Martin Carr reviews The Tourist… This off-kilter thriller from the creators of Baptiste and The Missing, may feel like a Western with road movie tropes, but also sits squarely in Coen Brothers country. Trying to pressgang The Tourist into any traditional genre soon becomes an exercise in futility, as events begin to escalate quite quickly. Quirky encounters and an […]
Movie Review – Falling for Figaro (2021)
Falling for Figaro, 2021. Directed by Ben Lewin. Starring Danielle Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Joanna Lumley, Rebecca Benson, Gary Lewis, Shazad Latif, Ian Hanmore, Bhav Joshi, Saskia Ashdown, Christina Bennington, Margaret Fraser, and Vanessa Borrini. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2021)
French Exit, 2021. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day. SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small […]
HBO Max developing mystery series The Tourist with Jamie Dornan and Hugo Weaving
HBO Max has announced development of the limited mystery series The Tourist. The series will star Jamie Dornan (The Fall) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) and is being produced in partnership with BBC One and Two Brothers Pictures with Chris Sweeney (Back to Life) directing. The Tourist follows Jamie Dornan as “a British man who finds himself […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2020)
French Exit, 2020. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Susan Coyne and Tracy Letts. SYNOPSIS: A previously wealthy widow and her son travel to Paris with the last of their money, and the cat whose body she claims her husband occupies. Highbrow quirk is an interesting […]
Movie Review – I Am Woman (2020)
I Am Woman, 2020. Directed by Unjoo Moon. Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald, Evan Peters, Damien Strouthos, Matthew Cardarople, Dusty Sorg, Toks James, Gus Murray, Rita Rani Ahuja, Jordan Raskopoulos, Molly Broadstock, Michael-Anthony Taylor, and Chris Parnell. SYNOPSIS: The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy. It’s been said countless times before and it […]
Movie Review – Skin (2019)
Skin, 2019. Written and Directed by Guy Nattiv. Starring Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel Henshall, Bill Camp, Louisa Krause, Zoe Colletti, Kylie Rogers, Colbi Gannett, Mike Colter, Vera Farmiga. SYNOPSIS: A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with […]
First poster for Paradise Hills starring Emma Roberts, Milla Jovovich, Eiza Gonzalez, Danielle Macdonald and Awkwafina
A poster has arrived online for Alice Waddington’s upcoming fantasy Paradise Hills featuring cast members Emma Roberts, Milla Jovovich, Eiza Gonzalez, Danielle Macdonald, and Awkwafina; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Paradise Hills On an isolated island, Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up to find herself at Paradise Hills, a facility where […]
First trailer for Paradise Hills starring Emma Roberts, Milla Jovovich, Awkwafina and Eiza Gonzalez
Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a trailer for the upcoming fantasy Paradise Hills. Directed by Alice Waddington, it stars Emma Roberts as a young woman who wakes up on a boarding school on an isolated island who discovers something very sinister is lurking below its beautiful facade. Joining Roberts in the cast are Milla Jovovich, […]
Movie Review – Bird Box (2018)
Bird Box, 2018. Directed by Susanne Bier. Starring Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Sarah Paulson, LilRel Howery, John Malkovich, Rosa Salazar, Jacki Weaver, Happy Anderson, Amy Gumenick, Danielle Macdonald, Taylor Handley, BD Wong, Parminder Nagra, and Machine Gun Kelly. SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see […]