Queer, 2024. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Colin Bates, Omar Apollo, Daan de Wit, Simon Rizzoni, Ronia Ava, Henry Zaga, Drew Droege, Ariel Schulman, Andra Ursuta, Octavio Mendoza “La Bruja de Texcoco”, Silverio Castro, Andrés Duprat, Lisandro Alonso, Perla Ambrosini, and David Lowery. SYNOPSIS: Lee, who recounts […]
Video Review – Queer is dominated by Daniel Craig’s top-tier performance
EJ Moreno with a video review of Queer… Luca Guadagnino already wowed audiences in 2024 with his sexy and scandalous film Challengers, but now the filmmaker is back with something even saucier in Queer. Adapting the challenging work of William S. Burroughs, Guadagnino tackles the material with his bold visionary style. What Queer also serves […]
Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey
A24 has released a poster and trailer for Queer, the upcoming romantic drama from director Luca Guadagnino (Bones and All, Challengers) which is based on William S. Burroughs’ 1985 novel of the same name. Set in 1950s Mexico City, the film centres on William Lee (Daniel Craig), an American Expat who develops an interest in […]
First trailer for The Critic starring Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton
The first trailer has arrived online for The Critic, director Anand Tucker’s u[coming adaptation of Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call. Set in the 1930s, the period thriller stars Ian McKellen as a feared theatre critic who takes pleasure in regularly tearing down actress Nina Land (Gemma Arterton), until his newspaper is taken over and he […]
Movie Review – Back to Black (2024)
Back to Black, 2024. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Starring Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville, Juliet Cowan, Bronson Webb, Ansu Kabia, Harley Bird, Michael S. Siegel, Matilda Thorpe, Ryan O’Doherty, Jeff Tunke, Izaak Cainer, Tracey Lushington, Sam Buchanan, Pete Lee-Wilson, Thelma Ruby, Anna Darvas, Spike Fearn, Liv Longborne, Kumbi Mushambi, Therica Wilson-Read, and […]
Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black gets a first trailer
StudioCanal has debuted the first trailer and a poster for Back to Black, the upcoming biopic from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, Fifty Shades of Grey), which is based on the life of iconic British singer-songwriter Amy Winhouse (Marisa Abela). Joining Abela in the cast are Jack O’Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Mitch […]
Citadel renewed for season 2
With the first season finale of Citadel airing on Amazon Prime tomorrow, the streamer announced today the spy thriller series has been renewed for a second season. Citadel stars Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) as Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, former elite agents who have had their memories wiped and […]
Movie Review – Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, 2022. Directed by Anthony Fabian. Starring Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lucas Bravo, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Anna Chancellor, Rose Williams, Ellen Thomas, Jason Isaacs, Roxane Duran, Freddie Fox, Christian McKay, Delroy Atkinson, Guilaine Londez, Dorottya Ilosvai, Sarah Rickman, Balázs Csémy, and Philippe Bertin. SYNOPSIS: A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s […]
Starz gets steamy(ish) with Dangerous Liaisons trailer
Starz has released a poster and trailer for Dangerous Liaisons, a ‘bold prelude’ of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic 18th century novel. The drama tells the story of how the iconic literary lovers-turned-rivals, the Marquise de Merteuil (Alice Englert) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Nicholas Denton), met in Paris on the eve of the French […]
Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong and more set for thriller The Critic
Deadline reports an all-star cast for The Critic, a period thriller of “blackmail, deceit and murder.” Starring in the film from director Anand Tucker (Hilary and Jackie) will be Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), Gemma Arterton (Summerland) and Mark Strong (1917) as the principle trio. The Critic is set in “1934 London, McKellen plays […]
