Ahead of its US and Canadian premiere on AMC+ later this month, a trailer has been released for The Ipcress File, the upcoming adaptation of Len Deighton’s 1962 espionage novel. The series stars Joe Cole the iconic British spy Harry Palmer, alongside a cast that includes Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander, Ashley Thomas, Joshua James, David […]
Movie Review – Against the Ice (2022)
Against the Ice, 2022. Directed by Peter Flinth. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Charles Dance, Heida Reed, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Sam Redford, Diarmaid Murtagh, Ed Speleers, Frankie Wilson, and Nick Jameson. SYNOPSIS: In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they’re left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland In the early twentieth […]
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Cole fight for survival in trailer for Against the Ice
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Against the Ice. Directed by Peter Flinth, the drama tells the true story of two explorers (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Cole) fight for survival after they were left behind while on an expedition in Greenland on 1909; take a look here… In 1909, Denmark’s Arctic Expedition led […]
Joe Cole is Harry Palmer in first look at ITV’s The Ipcress File
ITV and Altitude Film Entertainment have released the first images from The Ipcress File, the upcoming British TV adaptation of Len Deighton’s novel which sees Joe Cole (Gangs of London) following in the footsteps of Michael Caine as the iconic British spy Harry Palmer. Here’s a look at Cole’s Palmer, along with co-star Lucy Boynton […]
ITV developing The Ipcress File series with Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton and more
Just last month, Tom Jolliffe posted a feature here on Flickering Myth calling for the return of Harry Palmer, and now comes word that the iconic Cold War spy is indeed set for a resurrection courtesy of ITV. As reported by Deadline, the British broadcaster has tapped writer John Hodge (Trainspotting) for an adaptation of […]
October Horrors 2020 – Green Room (2015)
Green Room, 2015. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Macon Blair and Patrick Stewart. SYNOPSIS: After playing a show in a remote club, a punk band finds themselves under siege from a gang of Neo-Nazi skinheads after they witness a brutal murder. Horror is a genre […]
First trailer for The Raid director Gareth Evans’ crime drama Gangs of London
The first trailer for Gareth Evans’ (The Raid) crime drama series Gangs of London has been released, The series stars Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) and Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones) as a mob war threatens to rip through the streets of London. The trailer showcases Evans’ signature stylized action as Cole’s Sean Wallace attempts to avenge his […]
Gareth Evans’ Gangs of London sets its cast
Last year it was announced that The Raid and Apostle director Gareth Evans is working on a TV series entitled Gangs of London, and now Deadline is reporting that the project has found its two leads in Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn) and Sope Dirisu (Humans). Created by Evans and his regular cinematographer Matt […]
Movie Review – Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, 2018. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Neil Maskell, Hayley Squires, Sam Riley, Charles Dance and Joe Cole. SYNOPSIS: Colin hires a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his position of power in the family is under serious threat from the arrival of his […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead., 2018. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Neil Maskell, Bill Paterson, Doon Mackichan, Charles Dance, Sam Riley, Joe Cole, Hayley Squires, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Glover, Asim Chaudhry, Sarah Baxendale, Mark Monero, Peter Ferdinando, Sinead Matthews, Sura Dohnke, Sudha Bhuchar and Vincent Ebrahim. SYNOPSIS: Colin hires a lavish country manor for […]