The first trailer has been released for director Farhad Safinia’s biographical drama The Professor and the Madman. Based on Simon Winchester’s book The Surgeon of Crowthorne, the film stars Mel Gibson as Lexicographer Professor James Murray who in 1857 began to compile the Oxford English dictionary with the help of asylum inmate William Minor, played […]
Doubling Up: Five Great Female Movie Partnerships
Freda Cooper with five great female movie partnerships… After last week’s classic pairing of Laurel and Hardy (aka Steve Coogan and John C Reilly) in Stan & Ollie comes one of the most exciting on-screen double acts for some time. The prospect of Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I and Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen Of […]
Movie Review – Stan & Ollie (2018)
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 – Holmes & Watson (2018)
Holmes & Watson, 2018. Directed by Etan Cohen. Starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes and Braun Strowman. SYNOPSIS: A “humorous” take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. If the litmus test for a solid Sherlock Holmes spoof is the absence of […]
Laurel & Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie gets a new poster
Ahead of its UK release next month, a new poster has arrived online for the Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie featuring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the comedy double act; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Stan & Ollie here The true story of Hollywood’s greatest comedy double […]
Laurel & Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie gets a new trailer and poster
Ahead of its limited US release next month, a new 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 duo; check it out here along with a new poster… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Stan & Ollie […]
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 […]
Stan & Ollie gets a new poster and first clip
Following its world premiere at the London Film Festival, a new poster has arrived online for the upcoming Laurel & Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie along with the first clip which sees Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly’s iconic comedy duo arguing with producer Hal Roach (Danny Huston) over pay on the set of Way Out West; […]
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 […]