Belstone Pictures, Picnik Entertainment and Deadbeat Studios have shared a trailer, poster and images for Swede Caroline, a mockumentary from directing duo Brook Driver and Finn Bruce which dives into the competitive and murky world of giant vegetable growing. Featuring in the cast of the British comedy are Jo Hartley (This Is England), Richard Lumsden […]
Movie Review – Bank of Dave (2023)
Bank of Dave, 2023. Directed by Chris Foggin. Starring Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Rory Kinnear, Jo Hartley, Hugh Bonneville, Paul Kaye, Cathy Tyson, Florence Hall, Naomi Battrick, Harry Michell, Angus Wright, Adrian Lukis, Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Phil Collen, Rick Allen, Vivian Campbell, Darwin Taylor, Steve Edge, Simone Holmes, Roger Morlidge, Carrie Crookall, Freddie Bolt, […]
Movie Review – Sweetheart (2021)
Sweetheart, 2021. Written and Directed by Marley Morrison. Starring Nell Barlow, Jo Hartley, Ella-Rae Smith, Sophia Di Martino, Tabitha Byron and Samuel Anderson. SYNOPSIS: A sulky teen finds romance while on holiday with her family at a coastal caravan park. In the production notes of her striking 2020 debut feature Make Up, writer/director Claire Oakley describes […]
Movie Review – Slaughterhouse Rulez (2019)
Slaughterhouse Rulez. 2019. Directed by Crispian Mills. Starring Asa Butterfield, Michael Sheen, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Jo Hartley, Jamie Blackley, Tom Rhys Harries, and Margot Robbie. SYNOPSIS: An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror. Simon Pegg […]
Movie Review – Prevenge (2017)
Prevenge, 2017. Written and Directed by Alice Lowe. Starring Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, Tom Davis, Kayvan Novak, Mika Wozniak, and Della Moon Synott. SYNOPSIS: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in […]
Second Opinion – Prevenge (2016)
Prevenge, 2016. Written and Directed by Alice Lowe. Starring Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Kayvan Novak, Gemma Whalen, and Tom Davis. SYNOPSIS: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way. There is an […]
Movie Review – Prevenge (2016)
Prevenge, 2016. Directed by Alice Lowe. Starring Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Kayvan Novak and Tom Davis. SYNOPSIS: Ruth is seven months pregnant and her husband has died in a tragic accident. As far as she’s concerned, the little girl growing inside her is telling her to kill people. Some because they were involved […]
Stephen Mangan, Heather Graham and Jo Hartley to star in Sky Atlanic comedy series Bliss
Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Heather Graham (Angie Tribeca) and Jo Hartley (This Is England) are set to star in Bliss, a new comedy series from writer-director David Cross (Arrested Development) and Sky Atlantic. Deadline reports that the series stars Mangan as Andrew, “a successful travel writer who, through extenuating circumstances, finds himself living between two sets […]
Movie Review – David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
David Brent: Life on the Road, 2016. Directed by Ricky Gervais. Starring Ricky Gervais, Doc Brown, Abbie Murphy, Mandeep Dhillon, Tom Bennett, Tom Basden and Jo Hartley. SYNOPSIS: A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British TV series The Office, as he now fancies himself a rockstar […]
Movie Review – David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
David Brent: Life on the Road, 2016. Directed by Ricky Gervais. Starring Ricky Gervais, Jo Hartley, Doc Brown, Tom Bennett and Mandeep Dhillon. SYNOPSIS: Clueless sales representative David Brent, famed for 2000’s documentary The Office, returns as he self-funds his own rock star tour with band Foregone Conclusion… In the vein a few years […]
