With filming on the fifth season of The Crown now underway, Netflix has shared an image from the acclaimed drama series giving us our first look at Imelda Staunton’s reign as Queen Elizabeth II. Oscar-nominee Staunton becomes the third actress to portray the Queen in the series after Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, and she’ll […]
Movie Review – Amulet (2020)
Amulet. 2020 Written and Directed by Romola Garai Starring Carla Juri, Alec Secăreanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia, and Paul O’Kelly SYNOPSIS: An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot […]
The Crown season 5 won’t premiere on Netflix until 2022
Though The Crown has already cast Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter) as Queen Elizabeth II and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) as Princess Margaret for the series’ fifth season, Deadline has reported audiences won’t see their season until 2022 as the show will take a production break in between seasons four and five. The extended hiatus has always been […]
Possession horror Amulet gets a poster and trailer
After a successful premiere at Sundance, Magnolia Pictures is set to release first time feature director Romola Garai’s possession horror Amulet this month, and we’ve got a new poster and trailer for the film which stars Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Imelda Staunton, and Angeliki Papoulia. Following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, former soldier […]
Imelda Staunton to portray Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown’s fifth and final season
Although it was initially intended to run six seasons, Peter Morgan, creator of The Crown, has announced that the acclaimed Netflix series will instead come to an end with a fifth and final season next year, with Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, Harry Potter) set to succeed Claire Foy and Olivia Colman in the role of […]
Movie Review – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 2019. Directed by Joachim Rønning. Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein, Harris Dickinson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Warwick Davis, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville and Robert Lindsay. SYNOPSIS: When Aurora decides to marry a prince, Maleficent struggles with her dislike of humans at the risk of igniting an inter-species […]
Movie Review – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 2019. Directed by Joachim Rønning. Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, David Gyasi, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Jenn Murray, Kae Alexander, Fernanda Diniz, Judi Shekoni, Robert Lindsay, Juno Temple, Sam Riley, Miyavi, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question […]
Movie Review – Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey, 2019. Directed by Michael Engler. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern, Phyllis Logan, Penelope Wilton, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Raquel Cassidy, Allen Leech, Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kevin Doyle, Douglas Reith, […]
Movie Review – Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey, 2019. Directed by Michael Engler. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, Rob James-Collier, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Simon Jones, Geraldine James, Imelda Staunton, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tuppence Middleton. SYNOPSIS: In 1927, the residents of Downton – both upstairs and downstairs – […]
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil gets a new trailer from Disney
Disney has released a new trailer for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, its upcoming sequel to the 2014 live-action fantasy Maleficent, which sees Angelina Jolie reprising her role as the movie’s titular dark fairy alongside the returning Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora; watch it here… A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after “Maleficent,” in […]