Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Dir: Sophie Hyde | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Retired Religious Education teacher Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) has been widowed for two years and has finally taken the plunge to explore a part of herself that has been dormant forever. Now she is nervously waiting in an anonymous hotel […]
Last Christmas the film inspired by the Wham! hit is in cinemas today, and it’s packed full of songs written by George Michael. Over the closing credits of the film is a brand new song from the late singer. This Is How (We Want You To Get High) is the first new music from the George Michael since […]
Emma Thompson’s work as an actress has been acknowledged by Queen Elizabeth II. The acclaimed British actress was made a dame in the Queen’s Birthday honours. Thompson’s film career has included a wide range of roles including Primary Colours, Sense and Sensibility, Saving Mr Banks and The Remains of the Day. The author of Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro, […]
Bridget Jones’s Baby | Dir: Sharon Maguire | Rated: M | ★ ★ ★ ★ Ding Dong! Bridget’s back with a baby on board! In the third installment of the Bridget Jones chronicles, Renee reprises the role as the hapless heroine who struggles to juggle her wonky personal life with her accidentally successful career as a TV news producer. […]
Actors Russell Tovey and Andrew Garfield have signed on for a UK theatrical production of ‘Angels in America’. Russell Tovey and Andrew Garfield are set to appear on stage together in the UK. Both actors have signed on for a production of ‘Angels in America’ for the Royal National Theatre. The new production of the […]
What if God didn’t live in Heaven? What if he wasn’t such a nice guy, what if he was just a guy with a lot of power? What if he just lived in a hard-to-reach section of Brussels? ‘A Brand New Testament’ is the new work from Belgian Director Jaco Van Dormael, best known for […]
Does the hit film ‘Saving Mr Banks’ whitewash PL Traver’s sexuality? In the new movie ‘Saving Mr Banks’ Emma Thompson plays Australian author P.L Traver’s the scribe behind the Marry Poppins books. The film, which as earned Thompson a Golden Globe nomination, focuses on Walt Disney’s campaign to get the author to sign over the […]
