Last year, we had the first part of an epic musical adaptation of Wicked, the hugely successful Broadway and West End hit. Now we have the sequel, Wicked: For Good, or as it should be called, Wicked Act Two, for this is precisely what it is. The first film was predominantly the first act, with…
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The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, TV presenter and producer, turned his hand to writing and achieved international success with his murder mystery, The Thursday Murder Club. Becoming a phenomenon, Steven Spielberg instantly bought the rights, brought on board Home Alone director Chris Columbus, and assembled a cast to die for, entering into a deal with Netflix to present…
Black Bag
When The Holdovers was advertised last year, I wasn’t very excited, but I was pleasantly surprised, and it became one of my favourite films. I had the same initial thoughts when watching the trailer for Black Bag. It was very underwhelming. I should have remembered the Alexander Payne comedy drama because Steven Soderbergh’s second film…
Black Adam
The DC Cinematic world has been having a few problems of late. Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2 have had their releases pushed back; Batgirl was cancelled, and The Flash is still being decided on after the strange events of his star in public life. So maybe a new hero is needed to lift the Warner…
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Director: Ol Parker Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Cher, Julie Walters, Andy Garcia. Written by: (Also story) Ol Parker, (story) Richard Curtis, (also based on the original musical) Catherine Johnson, (originally conceived) Judy Craymer Running Time: 114 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th…
Survivor
Director: James McTeigue Starring: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster. Written by Philip Shelby Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th June 2015 A note to the film makers: please can we have a spin-off movie. Not with the main characters, or using the same situation. No, can we…
A Long Way Down
Director: Pascal Chumeil Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Sam Neil Written by: Jack Thorne and (based on the book) Nick Hornby Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st March 2014 A Long Way Down is a new British tragi-comedy, based on a book by Nick Hornby and…
Love Is All You Need (Den skaldede frisør)
Director: Susanne Bier Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen, Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind Written by: (and story) Anders Thomas Jensen and (story) Susanna Bier Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th April 2013 After a score of Danish and Scandinavian murder thrillers like the excellent The Killing, it’s nice to…
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