Hedda, 2025. Written and Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Tom Bateman, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack, Jamael Westman, Saffron Hocking, Kathryn Hunter, Michelle Crane, Sam Hoare, Stacey Gough and Mark Oosterveen. SYNOPSIS: Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet […]
Tessa Thompson is Hedda in trailer for Nia DaCosta’s new film
Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September, Prime Video has shared a poster and trailer for Hedda, writer-director Nia DaCosta’s (Candyman, The Marvels) reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play Hedda Gabler. Set over the course of one evening, Tessa Thompson stars in the titular role as a woman who […]
Boxing drama Heavyweight gets a trailer ahead of Raindance premiere
Ahead of its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival this June, a trailer has arrived online for the upcoming boxing drama Heavyweight. Written and directed by Christopher M. Anthony, the film sees Jordan Bolger as a heavyweight contender preparing for a title fight he doubts he can win. Featuring alongside Bolger in the cast […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Heavyweight
Heavyweight, 2025. Directed by Christopher M. Anthony. Starring Jordan Bolger, Nicholas Pinnock, Jason Isaacs, Sienna Guillory, Osy Ikhile, and Blake Harrison. SYNOPSIS: A boxing coach prepares an underdog for a career-defining boxing championship match, as their world starts to collapse under the pressure. This nerve-racking film feels a bit like going the distance in a […]
Trailer for The Assessment starring Elizabeth Olsen, Himish Patel and Alicia Vikander
Ahead of its arrival on Prime Video this May, a trailer has arrived online for the dystopian drama The Assessment. The film centres on a couple as they go through a strict 7 day assessment in order to gain the right to have a child in a near future where parenthood is controlled. Directed by […]
Movie Review – The Assessment (2025)
The Assessment, 2025. Written and Directed by Fleur Fortuné. Starring Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel, Minnie Driver, Indira Varma, Charlotte Ritchie, Nicholas Pinnock, Leah Harvey, Benny O. Arthur, Thiago Braga de Oliveira, Malaya Stern Takeda, and Anaya Rose. SYNOPSIS: In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful […]
Amanda Seyfried hunts a killer in Peacock’s Long Bright River trailer
Peacock has shared a new trailer and images for Long Bright River, the limited drama series based on Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel. Amanda Seyfried stars as Mickey, a police officer in Philadelphia who begins to suspect that a series of murders in a neighbourhood hit by an opioid crisis may have a […]
Movie Review – Here (2024)
Here, 2024. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Gwilym Lee, Ophelia Lovibond, David Fynn, Leslie Zemeckis, Jonathan Aris, Albie Salter, Lilly Aspell, Lauren McQueen, Billie Gadsdon, Harry Marcus, Ben Wiggins, Joel Oulette, Dannie McCallum, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mohammed George, Dexter Sol Ansell, Zsa Zsa Zemeckis, Cache Vanderpuye, […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review – Black Dog
Black Dog, 2023. Directed by George Jaques. Starring Jamie Flatters, Keenan Munn-Francis, Nicholas Pinnock, Paul Kaye, Hattie Morahan, and Ruby Stokes. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage boys from very different London backgrounds embark on a road trip North together. As they start to open up about their pasts, the boys learn they have far more in common […]
Movie Review – The Book of Clarence (2023)
The Book of Clarence, 2023. Directed by Jeymes Samuel Starring LaKeith Stanfield, R.J. Cyler, Chase Dillon, Omar Sy, Micheal Ward, Caleb McLaughlin, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Nicholas Pinnock, Teyana Taylor, Babs Olusanmokun, Tom Glynn-Carney, David Oyelowo, James McAvoy, and Benedict Cumberbatch Struggling to find a better life, Clarence is captivated by the power of the […]
