The Miracle Club, 2023. Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan. Starring Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Stephen Rea, Agnes O’Casey, Shauna Higgins, Niall Buggy, Hazel Doupe, Mark McKenna, Leslie Conroy, Fionnuala Murphy, Eric D. Smith, Luke Jackson Smith, and Mark O’Halloran. SYNOPSIS: There’s just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win […]
Movie Review – Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Downton Abbey: A New Era, 2022. Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol, Allen Leech, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, Dominic West, Harry Hadden-Paton, Hugh Dancy, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Raquel Cassidy, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, […]
Downton Abbey: A New Era gets a new trailer and poster
Focus Features has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era, which follows the cast of the beloved period drama as they travel to the South of France to the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa; take a look here… From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture […]
Movie Review – A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
A Boy Called Christmas, 2021. Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Henry Lawfull, Stephen Merchant, Maggie Smith, Zoe Colletti, Michiel Huisman, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Kristen Wiig and Joel Fry. SYNOPSIS: The story of Father Christmas is reimagined as a tale of kidnapping, pixies and a secret elf village hidden in the snowy wilderness. […]
Downton Abbey: A New Era trailer reveals the Dowager Countess’ mysterious past
The first full trailer has arrived for Downton Abbey: A New Era. The trailer teases another wedding for the Crawley family as well as the mysterious past of the Dowager Countess, played once again by Dame Maggie Smith, as they travel to the south of France. Watch the trailer here… Downton Abbey: A New Era is set […]
Netflix festive family film A Boy Called Christmas gets a new trailer
Netflix has released a new poster and trailer for the festive family adventure film A Boy Called Christmas. Based on Matt Haig’s book of the same name, the film is directed by Gil Kenan and features a cast that includes Henry Lawfull, Stephen Merchant, Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Toby Jones, Michiel Huisman, Kristen […]
Maggie Smith to play Goebbels’ secretary in A German Life
As revealed by Variety, Maggie Smith is set to take on the role of Brunhilde Pomsel, the infamous secretary of Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, in an adaptation of the West End play A German Life from Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement). Smith will be reprising her role from the acclaimed stage […]
Movie Review – Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey, 2019. Directed by Michael Engler. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern, Phyllis Logan, Penelope Wilton, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Raquel Cassidy, Allen Leech, Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kevin Doyle, Douglas Reith, […]
Movie Review – Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey, 2019. Directed by Michael Engler. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, Rob James-Collier, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Simon Jones, Geraldine James, Imelda Staunton, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tuppence Middleton. SYNOPSIS: In 1927, the residents of Downton – both upstairs and downstairs – […]
The First Wives Club with Bechdel Cast co-host and comedian Jamie Loftus – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #46
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, comedian and Bechdel Cast host Jamie Loftus discusses the comic chaos of 90s classic The First Wives Club… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, stand-up comedian and Bechdel […]
