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 […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 6 – 28 Days Later (2002)
28 Days Later, 2002. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston and Brendan Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Jim awakens from a coma to find London decimated by a deadly virus that has reduced its remaining inhabitants into a horde of rabid violent creatures. It’s safe to say that we’re entering the late stages […]
We Love It When Actors Hate a Movie They’re In
Neil Calloway looks at when an actor realises one of their movies is a turkey… For reasons that it would take a long German word to explain, we like it when films go wrong, and we also like it when actors spill the beans about unpleasant filming experiences they’ve had. Two stories this week reinforced […]
First trailer for Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) starring Aneurin Barnard, Tom Wilkinson and Christopher Eccleston
Ahead of its world premiere next week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the first trailer and a poster have arrived online for writer-director Tom Edmunds’ upcoming comedy drama Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) which stars Aneurin Barnard, Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston, Marion Bailey, and Freya Mavor; take a look below… William (ANEURIN […]
Christopher Eccleston turned down Ninth Doctor appearance in Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary special ‘The Day of the Doctor’
In 2013, Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary with the special episode ‘The Day of the Doctor’, which saw Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor joined by David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, and the late John Hurt as the previously-unseen War Doctor. However, now-departed Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he originally wanted to include Christopher Eccleston’s […]
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. […]
Christopher Eccleston says Marvel was dishonest about his role in Thor: The Dark World
Actor Christopher Eccleston has criticised Marvel for being dishonest about his role in Thor: The Dark World. The second Thor film may feel like a lifetime ago, having been released in 2013, but the actor behind the film’s villain, Christopher Eccleston, is still a little miffed about the filming process, telling The Graham Norton Show […]
Second Opinion – Legend (2015)
Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: A biopic on the infamous twins, The Krays, charting their life of crime in the 1960’s. Ronnie and Reggie Kray have become the UK equivalent of Al Capone. East End gangsters, Brian […]
Movie Review – Legend (2015)
Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End […]