Another day, another new casting announcement for Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man. The latest actors to join Johnson’s Benoit Blanc mystery series are Mila Kunis (Bad Moms) and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande).Kunis and McCormack feature alongside Daniel Craig reprising his role as Benoit Blanc and newcomers Josh O’Connor (Challengers), Cailee Spaeney […]
Duncan Jones’ Rogue Trooper movie to star Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden
A new sci-fi film from Source Code and Mute director Duncan Jones is coming with an animated adaptation of the 2000 AD comic Rogue Trooper featuring Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) and Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) in its voice cast.Rogue Trooper, created by artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) and writer Gerry Finley-Day (Dan Dare), follows the […]
Movie Review – The Lesson (2023)
The Lesson, 2023.Directed by Alice Troughton. Starring Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy, Daryl McCormack, Stephen McMillan, Crispin Letts, and Tomas Spencer.SYNOPSIS:Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of […]
First trailer for The Woman in the Wall starring Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack
The BBC has released a trailer and images for The Woman in the Wall, the gothic thriller series from creator Joe Murtagh (Calm with Horses), starring Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack.The series examines the legacy of one of Ireland’s shocking scandals – The Magdalene Laundries and stars Wilson as Lorna, a woman who wakes up […]
Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy hide dark secrets in The Lesson trailer
Ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next week, Bleecker Street has released a poster and trailer for director Alice Troughton’s upcoming thriller The Lesson.The film stars Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) as an aspiring young writer who accepts a job at the home of his idol, […]
2023 EE BAFTA Rising Star Award nominations announced as public vote opens
BAFTA has announced that Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), Aimee Lou Wood (Living), Emma Mackey (Emily), and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) have been nominated for the 2023 EE Rising Star Award, the only category from the British Academy Film Awards to be […]
Movie Review – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, 2022.Directed by Sophie Hyde. Starring Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, and Isabella Laughland.SYNOPSIS:Follows Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow yearning for some adventure, human connection, and some sex, good sex.Nancy Stokes (a self-conscious, insecure, courageous, pitch-perfect performance from Emma Thompson that ranks among her career best) has hired a male escort. […]
Exclusive Interview – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande star Daryl McCormack
Robert Kojder chats with Good Luck to You, Leo Grande star Daryl McCormack…Good Luck to You, Leo Grande follows a 55-year-old widow named Nancy Stokes (acting veteran Emma Thompson) searching to explore and expand her inexperienced sexual life. In doing so, she hires titular sex worker Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack) for a series of private […]
Movie Review – Pixie (2020)
Pixie, 2020.Directed by Barnaby Thompson. Starring Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Fra Fee, Rory Fleck Byrne, Pat Shortt, Frank McCafferty, Esme Thompson, Chris Walley, Colm Meaney, Dylan Moran and Alec Baldwin.SYNOPSIS:Pixie (Olivia Cooke) is living with gangsters, manipulating the affections of young men and dreaming of San Francisco without any hangers on. In this […]
New trailer for crime caper Pixie starring Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy and Alec Baldwin
Ahead of its US release this March, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the Irish comedy crime caper Pixie. Directed by Barnaby Thompson, the film stars Olivia Cookie as the titular Pixie, who masterminds a heist to avenge her mother’s death and leave her small town behind, until she’s forced to team-up with […]
