Keira Knightley seems to have a thing for taking a light-hearted approach to the end of the world, because following Lorene Scafaria’s criminally underseen and underrated Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the Pirates of the Caribbean star is at it again with dark comedy Silent Night, which seeks to subvert the Richard […]
The end of the world is nigh in trailer for Silent Night starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode
Ahead of its release this December, a poster and trailer have been released for the dark comedy drama Silent Night. Written and directed by Camille Griffin, the film follows Nell (Keira Knightley), Simon (Matthew Goode), and their son Art (Roman Griffin Davis), as they host Christmas dinner for their friends while the world faces an […]
Movie Review – Mothering Sunday (2021)
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 […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mothering Sunday
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 […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Mothering Sunday
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 […]
Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Odessa Young celebrate Mothering Sunday in first trailer for Lionsgate drama
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 […]
Movie Review – The Colony (2021)
The Colony, 2021. Directed by Tim Fehlbaum. Starring Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sope Dirisu, Sebastian Roché, Joel Basman, Cloé Albertine Heinrich, Bella Bading, Nicola Perot, Luna Mwezi Hong, Indira Rieck, and Eden Gough. SYNOPSIS: Set in the distant future, a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, must decide the fate of the […]
Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir among all-British list of nominees for BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award
Saint Maud star Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Malcolm X in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, are among the all-British nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTAs. They will compete against His House and Gangs of London star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, County Lines actor Conrad Khan, and Bukky Bakray, […]
Movie Review – His House (2020)
His House, 2020. Written and Directed by Remi Weekes. Starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe, Rasaq Kukoyi, Vivien Bridson Cornell, John Bradley Banton, Gamba Cole, and Scott Michael Wagstaff. SYNOPSIS: A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to […]
Trailer, poster and images for Netflix horror-thriller His House
Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Remi Weekes’ feature debut His House. The horror-thriller follows a young refugee couple (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Wunmi Mosaku) as they move to a small English town and are terrorised by an unspeakable evil lurking in their new home. After making a harrowing escape from war-torn […]