Heel (a.k.a. The Good Boy), 2025. Directed by Jan Komasa. Starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen, Austin Haynes, Callum Booth-Ford, Monika Frajczyk, and Savannah Steyn. SYNOPSIS: A 19-year-old criminal, Tommy, is kidnapped and forced into a rehabilitation process by a dysfunctional couple, Chris and Kathryn, who try to make him a “good […]
Exclusive Interview – Heel’s Jan Komasa, Anson Boon and Kit Rakusen
EJ Moreno sits down with the director and stars of Heel (a.k.a. The Good Boy)… Heel has a powerhouse filmmaker bringing great work out of his actors, and they all join Flickering Myth for an in-depth conversation. Director Jan Komasa dives into the film’s complex tone and what he wants viewers to take away from […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Good Boy
The Good Boy, 2025. Directed by Jan Komasa Starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen. SYNOPSIS: Nineteen-year-old Tommy lives an unruly life of criminality until he is kidnapped by a stranger. He soon finds himself trapped in a dysfunctional family dynamic, where he is forced to change his behaviour to become a ‘good […]
Trailer for The Good Boy (a.k.a. Heel) starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Anson Boon
Following its London Film Festival premiere last year under the title of Good Boy [read our review here], Signature has announced that it is bringing director Jan Komasa’s acclaimed thriller to UK audiences this March under the title of The Good Boy, with Magnolia Pictures also releasing in the United States with the title Heel. […]
Guy Ritchie series MobLand gets a first trailer
Paramount+ has released a trailer for MobLand, the upcoming crime drama series from Guy Ritchie. The series centres on two warring London crime families, their businesses and the relationships they’ve built and the man caught in the crossfire between the Harrigans and the Stevensons, the street smart fixer Harry Da Souza. The cast includes Tom […]
Movie Review – Widow Clicquot (2024)
Widow Clicquot, 2024. Directed by Thomas Napper. Starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Leo Suter, Ben Miles, Anson Boon, Natasha O’Keeffe, Chris Larkin, Paul Rhys, Ian Conningham, Cara Seymour, Christopher Villiers, Phoebe Nicholls, and Cecily Cleeve. SYNOPSIS: After her husband’s untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling […]
TV Review – Pistol
Chris Connor reviews Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols limited series Pistol… The Sex Pistols may have been a short-lived group but they were at the vanguard of the British Punk movement, anarchic and inflammatory, spearheaded by red haired devil Johnny Rotten and bassist Sid Vicious they remain an iconic group 45 years on. The group’s story […]
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol gets a new trailer and poster
Ahead of its premiere on Disney+ later this month, a new poster and trailer have been released for Pistol, the upcoming limited drama series from director Danny Boyle which is based on Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol; take a look here… “Pistol” is a six-episode limited […]
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol gets a first trailer
FX and Disney+ have debuted the first trailer for the Danny Boyle-directed drama Pistol. Based on the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the limited series centres on the guitarist throughout three chaotic years with the iconic English punk band. Watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: First look […]
Movie Review – The Winter Lake (2020)
The Winter Lake, 2020. Directed by Phil Sheerin. Starring Emma Mackey, Charlie Murphy, Mark McKenna, Michael McElhatton and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: Elaine (Charlie Murphy) and Tom (Anson Boon) have moved to a remote family farmhouse. Neighbours Ward (Michael McElhatton) and Holly (Emma Mackey) soon become embroiled in the lives of these newcomers, as Tom stumbles […]
