The BBC has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming thriller series MotherFatherSon, which has been created by Tom Rob Smith (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) and stars Richard Gere, Helen McCrory, and Billy Howle; watch it here… Richard Gere plays Max, a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London […]
Movie Review – The Dinner (2017)
The Dinner, 2017. Directed by Oren Moverman. Starring Steve Coogan, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall, and Charlie Plummer. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers, one a successful politician, the other a former teacher, and their respective wives, come together for a family conference over dinner in an expensive restaurant. The actions of their teenage children have been […]
Movie Review – Norman (2016)
Norman, 2016. Directed by Joseph Cedar. Starring Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Dan Stevens, Steve Buscemi, and Charlotte Gainsbourg. SYNOPSIS: From the outside, Norman Oppenheim (Richard Gere) looks like an eccentric businessman. But the truth is that he dreams up schemes that come to nothing, so he tries to be everybody’s friend, and doesn’t […]
Movie Review – Time Out of Mind (2015)
Time Out of Mind, 2015. Directed by Oren Moverman. Starring Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone and Steve Buscemi. SYNOPSIS: George seeks refuge at Bellevue Hospital, a Manhattan intake center for homeless men, where his friendship with a fellow client helps him try to repair his relationship with his estranged daughter. I’ll admit before anything […]
BFI Review – An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Robert Loggia, Louis Gossett, Jr, David Keith and Lisa Blount. SYNOPSIS: Signing up to the Aviation Academy, Zak Mayo (Richard Gere) finds that his own upbringing haunts him and may stop him from achieving his goal of becoming a jet pilot. Amongst […]
DVD Review – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) Directed by John Madden Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Tina Desai, Dev Patel, Shazad Latif, Tamsin Greig and Richard Gere. SYNPOSIS: As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament […]
Foursome: Bobby Bukowski talks about Rosewater, Infinitely Polar Bear, 99 Homes & Time Out of Mind
Trevor Hogg chats with Bobby Bukowski about a busy year of collaborating with four different filmmakers who each had a separate cinematic project… One cannot accuse Bobby Bukowski of having a boring life as he went from studying Biochemistry with the intention of pursuing a medical career to a photographer’s assistant in Paris which resulted […]
