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 – One Life (2023)
One Life, 2024. Directed by James Hawes. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Lena Olin, Samantha Spiro, Adrian Rawlins, Marthe Keller, Ziggy Heath, Tom Glenister, Tim Steed, Samuel Finzi, Matilda Thorpe, Daniel Brown, Jirí Simek, Barbora Váchová, Ella Novakova, Juliana Moska, Michal Skach, Samuel Himal, Matej Karas, […]
Movie Review – One Life (2023)
One Life, 2023. Directed by James Hawes. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Samantha Spiro, Jonathan Pryce, and Lena Olin. SYNOPSIS: One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 children […]
Trailer for Holocaust drama One Life sees Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as Sir Nicholas Winton
Following its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Warner Bros. has released a trailer for director James Hawes’ biographical drama One Life. Based on based on Barbara Winton’s book If it’s Not Impossible… The life of Sir Nicholas Winton, the film tells the true story of Nicholas Winton (played by Anthony Hopkins and Johnny […]
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 […]
Movie Review – Amulet (2020)
Amulet. 2020 Written and Directed by Romola Garai Starring Carla Juri, Alec Secăreanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia, and Paul O’Kelly SYNOPSIS: An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot […]
Possession horror Amulet gets a poster and trailer
After a successful premiere at Sundance, Magnolia Pictures is set to release first time feature director Romola Garai’s possession horror Amulet this month, and we’ve got a new poster and trailer for the film which stars Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Imelda Staunton, and Angeliki Papoulia. Following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, former soldier […]
