Universal has released a new trailer for director Sam Mendes’ First World War epic 1917 which follows two young British soldiers – played by George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman – who are tasked with the seemingly impossible mission of crossing enemy territory to deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack; watch it here… […]
First trailer for Sam Mendes’ World War I epic 1917
Universal Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for 1917, the new film from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall), which stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman as two young soldiers in the First World War who find themselves charged with a seemingly impossible mission to save the lives of 1,600 men. Watch the trailer […]
Movie Review – Ophelia (2019)
Ophelia, 2019. Directed by Claire McCarthy. Starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Sebastian de Souza, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Dominic Mafham, Anna Rust, Mia Quiney, and Martin Angerbauer. SYNOPSIS: A female-friendly adaptation of Hamlet imagining what would happen if Ophelia lived and was more actively involved in the story – […]
Movie Review – Where Hands Touch (2018)
Where Hands Touch, 2018. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston and Tom Sweet. SYNOPSIS: A biracial German girl is persecuted for the colour of her skin during the Second World War, but begins a romance with a Hitler Youth boy in the final years of the conflict. With […]
DreamWorks announces start of production on Sam Mendes’ 1917
DreamWorks Pictures has announced that principal photography on Oscar-winner Sam Mendes’ (American Beauty, Skyfall) next film 1917 is set to get underway on April 1st (seriously). The film sees George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) taking on the roles of two young British soldiers during a single day at the height […]
Daisy Ridley stars in first trailer for Ophelia
A first trailer has arrived online for the director Claire McCarthy’s upcoming romantic drama Ophelia. A reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the film is based upon Lisa Klein’s book of the same name and stars Daisy Ridley in the title role alongside Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Dominic […]
George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chaplin in talks to lead Sam Mendes’ 1917
Earlier this summer it was announced that director Sam Mendes has found his first project since his two Bond outings in Skyfall and Spectre, with the Oscar-winning filmmaker set to helm the World War I drama 1917 for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Universal Pictures. Well, it seems that Mendes may now have found his […]
Second Opinion – The Secret of Marrowbone (2018)
The Secret of Marrowbone, 2018. Directed by Sergio G. Sánchez. Starring George Mackay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, and Kyle Soller. SYNOPSIS: A young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in […]
Exclusive Interview – George MacKay and Mia Goth on starring in The Secret Of Marrowbone
As this year’s insatiable taste for horror continues, the latest addition arrives this week with more than a sense of timing. The Secret Of Marrowbone opens in UK cinemas on Friday, 13th. Following in the Hispanic tradition established by the likes of J A Bayona and Guillermo del Toro, it marks the directorial debut of […]
Movie Review – The Secret of Marrowbone (2017)
The Secret of Marrowbone, 2017. Directed by Sergio G Sanchez. Starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, Charlie Heaton and Tom Fisher. SYNOPSIS: When her husband is put in prison for hideous crimes, a mother flees the country with their four children and seeks refuge in a remote house in America. But her […]