Prevenge is what Kill Bill should’ve been. That may sound like a bold statement, but while Quentin Tarantino’s first three films were superb, the Kill Bill double-bill faltered. The Bride told how she went on a “roaring rampage of revenge” and how “I roared. And I rampaged. And I got bloody satisfaction.” Really? She only […]
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No Comments »The Witch is set in New England, 1630, where William (Ralph Ineson – Prey, The Office, and a million voiceovers) and Katherine (Kate Dickie – Prometheus, Filth) lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. And now a second trailer has been released. When their newborn son […]
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Midwinter of the Spirit did something that I don’t think I’ve ever seen in any other TV drama ever made – they finally gave a leading role to the brilliant Anna Maxwell Martin! The supernatural tone was set early on, beginning with a man being chased through forest to be sacrificed, while a priest babbles […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alexis Platt, Ania Marson, Anna Maxwell Martin, David Sterne, David Threlfall, Deon Williams, Doc Brown, Edmund Butt, Eileen Nicholas, Holly Kavanagh, Josie Walker, Kai Alexander, Kate Dickie, Leila Mimmack, Martin Walsh, Midwinter of the Spirit, Neil Ashton, Nicholas Pinnock, Nisha Nayar, Oengus MacNamara, Paul Bentall, Phil Collinson, Rachel Atkins, Richard Clark, Sally Messham, Scott Wright, Se7en, Simon Trinder, Siobhan Finneran, Stephen Volk, Stephen Walsh, Vivienne Soan, Will Attenborough No Comments »The Witch is set in New England, 1630, where William (Ralph Ineson – The Office, and a million voiceovers) and Katherine (Kate Dickie – Prometheus, Filth) lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins […]
Posted in Movie, TV & game trailers Tags: Anya Taylor-Joy, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson, Robert Eggers, The Witch No Comments »Filth, from Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, took a lot longer to come to the screen, but was it worth the wait? Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) is going for promotion to Detective Inspector but there are several colleagues standing in his way, including relative newcomer Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell) and the sole female in the running, […]
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Not Another Happy Ending is Karen Gillan‘s first movie since finishing Doctor Who, which brought her to the fore as Amy Pond. Here, she plays struggling author Jane Lockhart, and finally, after squillions of rejection letters, her novel, “The Endless Anguish Of My Father” is to be put into print. Her publisher, Tom Duval (Stanley […]
Filth, from Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, has taken a lot longer to come to the screen and I had high hopes for it since Trainspotting is an incredible movie from start to finish. Oh, by the way, I’m one of those people who never read books – I wait for the film version to come […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews Tags: Bobby Rainsbury, Celine Rattray, Christian Angermayer, Clint Mansell, David Soul, Eddie Marsan, Emun Elliott, Gary Lewis, Iain de Caestecker, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jens Meurer, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, John Sessions, Jon S. Baird, Kate Dickie, Ken Marshall, Mark Amin, Martin Compston, Natasha O'Keeffe, Pollyanna McIntosh, Ron Donachie, Shauna Macdonald, Shirley Henderson, Stephen Mao, Tracy Ann Oberman, Trudie Styler, Will Clarke, filth, irvine welsh No Comments »February 10th sees the release of Not Another Happy Ending, a Glasgow-set romantic comedy staring Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy) and released by Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. The film is written by David Solomons (Five Children and It) and it has its World Premiere at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival before being […]
Filth, the film based on Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh‘s novel, starring James McAvoy as corrupt cop Bruce Robertson, will be released on Blu-ray & DVD on February 10th and, today, Lionsgate Home Entertainment have unveiled the list of extensive extras. Hailed as one of the best British films in recent years, Filth is directed by […]
Filth: Now, here is something I am very much looking forward to, the long-awaited follow-up to Irvine Welsh‘s Trainspotting is released in Scotland on September 27th and then the rest of the UK, and Republic of Ireland, on October 4th. Filth stars James McAvoy and Eddie Marsan, plus Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Shirley Henderson, Joanne […]
