Ali & Ava, 2021. Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Shaun Thomas, Ellora Torchia and Natalie Gavin. SYNOPSIS: Romance sparks between two lost souls amid the housing estates of Bradford. Clio Barnard is one of the foremost chroniclers of working class Britain. Set in and around Yorkshire, her films are occasionally bleak […]
Movie Review – The Nest (2020)
The Nest, 2020. Directed by Sean Durkin. Starring Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlie Shotwell, Adeel Akhtar, Anne Reid and Michael Culkin. SYNOPSIS: A flashy commodities trader relocates his American family back to his home nation of Britain, where he attempts to seal a deal that will set them up for life. More than […]
Movie Review – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, 2021. Directed by Will Sharpe. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Stacy Martin, Sharon Rooney, Hayley Squires, Aimee Lou Wood, Adeel Akhtar, Julian Barratt, Asim Chaudhry, Indica Watson, Sophia Di Martino, Taika Waititi, Olivia Colman, Nick Cave, Jamie Demetriou, and Crystal Clarke. SYNOPSIS: English artist Louis […]
Netflix Review – Robin Robin
Robin Robin, 2021. Directed by Daniel Oraji and Michael Please. Featuring the voice talents of Bronte Carmichael, Adeel Akhtar, Richard E. Grant, and Gillian Anderson. SYNOPSIS: When her egg fortuitously rolls into a rubbish dump, Robin is raised by a loving family of mice. As she grows up, her differences become more apparent. Robin sets […]
Enola Holmes 2 adds David Thewlis, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and more with Helena Bonham Carter returning
Netflix has announced Enola Holmes 2 has announced several new cast members to the upcoming sequel, including the confirmation Helena Bonham Carter, Susan Wokoma, Adeel Akhtar and Louis Partridge will be reprising their roles from the first film alongside Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill as Enola and Sherlock Holmes. Carter portrayed Eudoria Holmes, the matriarch of […]
First trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch
StudioCanal has released a poster and trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, the upcoming biographical drama from director Will Sharpe which tells the story of the extraordinary life of the eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) from the late 1800’s through to the 1930s; watch it here… The extraordinary true story of […]
Movie Review – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2021)
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, 2021. Directed by Jonathan Butterell. Starring Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Charlotte Salt, Sharon Horgan, Ralph Ineson, Sarah Lancashire, Adeel Akhtar, John McCrea, Samuel Bottomley, Shobna Gulati, Rita May, and Lauren Patel. SYNOPSIS: Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava, 2021. Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar. SYNOPSIS: Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his […]
First look at Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Amazon has released a first-look clip from the biographical drama The Electrical Life of Louis Wain which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist alongside Claire Foy as his wife Emily Richardson; take a look here… The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist […]
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie gets a new trailer and poster
Amazon has released a new poster and trailer for director Jonathan Butterell’s musical drama Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Inspired by true events and the stage musical of the same name, the film follows Jamie (Max Harwood), a teenager who pursues his dream of becoming a drag queen; check them out here… Inspired by true events, […]