Were it not for Olga Kurylenko I’d have had to call someone to come and collect this movie. The bright spot in The Courier is, er, the courier. Kurylenko’s character never has a name, but she’s the kick-ass centre (maybe even the heart) of this below-par thriller, when most of those around her are flailing…. The Courier Read More
Which witch? new Gretel & Hansel clip and featurette released
The clip shows the sister and brother coming across a strange house in the woods – peering in they see a table laden with delicious dishes, which little Hansel decides to investigate further. And no way is that house made of gingerbread, unless someone left it in the oven for six hours. The featurette explains… Which witch? new Gretel & Hansel clip and featurette released Read More
NEON rocks up with fossil film Ammonite in North America distribution deal
Leading independent film distributor NEON has confirmed it’s acquired Ammonite, a love story about a relationship between real-life Victorian fossil hunter Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison, the wife of a wealthy visitor to England’s south coast, for US and Canadian distribution. In the film, which was written and directed by Francis Lee (God’s Own Country), Kate… NEON rocks up with fossil film Ammonite in North America distribution deal Read More
Helen Mirren narrates documentary Parallel Stories
Anne Frank: Parallel Stories is out in select UK cinemas from Monday 27th January, Holocaust Memorial Day (you can book tickets here). The documentary, from writer-directors Sabina Fedeli and Anna Migotto, is dedicated to Anne Frank’s memory and has been created to tell the story of her life, marking what would have been her 90th birthday last year. In… Helen Mirren narrates documentary Parallel Stories Read More
AMC to show HandMade Films doc to honour Terry Jones
AMC have announced they’ll be showing the feature documentary An Accidental Studio at 7pm on Sunday, 26 January, in honour of Python Terry Jones who died this week aged 77 after suffering from a form of dementia. The documentary covers the history of HandMade Films, the film studio behind Monty Python’s 1979 hit movie Life… AMC to show HandMade Films doc to honour Terry Jones Read More
MMA’s the word in Spenser Confidential trailer
Coming to Netflix on 6 March, comedy actioner Spenser Confidential stars Mark Wahlberg and Winstone Duke as, respectively, a jailbird ex-cop and an up-and-coming MMA fighter. I’ll admit when I first heard about the film I misread the title, and for a brief glorious moment I thought we were getting a movie version of early-90s Newcastle… MMA’s the word in Spenser Confidential trailer Read More
Blake Lively steps to her own beat in new trailer for The Rhythm Section
And her wig game is strong as her character Stephanie Patrick seeks both revenge and, ultimately, redemption in this new trailer for upcoming thriller The Rhythm Section. Here’s the synopsis: “Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When… Blake Lively steps to her own beat in new trailer for The Rhythm Section Read More
Dracula 2000 2.5 stars
A group of thieves breaks into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis’ daughter, Mary Van Helsing. The dialogue in Dracula 2000 is as expected. That is, a mixture of overwrought nonsense (“the only way to know death is to embrace it” says Mary,… Dracula 2000 Read More
Mrs Lowry & Son 3 stars
It’s 1934, and LS “Laurie” Lowry’s debt-ridden father has been dead a few years. Laurie, rent collector by day and attic artist by night, is slowly paying those debts off, while still living at home with his belittling, bed-ridden mother Elizabeth. Adrian Noble’s film, adapted by Martyn Heasford from his own play, is a fascinating… Mrs Lowry & Son Read More
INTERVIEW: artist Frank Gray on painting Lowrys for Mrs Lowry & Son
Painter and photographer Frank Gray recreated six “Lowry’s” for the film Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall as the artist LS Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his mother. The film starts in 1934, when Lowry was in his late 40s – a rent collector by day and an attic painter by night, still living… INTERVIEW: artist Frank Gray on painting Lowrys for Mrs Lowry & Son Read More
Lowry and me: a match(stick) made in heaven?
LS Lowry: Northern, trained artist, famous for his scenes of Lancastrian industrial life, modest (he turned down a knighthood), paintings now selling for millions. Me: Northern, got a C for Art O’Level in 1987, famous for making scenes, likes to blow my own trumpet, I put my painting on social media and let’s be honest, no… Lowry and me: a match(stick) made in heaven? Read More
1917 4.5 stars
The camera sticks closely to Lance Corporals Blake and Schofield, two young soldiers sent on a mission to stop British forces going over the top into a German trap. They jog through sandbagged trenches and warily crouch their way across No Man’s Land, an alien landscape where bodies hanging on barbed wire are used by… 1917 Read More
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