Chris Connor reviews Conversations with Friends… Normal People became an absolute sensation during the first lockdown in 2020 with audiences finding comfort in the complex relationship between Marianne and Connell with star making turns from Daisy-Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal. Just over two years later and BBC Three/Hulu have belatedly followed this smash hit with […]
Movie Review – Sylvie’s Love (2020)
Sylvie’s Love, 2020. Written and Directed by Eugene Ashe. Starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, Wendy McLendon-Covey, and Jemima Kirke. SYNOPSIS: An upper-middle-class girl working in her father’s record store meets an aspiring saxophone player in 1950s Harlem. Sylvie’s Love is a period romance movie that exists in a world where […]
Movie Review – Untogether (2019)
Untogether, 2019. Written and Directed by Emma Forrest. Starring Lola Kirke, Jemima Kirke, Ben Mendelsohn, Jamie Dornan, Alice Eve, Jennifer Grey, Scott Caan, Kathryn Zenna, Sean Edwards, and Billy Crystal. SYNOPSIS: Andrea is a recently sober writer whose career has stalled since she published her debut novel several years ago. She strikes up an affair […]
Jonah Hill and Emma Stone star in trailer for Netflix’s Maniac
Following last week’s teaser [watch it here], Netflix has released a trailer and poster for director Cary Fukunaga’s Netflix Original limited series Maniac. The dark comedy reunites Superbad stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone and features a cast that also includes Justin Theroux, Sally Field, Julia Garner, and Jemima Kirke; check them out here… Set in a world somewhat […]
First-look images from Netflix’s Maniac starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone
Netflix has revealed six first look images from its upcoming dark comedy series Maniac. A remake of the Norwegian series of the same, it is directed by Cary Fukunaga and reunites Superbad stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone alongside Sally Field, Justin Theroux, Julia Garner, and Jemima Kirke; check them out here… Maniac is the story […]
Second Opinion – The Little Hours (2017)
The Little Hours. 2017. Written and Directed by Jeff Baena Starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Jemima Kirke, Adam Pally, Paul Weitz, Jon Gabrus, Lauren Weedman, Paul Reiser, and Nick Offerman. SYNOPSIS: A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full […]
Movie Review – The Little Hours (2017)
The Little Hours, 2017. Written and Directed by Jeff Baena Starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Jemima Kirke, Adam Pally, Paul Weitz, Jon Gabrus, Lauren Weedman, Paul Reiser, and Nick Offerman SYNOPSIS: A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full […]
