Twist, 2021. Directed by Martin Owen. Starring Raff Law, Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett, David Walliams, Rita Ora, Leigh Francis, Noel Clarke, and Jason Maza. SYNOPSIS: Fagin (Michael Caine), Dodge (Rita Ora) and Sykes (Lena Headey) are plucked from the pages of the Charles Dickens novel and dropped into contemporary London. With […]
Movie Review – Twist (2021)
Twist, 2021. Directed by Martin Owen. Starring Raff Law, Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett, David Walliams, Rita Ora, Leigh Francis, Noel Clarke, and Jason Maza. SYNOPSIS: A Modern take on the classic tale of Oliver Twist. Twist is a modernized retelling of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, now set in current […]
Movie Review – Twist (2021)
Twist, 2021. Directed by Martin Owen. Starring Raff Law, Rita Ora, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett, Michael Caine, Lena Headey, David Walliams, Noel Clarke and Leigh Francis. SYNOPSIS: A modern day heist thriller set on the streets of London, based very loosely on the characters of Charles Dickens’s iconic novel. Really? We’re doing Oliver Twist again? […]
Scott Adkins is a side-scrolling 16-bit video game hero in trailer for Max Cloud
Well Go USA has released a poster and trailer for the sci-fi action comedy Max Cloud which follows a teenager who finds herself trapped in a notorious intergalactic prison inside her favourite video game after accidently opening a portal into it, Jumanji-style. Directed by Martin Owen, the film features a cast that includes Scott Adkins, […]
Oliver Twist gets a modern reimagining in trailer for Twist
Sky Cinema has released a poster and trailer for Twist, the upcoming modern retelling of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist. Directed by Martin Owen, the film features a cast that includes newcomer Raff Law alongside in the title role alongside Michael Caine (The Dark Knight) as Fagin, Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as Sikes, Rita […]
First look at modern Dickens adaptation Twist featuring Michael Caine, Lena Headey and Rita Ora
Sky Cinema has released the first image from Twist, the modern-day reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Oliver Twist featuring Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita Ora, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett, and Raff Law; take a look here… Twist is a modern interpretation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist in which Oliver is reinvented as a streetwise […]
DVD Review – 100 Streets (2016)
100 Streets, 2016. Directed by John O’Hanlon Starring Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Franz Drameh, Charlie Creed-Miles, Kierston Wareing and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: Set against the streets of Chelsea, three separate stories of people facing personal crises overlap: a former rugby star whose marriage is crumbling before his eyes, a cab driver whose life is devastated […]
Franz Drameh joins The CW’s Arrow/Flash spinoff
The CW has added another new addition to its DC universe, with Franz Drameh (Attack the Block, Edge of Tomorrow) set to play the character of Jay Jackson in the upcoming Arrow/Flash spinoff, which is rumoured to be titled Legends of Tomorrow. The original character is described as “a former high school athlete, whose pro-career […]
