Interlude In Prague, 2017. Directed by John Stephenson. Starring James Purefoy, Aneurin Barnard, Samantha Banks, Morfydd Clark, Adrian Edmondson, and Dervla Kirwan. SYNOPSIS: Celebrated 18th century composer Mozart is brought to Prague by powerful Baron Saloka and, while there, starts to compose a new opera. Despite being married, he also falls in love with young […]
Second Opinion – Colossal (2016)
Colossal, 2016. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: Gloria (Anne Hathaway) has a hit a crisis. She’s out of work and boyfriend Tim (Dan Stevens) has had enough of her party lifestyle and kicked her out of his flat. She returns to her […]
Movie Review – Whisky Galore! (2016)
Whisky Galore!, 2016. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, Starring Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Ellie Kendrick, Kevin Guthrie, Fenella Woolgar and James Cosmo. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1941, rationing is in force and the residents of the Scottish island of Todday are faced with a nightmare. Their supply of whisky has run out and the island is completely dry. […]
Exclusive Interview: Director John Madden on Miss Sloane
Freda Cooper chats with Miss Sloane director John Madden… Elizabeth Sloane lives and breathes politics. Miss Sloane the film seems to attract them like a magnet. It premiered in America just after the Presidential Election and arrives in the UK this week in the middle of our own General Election campaign. The film’s director, John Madden, spoke […]
Movie Review – The Levelling (2016)
The Levelling, 2016. Directed by Hope Dickson Leach. Starring Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, and Joe Blakemore. SYNOPSIS: Trainee vet Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns home to the family farm in Somerset following the death of her brother. She finds the farm in chaos and her father a shadow of his former self. Their relationship has […]
Movie Review – Miss Sloane (2016)
Miss Sloane, 2016. Directed by John Madden. Starring Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Lithgow, Jake Lacy and Sam Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most in-demand political lobbyist in Washington DC. Famous for her ruthless cunning, she’s poached from a large agency by a smaller one, headed Rodolfo Schmidt (Mark Strong) to […]
Movie Review – Away (2016)
Away, 2016. Directed by David Blair. Starring Timothy Spall, Juno Temple, Hayley Squires, Matt Ryan and Susan Lynch. SYNOPSIS: Ria (Juno Temple) and Joseph (Timothy Spall) are both in Blackpool to escape. She’s trying to get away from her abusive boyfriend, he’s trying to escape memories of the death of his wife. When their paths […]
Movie Review – The Journey (2016)
The Journey, 2016. Directed by Nick Hamm. Starring Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Toby Stephens, John Hurt and Freddie Highmore. SYNOPSIS: In the middle of the Northern Ireland power sharing discussions of 2006, Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness find themselves sharing a car to the airport. The two are […]
Exclusive Interview – The Journey’s Director Nick Hamm and Timothy Spall
The Journey takes the 2006 power sharing negotiations for Northern Ireland at its starting point – and shows how a small piece of protocol turned out to be the key to unlocking the door to peace. At the time, senior members of the Democratic Unionist Part and Sinn Fein weren’t allowed to travel alone. So […]
Movie Review – Sleepless (2017)
Sleepless, 2017. Directed by Baran bo Odar. Starring Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Scoot McNairy, Dermot Mulroney and David Harbour. SYNOPSIS: When a Las Vegas cop is involved in a drugs heist that goes spectacularly wrong, his teenage son is kidnapped by the mobster who owns the merchandise. Rescuing the boy is a tough call because […]
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