Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones, Susy Kane, Stewart Alexander, and Joseph Balderrama. SYNOPSIS: Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song […]
Movie Review – Stan & Ollie (2018)
Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring John C Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda and Rufus Jones. SYNOPSIS: Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a grueling theatre tour of […]
Movie Review – Stan & Ollie (2018)
Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring John C Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda and Rufus Jones. SYNOPSIS: In the mid-1950s, and with their glittering Hollywood career behind them, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a farewell tour of the UK. Everybody thinks they’ve retired, so the […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Danny Huston, Susy Kane and Stephanie Hyam. SYNOPSIS: Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a […]
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are Laurel & Hardy in first trailer for Stan & Ollie
Ahead of its world premiere next month at the BFI London Film Festival, the first trailer has arrived online for director Jon S. Baird’s upcoming Laurel & Hardy biopic Stan &; Ollie, which stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the legendary comedy double act Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy alongside Shirley Henderson and Nina […]
Acclaimed drama Never Steady, Never Still gets a UK trailer
Ahead of its arrival in UK cinemas next month, Thunderbird Releasing has unveiled a new poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Never Steady, Never Still. The film marks the feature debut for writer-director Kathleen Hepburn and stars Shirley Henderson, Théodore Pellerin, Nicholas Campbell, Mary Galloway, Lorne Cardinal, Jared Abrahamson, and Jonathan Whitesell; take a […]
Movie Review – On the Road (2016)
On the Road, 2016. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Shirley Henderson, Paul Popplewell, James McArdle, Leah Harvey, and Wolf Alice. SYNOPSIS London rock band Wolf Alice tour the UK and two members of their crew find love along the way. Few directors are anywhere near as prolific as Michael Winterbottom. But naturally, as with any […]
Second Opinion – Okja (2017)
Okja, 2017. Directed by Joon-ho Bong. Starring Seo-Hyun Ahn, Hee-Bong Byun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Je-mun Yun, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, and Giancarlo Esposito. SYNOPSIS: Meet Mija, a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive […]
DVD Review – Urban Hymn (2015)
Urban Hymn, 2015. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Starring Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright, Isabella Laughland, Steven Mackintosh, and Ian Hart. SYNOPSIS : Set against a backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, a determined social worker encourages a young offender to develop her singing talent. Urban Hymn is a drama certainly singing from a worthy enough […]
Bong Joon-ho’s Okja begins filming; Lily Collins, Steven Yeun and more join cast
Filming is now underway in South Korea on acclaimed director Bong Joon-ho’s (Snowpiercer) new film Okja, with the director adding multiple actors to the Netflix original film, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Okja is co-written by Bong and Jon Ronson (Frank) and tells the story of “young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national […]