a legendary night - 20 years ago - in which he led a gang of mates through...
- 7/9/2013
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Aside from trying and miserably failing to jump over fences, one sustaining factor in the previous two features in the affectionately named Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, is that of eternal youth, the idea that these big kids remain within a forever young mindset, reluctant to face adulthood. In The World’s End such a theme is at its most prevalent, where growing up is now essential, rather than favourable, as a film about five old friends who attempt to recreate a failed pub crawl from their youth. However sadly by the time we get to the final pub, this Cornetto has melted.
As Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg join forces once again, the latter plays Gary King, a lonesome man nearing 40, who wants nothing more than to reunite his oldest friends back together, and tackle the infamous pub crawl in their home town which they failed at miserably 20 years previous.
As Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg join forces once again, the latter plays Gary King, a lonesome man nearing 40, who wants nothing more than to reunite his oldest friends back together, and tackle the infamous pub crawl in their home town which they failed at miserably 20 years previous.
- 7/8/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Shortly to be reunited onscreen in The World's End, and with a host of solo TV and film projects in the works, the comic boy-man duo seem to be going from strength to strength
What a pleasure, what a sugar rush, giddy-kipper joy it is to watch Simon Pegg and Nick Frost together in a film by Edgar Wright. I went to see a preview of The World's End, the final part of the Pegg/Frost/Wright "three flavours Cornetto" trilogy, and I laughed and laughed for three-quarters of an hour. Then I stopped, as we were only allowed to see the first 45 minutes of the film, for some reason. Either the special effects people were still cranking out the CGI, or the last hour is Really Bad (not so, according to those who have now seen it).
Anyway, the part I saw zipped by, a slick, high-spirited blast of jokes and small-town action,...
What a pleasure, what a sugar rush, giddy-kipper joy it is to watch Simon Pegg and Nick Frost together in a film by Edgar Wright. I went to see a preview of The World's End, the final part of the Pegg/Frost/Wright "three flavours Cornetto" trilogy, and I laughed and laughed for three-quarters of an hour. Then I stopped, as we were only allowed to see the first 45 minutes of the film, for some reason. Either the special effects people were still cranking out the CGI, or the last hour is Really Bad (not so, according to those who have now seen it).
Anyway, the part I saw zipped by, a slick, high-spirited blast of jokes and small-town action,...
- 7/7/2013
- by Miranda Sawyer
- The Guardian - Film News
London — Mumford & Sons are bringing the Glastonbury Festival to a close Sunday, with many music fans still on a high from the Rolling Stones' first-ever gig at Britain's leading music extravaganza.
The Mumfords' performance will be the Grammy-winning folk-rockers' first since bassist Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain earlier this month.
The banjo-wielding balladeers are sure to get a raucous reception. But Saturday belonged to the Rolling Stones, with festival founder Michael Eavis declaring the band's show "the high spot of 43 years of Glastonbury."
"It's the whole razzmatazz of the occasion – the two of us finally getting together at long last," said Eavis.
The Stones, joined by ex-member Mick Taylor on guitar, played for more than two hours on the festival's main Pyramid Stage, giving fans a clutch of hits, from opener "Jumpin' Jack Flash" through to encores of "You Can't Always Get What You...
The Mumfords' performance will be the Grammy-winning folk-rockers' first since bassist Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain earlier this month.
The banjo-wielding balladeers are sure to get a raucous reception. But Saturday belonged to the Rolling Stones, with festival founder Michael Eavis declaring the band's show "the high spot of 43 years of Glastonbury."
"It's the whole razzmatazz of the occasion – the two of us finally getting together at long last," said Eavis.
The Stones, joined by ex-member Mick Taylor on guitar, played for more than two hours on the festival's main Pyramid Stage, giving fans a clutch of hits, from opener "Jumpin' Jack Flash" through to encores of "You Can't Always Get What You...
- 6/30/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Pilton, England — This could be the last time, as Mick Jagger once sang. For the Rolling Stones, it's definitely a first.
The veteran rock rabble-rousers play Britain's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, their debut appearance at the country's most prestigious rock music event.
Many of the 135,000 festival ticket-holders are expected to cram the space in front of the Pyramid Stage for the gig.
Jagger wouldn't reveal details of the set list in a pre-show BBC radio interview, saying "it's nice to have a bit of a surprise."
Jagger, who turns 70 in July, also gave no clue about whether the band he started with Keith Richards in 1962 will ever call it quits. He said, "I've no idea," before telling an interviewer that he'd probably continue as long as he was wanted.
The band recently played a string of North American dates on its "50 and Counting" tour and is due to play two...
The veteran rock rabble-rousers play Britain's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, their debut appearance at the country's most prestigious rock music event.
Many of the 135,000 festival ticket-holders are expected to cram the space in front of the Pyramid Stage for the gig.
Jagger wouldn't reveal details of the set list in a pre-show BBC radio interview, saying "it's nice to have a bit of a surprise."
Jagger, who turns 70 in July, also gave no clue about whether the band he started with Keith Richards in 1962 will ever call it quits. He said, "I've no idea," before telling an interviewer that he'd probably continue as long as he was wanted.
The band recently played a string of North American dates on its "50 and Counting" tour and is due to play two...
- 6/29/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Maybe you couldn't get a ticket. Maybe you hate camping. Maybe you're too old to do the mud, drugs and dancing in the Shangri-La until 4am. Whatever the reason you're not at Glastonbury this weekend, it doesn't meant that you can't do Glastonbury.
