Forget the actual Fab Four, Sam Mendes has lined up an even more impressive group to play The Beatles’ spouses in his multi-film biopic. Emmy Award winning Shōgun star Anna Sawai and Sex Education MVP Aimee Lou Wood have joined Saoirse Ronan (Blitz) and Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) in the ambitious project. Deadline’s […]
Saoirse Ronan and Mia McKenna-Bruce join Sam Mendes’ The Beatles films
Sam Mendes’ ambitious The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event has filled out two significant roles with Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Mia McKenna-Bruce (Get Even) set to star as two of The Beatles members wives. Mendes’ Beatles will be a four-part film with each dedicated to one member of the groundbreaking band who remain […]
Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event sets cast, release dates
A little over a year after it was first announced that filmmaker Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1917) was developing four separate movies based around The Beatles, Sony has now officially announced the release dates for The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event as well as unveiling the actors who’ll be bringing the Fab Four to […]
Joseph Quinn exits Bret Easton Ellis’ Relapse for George Harrison role in The Beatles biopics
Last year Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn was announced to lead Bret Easton Ellis’ directorial debut Relapse, but now it has been revealed he has exited the project for Sam Mendes’ ambitious Beatles biopics. Ellis, who has written several novels including American Psycho and Less Than Zero, is writing the script for Relapse and is to direct as his feature film debut. […]
Sam Mendes to direct four separate movies about The Beatles
In a move that will make fans scream as loud they did in the Cavern Club circa 1961, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes will team up to bring audiences four separate movies about the iconic music band The Beatles. Mendes (1917, American Beauty) will direct all four films, and each will focus on a […]
Disney+ Review – If These Walls Could Sing (2023)
If These Walls Could Sing, 2023. Directed by Mary McCartney. SYNOPSIS: The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews and intimate access to the premises. Abbey Road Studios has been part of the fabric of the British music scene for 90 years, associated with a wealth of iconic acts from Oasis, Cliff Richard […]
Documentary The Beatles in India set for release in the Autumn
The new feature film documentary The Beatles in India, diretced by two time Emmy award winning producer-director Paul Saltzman, is set to be released worldwide in Autumn 2018. In 1968, with the eyes of the world upon them, The Beatles travelled to Rishikesh, India, to study Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in a remote […]
The Top 10 Limited Series TV Shows of 2021
Liam Hoofe with his top 10 limited series of 2021… In a year where most of us have still spent more time in the house than we would have liked, television and streaming services have been our best friends. From surprising hits like Squid Game to returning favourites like Succession, most of us have consumed […]
Disney+ Review – The Beatles: Get Back
Chris Connor reviews Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back… Following its announcement in 2019, Peter Jackson’s Get Back chronicling the infamous recording sessions for The Beatles final album Let It Be has had fans in a whirlwind of excitement. Drawing from 60 hours of video footage and 150 hours of audio, the project uses footage […]
Movie Review – I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story (2018)
I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story, 2018. Directed by Jessica Leski. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of boyband fandom, driven by the stories of women from four different generations. There are few groups of people more unfairly maligned for what they love than teenage girls. Society absolutely loves to look down its noses at […]
