Based on Florian Zeller’s 2012 play La Père, the film stars acting royalty Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman (she was in The Crown, after all). The Father sees Anthony Hopkins play (a handily named) Anthony, who is struggling with the harsh reality of ageing and serious memory loss caused by dementia, while Olivia Colman plays […]Read More
They might not have had to fight in the ring, but Netflix has managed to win distribution rights for Halle Berry’s directorial debut, Bruised. The actor and former model and beauty contest participant is swapping the brushes for boxing gloves in as one star of the story about a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter attempting […]Read More
Data has shown that the average film production (with budgets of $70m or over) generates 2,840 tonnes of CO2e – a figure equivalent to taking eleven one-way trips from the Earth to the moon. I don’t even want to start to think how much CO2e films like Gravity or First Man made then… the numbers […]Read More
Richard Gere and Diane Keaton star as married filmmakers who casting Lin-Manuel Miranda and Blake Lively as their younger selves for their latest feature in an upcoming rom-com. But as so often happens, life begins to imitate art in The Making Of as their marriage starts to break down. Miranda and Lively want a film […]Read More
Kenneth Branagh and that moustache return for the sequel to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, except this time the murder happens on a boat instead. What’s next, a plane? The trailer sees the dramatics of Agatha Christie’s classic novel emphasized tenfold – dramatic shots of the desert, quick cuts and a tagline that screams […]Read More
Over a thousand artists have signed a petition to encourage government intervention to help save the music industry from “catastrophic damage” caused by coronavirus. With names like Liam Gallagher, Nick Cave and Paul McCartney on the list, the news is quickly gaining online attention. Directed to Oliver Dowden (Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media […]Read More
Not even a global pandemic can stop the cinematic powerhouse that is Blumhouse. After working with Elisabeth Moss on The Invisible Man, this time they’re even teaming up with her production company (Love and Squalor Pictures) to adapt Virginia Feito’s still unreleased novel for the big screen. Moss is set to take on the role […]Read More
Hamilton manages to pack a lot into its two hour run-time; marriages, affairs, wars, and – oh yeah, the life of one of America’s founding fathers. It’s more than many musicals can claim to even touch base on. Whilst many were initially sceptical of a musical that fell so heavily into the rap and hip-hop […]Read More
Studio Ghibli is renowned for its female protagonists. They’re strong, smart, independent young girls, who hardly wait for a prince to save them and would rather instead chase after the huge but cuddly creature in the forest. They are everything young girls should grow up seeing on-screen. And although Ghibli are stellar at representing these […]Read More
Although it looks like we might have to wait a little while longer to get our Pixar fix on the big screen with the release of Soul being delayed until 20 November, the classic animation studio is keeping fans happy with details on their newest project, Luca. A coming-of-age fantasy film, Luca feels like the […]Read More
Anyone familiar with the Marvel Cinematic Universe knows that, well – it’s pretty damn big. So condensing hours of stories, characters and adventure into a video-game can be difficult, to say the least. But Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are on a mission to give 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man a run for its money, with their […]Read More
Despite some questionable lyrics, Paramount are heading back to “those Summer Nights” to form the prequel to the original 1978 musical Grease. Leah McKendrick’s script is set to explore how Sandy and Danny met for the first time and the events that led to them reuniting unexpectedly in school. Cue the inevitable song references in […]Read More
Although a global pandemic might have pushed the release of Edgar Wright’s sixth feature Last Night in Soho back a year, that hasn’t stopped him from ramping up expectations and excitement. Thomasin McKenzie plays Eloise, a young girl passionate about fashion design, who meets her idol: a singer rising in popularity named Sandy (Anya Taylor-Joy). […]Read More
After going into administration in May, it was announced on 2nd July that the Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) would be closing permanently, making eighty-six members of staff redundant. The closure comes as a result of Coronavirus causing many shows to be cancelled or postponed, as well as a lack of financial support from the government […]Read More
Just last week, the trailer for Jessica Chastain’s badass ginger assassin Ava was released. After a job goes wrong, she’s forced to fight against the organisation she is supposed to work for and with, including Colin Farrell (sporting a dodgy-looking haircut). But will she make it out alive? After Matthew Newton stepped down as director […]Read More
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