Ahead of its UK release next month, a trailer has arrived online for the upcoming comedy Swimming with Men. Directed by Oliver Parker, the film stars Rob Brydon as a man who in the midst of a midlife crisis joins an all-male synchronised swimming group, alongside Adeel Akhtar, Jim Carter, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Charlotte […]
BBC casts David Oyelowo, Dominic West and Lily Collins in Les Miserables adaptation
Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of the most well known and adapted stories, being turned into a hit play and numerous adaptations on the big and small screen, the most recent of which was the 2012 feature film starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. Now it is getting another adaptation on the BBC as a […]
Blu-ray Review – The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick, 2017. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher. SYNOPSIS: The Big Sick, based on the true story of how Kumail Nanjiani and his wife came together, which involved a coma and a major culture clash, is out now on Blu-ray after […]
Second Opinion – Victoria and Abdul (2017)
Victoria and Abdul, 2017. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Piggott-Smith, Michael Gambon, and Olivia Williams. SYNOPSIS: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. There’s a lewd, cheeky streak to Stephen Frears’ Victoria and Abdul, a prestige picture trying […]
Blu-ray Review – River
Villordsutch reviews River… River is the latest in the line of Nordic Noir to arrive on our television sets. This BBC offering – set in London – brings a “Nordic” element to the shores of Blighty in the form of the rather excellent Stellan Skarsgård. Unfortunately thanks to the Marvel movies most people will possibly recognise […]
Interview: River star Adeel Akhtar
Paul Risker chats with River star Adeel Akhtar… The creative process is often spoken of in the context of a never-ending voyage of discovery, alongside which filmmaking is contextualised as a vast collaboration. For Adeel Akhtar who plays John Rivers (Stellan Skarsgård’s) straight laced partner in the BBC One mini-series River, both the learning and […]
Movie Review – Pan (2015)
Pan, 2015. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried, Adeel Akhtar, Nonso Anozie, Kathy Burke, and Cara Delevingne. SYNOPSIS: 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny — to become the […]
