The Devils: The Director’s Cut, 1971.Directed by Ken Russell Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Michael Gothard, Georgina Hale, Christopher Logue, and Graham Armitage. SYNOPSIS: In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier is a charismatic priest whose unorthodox views on sex and religion inspire a passionate following of nuns, including the sexually […]
Movie Review – Wicked Little Letters (2024)
Wicked Little Letters. 2024Written and Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Malachi Kirby, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Timothy Spall, Hugh Skinner, Paul Chahidi, Alisha Weir, Grant Crookes, Adam Treasure, Jonny Sweet, Tim Key, Jason Watkins, Richard Goulding, Cyril Nri, and Tim McMullan.SYNOPSIS:When people in Littlehampton–including conservative […]
Movie Review – Wicked Little Letters (2023)
Wicked Little Letters, 2023.Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Olivia Colman, Jesse Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Timothy Spall, Malachi Kirby, and Eileen Atkins.SYNOPSIS: When people in 1920’s Littlehampton begin to receive letters full of profanities, Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women investigate.Based on real-life […]
Red band trailer for Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley
StudioCanal has released a red band trailer for director Thea Sharrock’s mystery comedy Wicked Little Letters.Based on true events, the film centres on neighbours Edith (Olivia Colman) and Rose (Jessie Buckley) as the residents of their seaside town in 1920s England begin to receive outrageous anonymous letters filled with profanity which rowdy Rose is charged […]
Emma Mackey is Emily Brontë in trailer for biopic Emily
Warner Bros. has released a poster and trailer for the biographical drama Emily. Written and directed by Frances O’Connor, the film tells the story of the life of Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë, played by Emma Mackey (Sex Education), and the relationships that inspired her; take a look here… “EMILY” tells the imagined life of one […]
Movie Review – Benediction (2022)
Benediction, 2022.Directed by Terence Davies. Starring Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, Simon Russell Beale, and Ben Daniels.SYNOPSIS:The story of English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon.Terence Davies has left an indelible mark on the landscape of British cinema over the past four decades with numerous acclaimed films including Deep Blue […]
Siegfried Sassoon biopic Benediction gets a trailer and poster
Roadside Attractions has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Terence Davies’ biographical drama Benediction which tells the story of the life of English writer, soldier and war poet Siegfried Sassoon, played by Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, Fighting with My Family); take a look here…Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020.Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, Fiona Shaw, James McArdle, Claire Rushbrook, Alec Secareanu and Sam Parks.SYNOPSIS:Fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) is the foremost expert in her field. Living and working in Lyme Regis during the 1800s, her world is turned upside down by the arrival of a […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020.Written and Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Fiona Shaw, Gemma Jones, Claire Rushbrook, Alec Secăreanu, and James McArdle.SYNOPSIS:1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives foreverIt’s to be expected that […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020.Written and Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, and Fiona Shaw.SYNOPSIS:In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.Though not quite the filmmaker’s sophomore slump, […]
