Eileen, 2023. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague, and Marin Ireland. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Anyone who saw William Oldroyd’s feature debut Lady Macbeth should know to expect more from his follow-up than the […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Eileen
Eileen, 2023. Directed by William Oldroyd Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sam Nivola, Tonye Patano and Owen Teague SYNOPSIS: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Thomasin McKenzie’s Eileen is habitually on the cusp of something. Things that threaten […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Last Night in Soho (2021)
Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp, and Diana Rigg. SYNOPSIS: Edgar Wright’s latest, Last Night in Soho, arrives on 4K UltraHD with a solid batch of bonus features. It’s a film that loses its way in the third act, but fans […]
Casting underway on M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film
As reported by Variety, M. Night Shyamalan is in the early process of casting his latest film with Jojo Rabbit’s Thomasin McKenzie and Heredtiary’s Alex Wolff leading the names of stars in negotiations alongside Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), Aaron Pierre (Krypton), and Vicky Krieps (The Girl in the Spider’s Web). Reports state that M. Night […]
Movie Review – Last Night in Soho (2021)
Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg, Synnøve Karlsen, Rita Tushingham, Lisa McGrillis, Michael Jibson, Andrew Bicknell, and Michael Ajao. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour […]
Movie Review – The Power of the Dog (2021)
The Power of the Dog, 2021. Written and Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach, and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife […]
New trailer and posters for The Power of the Dog starring Benedict Cumberbatch
Netflix has released a new trailer and posters for writer-director Jane Campion’s upcoming drama The Power of the Dog. Based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch a charismatic rancher who finds himself exposed to the possibility of love when his brother brings home his new family; take […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival Capsule Review – The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog, 2021. Written and Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach, and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife […]
Movie Review – Old (2021)
Old, 2021. Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott, Alexa Swinton, Nolan River, Luca Faustino Rodriguez, Kylie Begley, Mikaya Fisher, Kailen Jude, M. Night Shyamalan, Matthew Shear, Jeffrey Holsman, […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Synnøve Karlsen and Rita Tushingham. SYNOPSIS: A fashion student from Cornwall moves to London and finds herself experiencing disturbing visions of a previous occupant of her bedsit room in the 1960s. Edgar Wright […]
