Focus Features has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director Kasi Lemmons biographical drama Harriet which stars Cynthia Erivo in the title role as freedom fighter and political activist Harriet Tubman alongside a cast that includes Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, and Clarke Peters; take a look here… Based […]
First-look images from Harriet starring Cynthia Erivo
Focus Features has released a couple of first look images from its biographical drama Harriet which feature Cynthia Erivo as freedom fighter and political activist Harriet Tubman who helped free dozens of slaves following her own escape from slavery in 1849; take a look at the images here… Based on the story of iconic freedom […]
HBO fills out the cast of Stephen King adaptation The Outsider
Last month it was announced that Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) has been cast in The Outsider, a HBO TV adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name, and now comes word that the show has cast a number of series regulars and recurring guest stars. Set to join Mendelsohn […]
Exclusive Interview – Cynthia Erivo on her EE BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination, The Color Purple movie and her director wish list
Tom Beasley chats to Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale star Cynthia Erivo as she takes a well-deserved spot on the shortlist for the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award… As rookie years in the world of film go, Cynthia Erivo’s first 12 months have to go down as pretty impressive. She was a […]
Jessie Buckley, Cynthia Erivo, Barry Keoghan, Lakeith Stanfield and Letitia Wright nominated for BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Awards has announced that Jessie Buckley (Beast, Wild Rose), Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale, Widows), Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk, American Animals), Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Sorry to Bother You) and Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War) have been nominated for this year’s EE Rising Star […]
Movie Review – Widows (2018)
Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Carrie Coon, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal and Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by […]
Movie Review – Widows (2018)
Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, Carrie Coon, Cynthia Erivo, Robert Duvall, Jon Bernthal, Brian Tyree Henry, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Molly Kunz, Coburn Goss, Bailey Rhyse Walters, James Vincent Meredith, Eric C. Lynch, Michael Harney, Brian King, Ann Mitchell, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin J. […]
Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018. Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Nick Offerman. SYNOPSIS: Circa 1968, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. […]
Movie Review – Widows (2018)
Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Colin Farrell, Carrie Coon, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, and Cynthia Erivo. SYNOPSIS: When a posthumous debt from her husband (Liam Neeson) lands at the feet of Veronica (Viola Davis), she decides to inherit so much more than a death sentence by planning a heist […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Widows
Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya, Colin Farrell, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, John Bernthal, Garret Dillahunt and Lukas Haas. SYNOPSIS: When her husband is killed in a robbery gone wrong, Veronica Rawlings must […]