FX and Disney+ have shared a teaser trailer and poster for Alien: Earth, the upcoming sci-fi horror series from showrunner Noah Hawley (Fargo) and executive producer Ridley Scott. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, […]
Noah Hawley’s Alien series cast revealed as production begins on FX show
Despite disruption from the ongoing strikes which have ground Hollywood studios to a halt, FX’s long-gestating Alien series has kicked off production in Thailand this past week – although for the time being the project is having to shoot around its SAG-AFTRA-affiliated cast members who remain unavailable due to the ongoing industrial action. The Alien […]
Movie Review – Nitram (2021)
Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Sean Keenan, Essie Davis, and Anthony LaPaglia. SYNOPSIS: Events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting in Tasmania in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred. The filmmaking team behind Nitram has made an effort to upfront state […]
Haunting new trailer for Justin Kurzel’s critically-acclaimed Nitram
Picturehouse Entertainment has dropped the UK trailer for Justin Kurzel’s critically-acclaimed drama Nitram, the film that won Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) the Best Actor award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Nitram, which we said was “executed with restraint, terror, and sensitivity” in our ★★★★ review, tells the story of events […]
Justin Kurzel’s Nitram gets a trailer from IFC Films
IFC Films has released a poster and trailer for director Justin Kurzel’s psychological drama Nitram. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Judy Davis, and Anthony LaPaglia, the film explores the events leading up to one of Australia’s worst national tragedies, the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting; take a look here… Nitram (Caleb Landry Jones) lives […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nitram
Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Judy Davis. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised take on the story of the Port Arthur shooting – the most notorious mass shooting in Australian history. The 1996 Port Arthur shooting is one of the most horrifying events in recent Australian history, and […]
Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia join Justin Kurzel’s new film
Snowtown and Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel has set Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives), Essie Davis (True History of the Kelly Gang) and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) to star in his next feature film Nitram. The film is set to explore one of the darkest chapters […]
Movie Review – Babyteeth (2019)
Babyteeth, 2019. Directed by Shannon Murphy. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn and Emily Barclay. SYNOPSIS: A teenager seriously ill with cancer discovers first love with a troubled drug addict she meets at a train station. There’s always something exciting about watching a promising debut feature, which also introduces the world to […]
Movie Review – Babyteeth (2019)
Babyteeth, 2019. Directed by Shannon Murphy. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, and Eugene Gilfedder. SYNOPSIS: A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer. Babyteeth is a character-focused coming-of-age terminal illness love story scarce on details in ways both refreshing and […]
Movie Review – True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
True History of the Kelly Gang, 2019. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: A retelling of the life story of infamous Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly, from a troubled childhood to his eventual demise at the hands of the […]
