Sorry not sorry. The first poster for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, the live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated musical classic, is here — and oh buoy, it is rather lovely. The film, from director Rob Marshall, opens exclusively in cinemas nationwide on 26 May 2023. Here’s the synopsis: The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and… The Little Mermaid poster is here! Seawater’ll the fuss is about now Read More
New look, new images: series 5 of The Crown
Netflix releases first look images from the fifth series of The Crown — with this series debuting a brand new cast led by Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II. This series focuses on the 1990s, a crazy decade for the British royal family as they lurched from one often self-created crisis to another. Pre-social media,… New look, new images: series 5 of The Crown Read More
Enola Holmes is back in new sequel trailer
Go Big. Go Holmes. Oh sh*t, Sherlock, your sister’s after your job… Yes, despite being a mere teenager, Enola Holmes is opening her own detective agency, like her brother. (People grew up faster then — you could be crawling under a loom at 4.) Here’s the synopsis: Fresh off the triumph of solving her first… Enola Holmes is back in new sequel trailer Read More
WOOOOOOdunnit? Spooky Agatha Christie tale starts filming in time for Halloween…
Hercule Poirot is to return — in a little-known story of seances and ghosts. Maybe this time his famous moustache will start twirling all by itself? Production on 20th Century Studios’ “ Haunting in Venice, an unsettling supernatural-thriller inspired by Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party, is set to begin next month. The film will open in… WOOOOOOdunnit? Spooky Agatha Christie tale starts filming in time for Halloween… Read More
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever posters now out
It’s less than a month to go until Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever launches in cinemas, and to mark the countdown character posters and a featurette have been released. Check them all out, below — and scroll down for more images and last week’s trailer, too. Posters are now available for all key characters, featuring… Black Panther: Wakanda Forever posters now out Read More
See How They Run recap: killer, motive, fact and fiction
A film about the search for a murderer linked to a play about a search for a murderer based on a real life case. With more layers than the massive cake that murder victim Leo Köpernik falls into at The Mousetrap‘s 100th performance celebrations, See How They Run blends a real life case of child… See How They Run recap: killer, motive, fact and fiction Read More
See How They Run 3.5 stars
A rookie WPC and her inspector try to solve a murder committed in 1950s London theatreland. I love watching anything Agatha Christie-related: her tightly-plotted mysteries, clues in plain sight yet inexplicably invisible until that last drawing room denouement. And I love to follow her detectives’ methodology as I sit my two sons in the drawing… See How They Run Read More
“We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking
I’m a huge proponent of finding the light in the dark; the hope that my characters hang on to, and often that light shines brighter when the world they’re in is dark. Stephen Nagel Stephen Nagel is an independent writer, director and producer based in Cape Town, South Africa, making films under the BTG Productions… “We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking Read More
Pooh and Piglet go the whole hog in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey trailer
Pooh may be a bear of little brain but so are his and Piglet’s victims, once they’ve been bashed over the head with an axe. Yes Pooh and Piglet have gone to the dark side — now that A.A. Milne’s initial book about Winnie the Pooh is out of US copyright — in this upcoming… Pooh and Piglet go the whole hog in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey trailer Read More
Lost Inside trailer: imagination and reality combine to help an ex-rockstar live his life
“You don’t have a life — you have a coping mechanism”. Wise words, especially coming from an imaginary friend, who is also the coping mechanism in question. Written and directed by Jeff Hindenach, newly-released indie Lost Inside has already won Screenplay of the Year at the GO International Film Festival. The trailer (which you can… Lost Inside trailer: imagination and reality combine to help an ex-rockstar live his life Read More
It’s ALIVE! But what is it? Fear and fame in the Greywood’s Plot trailer
“We used to fear the unknown, now we simply fear being unknown” Our modern hunger for instant fame combines with a 1950s hunger for paranormal answers (and, remembering ’50s B-movies, allegories) in this upcoming black-and-white horror. After hearing about a mythical beast in the wilderness of Northern Minnesota, four young men head out there to… It’s ALIVE! But what is it? Fear and fame in the Greywood’s Plot trailer Read More
Who dies / swims, who dares, wins: Maneater’s order of deaths, and that ending
Spoilers aweigh! Maneater may be flawed but it boasts an admirable commitment to fast, no-nonsense kills. For the shark it’s like one of those expensive 17-course taster menus where they whisk your plate away and something else instantly appears. And it is expensive for the shark, who eventually pays with — ding ding — its… Who dies / swims, who dares, wins: Maneater’s order of deaths, and that ending Read More