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 song sheet. The film […]
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 company […]
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.SYNOPSISLondon 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 filmmaker who averages […]
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 […]
