Pillion, 2025. Written and Directed by Harry Lighton. Starring Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Jake Shears, Mat Hill, Nick Figgis, Zoe Engerer, Jake Sharp, Jacob Carter, and Rosie Sheehy. SYNOPSIS: A directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive. In writer/director […]
The Full Monty character posters tease the new Disney+ series
Ahead of The Full Monty’s premiere on Disney+ and FX tomorrow, a batch of character posters have landed online for the comedy drama series featuring Robert Carlyle (Gaz), Mark Addy (Dave), Lesley Sharp (Jean), Paul Barber (Horse), Steve Huison (Lomper), Wim Snape (Nathan), Tom Wilkinson (Gerald), Talitha Wing (Destiny), Miles Jupp (Darren), and Paul Clayton […]
Disney+ unzips the trailer for The Full Monty sequel series
Disney+ has debuted the first trailer and a poster for the follow-up to the 1997 comedy drama The Full Monty. The series picks up 25 years after the events of the BAFTA-winning film, and follows the gang as they navigate society’s crumbling healthcare, education, and employment sectors in Sheffield. Watch the trailer below… Taking place […]
Movie Review – Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
Catherine Called Birdy, 2022. Written and Directed by Lena Dunham Starring Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, Joe Alwyn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Lesley Sharp, Paul Kaye, Ralph Ineson, Archie Renaux, Douggie McMeekin, Isis Hainsworth, Antony Bunsee, Saskia Chana, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Christophe Tek, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Jordan Adene, Moya Brady, David Bradley, Adam Aziz, Jake Middleton Cooke, Angus […]
British Cinema – Naked (1993)
Naked, 1993. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp and Ewen Bremner. SYNOPSIS: Naked follows Johnny (Thewlis) a highly articulate and intelligent loner who drifts through the backstreets of London taking part in violent sex, living on the streets and eloquently engaging everyone in conversation to completely different reactions from each stranger. Naked […]
Heartwarming British comedy Dusty & Me gets a poster and trailer
Ahead of its release in select cinemas next month, Goldfinch Studios have unveiled a trailer and poster for director Betsan Evans Morris’ upcoming British comedy Dusty & Me which stars Luke Newberry, Genevieve Gaunt, Ian Hart, Lesley Sharp, and Iain Glen. Autumn 1977. Derek ‘Dusty’ Springfield (Luke Newberry) is an 18-year-old misfit, who five years earlier was […]
Getting Naked Again: Revisiting Mike Leigh’s Naked
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, Naked… The other day I attended a special screening at The Prince Charles Cinema in London. It was part of a specially curated selection of films (from NFTS) devoted to the vile and unlikeable. The first film of the series was Mike Leigh’s 1993 […]
