The BBC has released a trailer for the crime thriller series The Jetty which stars Jenna Coleman as a detective investigating a fire on a property in her scenic home town in Lancashire, and how it somehow links to a podcast journalist diving into a cold case and an illicit relationship between a man and […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review – Black Dog
Black Dog, 2023. Directed by George Jaques. Starring Jamie Flatters, Keenan Munn-Francis, Nicholas Pinnock, Paul Kaye, Hattie Morahan, and Ruby Stokes. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage boys from very different London backgrounds embark on a road trip North together. As they start to open up about their pasts, the boys learn they have far more in common […]
Netflix shares new trailer for Joe Cornish’s Lockwood & Co.
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix later this month, a new trailer has arrived online for Joe Cornish’s upcoming adaptation of Jonathan Stroud’s YA book series Lockwood & Co. The supernatural mystery thriller series follows a renegade teenage trio – Anthony, George and Lucy who work for a small ghost-hunting agency, as they use their […]
Movie Review – A Banquet (2022)
A Banquet, 2022. Directed by Ruth Paxton. Starring Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Lindsay Duncan, Kaine Zajaz, Richard Keep, Rina Mahoney, and Deka Walmsley. SYNOPSIS: Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to […]
Joe Cornish’s supernatural mystery series Lockwood & Co. gets a trailer from Netflix
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Lockwood & Co., the supernatural mystery thriller from Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), which is based on Jonathan Stroud’s YA book series of the same name. The series follows three gifted teenagers who work at a small ghost-hunting agency in London, as they fight the many deadly […]
Netflix’s Bridgerton casts Hannah Dodd as the new Francesca
Deadline has revealed that Netflix’s hit series Bridgerton will see one of its cast members replaced in the third season as Hannah Dodd (Anatomy of a Scandal) will take over the role of Francesca Bridgerton as a series regular. Francesca was the little-seen Bridgerton sibling, being away most of the first season and only having a […]
UK trailer for psychological thriller A Banquet starring Sienna Guillory and Jessica Alexander
Signature Entertainment has released a UK trailer for Ruth Paxton’s acclaimed psychological thriller A Banquet, which sees Sienna Guillory leading a cast that also includes Jessica Alexander (Get Even), Ruby Stokes (Rocks, Bridgerton) and Lindsay Duncan (Birdman). Check it out below, along with a selection of official stills… Widowed mother, Holly (Guillory), is pushed to […]
Movie Review – Rocks (2019)
Rocks, 2019. Directed by Sarah Gavron. Starring Bukky Bakray, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Kosar Ali, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Tawheda Begum, Ruby Stokes and Sarah Niles. SYNOPSIS: When her mother disappears without warning, a teenage girl and her younger brother take to the streets in order to avoid the care system. One of the bright spots of this […]
Movie Review – Rocks (2019)
Rocks, 2019. Directed by Sarah Gavron. Starring Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Ruby Stokes, Tawheda Begum, Afi Okaidja, Anastasia Dymitrow, Sarah Niles, Layo-Christina Akinlude, and Sharon D. Clarke. SYNOPSIS: A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single […]
Movie Review – Una (2017)
Una, 2017. Directed by Benedict Andrews. Starring Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Ruby Stokes, Riz Ahmed, Tobias Menzies, Natasha Little, and Tara Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: A woman confronts an older man, her former neighbor, to find out why he abandoned her after they had a sexual relationship. The premise of Una is enough on its own to […]
