Deadline is reporting that Abbey Lee (The Neon Demon), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Avenue 5) and Ken Leung (The Hangover) have joined the cast of writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s next film. The new additions join the previously announced Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Aaron Pierre (Krypton), Alex Wolff (Hereditary) and Vicky Krieps (The Girl […]
Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Aneurin Barnard, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong, Darren Boyd, Anthony Welsh, Aimee Kelly, Jairaj Varsani and Nikki Amuka-Bird. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed novel by […]
Armando Iannucci’s space tourism comedy Avenue 5 gets a new trailer and premiere date
HBO has released a new trailer for Armando Iannucci’s (Veep) Avenue 5, which reveals that the series will premiere on January 19th. Set 40 years in the future, the space tourism comedy stars Hugh Laurie as a captain of a luxury space cruise liner who is trying his best to keep everything in order and […]
Space tourism goes wrong in first trailer for Armando Iannucci’s Avenue 5
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for Armando Iannucci’s (Veep, The Death of Stalin) upcoming space tourism comedy Avenue 5 which stars Hugh Laurie as the captain of a luxury space cruise liner embarking on an eight-week trip around Saturn, which unfortunately doesn’t quite go as planned; check out the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emu0I2hNfUk&feature=emb_title Avenue […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Peter Capaldi, Rosalind Eleazar, and Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. Set in […]
Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)
The Laundromat, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, Will Forte, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeffrey Wright, Alex Pettyfer, Chris Parnell, James Cromwell, Robert Patrick, Melissa Rauch, Dan Gruenberg, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Juliet Donenfeld, Shoshana Bush, Rosalind Chao, Nonso Anozie, Amy Louise Pemberton, Jay Paulson, Cristela Alonzo, Larry Clarke, Larry Wilmore, […]
Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)
The Laundromat, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, Nonso Anozie, Matthias Schoenaerts, Melissa Rauch, Sharon Stone, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Rosalind Chao. SYNOPSIS: When a woman suffers an insurance injustice, she begins to investigate the shady law firm Mossack Fonseca, who would eventually become the subject of the […]
Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat gets a first trailer and poster
Netflix has released the first poster and trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming drama The Laundromat. Based on the Panama Papers scandal and Jake Bernstein’s book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite, the film features a cast that includes Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, […]
Movie Review – A Private War (2018)
A Private War, 2018. Directed by Matthew Heineman. Starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander, Stanley Tucci, Corey Johnson, Faye Marsay and Nikki Amuka-Bird. SYNOPSIS: The story of acclaimed war reporter Marie Colvin, leading up to her death during the siege of Homs, Syria in 2012. There are few more inspiring figures in modern journalism […]
54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Private War (2018)
A Private War, 2018. Directed by Matthew Heineman. Starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Alexandra Moen, Corey Johnson, Raad Rawi, Greg Wise, Hilton McRae, Jérémie Laheurte, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Amanda Drew, and Fady Elsayed. SYNOPSIS: One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious […]
