With director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) gearing up to go into production on Universal Pictures and Working Title’s adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, we have word of two new additions to the cast of the film in Idris Elba and Judi Dench, who are set to join the previously announced Ian McKellen, […]
First look at Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson as Red Joan
With the film now in post-production, Lionsgate has released two first look images from Red Joan, which is based on Jennie Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name and stars Judie Dench and Sophie Cookson as a woman accused of being the KGB’s longest-serving British spy. 2000: Joan Stanley (Dench) is living in contented retirement […]
Artemis Fowl movie gets a full cast
It has been in development for years, but the adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s fantasy series Artemis Fowl has finally just got some serious movement. Director Kenneth Branagh has assembled a full cast for the film that includes some familiar faces from his past works, along with a newcomer to play the title role of the intelligent 12 […]
Movie Review – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express, 2017. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom, Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Olivia Colman, Derek Jacobi, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, and Marwan Kenzari. SYNOPSIS: What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds […]
Second Opinion – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express, 2017. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom, Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Olivia Colman, Derek Jacobi, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, and Marwan Kenzari. SYNOPSIS: A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From […]
Movie Review – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express, 2017. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom, Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley. SYNOPSIS: What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever […]
Murder on the Orient Express featurette takes us behind-the-scenes
With just two weeks to go until the release of Murder on the Orient Express, a behind the scenes featurette has arrived online for Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novel which features interviews with Branagh, Josh Gad, Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, Leslie Odom Jr., Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Penelope Cruz; take a […]
Everyone is a suspect in Murder on the Orient Express character posters
Ahead of its release next month, a batch of new character posters have arrived online for Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express featuring Branagh, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Sergei Polunin, Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Tom Bateman, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Leslie Odom Jr., Lucy […]
The Surprising Stats of British Cinema
Neil Calloway looks at a new tool that explores the facts and figures of UK film… This week the British Film Institute released a rather nice online tool that will surely keep you entertained for hours now the nights are drawing in. Or you could use it like I do to confirm all your prejudices […]
Murder on the Orient Express gets a new trailer
20th Century Fox has debuted a new trailer for director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel mystery crime novel, Murder on the Orient Express; check it out below… What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. […]