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 […]
The Downton Abbey movie gets a first trailer
Focus Features has debuted the first teaser trailer for Downton Abbey, the feature length sequel to the acclaimed period drama series. Directed by Michael Engler, the film stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Haig, Geraldine James, Robert James-Collier, Simon Jones, Allen Leech, […]
Blu-ray Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017. Directed by Paul King. Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter Capaldi. SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and […]
Movie Review – Finding Your Feet (2017)
Finding Your Feet, 2017. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Joanna Lumley, Phoebe Nicholls, David Heyman, Josie Lawrence, Sian Thomas, and John Sessions. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced […]
The Biggest Oscar Snubs
Henry Bevan on the biggest Oscar snubs… You can never escape the Oscars. Even once the winner has been crowned, publications start talking about the next crop of hopefuls. There have already been vague articles on this already and people are already talking about Black Panther’s chances at becoming the first superhero movie to get […]