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Film Thu Jul 14 2011
GB Free Screening: Attack the Block July 17
Perhaps the most screened movie in America this year isn't from a big studio. Hell, it isn't even a film made in America. But it is some of the most fun you'll have in a movie theater all year; I guarantee it. The film is director Joe Cornish's Attack the Block, which combines social commentary about the housing projects in the UK with a flat-out alien invasion story. It's produced by Edgar Wright, has some nice supporting work from Nick Frost, and features a great cast of young actors who are at times scary thugs, while also getting quite scared like the kids they actually are.
I'm hosting a free screening of Attack the Block this Sunday, July 17 at 7pm at the AMC River East 21 Theaters, and as a bonus treat I also have for a post-screening Q&A writer-director Joe Cornish and one of the lead actors, John Boyega, who plays Moses in the movie.
For those who don't know Cornish, he's had small parts in Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, but of late he's gotten more attention as the co-writer (with Wright) of such screenplays as The Adventures of TinTin and Antman.
To attend this screening, please RSVP to me at steve@steveatthemovies.com by Friday, July 15 at 5pm. GB readers may bring one guest -- make sure you tell me if you need a plus-one in your email. You still need to arrive early because this will be slightly overbooked.
