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Movie Review – Hamlet (2025)

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Hamlet, 2025. Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Timothy Spall, Art Malik, Jasmine Jobson, Sheeba Chaddha, Joe Alwyn, and Avijit Dutt. SYNOPSIS: Hamlet comes home for his father’s funeral and finds his uncle Claudius marrying his widowed mother Gertrude. His father’s ghost reveals Claudius murdered him, leading Hamlet toward revenge and introspection. […]

Trailer for modern Hamlet reimagining starring Riz Ahmed

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Universal Pictures has released a trailer for director Aneil Karia’s (The Long Goodbye) modern retelling of the William Shakespeare classic Hamlet. Riz Ahmed stars in the title role, as a man who returns to London to attends his father’s funeral, but when the spirit of his deceased parent appears before him claiming he was murdered […]

Movie Review – Starve Acre (2024)

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Starve Acre, 2024. Written and Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo. Starring Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Erin Richards, Sean Gilder, Robert Emms, and Roger Barclay. SYNOPSIS: An idyllic rural family life of a couple is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character. Not only taking place at some point in the 1970s in […]

Trailer for folk horror Starve Acre starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark

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Brainstorm Media has shared a poster and trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s award-winning novel Starve Acre.  Written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, the 70s-set British folk horror stars Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Morfydd Clark (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) as a couple who unwittingly […]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Shadow of the Past’

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Ricky Church reviews the premiere episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power… After years of development and build-up, Amazon Studios’ The Lord of the Rings prequel series The Rings of Power has finally arrived. The series – which already became one of the most expensive productions before filming began and is greenlit for a second […]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power featurette teases Stories from the Legendarium

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Prime Video has released a ‘Stories from the Legendarium’ featurette for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power which sees stars Morfydd Clark (Galadriel), Ismael Cruz Córdova (Arondir), Benjamin Walker (Gil-Galad), Nazanin Boniadi (Bronwyn), and executive producers Patrick McKay and JD Payne discussing the hotly-anticipated fantasy series. Watch it below… Beginning in a […]

The Lord of of the Rings: The Rings of Power cast showcased on magazine covers

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Empire has revealed the covers from this month’s issue which feature the stars of the upcoming fantasy series Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Owain Arthur as Prine Durin IV, Sophia Nomvete as Princess Disa, Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow, Markella Kavenagh as Elanor ‘Nori’ Brandyfoot, and Lenny Henry […]

First images from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power take us back to Middle-earth

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Amazon Studios has released the first images from the hotly-anticipated fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power featuring Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, Charlie Vickers as Halbrand, Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, and Sophia Nomvete as Princess Disa; […]

Exclusive Interview – Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark on her BAFTA EE Rising Star nomination and horror films from her childhood

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EJ Moreno speaks to Saint Maud actress Morfydd Clark about her BAFTA nomination for the EE Rising Star Award… Morfydd Clark has slowly made her name in the film industry as one of the best young actors working today. After her compelling turn in 2020’s Saint Maud, it seems like the world has noticed her […]