Thanks to the BBC's monstrous coverage, you can watch more on the TV than you could if you were there in your wellies. Turn up the volume, buy some dodgy cider, bring in some mud from the garden and cook yourself a dodgy cheeseburger for dinner and you'll have near enough the Pyramid Stage experience in your living room. Sort of.
Friday
After weeks of build-up, the BBC's TV coverage starts properly tonight with viewers having the choice of BBC Two, Three or Four, depending on your tastes.
The big hitters and highlights from Day One will be on BBC Two at 10pm-10.30pm and 11pm-2am...
Thanks to the BBC's monstrous coverage, you can watch more on the TV than you could if you were there in your wellies. Turn up the volume, buy some dodgy cider, bring in some mud from the garden and cook yourself a dodgy cheeseburger for dinner and you'll have near enough the Pyramid Stage experience in your living room. Sort of.
Friday
After weeks of build-up, the BBC's TV coverage starts properly tonight with viewers having the choice of BBC Two, Three or Four, depending on your tastes.
The big hitters and highlights from Day One will be on BBC Two at 10pm-10.30pm and 11pm-2am...
- 6/28/2013
- Digital Spy
I’ve been very fortunate working in the horror film industry – I’ve been able to interview many of my favorite actors, directors and FX specialists. But every now and then, there is an interview that really stands out, an interview that is so much fun, I’m left grinning like the Cheshire cat, and I can’t wait to write all about it. One of those interviews took place this week over the phone with director Edgar Wright. And sure, he’s every geek-girl’s dream date, and the British director was not beyond chatting all things geek with me – even when the main focus is promoting his new film, The World’s End.
Struggling with growing up, forty-year-old Greg (Simon Pegg) gets his old buddies together to complete an epic pub-crawl – a crawl they had tried to complete twenty years ago. To complete the challenge, they simply have...
Struggling with growing up, forty-year-old Greg (Simon Pegg) gets his old buddies together to complete an epic pub-crawl – a crawl they had tried to complete twenty years ago. To complete the challenge, they simply have...
- 6/14/2013
- by Lianne Spiderbaby
- FEARnet
It may surprise some moviegoers to learn that before the advent of The Fast and the Furious, cinema had a long and fruitful relationship with vehicular machines and the open road. This week, Ricky, Edgar and Simon take a look back at a roster of automobile-themed flicks hand-picked by Ricky for maximum coverage: the rowdy car caper flick Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, the road movie/horror-flick hybrid Race With the Devil, seminal car-chase Bible Vanishing Point and, finally, Monte Hellman’s beloved Two-Lane Blacktop, with James Taylor, Dennies Wilson, and, of course, Warren Motherfuckin’ Oates. Warning: we drop a shit ton of F Bombs!
Playlist:
Primal Scream – Vanishing Point Re-mix, “Get Duffy”
Mountain – “Mississippi Queen”
Dennis Wilson – “Pacific Ocean Blue”
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Primal Scream – Vanishing Point Re-mix, “Get Duffy”
Mountain – “Mississippi Queen”
Dennis Wilson – “Pacific Ocean Blue”
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- 6/6/2013
- by Sordid Cinema Podcast
- SoundOnSight
London -- Justin Timberlake, Jessie J and Queens of the Stone Age are among the big acts set to perform at Apple's iTunes Festival here this year. The free concert series will include more than 60 acts. Performances will take place every night throughout September at London's Roundhouse venue. Photos: The Scene at Coachella Music Festival 2013 Apple on Thursday also released other names that are part of the initial lineup. They include Phoenix, Primal Scream, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Jake Bugg and Jack Johnson. Further lineup announcements are expected over the coming weeks. Tickets are allocated in a lottery system.
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- 5/30/2013
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The World’s End
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Trailer Score: 8/10
Thoughts by Tsr: I paused this trailer almost immediately after opening it. The one second that played was enough to hear the first note of Primal Scream’s “Loaded,” and it instantly put me in a good place. Things obviously could have fallen apart once, you know, the trailer actually started, but luckily the energy stayed high throughout these fun 103 seconds. Even before “Loaded,” I was pretty much on board with this film. Edgar Wright has a perfect batting average – Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Shaun of the Dead are essentially 1a, 1b, and 1c, respectively – so of course the final film in The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy is something to be excited about. While full of amusing stuff, the trailer doesn’t...
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Trailer Score: 8/10
Thoughts by Tsr: I paused this trailer almost immediately after opening it. The one second that played was enough to hear the first note of Primal Scream’s “Loaded,” and it instantly put me in a good place. Things obviously could have fallen apart once, you know, the trailer actually started, but luckily the energy stayed high throughout these fun 103 seconds. Even before “Loaded,” I was pretty much on board with this film. Edgar Wright has a perfect batting average – Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Shaun of the Dead are essentially 1a, 1b, and 1c, respectively – so of course the final film in The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy is something to be excited about. While full of amusing stuff, the trailer doesn’t...
- 5/21/2013
- by Shane T. Nier
- The Scorecard Review
Primal Scream's new album won't be affected by the departure of bass player Mani. The band are recording for the first time in over ten years without the musician - who has returned to his first band The Stone Roses - but frontman Bobby Gillespie says their new album won't sound different as he and guitarist Andrew Innes write all the tracks. He told Clash magazine: 'The songs are always written by Andrew and me. And no disrespect to Mani, but he's a bass player, a great bass player. It won't have any affect on the song writing.' Bobby said the record will have a 'modern psychedelic' feel and that they have written twenty songs for it so far,...
- 2/7/2012
- Monsters and Critics
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