Bill Murray is set to reunite with Kingpin and Dumb and Dumber To directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly with a recurring role their new comedy series The Now, which is set up at the upcoming shortform streaming service Quibi. The series, which is written by Green Book’s Peter Farrelly alongside Steve Leff (The Ranch) and […]
Peter Farrelly to direct The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Following on from the Oscar-winning Green Book, director Peter Farrelly appears to have found his next project, with Variety reporting that he is set to helm an adaptation of the acclaimed book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War by Joanna Molloy and John ‘Chickie’ Donohue. The Greatest Beer […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Green Book win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, a film that has had an up and down campaign – Peter Farrelly’s Green Book… The unthinkable has happened. Peter Farrelly – a man best known for […]
Movie Review – Green Book (2018)
Green Book, 2018. Directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Dimeter Marinov, Mike Hatton and Iqbal Theba. SYNOPSIS: In the 1960s, an uncouth Italian-American gets a job as the chauffeur for a black pianist as he takes part in a tour of the Deep South. Out of nowhere, Peter Farrelly is […]
Oscars 2019: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations
Tom Beasley takes a dive into the Oscar nominations to spotlight the biggest snubs and surprises from today’s shortlists… Today, the final nominations for the Oscars 2019 were announced over in Hollywood, sending a mixture of joy and rage rattling through the film world. As usual, most of the major players were pretty easy to […]
54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Green Book (2018)
Green Book, 2018. Directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, P.J. Byrne, Brian Stepanek, Iqbal Theba, Tom Virtue, Paul Sloan, and Nick Vallelonga. SYNOPSIS: A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Early […]
First trailer and poster for Green Book starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen
Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, the first trailer, poster and images have debuted for the upcoming drama Green Book. Directed by Peter Farrelly, the film is based on the true story of the classical pianist Dr. Ron Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his chauffeur Tony Lip’s (Viggo Mortensen) […]
Linda Cardellini joins Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book
Linda Cardellini (Avengers: Age of Ultron) has signed on to star opposite Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence) and Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) in Green Book, which is being directed by Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber To) from a script he’s written with Nick Vallenlonga and Brian Currie. Based on a true story, Green Book is […]
Viggo Mortensen to star in Green Book from Peter Farrelly
According to Variety, Viggo Mortensen is in talks to star in Green Book, an upcoming drama which is being directed by Peter Farrelly, one half of the Farrelly Brothers, from a script he has co-written with Nick Vallenlonga and Brian Currie. Based on a true story, Green Book is set in 1962 and follows Tony […]
Movie Review – Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Dumb and Dumber To, 2014 Directed by The Farrelly Brothers Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom, Kathleen Turner SYNOPSIS: 20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry’s newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption. Fans of Dumb and […]
