Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, and Noah Jupe. SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Braced somewhere between film-as-therapy and surreal performance-art project, Honey Boy is a Shia LaBeouf-penned collaboration with Alma […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Waves
Waves, 2019. Directed by Trey Edward Shults Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Lucas Hedges SYNOPSIS: Chronicling the trials of life for an affluent African-American family, headed by a domineering father (Sterling K. Brown), the son (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) he both pushes and puts on a […]
A24 releases first trailer for Waves
A24 has debuted the first trailer for writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ (It Comes at Night) upcoming drama Waves which stars Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Sterling K. Brown; watch it here… Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors […]
Lady Bird with film critic Billie Rogan | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #51
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Billie Rogan comes on to discuss Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age drama Lady Bird… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Billie Rogan stops by to reveal […]
Shia LaBeouf revisits his troubled past in trailer for autobiographical drama Honey Boy
Amazon Studios has debuted the first red band trailer for director Alma Har’el’s upcoming drama Honey Boy. Written by Shia LaBeouf, the film explores his life and struggles from childhood to his early adult years and stars Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as the fictionalised LaBeouf character Otis Lort across different stages in his career, […]
Second Opinion – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is just like a lot of other boys growing up in 90s Los Angeles; he has an oppressive older brother (Lucas Hedges) who won’t let him touch […]
Movie Review – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Na-Kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Gio Galicia, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston and Alexa Demie. SYNOPSIS: A 13-year-old kid desperate for attention finds himself welcomed into a group of skateboarders in 90s LA. “You should look up to me,” says a teenage character during the first […]
Movie Review – Ben Is Back (2018)
Ben Is Back, 2018. Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones and David Zaldivar. mater SYNOPSIS: A mother’s loyalty to her drug addicted teenage son is pushed to the limits when he unexpectedly returns home. It’s a family affair in more ways than one in […]
Second Opinion – Ben is Back (2018)
Ben is Back, 2018. Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Esper, David Zaldivar and Rachel Bay Jones. SYNOPSIS: A mother welcomes her drug addict son home early from rehab when he drops by on Christmas Eve, until the family dog disappears… Throughout the early part of […]
Exclusive Interview – Ben is Back director Peter Hedges on addiction, casting his son, and Dumbo
Tom Beasley chats to director Peter Hedges about his new film Ben is Back, in which his son Lucas Hedges plays the title role… Just a few months after Timothée Chalamet broke the world’s hearts as a bizarrely attractive meth addict in Beautiful Boy, another exciting young actor is flexing his muscles as an addict […]
