Kathryn Morris UK

KM UK Xmas Message 2015

These two images sum up the year in KM/KM UK in many ways.

On the one hand (left in this case) we have the one and only public appearance. For some reason it involved a dog with a target for an eye patch and a man with an upside down face.

On the other hand (right) we have an image from a very special video that made our year.

It was a bit famine and feast. As in “feast your eyes on her” and doesn’t she make you very, very hungry! 😉

Join us as we look back at 2015 in the world of KM UK.

The year started early. In January to be precise It was only in September of 2014 that news broke of Kathryn joining the cast of Bone Tomahawk. Filming got under way around that time and was completed before the end of October. In January the likes of Ain’t It Cool News were featuring the horror western amongst their ‘ones to watch in 2015’ lists. In what became a running theme for the year short film The Coin was announced for a showing at a film festival in April. A US release date for The Perfect Guy also made the news this month. It was quite a late addition with dates for many other countries already being known.

The end of the third week in February saw the first and only public event appearance of the year by Kathryn. She attended the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s annual The Night Before The Oscars Party on February the 21st. Some bloke was with her. See the image above. A bit of intrigue regarding The Coin‘s first festival outing of 2015, as reported in January. We later found that the festival was moved to April.

March finally saw news about the movie previously known as 2 Br/1 Ba and now renamed as Roommate Wanted. Almost a year after the last report we got a double hit of dispatches. First the name change and a DVD release date in May. Some time previously a trailer was published, but only picked up by me a week after the release date news. Sadly Kathryn didn’t feature in the video clip. Speaking of not appearing: The Protocol, a short film/TV show pilot/show concept video/not sure what, was removed from IMDb in March, six months after being added. Even quite recently one of the stars, Xen Sia, talked about the project as though it is going to become a TV series. We’ll see. The Coin was shown at two festivals Speechless in Minnesota and at an event accompanying the skiing world championships in Sweden. Doesn’t get much more diverse than that!

Bone Tomahawk began being showcased at trade events like the Cannes Film Festival in April. The producers were shopping the movie to distributors for the various territories around the world. Alongside a teaser for the latest Bond film and a new George Clooney starrer The CinemaCon event in Las Vegas The Perfect Guy was previewed. Not sure it got the response it wanted. The Coin finally made its appearance at the delayed festival in Ohio and was also shown at an event in Lilly Rush’s home town of Philadelphia.

May was a big month for KM UK. We celebrated our 6th birthday in amazing style with an EXCLUSIVE (and I really mean that folks) Roommate Wanted on set video message to us fans from the amazing lady herself: Ms Kathryn Morris. Does it get any better than that? Thank you again to Kathryn and everyone that made that possible. It will come as a surprise to those that have read this far that May did not see The Coin appear at a film festival. There was an announcement of one coming in June though and it became available to Canadians for less than a dollar via a streaming service. Another thing we did get was a first poster for Bone Tomahawk. It won many plaudits from fans and professionals for its classic look and increased the anticipation for the horror western.

Our roll of Kathryn-on-video good things continued into June with a trailer for The Perfect Guy. It included a glimpse of Kathryn. Sometimes a glimpse is all it takes 😛 A set of posters for The Perfect Guy were added to the publicity campaign. Initially they kept things reasonably under wraps, unlike the trailer. The month concluded much more laid bare on the poster front 😉 I managed to piece together a comprehensive review of Roommate Wanted and, I believe, gave it a fair judgement after going in to it with limited expectations. The Coin was at a festival.

We’re half way through.

The big news for Bone Tomahawk in July was the announcement that it would be receiving its world première at the Fantastic Fest genre-crossing film festival in Austin, Texas in October. The big news for us here at KM UK was the release of some movie stills and an on set photo! Actual pictures of actual Kathryn in an actual movie. Four of them actually. Count them! The Perfect Guy was made official with ratings from the US and UK classification boards (PG-13 and 15 respectively). The Coin wasn’t at any festivals, but two future showings were announced.

The KM UK headlines continued to be dominated by Bone Tomahawk throughout August. Theatrical (and VOD) and home (DVD) release dates were revealed. They weren’t official announcements, more like minor leaks by retailers. They turned out to be dead on the money. Prior to that Bone Tomahawk would be at some more festivals. A second poster for the western was let out into the world. Kathryn’s return to a television was the unexpected news. She was reported to have been cast in the USA Network’s new sci-fi drama series Colony. It is not a leading role and little has been heard of the character’s involvement since. Broadcasting begins in mid-January. The Coin attended two festivals and took away silverware at one of them.

