Cordelia, 2019. Directed by Adrian Shergold. Starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Johnny Flynn, Joel Fry, Catherine McCormack, Alun Armstrong and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: A woman suffering from trauma is left alone in her flat by her twin sister and unravels during the course of a burgeoning relationship with her mysterious upstairs neighbour. Most of the new British […]
A Double Hit of Cyberpunk from 1992: Nemesis and Split Second
Tom Jolliffe looks at a pair of cyberpunk infused sci-fi films from 1992… The year is 1992. Video shops are still a thing. I spend many an hour perusing them and there are a number of VHS covers that stamp themselves into my brain and will remain fresh in my mind almost 30 years. These […]
October Horrors 2021 – Possum (2018)
Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness. Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, Andy Blithe, and Pamela Cook. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced puppeteer returns to his home town to confront his cruel uncle and their shared traumatic past. Earlier this month we took a look at Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, a hilarious cult TV series that affectionately […]
Blu-ray Review – Possum (2018)
Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy Blithe SYNOPSIS: A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront the troubling memories that have tormented him his entire life. Anyone expecting any sort of light relief from Matthew Holness’s debut feature will be sorely disappointed. […]
Movie Review – Possum (2018)
Possum. 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness. Starring Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong. SYNOPSIS: After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children’s puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life. Matthew Holness, the UK mastermind behind cult favorite Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, ushers us into a parallel reality […]
Movie Review – Possum (2018)
Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy Blithe. SYNOPSIS: After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children’s puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life. Matthew Holness, best known for the cult-comedy classics Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and […]
Matthew Holness’ psychological thriller Possum gets a trailer
A trailer has arrived online for writer-director Matthew Holness’ (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) feature directorial debut, the psychological thriller Possum, which stars Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) and Alun Armstrong (Frontier); watch it here… https://youtu.be/tXPWzZqnOXg The story follows disgraced children’s puppeteer PHILIP (Sean Harris), returning to his childhood home of Fallmarsh, Norfolk, intent on destroying Possum, […]
Movie Review – Funny Cow (2017)
Funny Cow, 2017. Directed by Adrian Shergold. Starring Maxine Peake, Tony Pitts, Paddy Considine, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Graham, and Lindsay Coulson. SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s, a female stand up with the stage name of Funny Cow struggles to make a name for herself on the club circuit, where women on stage are expected to be […]
Poster and trailer for Funny Cow starring Maxine Peake
Ahead of its release next month, Entertainment One has revealed a new poster and trailer for the upcoming comedy Funny Cow. Directed by Adrian Shergold, the films stars Maxine Peake as the titular working class comedienne alongside Paddy Considine, Stephen Graham, Tony Pitts, and Alun Armstrong; take a look below… Maxine Peake plays the gritty role […]
Movie Review – Golden Years (2016)
Golden Years, 2016. Directed by John Miller. starring Phillip David, Bernard Hill, Simon Callow, Alun Armstrong, Una Stubbs, Virginia McKenna, Sue Johnston, Brad Moore. SYNOPSIS: Retired couple Arthur (Bernard Hill) and Martha (Virginia McKenna) Goode refuse to fade into old age and take the loss of their pension lying down. Instead they slip unseen into […]
