UPDATE 27 Aug: NEW poster and teaser trailer The King, a Netflix Original Film starring Timothée Chalamet, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2019. It’s a new-look Henry V, his new look being Season 1 of The Black Adder, and so far we’ve got an image and a synopsis: “Hal (Chalamet), wayward… Hal yeah! “The King” offers a new Henry V Read More
Ken Who?
Kenneth Branagh should have his own edition of the kids’ game Guess Who? (Clockwise from top left: Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets / William Shakespeare in All Is True / Hamlet in, er, Hamlet / Dr Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein / Hercule Poirot in Murder On The Orient… Ken Who? Read More
Just When You think They’re Dead, Someone Brings Them Back
One is an abomination that haunts my dreams, and the other is Jason Voorhees.
I, Deirdre
*** UPDATE – my I, Tonya review! *** We haven’t got I, Tonya on release in the UK yet, but I’m really looking forward to seeing it. Partly because I can actually remember the events that took place (we Brits were glued to figures skating competitions for about 25 years thanks to John Curry, Robin… I, Deirdre Read More
Take That, Mr Getty!
Could it be magic? Well could it? I saw All The Money In The World today, the quickly re-shot movie about the 1973 kidnapping of the grandson of miserly billionaire J Paul Getty. Playing Cinquanta, one of the kidnappers, is actor Romain Durias. He’s wonderful in the film – a mix of jerky nerves and… Take That, Mr Getty! Read More
Two Actors Never Seen At The Same Hollywood Parties Together
I often mistake one actor for another because of their names – if anyone can mix up Ansel Elgort and Alden Ehrenreich, think that Lily James’s dad is Phil Collins, or have a brain explosion over Allison Brie and Brie Larson both being famous at the same time, it’s me. And don’t even get me started on the… Two Actors Never Seen At The Same Hollywood Parties Together Read More
Henry Ford Can Be Played By Anyone As Long As It’s Steve Martin
Has Steve Martin played Henry Ford yet in a biopic* and if not why not. *I’m still not sure how to pronounce this. Biopic, not Steve Martin. So don’t bother commenting that “It’s stEEEV MAHtin”.
Ye Olde Lookalikes – It’s A Fair Cop
I thought it was Keanu Reeves who was immortal but it turns out it’s Gerard Butler. I now want to see him wield his truncheon provocatively at me in a Keystone Cops reboot, maybe Scotland Yard Has Fallen. “Police Constable Mike Banning at your service, SIR!” (Found in a pub near me. The photo not… Ye Olde Lookalikes – It’s A Fair Cop Read More
Spot The Difference
I’ve been trying to do this all evening but I think I’m still missing two.
Loving the new Logan trailer!
Though it’s a bit racier than I was expecting.
Santa’s Soggy Bottom
Christmas Lookalikes: As if delivering a billion presents around the world on Christmas Eve wasn’t stressful enough, Steve Claus – militaristic son of Santa himself in Aardman’s animated Christmas caper “Arthur Christmas” – now has Paul Hollywood’s soggy bottom to contend with too.
Love Doctor Strange (See What I Did There)
Whenever I see this Doctor Strange picture I always think it’s Keanu Reeves having a moment, like he’s just realised he’s left the oven on. Or forgotten that he was supposed to be making Bill & Ted Hit Up The Middle Ages. (See what I did there x 2).