Ahead of its return this October, HBO has released a new trailer for the second season of Armando Iannucci’s (Veep, The Death of Stalin) space tourism comedy Avenue 5. Picking up five months after the events of season one, the series sees the crew continue their struggle with controlling the unruly passengers. Check out the […]
Video Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2020. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, and Paul Whitehouse. Dev Patel brings new life to the work of Charles Dickens in The Personal History of David Copperfield. From his charisma […]
Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2020. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie, Anthony Welsh, Aneurin Barnard, Divian Ladwa, Rosalind Eleazar, Morfydd Clark, Benedict Wong, Paul Whitehouse, Daisy May Cooper, Sophie McShera, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Aimée Kelly, Bronagh Gallagher, Ruby Bentall, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew […]
Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Aneurin Barnard, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong, Darren Boyd, Anthony Welsh, Aimee Kelly, Jairaj Varsani and Nikki Amuka-Bird. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed novel by […]
Armando Iannucci’s space tourism comedy Avenue 5 gets a new trailer and premiere date
HBO has released a new trailer for Armando Iannucci’s (Veep) Avenue 5, which reveals that the series will premiere on January 19th. Set 40 years in the future, the space tourism comedy stars Hugh Laurie as a captain of a luxury space cruise liner who is trying his best to keep everything in order and […]
Space tourism goes wrong in first trailer for Armando Iannucci’s Avenue 5
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for Armando Iannucci’s (Veep, The Death of Stalin) upcoming space tourism comedy Avenue 5 which stars Hugh Laurie as the captain of a luxury space cruise liner embarking on an eight-week trip around Saturn, which unfortunately doesn’t quite go as planned; check out the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emu0I2hNfUk&feature=emb_title Avenue […]
Pick of the London Film Festival Special #3 with Alistair Ryder | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast
During the course of the BFI London Film Festival 2019, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast is devoting itself to looking at the best of the fest. This time around, the proper festival has started in earnest, so there’s plenty to talk about… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, host […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Peter Capaldi, Rosalind Eleazar, and Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. Set in […]
Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield gets a first trailer
Coinciding with its UK premiere at the London Film Festival, Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for director Armando Iannucci’s (In the Loop) take on the classic Charles Dickens novel The Personal History of David Copperfield. The film stars Dev Patel in the title role alongside a cast that includes Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie, […]
Hugh Laurie to star in Armando Iannucci’s sci-fi comedy Avenue 5
House alum Hugh Laurie is teaming up once again with HBO and Veep creator Armando Iannucci for Avenue 5, a new sci-fi comedy from the network that is set in the future and mostly in space. Laurie will portray the lead role of Ryan Clark, the charming and in-control American captain of the Avenue 5. Iannucci created the series […]