The next Star Wars series for Disney+ The Acolyte has found its lead actress. Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) is the first to join the series from Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland. The Acolyte is described as “a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High […]
Movie Review – Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Dear Evan Hansen, 2021. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, DeMarius R. Copes, Isaac Powell, Liza Kate, Avery Bederman, and Gerald Caesar. SYNOPSIS: Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with […]
Borat breakout Maria Bakalova joins A24 slasher Bodies, Bodies, Bodies
Maria Bakalova has already stolen Borat Subsequent Moviefilm from underneath the moustache of its star, in the process been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and signed on to appear in Judd Apatow’s Netflix lockdown comedy Bubble, and now she has continued the meteoric rise by joining A24’s slasher film Bodies, Bodies, […]
Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy gets a new trailer from Netflix
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new trailer for Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash, La La Land) upcoming musical drama series The Eddy which follows Elliot (Andre Holland), the co-owner of a struggling jazz club as he deals with the everyday chaos of running a live music venue in […]
First trailer and images for Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy
Netflix has released the first trailer and a batch of promotional images for the upcoming musical drama The Eddy. Directed by Whiplash and La La Land’s Damien Chazelle along with Alan Poul, Houda Benyamina, and Laïla Marrakchi, the series follows the owner and house band of a struggling jazz club in a vibrant multi-cultural neighbourhood […]
Movie Review – Where Hands Touch (2018)
Where Hands Touch, 2018. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston and Tom Sweet. SYNOPSIS: A biracial German girl is persecuted for the colour of her skin during the Second World War, but begins a romance with a Hitler Youth boy in the final years of the conflict. With […]
Amandla Stenberg joins Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy
Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) has signed on for a lead role in The Eddy, the upcoming musical drama from Netflix and Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land, First Man). The straight-to-series drama takes place a Parisian nightclub and will see Stenberg taking on the role of Julie, the teenage daughter of Andre […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give, 2018. Directed by George Tilman Jr. Starring Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Lamar Johnson, Issa Rae, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, K.J. Apa, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Myles Evans, TJ Wright, Megan Lawless, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Al Mitchell, Karan Kendrick, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Drew Starkey, Kurt Yue, Susan Santiago, Brian Lafontaine, Tanya […]
Movie Review – The Hate U Give (2018)
The Hate U Give, 2018. Directed by George Tillman Jr. Starring Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Lamar Johnson, Issa Rae, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, K.J. Apa, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Myles Evans, TJ Wright, Megan Lawless, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Al Mitchell, Karan Kendrick, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Drew Starkey, Kurt Yue, Susan Santiago, Brian Lafontaine, Tanya […]
First poster for The Hate U Give featuring Amandla Stenberg
Ahead of its theatrical release next month, 20th Century Fox has revealed a new poster for the upcoming adaptation of Angela Thomas’ New York Times bestselling novel The Hate U Give featuring Amandla Stenberg; take a look here… Meanwhile, you can also check out interviews with the cast from the Toronto International Film Festival here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4X__zD00A8 […]
