The Courier, 2021.Directed by Dominic Cooke. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright, Kirill Pirogov, Iva Šindelková, James Schofield, Anton Lesser, Keir Hills, and Vladimir Chuprikov.SYNOPSIS:Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.The Courier director Dominic Cooke is certainly aware […]
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in first trailer for Cold War spy thriller The Courier
Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming Cold War spy thriller The Courier. Directed by Dominic Cooke, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who was recruited by MI6 to act as a courier to transport information crucial to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis; take a look here…THE […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach and his next film Ironbark
Director Dominic Cooke made his name in the theatre, with much-praised stints at The Royal Court, The Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre. TV’s award winning The Hollow Crown (2012) followed and he now arrives in cinemas with his first movie, On Chesil Beach, adapted from the novella by Ian McEwan.A self-confessed constant student […]
Movie Review – On Chesil Beach (2017)
On Chesil Beach (2017)Directed by Dominic CookeStarring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Sam West, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough and Bebe Cave.SYNOPSIS:It’s the early 1960s and newly-married couple, Florence and Edward, have arrived to spend their first night together at a hotel near Chesil Beach in Dorset. Their first attempt at intimacy is a disaster […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Ironbark
FilmNation Entertainment has announced that Benedict Cumberbatch is taking on the lead role in Ironbark, the new film from director Dominic Cooke (On Chesil Beach).Based on a true story, the film will see Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Wynne and his […]
First trailer and images for On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle
Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer and a batch of images for the upcoming adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel On Chesil Beach. The drama marks the feature directorial debut for Dominic Cooke and stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough, and Samuel West; check them out here…SEE ALSO: Read our review of […]
