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A Cinematic Anomaly: Serenity

June 29, 2026 by Matthew Shepherd

Matthew Shepherd on 2019’s Serenity… There is a very specific kind of Hollywood film that defies all logic. Not a film that was always destined to fail — a cheap production with no names attached, quietly shelved and forgotten — but one that arrives with every conceivable advantage and still manages to vanish without trace. […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Matthew Shepherd, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, Jeremy Strong, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight

10 Essential Action Movies from 2005

February 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Grab a weapon and a ride, and get on down to 2005 for these 10 essential action movies… The noughties were an odd time in cinema. There seemed to be a dearth in standout blockbusters and a number of lacklustre sequels. Maybe not so different from today, but we also had an array of stylistic […]

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Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

January 24, 2019 by Robert Kojder

Serenity, 2019. Written and Directed by Steven Knight Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Rafael Sayegh, Garion Dowds, Robert Hobbs, Edeen Bhugeloo, and Kenneth Fok SYNOPSIS: The mysterious past of a fishing boat captain comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Edeen Bhugeloo, Garion Dowds, Jason Clarke, Jeremy Strong, Kenneth Fok, Matthew McConaughey, Rafael Sayegh, Robert Hobbs, Serenity, Steven Knight

Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

March 1, 2019 by Shaun Munro

Serenity, 2019. Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: A fishing boat captain juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems. Quietly dumped in a smattering of cinemas and on VOD in the UK this […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight

Exclusive Interview – Filmmaker Steven Knight talks Serenity, plot twists, and Peaky Blinders

January 26, 2019 by Red Stewart

Red Stewart chats with Serenity director Steven Knight… Steven Knight is an English screenwriter and director who has been working in the film and television industries since the early-1990s. He is best known for his work on projects like Eastern Promises, Peaky Blinders, and Locke. His latest work was for the mystery thriller Serenity. Flickering Myth […]

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Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway furious with Serenity distributor over marketing campaign

February 3, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Last week saw the release of Serenity, the new film from director Steven Knight (Locke, Peaky Blinders), and despite an A-list cast headed up by Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, the film tanked at the U.S. box office, grossing just $4.4 million in its opening weekend for an eighth-placed finish. According to Deadline, both McConaughey […]

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Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

February 2, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Serenity, 2019. Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: A down-on-his-luck war veteran is offered a tempting offer to solve his money troubles by his ex-wife to kill her husband but not everything is at it appears in this slick mystery film. Serenity for the […]

Filed Under: Christian Jimenez, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight

Second Opinion – Serenity (2019)

January 25, 2019 by EJ Moreno

Serenity, 2019 Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Jeremy Strong, Djimon Hounsou, and Diane Lane. SYNOPSIS: Nothing is as it seems in the small fishing town of Plymouth. Even a dull day of fishing turns out to be something much darker. Boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is torn between two vastly different […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, Jeremy Strong, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight

New trailer for Serenity starring Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey

November 20, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Aviron Pictures has released a new trailer for the upcoming thriller Serenity. Directed by Steven Knight, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, and Diane Lane; take a look here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjAeup0ifzg From the creative mind of Oscar nominee, Steven Knight comes a daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller. Baker Dill (Academy […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, Jeremy Strong, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight

New trailer for Serenity starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jason Clarke

November 1, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

A new UK trailer has arrived online for writer-director Steven Knight’s upcoming thriller Serenity which stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, and Diane Lane; watch it here… From the creative mind of Oscar nominee, Steven Knight comes a daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller. Baker Dill (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey) […]

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