HBO Max has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Loosely based on the adventures of the 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet, the series follows Captain Bonnet (Rhys Darby) as he struggles to earn the respect of his crew and survive life on the high seas […]
First-look clip from Creation Stories starring Ewen Bremner as Alan McGee
In celebration of the 60th birthday of Alan McGee, a first look clip has been released from the biographical drama Creation Stories. Directed by Nick Moran from a script by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, the film stars Ewen Bremner as the music industry executive and tells the story of how the Creation Records co-founder helped […]
Movie Review – First Cow (2019)
First Cow, 2019. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring John Magaro, Orion Lee, Clayton Nemrow, Todd A. Robinson, Alia Shawkat, René Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Lily Gladstone, Gary Farmer, Ted Rooney, and Scott Shepherd. SYNOPSIS: A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true […]
Danny Boyle teaming with Irvine Welsh for Creation Stories
Burning Wheel Productions have announced that filmmaker Danny Boyle has joined the feature production Creation Stories as an executive producer, reuniting the filmmaker with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. Scripted by Welsh and directed by Nick Moran (Telstar: The Story of Joe Meek and The Kid), Creation Stories will tell the tale of infamous record label […]
Movie Review – Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2018)
Mary and the Witch’s Flower, 2018. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Featuring the voice talents of Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Jim Broadbent and Ewen Bremner. SYNOPSIS: A girl bored of rural life finds herself transported to a school of magic when she picks an unusual flower in the woods. Since the closure of […]
Rumoured details on Pedro Pascal’s Wonder Woman 2 role, and returning characters
With Wonder Woman 2 gearing up to go into production this May, news broke this week that Game of Thrones and Narcos star Pedro Pascal had become the latest addition to the cast of the DC sequel, and now we have some potential details on his character, as well as returning cast members from the […]
Emma Stone reportedly passes on Cheetah role in Wonder Woman 2
With director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot gearing up to begin production on Wonder Woman 2 this spring, it was only a matter of time before we started getting some casting rumours for the DC sequel. Well, sure enough, we’ve now got a report from That Hashtag Show, which claims that the follow-up to […]
New poster and trailer for Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower
GKIDS has released a new poster and trailer for Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the debut film from Studio Ponoc, which is directed by the Academy Award-nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi, animator on Spirited Away and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty. Check them out here… Mary is a plain, young […]
Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower gets a UK trailer
Studio Ponoc has released a UK trailer for the upcoming animated feature Mary and the Witch’s Flower. Directed by former Studio Ghibli veteran Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the film is based upon British author Mary Stewart’s book The Little Broomstick and features a voice cast that includes Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Lynda Baron, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, […]
Getting Naked Again: Revisiting Mike Leigh’s Naked
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, Naked… The other day I attended a special screening at The Prince Charles Cinema in London. It was part of a specially curated selection of films (from NFTS) devoted to the vile and unlikeable. The first film of the series was Mike Leigh’s 1993 […]
