True History of the Kelly Gang, 2019. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: The life story of notorious Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly, from troubled childhood to police shootouts. Controversially, the outlaw Ned Kelly is one of the most famous figures […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam Review – True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
True History of the Kelly Gang, 2o19. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Russell Crowe, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Charlie Hunnam, Earl Cave, and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: The life of Ned Kelly, from childhood in a poor Irish convict family in Australia, to his eventual face off with British authorities […]
Movie Review – 1917 (2019)
1917, 2019. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Claire Duburcq, Daniel Mays, Richard Madden and Adrian Scarborough. SYNOPSIS: Two young British soldiers in the trenches of the First World War are sent on a dangerous journey to prevent another unit from walking straight into […]
Movie Review – 1917 (2019)
1917, 2019. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Claire Duburcq, Daniel Mays, Richard Madden and Adrian Scarborough. SYNOPSIS: Two young British soldiers in the trenches of the First World War are sent on a dangerous journey to prevent another unit from walking straight into […]
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang gets a UK trailer
Ahead of its UK release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize‐winning novel True History of the Kelly Gang. The crime drama stars George MacKay as in the lead role as the notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly alongside a cast that includes Essie Davis, Nicholas […]
Movie Review – 1917 (2019)
1917. 2019 Directed by Sam Mendes Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch SYNOPSIS: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the […]
Sam Mendes’ World War I epic 1917 gets a new trailer and IMAX poster
With just a week to go until its Christmas Day release, Universal Pictures has revealed another trailer for Sam Mendes’ First World War epic 1917 along with a new IMAX poster featuring George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of 1917 At the height of the First World […]
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang gets a poster and trailer
Memento Films has released a poster and trailer for director Justin Kurzel’s (Snowtown, Assassin’s Creed) upcoming crime drama True History of the Kelly Gang. Based on Peter Carey’s prize-winning novel of the same name, it stars George MacKay as the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly alongside a cast that includes Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Thomasin McKenzie, […]
Video Review – 1917
1917, 2019 Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, with Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch. In this video review, EJ dives into the Sam Mendes war film, 1917. Join him for what he calls the scariest war film since Come and See. EJ talks about […]
Movie Review – Ophelia (2019)
Ophelia, 2019. Directed by Claire McCarthy. Starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Sebastian de Souza, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Dominic Mafham, Anna Rust, Mia Quiney, and Martin Angerbauer. SYNOPSIS: A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Hamlet is a Shakespearean tragedy so reenacted to death that even if you […]
