The Good Liar, 2019. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Jim Carter, Russell Tovey, Mark Lewis Jones, and Laurie Davidson. SYNOPSIS: A career conman ingratiates himself into the life of a wealthy widow, with the hope of stealing her life savings. The setup for The Good Liar suggests something pretty familiar. With […]
Eyes Wide Shut with podcaster Allen Christian | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #54
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, podcaster Allen Christian reveals his love for Stanley Kubrick’s often maligned Eyes Wide Shut… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Flickering Myth Podcast Network host Allen Christian gets […]
Exclusive Interview – The Good Liar director Bill Condon on nasty old people and Ian McKellen dropping C-bombs
Tom Beasley has a chat with director Bill Condon about heist thriller The Good Liar, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren… It’s not often that cinemagoers get to see older people being genuinely horrible on the big screen. But that’s set to change with The Good Liar, in which Ian McKellen portrays a con artist […]
Die Hard with comedian Iszi Lawrence | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #53
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, comedian and podcaster Iszi Lawrence pops by to discuss the “Christmas” classic action movie Die Hard… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, comedian Iszi Lawrence brings early Christmas […]
Movie Review – Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Sorry We Missed You, 2019. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor and Ross Brewster. SYNOPSIS: A family is driven to severe hardship by the manipulative machinations of the modern gig economy. Ken Loach is arguably Britain’s most prominent cinematic polemicist. Three years ago, he won his second Palme […]
Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Titus Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Chris Rock and Snoop Dogg. SYNOPSIS: When the struggling stand-up Rudy Ray Moore adopted the foul-mouthed stage persona of Dolemite, he became an overnight success. But stage dominance […]
Movie Review – A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, 2019. Directed by Will Becher and Richard Phelan. Featuring the voice talents of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia Vitale, Andy Nyman and Joe Sugg. SYNOPSIS: An alien arrives on Shaun’s farm, sparking a frantic quest to get the visitor home safely. It’s impossible not to be charmed by the […]
Movie Review – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 2019. Directed by Joachim Rønning. Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein, Harris Dickinson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Warwick Davis, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville and Robert Lindsay. SYNOPSIS: When Aurora decides to marry a prince, Maleficent struggles with her dislike of humans at the risk of igniting an inter-species […]
Movie Review – Official Secrets (2019)
Official Secrets, 2019. Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Conleth Hill, Rhys Ifans, Katherine Kelly, Indira Varma, Hattie Morahan and Tamsin Greig. SYNOPSIS: A GCHQ employee leaks a top secret memo to the press in the run-up to the Iraq War, sparking criminal proceedings against her […]
Exclusive Interview – Farmageddon co-director Will Becher on taking Shaun the Sheep into the sci-fi world
Tom Beasley chats to Will Becher – one of the co-directors of the ace new animated comedy A Shaun the Sheep: Movie Farmageddon… Cinema’s most adorable stop-motion ovine hero is back in cinemas this week with A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. Aardman Animation has once again delivered a lovingly crafted tale for the silent […]