Amazon has announced two new additions to its hotly anticipated TV adaptation of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time epic. Joining the fantasy series is Sophie Okonedo (Hellboy) and Kae Alexander (Game of Thrones). The pair star alongside Rosamund Pike (A Private War), who will lead the series as Moiraine, a member of the incredibly powerful […]
Hercule Poirot returns in first trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile
Murder was just the beginning for Kenneth Branagh as the actor and filmmaker is now tackling another iconic case in the world of Hercule Poirot. In the first trailer for Death on the Nile, the follow-up to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, we get a look at Branagh’s Poirot as well as the star-studded […]
Death on the Nile begins filming, full cast announced
20th Century Fox has officially announced the start of production on Death on the Nile, the follow-up to 2017’s Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, which sees Kenneth Branagh returning to the director’s chair as well as reprising the role of master detective Hercule Poirot. The official synopsis for the film reads: In […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2019 Review – Wild Rose (2019)
Wild Rose, 2019. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Jessie Buckley, Sophie Okonedo, Julie Walters, Jamie Sives, James Harkness, Ashley Shelton, Kacey Musgraves, Craig Parkinson, Janey Godley, Atta Yaqub, Bob Harris, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, and Ashley McBryde. SYNOPSIS: A musician from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville star. As strange as a Glasgow woman wanting […]
Movie Review – Wild Rose (2018)
Wild Rose, 2018. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters and Sophie Okonedo. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring country singer struggles to make her dream of travelling from Glasgow to Nashville a reality, despite the prison tag around her ankle and the two kids she has thus far failed to care for. Country music, as […]
Second Opinion – Hellboy (2019)
Hellboy, 2019. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, Stephen Graham, Sophie Okonedo, Alistair Petrie and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: The titular demon turned paranormal investigator fights to prevent the return of the Blood Queen before she destroys mankind. “It’s 517 AD,” intones the gravelly voice […]
Movie Review – Hellboy (2019)
Hellboy, 2019. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim, Sasha Lane, Penelope Mitchell, Brian Gleeson, Sophie Okonedo, Alistair Petrie, Mark Stanley, and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress […]
BAFTA Rising Star nominee Jessie Buckley stars in trailer for Wild Rose
A new poster and trailer have been released for director Tom Harper’s upcoming comedy drama Wild Rose which stars BAFTA Rising Star nominee Jessie Buckley as Rose-Lynn Harlan, a young Glaswegian woman with aspirations to make it as a country singer in Nashville, and features a cast that also includes Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wild Rose
Wild Rose, 2018. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, James Harkness and Janey Godley. SYNOPSIS: A young woman and ex-offender from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville country star. Wild Rose is a sweet and sincere but light-hearted film about a young single mum from Glasgow, with a […]
Movie Review – Christopher Robin (2018)
Christopher Robin, 2018. Directed by Marc Forster. Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Oliver Ford Davies, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ken Nwosu, John Dagleish, Amanda Lawrence, Orton O’Brien, Paul Chahidi, and featuring the voice talents of Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, and Sara […]