News - Hammer & Tongs
By Jeff Vice Deseret News SON OF RAMBOW -- *** -- Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Stevenson; rated PG-13 (violence, profanity, vulgarity, brief gore, nude artwork); see Page W2 for theaters When a film is as creative and as imaginative as "Son of Rambow," you can forgive it for a few stumbles.
By Frank Gabrenya, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio May 23--Will Proudfoot isn't the first young person to have his imagination transformed by the power of an action movie. But he might be the only one to surrender completely to the attraction of film after seeing only one in his life.
Wolfgang peterson and rutger hauer join film-makers from around the globe to judge the international short film competition: tcm classic shorts The ninth annual TCM Classic Shorts competition launches this May with a truly international flavour to its judging panel which this year includes Wolfgang Petersen, Istvan Szabo, Agnieszka Holland, Mikael Hafstrom, Rutger Hauer, James Franco, Nick Goldsmith and Garth Jennings aka Hammer and Tongs.
By Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald May 16--Son of Rambow opens and closes at a movie theater, and its story centers on two young boys making a sequel to First Blood.
reviewSON OF RAMBOW PG-13: violence, language, children in peril. Starring: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Stevenson. Director: Garth Jennings. Running time: 1 hr. 36 min. Playing: ArcLight, Hollywood; Landmark, West L.A.; Pacific, Glendale.
