The BBC has debuted the first trailer for the historical drama series King & Conqueror.The series tells the story of Harold, Earl of Wessex (James Norton) and William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), two men with no design on the English throne as they battle for possession of the crown in 1066.Joining Norton and Coster-Waldau […]
Movie Review – The Pod Generation (2023)
The Pod Generation, 2023.Written and Directed by Sophie Barthes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, Kathryn Hunter, and Jean-Marc Barr.SYNOPSIS:In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy’s wild ride to parenthood in this […]
Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor are expectant parents in The Pod Generation trailer
Vertical has released a trailer for writer-director Sophie Barthes’ sci-fi comedy drama The Pod Generation.Set in the not so-distant future where technology has trumped nature in almost every aspect of life, the film follows a New York couple Rachel (Emilia Clarke) and Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as they landed a coveted spot at the Womb Center, […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation, 2023.Written and Directed by Sophie Bartes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, and Jean-Marc Barr.SYNOPSIS:A rising tech company executive, Rachel lands a coveted spot at the Womb Center, which offers couples a convenient (and shareable) maternity by way of detachable artificial wombs, or pods.Sophie Barthes’ (Madame Bovary) first film […]
Movie Review – UK18 (2017)
UK18, 2017. Directed by Andrew Tiernan. Starring Shona McWilliams, Ian Hart, Jean-Marc Barr, Jack Roth, Tim Bentinck, and Jason Williamson. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film-maker suspects she is being brainwashed by a secret government organisation. Set in a not-so-distant, not-so-unrecognisable dystopian future, Andrew Tiernan’s faux surrealist documentary makes the case that conspiracy theorists were right all along, and […]
