Widow Clicquot, 2024. Directed by Thomas Napper. Starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Leo Suter, Ben Miles, Anson Boon, Natasha O’Keeffe, Chris Larkin, Paul Rhys, Ian Conningham, Cara Seymour, Christopher Villiers, Phoebe Nicholls, and Cecily Cleeve. SYNOPSIS: After her husband’s untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling […]
TV Review – Pistol
Chris Connor reviews Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols limited series Pistol… The Sex Pistols may have been a short-lived group but they were at the vanguard of the British Punk movement, anarchic and inflammatory, spearheaded by red haired devil Johnny Rotten and bassist Sid Vicious they remain an iconic group 45 years on. The group’s story […]
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol gets a new trailer and poster
Ahead of its premiere on Disney+ later this month, a new poster and trailer have been released for Pistol, the upcoming limited drama series from director Danny Boyle which is based on Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol; take a look here… “Pistol” is a six-episode limited […]
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol gets a first trailer
FX and Disney+ have debuted the first trailer for the Danny Boyle-directed drama Pistol. Based on the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the limited series centres on the guitarist throughout three chaotic years with the iconic English punk band. Watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: First look […]
Movie Review – The Winter Lake (2020)
The Winter Lake, 2020. Directed by Phil Sheerin. Starring Emma Mackey, Charlie Murphy, Mark McKenna, Michael McElhatton and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: Elaine (Charlie Murphy) and Tom (Anson Boon) have moved to a remote family farmhouse. Neighbours Ward (Michael McElhatton) and Holly (Emma Mackey) soon become embroiled in the lives of these newcomers, as Tom stumbles […]
Sex Education’s Emma Mackey stars in trailer for thriller The Winter Lake
Epic Pictures has released a poster and trailer for The Winter Lake, a dark thriller from director Phil Sheerin which sees Sex Education’s Emma Mackey starring alongside Anson Boon (Blackbird), Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders) and Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones). When Holly’s (Mackey) dark secret is uncovered by her new neighbor Tom (Boon), they are […]
Movie Review – Blackbird (2020)
Blackbird, 2020. Directed by Roger Michell. Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Sam Neill, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Lindsay Duncan, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film ‘Silent Heart‘. Blackbird is equal parts riveting […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blackbird
Blackbird, 2019. Directed by Roger Michell Starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslett, Rainn Wilson, Mia Wasikowska, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: When a terminally ill mother (Susan Sarandon) brings her nearest-and-dearest together for one last time before she dies, it stirs up deep seated emotions within the fractured family. From the […]
Movie Review – Crawl (2019)
Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, Morfydd Clark, Jose Palma, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: When high-school swimmer Hayley (Kaya Scodelario) attempts to check up on her father during the onset of a Stage 5 hurricane, she ends up trapped in their family home as the tide rises, and […]
