Charlotte, 2022.Directed by Tahir Rana and Éric Warin. Featuring the voice talents of Keira Knightley, Sadie Deogrades, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, Mark Strong, and Marion Cotillard.SYNOPSIS:An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943.Directors Tahir Rana and […]
Keira Knightley’s animated World War II drama Charlotte gets a trailer
Not to decry all of the CGI super furry animal animations we get on the release conveyer belt these days, but it’s always nice when something different comes along, and Charlotte appears to be just that.Tahir Rana and Éric Warin’s animated drama tells the story of a young German-Jewish woman – voiced by Keira Knightley […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Charlotte
Charlotte, 2021.Directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana. Starring Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong.SYNOPSIS:An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943.Tacky thought it might seem to decry the well-trod storytelling and aesthetic […]
R.I.P. Helen McCrory (1968 – 2021)
Some rather sad news this evening as it has been announced that Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders actress Helen McCrory has passed away aged just 52 after losing a battle with cancer. The announcement was made by her husband Damian Lewis, who posted the following to Twitter: pic.twitter.com/gSx8ib9PY9 — Damian Lewis (@lewis_damian) April 16, 2021London-born […]
His Dark Materials TV series finds its Iorek Byrnison and dæmon voice cast
The BBC and HBO’s hotly-anticipated TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy series His Dark Materials has announced its animal voice cast, including Joe Tandberg (The Innocents) who will lend his voice to Iorek Byrnison, the fierce warrior polar bear and heir to the throne of Svalbard. Along with Iorek, the voice cast for the […]
First trailer for MotherFatherSon starring Richard Gere, Helen McCrory and Billy Howle
The BBC has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming thriller series MotherFatherSon, which has been created by Tom Rob Smith (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) and stars Richard Gere, Helen McCrory, and Billy Howle; watch it here…Richard Gere plays Max, a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and […]
Helen McCrory stars in trailer for Amazon’s Fearless
Amazon has just acquired a new series to its ever growing lineup of original shows. Titled Fearless, the six-episode series stars Helen McCrory and Sir Michael Gambon with all the episodes directed by Pete Travis. The series sees McCrory as a human rights lawyer who uncovers a conspiracy that will affect the nation and herself personally. Fearless was […]
Trailer for the fully-painted Vincent Van Gogh animated film Loving Vincent
A new UK trailer has debuted for the upcoming fully-painted biographical animated feature Loving Vincent. The film explores the life and controversial death of the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh, told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them, and features a cast that includes Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Helen […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Their Finest (2016)
Their Finest, 2016.Directed by Lone Scherfig. Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Richard E Grant, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy and Helen McCrory.SYNOPSIS:In the days after The Blitz in World War II, The Ministry Of Information recruits copywriter Catrin (Gemma Arterton) to work on scripts and give their propaganda films a feminine touch. […]
Second Opinion – The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, 2015. Directed by Tom Harper Starring Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox, Leanne Best, Oaklee Pendergast, Adrian Rawlins, Leilah de Meza, Hayley Joanne Bacon and Ned Dennehy. SYNOPSIS: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, […]
