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Reece Shearsmith has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Villains
2019
Comedy · Horror
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
Dir. Terry McDonough · With David Bradley, Jessica Raine, Sacha Dhawan
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Dir. Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton · With Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
Dir. Merlin Crossingham, Nick Park · With Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel
The League of Gentlemen is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two over three series from 1999 to 2002. In the fictional Northern England town of Royston Vasey—based on Bacup, Lancashire—the lives are explored of dozens of bizarre citizens, much of whom are played by three of the show's four writers—Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith—who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the titular comedy troupe in 1995. The programme was followed by a film in 2005, and a three-part revival miniseries in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.
Dir. Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson · With Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Richard Glover
In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.
Dir. Paul Andrew Williams · With Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Jennifer Ellison
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Dir. Tom George · With Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Tom Hiddleston, Elisabeth Moss, Sienna Miller
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