Daniel Mays is one of the best known faces in British TV and cinema. Tom Beard is the new kid on the block, the photographer-turned-director of Two For Joy, which gets its UK release this Friday, 28 September, after debuting at Edinburgh in the summer. When your first feature has BFI backing, is produced by […]
Movie Review – Two For Joy (2018)
Two For Joy, 2018. Directed by Tom Beard. Starring Samantha Morton, Billie Piper, Daniel Mays, Emilia Jones, Badger Skelton and Bella Ramsey. SYNOPSIS: A family on a run-down estate is in crisis. The father has died, the mother is profoundly depressed and being cared for by her teenage daughter, while her younger son is out […]
Movie Review – City of Tiny Lights (2016)
City of Tiny Lights, 2016. Directed by Pete Travis. Starring Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Floyd, Cush Jumbo, Roshan Seth, and Antonio Aakeel. SYNOPSIS: Meet Tommy Akhtar (Riz Ahmed), cricket fan, devoted son to an ailing father and deadbeat private eye. He’s got an office above a cab firm, a taste for cigarettes and bourbon, […]
October Horrors Day 13 – Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful Created by John Logan Starring Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Rory Kinnear, Josh Hartnett and Billie Piper SYNOPSIS: Victorian London is under threat as mysterious evil forces seek to envelop the world in darkness, with monsters and ghouls stalking the streets butchering and bloodletting. It quickly falls to a motley band of curious individuals […]
Christopher Eccleston explains his acrimonious Doctor Who exit
Last week, actor Christopher Eccleston shared some rather harsh words of criticism about two of the blockbuster movies on his C.V. in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Thor: The Dark World, as well as accusing the BBC of blacklisting him following his departure from Doctor Who after a single season back in 2005. […]