The very much pending release of The Perfect Guy in US cinemas saw a set of interviews and featurette videos being made public. Two featured Kathryn. One was a brief interview about her character of Karen, a friend of the main character. The second was a back to the brief glimpse, albeit different, of the trailer. The Perfect Guy ended the month with some very impressive box office figures. The relatively small budget made the numbers even better. There was more Bone Tomahawk upcoming festival news, including the première here in the UK, but amazingly we managed to get through the whole of September without, yes without, any news of The Coin! I know! Freaky!

Bone Tomahawk at a festival soon. Bone Tomahawk at a festival tomorrow. That was most of October except for the release of a trailer for the horror film in Kathryn made the briefest of appearances. Until the 23rd that is, when the film was made available to the wider public in a limited US cinema run and on video-on-demand services like iTunes. A classic bit of KM UK screencappery followed. Little in the way of box office figures have been released as the majority of views were via VOD but the film had a tiny, tiny budget so that stands it in good stead to make some money. Another upcoming festival appearance for The Coin was announced this month. That’s 9 out 10.

The movie gods give with one hand whilst taking with the other. The Perfect Guy was finally released in the UK but Bone Tomahawk was noted as being delayed until next year for the Brits. Back in generous mood film festivals across the UK showed Bone Tomahawk in November. The Coin was at a festival! Who’d a thunk it!

Which brings us to December. Proven to be the best month to end the year. It comes to an end with both Bone Tomahawk and The Perfect Guy‘s DVD releases in the US of A. The Coin was at a film festival in England just yesterday. For a short film made three and a half years ago it has had a remarkable run, and there is no telling how much longer it could continue. Something to watch out for in 2016.

Kathryn made no movies, only one public event appearance, and may have done a bit of filming for a TV show due next year. Not on the face of it a promising summary of the year. But, as the details above show it was a long way from that.

Happy Xmas to all our readers. Oh, what the hell: Happy Xmas to everyone. Let’s not exclude the minority that don’t drop by once in a while.

Win A Signed Bone Tomahawk Poster – Dread Central

Following on from our post on Thursday about winning Bone Tomahawk on DVD/Blu-ray, how about a signed poster.

Horror news website Dread Central has such a work of art signed by various members of the success western.

Actors Kurt Russell (Death Proof), Patrick Wilson (Watchmen), Matthew Fox (Lost), and Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) have taken pen to paper along with writer/director Craig S Zahler, and producers Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller. Sadly Kathryn is notable by her absence from that list.

All it takes is a properly subject-lined email sent to the correct address with your details. No question to answer, no “reason why I should win” sentence to write, or special slogan to create. Just an email. You have until the very start of the day on the 28th of December, taking into account the timezone. Get it done before the 27th to be safe.

Unusually for this kind of thing it appears not to be limited to only those in North America. At least if the asterixed line at the bottom of the page “Some International Shipping Available” is to be believed.

See the Dread Central page here.

The Coin Is Sent To Coventry

But in a good way, of course.

We might have almost forgotten about it but The Coin keeps on popping-up. Perhaps it is appropriate that this old acquaintance has resurfaced just in time for Xmas.

Friend of the site writer/director/producer Fabien Martorell has let it been known that his Christopher Lloyd/Kathryn Morris starring short film The Coin is making another event appearance.

On Xmas eve-eve-eve in the city of Coventry here in the UK the Roots To Shoots organisation is holding another film night made up of short films from around the world. It takes place this coming Tuesday, the 22nd of December 2015, at The Tin Music & Arts, The Coal Vaults. It is in the heart of the city, right next to a section of canal

I’ve found almost no information about the films showing apart from what is apparently a rare showing of a short called Stew & Punch by Simon Ellis. A dinner takes a turn for the worse when the hosts start arm wrestling.

The only other film, again apparently, being shown that we know of is Fabien’s project after The Coin called Unbelief. Fabien mentioned it as well. Unbelief is also a short and stars Tobin Bell (the Saw movies) and Andrew Howard (soon to be seen on Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. series). One them is an assassin, it’s Xmas Eve. I’m assuming that the assassin is on the ‘naughty list’ and is out for revenge

The show starts at 7:30pm and runs until 11pm so there is time for plenty of films of around 15 minutes long. It is only £5 (less than $8 and €7) to get in with tickets only sold at the door.

You can find a few more details on The Tin Arts & Music website here.

