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Guy Pearce is Scrooge in new trailer for A Christmas Carol

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Ahead of its premiere on BBC and FX later this month, a new trailer has been released for A Christmas Carol, the upcoming small screen adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens tale from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, which stars Guy Pearce as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge; watch it here…A Christmas Carol is set to air […]

Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

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Serenity, 2019.Written and Directed by Steven Knight Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Rafael Sayegh, Garion Dowds, Robert Hobbs, Edeen Bhugeloo, and Kenneth FokSYNOPSIS:The mysterious past of a fishing boat captain comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help, […]

The BBC releases first trailer for A Christmas Carol from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight

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The BBC has released the first trailer for Steven Knight’s (Peaky Blinders) small-screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol which stars Guy Pearce as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and Andy Serkis as the Ghost of Christmas Past; watch it here…A Christmas Carol is set to air on BBC One and FX this […]

First look images from A Christmas Carol starring Guy Pearce and Andy Serkis

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Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got a first look at A Christmas Carol, the new Charles Dickens’ miniseries adaptation from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, which features Guy Pearce as the bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge, Andy Serkis as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Voe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit and Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit.“What I […]

Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

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Serenity, 2019.Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou.SYNOPSIS:A fishing boat captain juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems.Quietly dumped in a smattering of cinemas and on VOD in the UK this week following its disastrous […]

Exclusive Interview – Filmmaker Steven Knight talks Serenity, plot twists, and Peaky Blinders

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Red Stewart chats with Serenity director Steven Knight…Steven Knight is an English screenwriter and director who has been working in the film and television industries since the early-1990s. He is best known for his work on projects like Eastern Promises, Peaky Blinders, and Locke. His latest work was for the mystery thriller Serenity.Flickering Myth had the […]

Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

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Serenity, 2019.Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou.SYNOPSIS:A down-on-his-luck war veteran is offered a tempting offer to solve his money troubles by his ex-wife to kill her husband but not everything is at it appears in this slick mystery film.Serenity for the most part is a […]

Second Opinion – Serenity (2019)

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Serenity, 2019Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Jeremy Strong, Djimon Hounsou, and Diane Lane.SYNOPSIS:Nothing is as it seems in the small fishing town of Plymouth. Even a dull day of fishing turns out to be something much darker. Boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is torn between two vastly different choices, catching the […]

Steven Knight says Eastern Promises sequel could shoot this year

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It’s been talked about for several years now, but according to screenwriter Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders), the long-promised sequel to David Cronenberg’s crime thriller Eastern Promises has a completed screenplay, and may well go into production before the end of the year.“It is like fishing, where you leave it out there,” Knight tells Collider. […]