http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/10/toby-stephens/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/10/toby-stephens/#comment-46015 Menky stat check (4) | No geek is an island Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:12:08 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/10/toby-stephens/#comment-46015 [...] toby stephens(I wrote one post, for goodness’ [...] [...] toby stephens(I wrote one post, for goodness’ [...]

]]> http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/10/toby-stephens/#comment-20662 No geek is an island » Where were we? Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:19:55 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/10/toby-stephens/#comment-20662 [...] Severance pitches itself as a comedy horror film, but is neither funnier enough to class as a comedy, scary enough to be horror, nor surprising enough to be a decent thriller. There’s plenty of violence, most of which seems to be about grossing out the audience - not gratuitious exactly, but it lends little to the story, such that it is. This involves a group of (fairly unlikeable) characters becoming stranded in a forest in Eastern Europe and getting butchered - not exactly the most original concept in the canon of modern horror. The cast - which include Tim McInnerny off of Blackadder and Toby Stephens - are little more than OK, with the overpromoted Danny Dyer being a particularly noticeable detraction. [...] [...] Severance pitches itself as a comedy horror film, but is neither funnier enough to class as a comedy, scary enough to be horror, nor surprising enough to be a decent thriller. There’s plenty of violence, most of which seems to be about grossing out the audience - not gratuitious exactly, but it lends little to the story, such that it is. This involves a group of (fairly unlikeable) characters becoming stranded in a forest in Eastern Europe and getting butchered - not exactly the most original concept in the canon of modern horror. The cast - which include Tim McInnerny off of Blackadder and Toby Stephens - are little more than OK, with the overpromoted Danny Dyer being a particularly noticeable detraction. [...]

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