Truth Seekers is a new supernatural comedy from the pens of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, featuring screen legend Malcolm McDowell. Both writers play Gus and Dave respectively in this subtle character study of loneliness, companionship and internet engineers. Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh and Mindhorn, joins them bringing his own brand of eccentricity […]
TV Review – Amazon’s Truth Seekers
Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s Truth Seekers… There is an expectation which comes with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost now. Both are national institutions while Simon Pegg has inadvertently broken America, turned into a bona fide film star and rubs shoulders with A-list royalty. Their style of comedy is deeply rooted in characters, comes through circumstance […]
New trailer and poster for Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Truth Seekers
Amazon Prime has released a new trailer and poster for the Nick Frost and Simon Pegg-produced supernatural comedy Truth Seekers. The series follows a group of paranormal investigators as they team-up to uncover a deadly conspiracy and features a cast that includes Frost, Pegg, Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Susan Wokoma, and Julian Barratt; […]
First trailer for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Truth Seekers revealed at Comic-Con@Home
Amazon Prime has debuted the first trailer for Nick Frost and Simon Pegg-produced supernatural comedy Truth Seekers which follows a group of paranormal investigators as they team-up to uncover a conspiracy that could threaten the human race. The series sees Frost and Pegg joined in the cast by Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Susan […]
Movie Review – In Fabric (2018)
In Fabric, 2018. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Leo Bill, Gwendoline Christie and Julian Barratt SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her dating agency dinner […]
First images from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Truth Seekers
Amazon Prime has released three first look images from the upcoming Nick Frost and Simon Pegg-produced paranormal comedy series Truth Seekers featuring Frost, Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, and Julian Barratt; take a look here… “A ghost-hunting duo team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. They stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers, […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – In Fabric
In Fabric, 2018. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Fatma Mohamed, Gwendoline Christie, Steve Oram, Julian Barratt, Leo Bill, and Simon Mayonda. SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her […]
Killing Eve adds Nina Sosanya, Edward Bluemel, Julian Barratt for season 2
BBC America’s new hit series Killing Eve is gaining some more cast members for its second season. The espionage-thriller led by former Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh will see Nina Sosanya (Good Omens), Edward Bluemel (A Discovery of Witches) and Julian Barratt (Mindhorn) join the series. Sosanya and Bluemel have been cast in series regular roles while Barratt will […]
DVD Review – Brakes (2016)
Brakes, 2016 Directed by Mercedes Grower Starring Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Kerry Fox, Steve Oram, Paul McGann, Kate Hardie SYNOPSIS: A two-part semi-improvised film examining couples as they break-up and meet in and around London. Relationship break-ups can be messy. And so too can film-making, particularly if an improvisational freedom is allowed too […]
The Mighty Boosh stars Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt reunite for Brakes, watch the trailer here
With a little over a week to go until its release, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Mercedes Grower’s feature debut Brakes. Described as an unconventional comedy, the film reunites The Mighty Boosh stars Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, alongside Paul McGann, Julia Davis, Kerry Fox, Roland Gift, Seb Cardinal and Steve […]