In Fabric, 2018. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Leo Bill, Gwendoline Christie and Julian Barratt SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her dating agency dinner […]
Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Aneurin Barnard, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong, Darren Boyd, Anthony Welsh, Aimee Kelly, Jairaj Varsani and Nikki Amuka-Bird. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed novel by […]
Horror comedy In Fabric gets a poster and trailer
A24 has released the first trailer and a poster for the upcoming comedy horror In Fabric. Written and directed by Peter Strickland, the film follows Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), and a lonely and recently separated woman who finds herself the perfect dress for a date, only to discover that the cursed garment has malevolent intentions; take […]
Gwendoline Christie posts an emotional goodbye to Game of Thrones
Gwendoline Christie, one of the stars of Game of Thrones, has posted an emotional goodbye to HBO’s epic fantasy series. Now that Game of Thrones has come to an end, fans and audiences around the world are having to confront life without the epic series, saying goodbye to a show that has brought so much […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Finale Review – ‘The Iron Throne’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the Game of Thrones finale… The final episode of the entire series is finally here, and it’s hard not to reflect on the epic journey that the characters have been on to get where they are by the end. While the obvious question going into the finale is which of them will […]
Game of Thrones Season 8: How Is It Going to End?
Eammon Jacobs recaps Game of Thrones Season Eight’s fifth episode and looks ahead to the finale… *Spoiler Warning* We’re in the endgame now. After the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season 8 delivered a devastating blow to Cersei’s hold on Westeros, it’s become very clear that this has all been an origin story for […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Last of the Starks’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* The Great War might be over, but the Last War is coming. The fight for the Throne waits for no one this week as we very briefly see a sombre scene after Winterfell has recovered from the battle with the Night King. […]
Game of Thrones Season 8: What’s in Store for Episode 4?
Eammon Jacobs looks at what the fourth episode might hold after ‘The Long Night’… The third episode of season 8 finally brought the war against the Night King and the White Walkers to Winterfell’s door – it has literally all been leading up to this. Although it’s tied up rather nicely after the feature length […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Long Night’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the third episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* Valar morghulis, all men must die. And the third episode really did prove the iconic phrase as the threat of the White Walkers and the Night King overwhelm Winterfell. As it starts, Sam is basically the audience’s viewpoint; nervous and pacing […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Review – ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the second episode of Game of Thrones season 8… After Game of Thrones‘ premiere episode reunited a sprawling list of characters to Winterfell to prepare for war, it was always going to be interesting to see how all these different character dynamics would work in a highly stressful situation. The threat of […]