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 […]
When Film and TV Collide: Acclaimed Directors on the Small Screen
Chris Connor on filmmakers venturing out onto the small screen… As television has come more and more into its own in recent years, the gaps between what we might have seen exclusively on the big screen and less so on TV has become less apparent. Certainly big budget TV series feel more cinematic and can […]
Amazon Review – The Underground Railroad
Martin Carr reviews The Underground Railroad… Oscar-winning writer director Barry Jenkins comes to Amazon with a story of conflicting cultural identity and social intolerance. Adapted from the novel by Colson Whitehead, who serves as an executive producer alongside both Barry Jenkins and Brad Pitt, The Underground Railroad pulls no punches. Caesar (Aaron Pierce) and Cora (Thuso […]
Amazon’s The Underground Railroad – Video Review
EJ Moreno reviews the latest from director Barry Jenkins… The latest project from filmmaker Barry Jenkins is the Amazon Prime series, The Underground Railroad. While it holds nothing back and may be uncomfortable at times, critic EJ Moreno feels this is one of 2021’s must-see shows. Watch the video below as EJ breaks down the […]
Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad gets a new trailer from Amazon
With just a month to go until it premieres on Amazon Prime Video, a new trailer has been released for Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk director Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Underground Railroad which follows Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu) as she makes a desperate bid for freedom, […]
Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad gets first poster and trailer
Amazon Prime Video has debuted a poster and teaser trailer for Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Underground Railroad. The limited drama series stars Thuso Mbedu as Cora Randall, a young woman who escapes the Georgia plantation where she is enslaved for the rumoured underground railroad in a desperate bid […]
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins developing Underground Railroad series for Amazon
Oscar-nominated Moonlight director Barry Jenkins is teaming up with Amazon Studios to write and direct an hourlong drama series based around the Underground Railroad, which will be based upon Colson Whitehead’s bestselling book The Underground Railroad. “Going back to The Intuitionist, Colson’s writing has always defied convention, and The Underground Railroad is no different,” Jenkins […]
