Category: Movie News

  • Picturehouse boards Cannes Great8 title ‘Scrapper’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)

    Picturehouse boards Cannes Great8 title ‘Scrapper’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)

    The film is the directorial debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow Charlotte ReganPicturehouse Entertainment has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, which was part of this year’s Great8 showcase at Cannes.The directorial debut of 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, the film is a comedy drama about a 12-year-old girl living…

  • The Longest Night Teaser: This Prison Is About To Break

    The Longest Night Teaser: This Prison Is About To Break

    The latest Spanish-language series for Netflix has been given its first teaser trailer, and this crime thriller looks absolutely captivating. Directed by Óscar Pedraza from a screenplay by Xosé Moraisa and Victoriano Sierra Ferreiro, “The Longest Night” will tell a gripping story about a group of armed men who surround the Monte Baruca psychiatric prison…

  • Stranger Things Sends Kate Bush To Her Rightful Place At The Top Of The iTunes Chart

    Stranger Things Sends Kate Bush To Her Rightful Place At The Top Of The iTunes Chart

    “Stranger Things” catches a lot of heat from time to time due to its insistence on wearing its nostalgic influences not just on its sleeve, but tattooed across the middle of its face. The Duffer Brothers don’t just load their episodes up with Easter eggs and blatant references, but revel in it, and genuinely make an…

  • Star Wars Celebration Is Returning To The UK In April 2023

    Star Wars Celebration Is Returning To The UK In April 2023

    If you’re a “Star Wars” fan and have been online at all in the last four days, you’ll be well aware that Star Wars Celebration has run its course, dropping huge bombshells, revealing tantalizing tidbits, and showering the cast, crew, and fans of this massive franchise with love. After a rocky two years of isolation,…

  • Gentleman Jack Struggles To Rise Above Hate In I Can Be As A Meteor In Your Life

    Gentleman Jack Struggles To Rise Above Hate In I Can Be As A Meteor In Your Life

    Initially, the second season of “Gentleman Jack” felt so much lighter than the first. There were moments in the debut season when Ann Walker’s (Sophie Rundle) mental health and interfering family members felt like insurmountable issues that even Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) couldn’t overcome. But against all odds, the two women pushed through together and…

  • Critic’s Notebook: Looking for Connections in a Less-Than-Dazzling Cannes Lineup

    Critic’s Notebook: Looking for Connections in a Less-Than-Dazzling Cannes Lineup

    This year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off with a restoration of Jean Eustache’s 1973 ménage à trois scandal “The Mother and the Whore” and concluded with a screening of controversial Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness,” creating an odd kind of symmetry for the event’s 75th anniversary edition, between which I somehow managed to…

  • Maestro: First Look At Bradley Cooper’s Stunning Transformation For Leonard Bernstein Biopic

    Maestro: First Look At Bradley Cooper’s Stunning Transformation For Leonard Bernstein Biopic

    You’ve got to admire Bradley Cooper’s chutzpah. When Steven Spielberg offered Cooper the lead role in his planned Leonard Bernstein biopic, Cooper presented a counter-offer. He’d take the role of the legendary American conductor on the condition that Spielberg would step back to produce, allowing Cooper to direct. Oh, and he wanted to write the…

  • A Behind-The-Scenes Buffy Connection Landed James Marsters His Caprica Role

    A Behind-The-Scenes Buffy Connection Landed James Marsters His Caprica Role

    The undisputed star of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is, well, Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar). But if there’s a runner-up, it would be the British, platinum blond vampire Spike (James Marsters). The series’ breakout character, Spike underwent a dramatic transformation over six seasons, from villain to hero, from Buffy’s foe to her lover.Originally, Spike was…

  • 14 Most Memorable Kim Wexler Moments In Better Call Saul

    14 Most Memorable Kim Wexler Moments In Better Call Saul

    While “Breaking Bad” fans initially started watching “Better Call Saul” to see more of Bob Odenkirk’s smooth-talking Jimmy McGill, they also tuned in to spend more time with his fierce co-partner in life and crime, Kim Wexler. Portrayed by actor Rhea Seehorn, public defender Kim Wexler isn’t one to suffer fools. Kim starts off the series as…

  • How Stranger Things Changed Millie Bobby Brown Forever

    How Stranger Things Changed Millie Bobby Brown Forever

    Since its 2016 debut, “Stranger Things” has dominated pop culture. The massively popular sci-fi series just debuted seven episodes of its ambitious fourth season on Netflix, with two more still to come. Just six years ago, before Eggo waffles were costume props, unsuspecting audiences didn’t know the Upside Down from their elbows.”Stranger Things” was one…