Love Sonia, 2018. Directed by Tabrez Noorani. Starring Mrunal Thakur, Riya Sisodiya, Freida Pinto, Sai Tamhankar, Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Anupam Kher, Demi Moore and Mark Duplass. SYNOPSIS: When her sister is sent to Mumbai by her father in order to work, a young woman decides to follow her sibling, only to discover that she […]
Oscars 2019: Predicting the nominations in the main categories
Tom Beasley has a shot at predicting which films will make their way on to the Academy’s shortlists in the main Oscars 2019 categories… Last year, I tried to predict the nominees in all of the main Oscar categories. There were some shortlists I got almost bang on, but others for which I was way […]
Movie Review – Adult Life Skills (2016)
Adult Life Skills, 2016. Written and directed by Rachel Tunnard. Starring Jodie Whittaker, Ozzy Myers, Brett Goldstein, Lorraine Ashbourne, Eileen Davies, Rachael Deering, Alice Lowe and Edward Hogg. SYNOPSIS: A woman on the cusp of turning 30 is told she cannot continue to live in the shed in her mother’s back garden, which has been […]
Second Opinion – Glass (2019)
Glass, 2019. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark, Anya Taylor-Joy and Charlayne Woodard. SYNOPSIS: The worlds of Unbreakable and Split collide, as Mr Glass executes a devious and complex criminal masterplan involving David Dunn and the many personalities of Kevin Wendell […]
Movie Review – The Upside (2019)
The Upside, 2019. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Julianna Margulies and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con unwittingly finds himself employed as the live-in carer for a quadriplegic businessman. People probably get a little bit too angry about English language remakes of foreign films. […]
Exclusive Interview – The Upside director Neil Burger on remaking a beloved film, Kevin Hart doing drama and his Bride of Frankenstein reboot
Tom Beasley chats to director Neil Burger ahead of the release of The Upside – his remake of the French movie The Intouchables… Neil Burger cannot be accused of doing the same thing twice. Over the years, he has helmed acclaimed period drama (The Illusionist), star-powered thrillers (Limitless) and many other disparate genres, while also […]
Exclusive Interview – Cynthia Erivo on her EE BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination, The Color Purple movie and her director wish list
Tom Beasley chats to Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale star Cynthia Erivo as she takes a well-deserved spot on the shortlist for the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award… As rookie years in the world of film go, Cynthia Erivo’s first 12 months have to go down as pretty impressive. She was a […]
Exclusive Interview – The Spy Who Dumped Me actor Ivanna Sakhno on playing evil and doing improv with Kate McKinnon
Tom Beasley talks to rising star Ivanna Sakhno about her role in comedy-thriller The Spy Who Dumped Me ahead of the film’s arrival on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK… You may not have heard the name Ivanna Sakhno yet, but it’s a name that will be on everybody’s lips in the next few years. […]
Exclusive Interview – Susanna Fogel on The Spy Who Dumped Me, female-driven comedy and balancing violence with laughs
Tom Beasley talks to Susanna Fogel – director and co-writer of The Spy Who Dumped Me – ahead of the film’s arrival on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK… Earlier this year, the comedic dream team of Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon became unlikely members of an espionage conspiracy in globe-trotting spoof The Spy Who […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #20 – Santa Claus trainer James Lovell talks Miracle on 34th Street
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, in a special Christmas episode, Santa Claus instructor James Lovell pops by to talk about both movie versions of Miracle on 34th Street… This week, as we celebrate Christmas, my guest is James […]