Win US Bone Tomahawk DVD And Other News

Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Jar Jar Binks! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Xmas! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars!

It seems that every media outlet at the moment is finding ways to jump on the Star Wars bandwagon, slapping tenuous references to the movie juggernaut for the sake of a few extra clicks.

And why should KM UK be any different?

In less than two weeks the western horror film Bone Tomahawk will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States Of That There America.

I’m sure it won’t be the first or the last but the Irish Film Critic website is running a contest to win a copy. No skill necessary, apart from the skill to type your details into a form on a web page. See HERE for full details. It is only open to US and Canadian citizens over 18 years of age. Sorry.

Elsewhere the film has been receiving many plaudits.

Audiences Everywhere calls it the Best Romantic Horror/Western of the year. Not sure about ‘romantic’ part, but even cannibalistic troglodytes need love too.

Bone Tomahawk‘s Craig Zahler features in The Film Stage‘s list of 2015 Best Directorial Debuts alongside films like Ex Machina.

The Phoenix Critics Circle nominated the film in the best horror category, and Richard Jenkins was included in the Best Supporting Actor short list.

Jenkins also gets a Best Supporting Male nod in the Spirit Awards nominations announced a few weeks ago. The winners will be declared at the ceremony in late February.

Congratulations to all involved.

The Perfect Guy Full HD Screencaps

Looking at just the screencaps now in the Gallery of Kathryn in The Perfect Guy you get a slightly different take on the film.

You see a film that could be called ‘Annoying Friend’.

You are Karen (Kathryn). It’s your 10th wedding anniversary. All your friends, including Leah (Sanaa Lathan) and her boyfriend Dave (Morris Chestnut), are at your great house with a great pool in the hills of LA for a great party. Your husband gives great speech about your lives. Great.

Dave is a good guy. He is good with your child but out of your earshot, as you’ve taken your son to bed, he ruins the moment by using the old “kids are good when you can hand them back to their parents” line. You’ve spent much time with Leah in the past discussing Dave being unwilling to commit to becoming a husband and father.

As an aside it was good hear the line every parent has said at some point get an airing on the big screen: “say goodnight to everyone” followed by the child responding “goodnight to everyone.” The old ones. The ones you’ve heard before. A lot.

You know that Leah and Dave broke up on the night of your party, putting a damper on your memories of an otherwise lovely evening. She made a point of giving you a full account. Thanks Leah.

Months later, Leah tells you about her new boyfriend Carter. His name is more interesting for a start so he’s bound to be exciting. On first acquaintance (image above) he’s a little OTT (over the top) with a PDA (public display of affection) but turns out to be a very nice guy who lives up Leah’s hype. You nearly overstep the mark during the meeting with some rather personal questions but he takes them in his stride. Perhaps he really is the one for Leah.

Leah doesn’t contact you for a while because she’s soooo busy with her new perfect boyfriend. Until she asks to meet you for a drink. She sounds a little worried about something but you still expect to sit through a lot of “my boyfriend’s dreamy, he’s so handsome” etc. etc. But no, she tells you a story about how Carter went psycho on some guy that was just talking to her about the car she was sat in. You try to convince her to talk to Carter about his behaviour and tell her it was probably just a one off.

Radio silence from Leah again. Another meeting, this time with another friend included. Things do sound bad for Leah. He’s done things. Creepy things. Maybe this guy really is nuts. She should seek help.

And that’s the last you heard from Leah. You thought of her the other day when you saw a news story about a body found shot dead in an apartment in the area where she lives. Was deceased a man or a woman? What was the name of Leah’s building?

You’re probably best rid of her. She was hard work.

Kathryn’s role in The Perfect Guy was more significant than I thought it would be. Karen was always described as a friend of Leah and we saw a clip of the lunch meeting in the trailer. It could easily have ended there. Instead Karen was the the catalyst of Leah’s initial breakup with Dave, part of the vetting panel that approved the new guy, the one that told her to stick it out with Carter, and then the leader of the “get out” committee. That still doesn’t add up to much air time but it could have been much less.

Also, I’m very happy to report that ‘the smile’ made several very welcome returns to the big screen. Less white wine (she’s holding a glass of the stuff in half the scenes) and more of the red dress (she’s sat down most of the time for godness sake!) would have been good too

A set of Full HD (1080p) screencaps of Kathryn in The Perfect Guy are now in the Gallery.

The Perfect Guy is out on DVD and Blu-ray in America just after Xmas. The US Amazon site has available for pre-order here. No doubt the film’s success will continue into the home market.