HBO has released a trailer for Youth, the upcoming comedy series from Sharon Horgan, who also stars as Alex, a 50-year-old woman trying to navigate the dating world and her own life while taking care of her parents and her adult son. Joining Horgan in the cast is Rupert Friend, Sharlene Whyte, Aran Murphy, and […]
12 Films We’d Love to See at This Year’s London Film Festival
With the full line-up for this year’s 59th BFI London Film Festival set to be unveiled on Tuesday, September 1st, Senior Staff Writer Scott Davis looks ahead to the festival with some of the films that may be part of the extensive programme. We’ve already had confirmation that Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, […]
Pierce Brosnan signs on for sci-fi thriller Youth
The Wrap is reporting that Pierce Brosnan has signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller Youth, director Brett Marty’s feature adaptation of his 2016 short. Youth takes place in a near future where ‘Renewal’, a procedure to reset a person’s biological clock, is the world’s hottest commodity. Brosnan will play Joel, “an ad-tech engineer […]
Raising Caine: Sir Michael Going On In Style
Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine… His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend’s Going in Style–a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs‘ Zach Braff–sees him share top billing with fellow aged […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Youth (2015)
Youth, 2015. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: Conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his retirement at a luxury hotel in the Alps, when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Meanwhile, his best friend, film director Mick Boyle […]
