Waterloo, 2018. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear, Neil Bell, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, Karl Johnson, Sam Troughton, Alastair Mackenzie, David Bamber and Tim McInnerny. SYNOPSIS: The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. Peterloo […]
Movie Review – Funny Cow (2017)
Funny Cow, 2017. Directed by Adrian Shergold. Starring Maxine Peake, Tony Pitts, Paddy Considine, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Graham, and Lindsay Coulson. SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s, a female stand up with the stage name of Funny Cow struggles to make a name for herself on the club circuit, where women on stage are expected to be […]
Poster and trailer for Funny Cow starring Maxine Peake
Ahead of its release next month, Entertainment One has revealed a new poster and trailer for the upcoming comedy Funny Cow. Directed by Adrian Shergold, the films stars Maxine Peake as the titular working class comedienne alongside Paddy Considine, Stephen Graham, Tony Pitts, and Alun Armstrong; take a look below… Maxine Peake plays the gritty role […]
Black Mirror Season Four Review – ‘Metalhead’
Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s ‘Metalhead’… Post-apocalyptic landscapes filmed in crisp black and white are the calling card of David Slade in this episode of Black Mirror entitled ‘Metalhead’. Sparse in explanation and concise in characterisation it offers up no reasoning, backstory or circumstance for its central protagonist played by Maxine Peake. Taking an online […]