The Wonder, 2022. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Dermot Crowley, Caolan Byrne, Brían F. O’Byrne, Josie Walker, and David Wilmot. SYNOPSIS: A tale of two strangers who transform each other’s lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Wonder
The Wonder, 2022. Directed by Sebastián Lelio Starring Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Dermot Crowley, David Wilmot, Josie Walker, and Brían F. O’Byrne SYNOPSIS: In a small Irish village in 1862, 11-year-old Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy) is alleged to have not eaten in four months, […]
Movie Review – The Wonder (2022)
The Wonder, 2022. Directed by Sebastián Lelio Starring Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Dermot Crowley, David Wilmot, Josie Walker, and Brían F. O’Byrne. SYNOPSIS: A tale of two strangers who transform each other’s lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. […]
HBO Max’s post-apocalyptic drama Station Eleven gets a new trailer and posters
With less than two weeks to go until its premiere, HBO Max has released a couple of new posters and a trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel Station Eleven. The post-apocalyptic drama follows the survivors of a devastating flu that swept the Earth at they attempt to rebuild their […]
HBO Max releases trailer for post-apocalyptic drama Station Eleven
HBO Max has released a trailer for the post-apocalyptic drama Station Eleven. Based on Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 of the same name, the limited series follows a group of people across multiple timelines as they attempt to rebuild their lives after a flu pandemic devastates the world; watch it here… A post-apocalyptic saga spanning […]
Movie Review – The Shadow of Violence (2020)
The Shadow of Violence. 2020 Directed by Nick Rowland Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, Simone Kirby, Anthony Welsh, Roisin O’Neill, Toni O’Rourke, Hazel Doupe, Ryan McParland, Ally Ni Chiarain, Kiljan Moroney, and David Wilmot SYNOPSIS: Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying […]
Movie Review – Calm With Horses (2019)
Calm With Horses, 2019. Directed by Nick Rowland. Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, David Wilmot and Anthony Welsh. SYNOPSIS: The enforcer for an Irish criminal family is torn between his loyalty to his bosses and his increasingly complex personal life. There’s something deeply depressing about grey, rural towns in the UK […]
Movie Review – Calm With Horses (2019)
Calm With Horses, 2019. Directed by Nick Rowland. Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, David Wilmot and Anthony Welsh. SYNOPSIS: A boxer-turned-mob enforcer is torn between his loyalty to an Irish crime family and his estranged real one. After starring alongside Florence Pugh in 2016’s devilishly dark Lady Macbeth, the lure of […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Calm with Horses
Calm with Horses, 2019 Directed by Nick Rowland Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy and David Wilmot SYNOPSIS When former boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong is offered a gig as an enforcer with the Devers drug mafia, life seems on the uptick — but the demands weigh heavily as he makes inroads with […]
Movie Review – War on Everyone (2016)
War on Everyone, 2016. Directed by John Michael McDonagh. Starring Michael Pena, Alexander Skarsgard, Theo James, Tessa Thompson, Stephanie Sigman, Caleb Landry Jones, Malcolm Barrett, David Wilmot and Paul Reiser. SYNOPSIS: Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister […]