Power Ballad, 2026. Directed by John Carney. Starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Rory Keenan, Keith McErlean, Paul Reid, Beth Fallon, Havana Rose Liu, Jack Reynor, Naoimh Whelton, Mae Higgins, Ian Dillon, Kelly Thornton, Ebimie Anthony, Ruby Conway Dunne, Dean Panter, Juliette Crosbie, Robert Mitchell, Martha Breen, Dylan Kelly, Kellie El Mayss, […]
New trailer for John Carney’s Power Ballad starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas
Lionsgate has shared a new poster and trailer for director John Carney’s (Sing Street) upcoming comedy drama Power Ballad. The film centres on washed-up wedding singer Rick (Paul Rudd) and fading boyband star Danny (Nick Jonas) who form an unexpected bond after meeting at a gig, but when Danny records one of Rick’s songs without […]
Movie Review – Flora and Son (2023)
Flora and Son, 2023. Written and Directed by John Carney. Starring Eve Hewson, Orén Kinlan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amy Huberman, Jack Reynor, Sophie Vavasseur, Kelly Thornton, Keith McErlean, Aislín McGuckin, Marcella Plunkett, and Paul Reid. SYNOPSIS: It follows Flora, a single mom who is at war with her son, Max. Trying to find a hobby for […]
Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in trailer for John Carney’s Flora and Son
Once and Sing Street writer/director John Carney returns with another slice of musically-flecked feelgood filmmaking in the form of Apple Original Film, Flora and Son. Flora and Son is another drama in which Carney harnesses the power of music to bring people together, this time it’s Eve Hewson’s Dublin woman with a guitar, who learns […]
Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)
Sing Street, 2016. Written and Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Percy Chamburuka, Mark McKenna, Kelly Thornton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ian Kenny, and Don Wycherley. SYNOPSIS: A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London. […]
Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)
Sing Street, 2016. Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage boys form a band in Dublin, in the 1980’s, to get away from the trials and tribulations of their young lives… The 1980’s is the current craze. Both Eddie the Eagle and Sing Street […]
