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2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mothering Sunday

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Mothering Sunday, 2021. Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Colman, Sope Dirisu and Glenda Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A maid meets with her posh boy lover, as he prepares to marry a woman approved by his parents. There comes a point in every film festival experience when you question […]

First trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed The Lost Daughter starring Olivia Colman

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Netflix has released a poster and trailer for The Lost Daughter. The drama marks the feature directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Olivia Colman as a woman who finds her vacation take a dark turn when she begins to confront the memories and troubles of her past; take a look here… Alone on a […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Mothering Sunday

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Mothering Sunday, 2021 Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Nathan Reeve, Samuel Barlow, Dexter Raggatt, Patsy Ferran, Charlie Oscar, Emma D’Arcy, Simon Shepherd, Caroline Harker, Craig Crosbie, Emily Woof, Alex Cubb, Forrest Bothwell, and Albert Welling. SYNOPSIS: A maid living in post-World War I […]

Marvel’s Secret Invasion Disney+ series begins production

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Nick Fury himself has announced the start of production on the Disney+ series Marvel’s Secret Invasion as Samuel L. Jackson took to Instagram promising he’s “back with a fury” in the new series. Little is known about the series, but it seems it will take inspiration from the Secret Invasion storyline where the Avengers discovered several heroes and other […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ron’s Gone Wrong

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Ron’s Gone Wrong, 2021. Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine. Featuring the voice talents of Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall and Ricardo Hurtado. SYNOPSIS: A middle school child bonds with the faulty robot he is gifted by his father, even as the tech company […]

Movie Review – Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021)

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Ron’s Gone Wrong, 2021. Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine. Featuring the voice talents of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, and Ricardo Hurtado. SYNOPSIS: The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally connected device. Ron’s malfunctions set against […]

Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka begins production as Rowan Atkinson and Olivia Colman join the cast

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“Come with me and you’ll be, In a world of pure imagination” must have been the pitch to Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Olivia Colman (The Father), and Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) because they’ve joined the cast of Paul King’s Timothée Chalamet headlined Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel, which has begun shooting in […]

First trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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StudioCanal has released a poster and trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, the upcoming biographical drama from director Will Sharpe which tells the story of the extraordinary life of the eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) from the late 1800’s through to the 1930s; watch it here… The extraordinary true story of […]

First look at Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

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Coinciding with its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Amazon has released a first-look clip from the biographical drama The Electrical Life of Louis Wain which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist alongside Claire Foy as his wife Emily Richardson; take a look here… The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist […]

Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Odessa Young celebrate Mothering Sunday in first trailer for Lionsgate drama

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There’s no shortage of talent on display in the first trailer for Lionsgate’s tale of forbidden love, Mothering Sunday. Starring Odessa Young (Shirley, The Stand), Olivia Colman (The Father, The Favourite), Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country, The Crown), Sope Dirisu (His House, Gangs of London), and Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Supernova), Mothering Sunday was adapted […]