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In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Soon he opens a training facility which is accepted gratefully by them and the gangs start to grow together into friends. Darcy manages to organize a public fight for them to prove what they have learned. A training camp with hiking tours into the mountains of Wales forge the group into a tight-knit club society. With the day of the fight drawing closer, the young boxers get more and more excited.

Last Call: Win a Poster For The Ward Signed By Director John Carpenter!

Are you a lifetime John Carpenter fan? Have you been praying at the horror master’s altar ever since Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13? If so, you might want to pay attention. In honor of Carpenter’s latest film — the psych ward-set psychological thriller The Ward — being released on Blu-ray this week, Movieline is giving away a half dozen one-sheets autographed by the Halloween helmer himself. [UPDATE: Contest is now closed. Check out the reviews after the jump.] To win, all you have to do is submit a clever 10-word review of any John Carpenter film. It should be imaginative, smart, funny, evocative and, most important, only 10 words. No more, no less. Movieline will pick its six favorite reviews and mail the lucky winners their autographed prizes. (For examples, refer back to our Woody Allen contest in June.) You can submit your review in one of two places: · The comments section below. · On Twitter, using the hashtag #MLgiveaway The contest has ended. We’ll announce the winners after at 5 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. PDT. Good luck to those who entered!

'Rise From The Planet From The Apes': Happy Easter ! You'll Go Bananas For!

"Rise from the Planet from the Apes," in theaters today, promises a complete-scale reboot to probably the most classic sci-fi film franchises ever. But it is not without some winks and nods towards the past. Indeed, there's lots of old-fashioned material for longtime "Apes" fans to visit bananas over. Click on the video below and browse on for five Happy Easter ! in the latest "Apes" adventure! Lost In Space! The initial "Planet from the Apes" informs the storyline of the astronaut crew that crash arrives at a global centered by highly developed apes. That isn't the plot here, but possibly it'll function as a launch point for any follow up depending on two separate shout-outs towards the original film's story. Seeking Liberty Anybody who's even somewhat acquainted with the "Apes" franchise remember fondly the legendary visual from the Statue of Liberty in the original films. We will not spoil as soon as for you personally, however the designers of "Rise" certainly had fun having fun with that effective iconography within their new movie. My Two Apes Motion capture master Andy Serkis plays Caesar in "Rise," but he's only some of the ape playing around this reboot. A couple of Caesar's nearest chimp pals are Maurice and Buck, each of whom are named after stars Maurice Evans and Buck Kartalian in the previous "Apes" films. Another nice jerk towards the past! Charlston Increases Talking about the initial "Apes" cast, even Charlton Heston will get a "Rise" from the new movie, but his appearance can be quite brief. Should you blink, or should you alter the funnel (hint hint), you'll miss it. Damn Dirty Quotes It can't be considered a damn dirty "Apes" movie with no damn dirty shout-to among the franchise's most classic lines. So far as who reaches state that choice bit of dialogue, you'll have to begin to see the movie to discover! Tell us which Happy Easter ! you based in the comments section as well as on Twitter!