Kathryn Morris UK

Bone Tomahawk In UK Cinemas Next Week

It has been a long time coming but Bone Tomahawk will finally be released in UK cinemas a week on Friday.

For reasons unknown the film was delayed from the original December 2015 date, as reported here on KM UK back in November. My best guess is that the distributor wanted to try and ride the wave of publicity from The Hate Eight, which also stars Kurt Russell, and the western-esque film The Revenant. Going for a Friday in late January would have been a better option then. Unless they are hoping for a further boost from those films being talked about a lot during the upcoming awards season, as we go through the BAFTAs and Oscars in the next couple of weeks.

Above (and now in the Gallery) is a copy of the Bone Tomahawk poster for the UK release. I’ve also included the UK trailer video.

Very much taking its cues from that art work is the one you see on the right. It is to promote a special pre-release screening of Bone Tomahawk to be held this coming Sunday as part of an ‘Anti-Valentine’ event to be held somewhere in London.

If you’d like to attend for free then the HeyUGuys website is giving away three pairs of tickets to the show. It is for UK residents only and you’ll have to be quick due my slowness. Entries have to be in by midnight (23:59) on Wednesday the 10th (tomorrow at time of writing). You can read the details on the HeyUGuys website here.

Wild West Women On The WWW

A lot has been said recently, and rightly so, about equality in movies. They should reflect the times and the audience. Of course, a film with a historical setting also needs to accurately portray its period whilst not glorifying the less progressive aspects for a modern viewership.

In most of the commentary on Bone Tomahawk the women of the piece only normally get scant mention as their roles are quite small. Lili Simmons (Banshee) in her key part as the kidnapped wife of one of the main protagonists has no doubt had the lion’s share of what little has been said.

So, it was nice to see in a recent review of Bone Tomahawk titled The Best Western You Haven’t Seen that British author Rob Wickings made special mention of the ladies in a comparison to other recent cinematic releases The Hateful Eight and The Revenant.

Rob notes that The Hateful Eight‘s female lead is not exactly treated well and The Revenant has only one line spoken by a woman during a brief, and hardly pleasant, appearance. In terms of the actresses on-screen time Bone Tomahawk may not out do them but the author clearly feels they are much more rounded and realistic portrayals. Kathryn as Lorna the wife of Kurt Russell’s Sheriff Hunt gets a mention in his article beyond the usual list of credits. As Rob says:

They are tough, smart women.

Sean Young is the third notable female cast member, thereby outdoing both The Revenant and The Hateful Eight combined

You can read Rob Wicking’s post in full HERE on his blog Excuses And Half Truths as he looks forward to the mid-February release of Bone Tomahawk here in the UK.

Bone Tomahawk Heads For The Low Country

After the dizzying heights of eastern France yesterday today we are heading both North and down.

The distinguished looking gentleman you see on the right is the logo/mascot of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He’s a tiger, apparently loosely based on the MGM film studio’s iconic roaring lion, and is used to represent the event in all its forms. The festival is held in the city of Rotterham in South Holland, the Netherlands, and this will be its 45th year.

S. Craig Zahler’s Horror western Bone Tomahawk is having its national première on Friday (29th) at the Pathé Schouwburgplein cinema starting at 12:30pm. Saturday night sees a repeat screening a the same venue. An evening showing at the Cinerama Filmtheater on Sunday and the following Friday (5th Feb, yes it is nearly February already!) for final 19:15 start at the Oude Luxor Theater.

As is usual on these occasions we end on a link to the official website of the event in question: HERE.

Bone Tomahawk Heads For The Hills (Of France)

You’ll have to forgive me up front because I’m bound to make a hash of this one. No doubt I’ll amuse and offend a whole country in one post with my attempts to understand a language I very clearly don’t.

It’s been a while since we’ve hit the festival circuit here on KM UK and it is already late January 2016. We have a bit of catching up to do.

On Wednesday (27th Jan 2017) the Festival International du Film Fantastique de Gérardmer starts. I think we can work out most of that without reaching for the French-English dictionary but suffice to say it is a sci-fi and horror film festival held in France.

Gérardmer is a community in the far East of France, around 35 miles (that’s approx. 60km for locals) from the borders with both Germany and Switzerland. Up in the mountains it is on the shores of Lac de Gérardmer and looks like a very beautiful part of the world (hopefully that buys me a bit of goodwill ).

Bone Tomahawk is one of four films premièring at the event and gets an initial 11am showing on Thursday (28th) at the L’espace LAC cinema, which is the main venue for the whole event. Later, at 7:30pm, it will be at the Cinéma du casino. Friday and Saturday see screenings at the other two screening rooms for the festival La MCL and Le cinéma Paradiso respectively.

Check out the official website for the Festival International du Film Fantastique de Gérardmer, which runs until the end of the month, for all the details without my butchering.

Again, apologies 😐

Bone Tomahawk & The Perfect Guy Head Home For New Year

You wait ages for a new movie starring Kathryn Morris to come out on DVD/Blu-ray and then two come along at once! Unpossible!

Next you’ll be telling me we may see her in a recurring role in a sci-fi-ish drama series for the USA Network which starts in the new year! What!?! Get outta town!

Both Bone Tomahawk and The Perfect Guy make their début on the take home DVD and Blu-ray disc formats tomorrow (29th December 2015). This is north America only of course. Links to Amazon’s US website are here and here.

It looks like Germany is due to receive releases of both in the coming weeks too. It is not clear if there is region coding involved on any of the discs. So, although I will remind you that it is possible to order discs from other countries (your local Amazon login will work in any regional Amazon website), please be aware the disc may not play in the devices you have. Also, language could be an issue. And delivery.

Feel free to let us know of disc releases in your area with a comment below.