On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, TV journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies chats about Edgar Wright’s rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, the journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies discusses […]
Sally Hawkins and David Thewlis star in U.S. trailer for Eternal Beauty
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and David Thewlis (Harry Potter) star together in the dramedy Eternal Beauty, and Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a U.S. trailer for the film, which we have for you below… In Eternal Beauty, when Jane (Sally Hawkins) is dumped at the altar she has a breakdown and spirals into a chaotic […]
Movie Review – Summerland (2020)
Summerland, 2020. Directed by Jessica Swale. Starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton. SYNOPSIS: A reclusive writer in 1940s Kent delves back into her past when her emotional side is awakened by an evacuee boy forced into her care. There’s nothing the British movie industry loves more than […]
Movie Review – Summerland (2020)
Summerland, 2020. Written and Directed by Jessica Swale. Starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Sian Phillips and Tom Courtenay. SYNOPSIS: Isolated academic Alice Lamb (Gemma Arterton & Penelope Wilton) shuns convention, frowns on slovenliness and keeps people at a distance. Wartime brings its own responsibilities and soon her icy demeanour is compromised by Frank […]
New trailer for Summerland starring Gemma Arterton
Lionsgate has released a trailer and poster for Summerland, writer-directer Jessica Swale’s WWII Home Front drama which stars Gemma Arterton as a reclusive and lonely writer who opens her heart to a young evacuee she finds in her care. Joining Arterton in the cast are Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Courtenay, Lucas Bond, and Penelope Wilton; take […]
Gemma Arterton stars in trailer for WWII Home Front drama Summerland
IFC Films has released a poster and trailer for director Jessica Swale’s upcoming drama Summerland. Set on the Home Front during World War II, the film stars Gemma Arterton as a reclusive writer who opens her heart to a young evacuee she finds her in the care; take a look here… Alice is a reclusive […]
Movie Review – Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey, 2019. Directed by Michael Engler. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern, Phyllis Logan, Penelope Wilton, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Raquel Cassidy, Allen Leech, Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kevin Doyle, Douglas Reith, […]
The Downton Abbey movie gets a first trailer
Focus Features has debuted the first teaser trailer for Downton Abbey, the feature length sequel to the acclaimed period drama series. Directed by Michael Engler, the film stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Haig, Geraldine James, Robert James-Collier, Simon Jones, Allen Leech, […]
69th Cannes Film Festival Review – The BFG (2016)
The BFG. 2016 Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Rafe Spall SYNOPSIS: Sophie, a young orphan, encounters the Big Friendly Giant who takes her to his magical homeland. But as the duo bond, Sophie’s life – and the fate of other children – […]
Second Opinion – The BFG (2016)
The BFG, 2016. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, […]
