Tom Beasley has a chat with director Bill Condon about heist thriller The Good Liar, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren… It’s not often that cinemagoers get to see older people being genuinely horrible on the big screen. But that’s set to change with The Good Liar, in which Ian McKellen portrays a con artist […]
Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren star in new trailer for The Good Liar
Ahead of its release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Bill Condon’s upcoming adaptation of Nicholas Searle’s thriller novel The Good Liar which stars Ian McKellen as a con artist who finds he’s met his match when he attempts to swindle a well-to-do widow (Helen Mirren); watch it here… Career con artist […]
Universal’s Cats movie gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Cats, the upcoming big-screen re-imagining of T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical. Directed by Tom Hooper (Les Miserables), the film features a star-studded cast which includes James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, […]
Cats movie gets a behind-the-scenes featurette ahead of first trailer on Friday
Universal and Working Title have released a behind the scenes featurette for their upcoming adaptations of the stage play Cats. What’s more is the announcement via the film’s Twitter page that the first trailer will be released on Friday. Watch the feature below… The film is being directed by Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) and will star […]
Poster and trailer for The Good Liar starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen
Warner Bros. has debuted the first poster and trailer for the upcoming drama The Good Liar. Directed by Bill Condon, the film is based on Nicholas Searle’s thriller novel of the same name and stars Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, and Jim Carter; take a look below… Career con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) can […]
First images from The Good Liar featuring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen
USA Today has revealed three first look images from director Bill Condon’s upcoming adaptation of Nicholas Searle’s thriller novel The Good Liar featuring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen; take a look here… Career con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish (Mirren) online. As Betty […]
Kenneth Branagh’s All Is True gets a new UK trailer and poster
A UK poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming drama All Is True which stars Kenneth Branagh, who also directs the film, as the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare alongside Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lydia Wilson, Jack Colgrave Hirst, Kathryn Wilder, and Eleanor de Rohan; take a look below… The year is […]
Kenneth Branagh is William Shakespeare in first All Is True trailer
Sony Pictures Classics has released the first trailer for the director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming drama All Is True. The film stars Branagh as the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare alongside Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lydia Wilson, Jack Colgrave Hirst, Kathryn Wilder, and Eleanor de Rohan; watch it here… The year is 1613, Shakespeare is […]
Movie Review – McKellen: Playing The Part (2018)
McKellen: Playing The Part, 2018. Directed by Joe Stephenson/ Starring Ian McKellen, Milo Parker and Scott Chambers. SYNOPSIS: Documentary about the life and times of actor Sir Ian McKellen, tracing his career from his early days in rep to starring on the London stage, his more recent film career and his other role as a […]
Ian McKellen reveals why he didn’t play Dumbledore in Harry Potter
Ian McKellen has revealed why he didn’t take up the part of Harry Potter’s Dumbledore after Richard Harris passed away. McKellen, the British actor perhaps best known these days for his roles as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and Magneto in the X-Men franchise, has got pretty good at playing powerful and gifted […]
