“The Famous Five” is a new Brit-produced BBC TV series, based on author Enid Blyton’s adventure novels, directed by Nicolas Wind Refn, starring Diaana Babnicova, Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen, Flora Jacoby Richardson, Jack Gleeson, Ann Akinjirin, James Lance and Diana Quick, streaming May 31, 2024 on Hulu :
“…five daring young explorers encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. Each has their own unique personality. But when thrown together, they become unstoppable…”
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“…five daring young explorers encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. Each has their own unique personality. But when thrown together, they become unstoppable…”
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- 5/31/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Eric is a six-part psychological thriller miniseries created by Abi Morgan. The Netflix series is set in 1980s New York and it follows the story of Vincent, a puppeteer whose 9-year-old son goes missing. While trying to find his son Vincent struggles with substance abuse and his erratic behavior cuts him off from his friends and family. Soon, he becomes convinced that he will be reunited with Edgar with the help of a seven-foot-tall puppet named Eric, his son created right before he went missing. Eric stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role with Ivan Morris, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Roberta Colindrez, Jeff Hephner, Wade Allain-Marcus, Mark Gillis, Dan Fogler, and Clarke Peters starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the fantastical elements and crime drama aspects of Netflix’s Eric here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Missing (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Starz...
The Missing (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Starz...
- 5/29/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Hulu will launch all six episodes of the BBC Studios series The Famous Five on Friday, May 31. The show is based on Enid Blyton’s bestselling novels.
The Famous Five follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger, and astounding secrets.
George, Julian, Dick, Anne, and their dog Timmy are young and fearless. Each has their own unique personality. But when thrown together, they become unstoppable.
The charming series is built as a summertime adventure, with kids in charge of their own treasure hunt. The children’s novels have sold 600 million copies around the world.
The Famous Five stars Diaana Babnicova, Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen (Foundation), Flora Jacoby Richardson, James Lance (Ted Lasso), and Ann Aknjirin.
The guest stars include Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones), Diana Quick, William Abadie, Ed Speleers, Nora Arnezeder, Jason Flemyng (Pennyworth), and Art Malik (Homeland).
The series was...
The Famous Five follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger, and astounding secrets.
George, Julian, Dick, Anne, and their dog Timmy are young and fearless. Each has their own unique personality. But when thrown together, they become unstoppable.
The charming series is built as a summertime adventure, with kids in charge of their own treasure hunt. The children’s novels have sold 600 million copies around the world.
The Famous Five stars Diaana Babnicova, Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen (Foundation), Flora Jacoby Richardson, James Lance (Ted Lasso), and Ann Aknjirin.
The guest stars include Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones), Diana Quick, William Abadie, Ed Speleers, Nora Arnezeder, Jason Flemyng (Pennyworth), and Art Malik (Homeland).
The series was...
- 5/16/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
“The Famous Five” is a new Brit-produced BBC TV series, based on author Enid Blyton’s adventure novels, directed by Nicolas Wind Refn, starring Diaana Babnicova, Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen, Flora Jacoby Richardson, Jack Gleeson, Ann Akinjirin, James Lance and Diana Quick, streaming May 31, 2024 on Hulu :
“…five daring young explorers encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. Each has their own unique personality. But when thrown together, they become unstoppable…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…five daring young explorers encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. Each has their own unique personality. But when thrown together, they become unstoppable…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 5/16/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Promenade, a new film from John Jencks, has begun production in Brighton this week. More on the film below.
We’re hearing rumbles that a new British film is heading our way sooner rather than later from director John Jencks. The Hippopotamus director is helming Promenade, a Brighton set whodunnit, next and the project has just started filming, we hear.
The announcement comes with an ambiguous tagline: “50 Cast, 12 Stories, 1 Plot. No Heroes.” Colour us intrigued.
Here’s a synopsis for the film: In Brighton on the South coast of England, sharpened by the sting of sea spray, and mellowed by numinous light, a tight-knit community of oddballs and heart-felts live together in a tatty old mansion, the Fletcher Apartments. When a golden feather, the priceless antique mascot of the building, unexpectedly disappears, the residents have a mystery to solve. Will they find the talisman that previously bound them together, or will their community,...
We’re hearing rumbles that a new British film is heading our way sooner rather than later from director John Jencks. The Hippopotamus director is helming Promenade, a Brighton set whodunnit, next and the project has just started filming, we hear.
The announcement comes with an ambiguous tagline: “50 Cast, 12 Stories, 1 Plot. No Heroes.” Colour us intrigued.
Here’s a synopsis for the film: In Brighton on the South coast of England, sharpened by the sting of sea spray, and mellowed by numinous light, a tight-knit community of oddballs and heart-felts live together in a tatty old mansion, the Fletcher Apartments. When a golden feather, the priceless antique mascot of the building, unexpectedly disappears, the residents have a mystery to solve. Will they find the talisman that previously bound them together, or will their community,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Quick plays a 70-year-old writer who takes a new treatment that could enable her to have a child. She is emotionally transparent and intellectually engaged, unlike the film
Diana Quick makes a return to the big screen – after a six-year break – with a first-rate performance in a second-rate (perhaps third-rate) film. Forever Young is a ploddingly drab British sci-fi drama that really doesn’t have what it takes to keep up with Quick; she stars as a 70-year-old writer taking an unlicensed drug to reverse the ageing process. It’s impossible to take your eyes off her: intellectually engaged and emotionally transparent. It’s a pity then that the script is unserious and uninteresting, with nothing to say either about the existential leap in the dark of eternal youth or the ethics of the anti-ageing industry.
Quick is Robyn, a bestselling author who’s been happily married to Oscar (Bernard Hill) for donkey’s years.
Diana Quick makes a return to the big screen – after a six-year break – with a first-rate performance in a second-rate (perhaps third-rate) film. Forever Young is a ploddingly drab British sci-fi drama that really doesn’t have what it takes to keep up with Quick; she stars as a 70-year-old writer taking an unlicensed drug to reverse the ageing process. It’s impossible to take your eyes off her: intellectually engaged and emotionally transparent. It’s a pity then that the script is unserious and uninteresting, with nothing to say either about the existential leap in the dark of eternal youth or the ethics of the anti-ageing industry.
Quick is Robyn, a bestselling author who’s been happily married to Oscar (Bernard Hill) for donkey’s years.
- 1/22/2024
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
The Mediapro Studios has boarded Nicolas Winding Refn’s reimaginging of The Famous Five.
The Madrid-based content house has struck a production deal with BBC Studios includes distribution rights to the upcoming kids series in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
The series is a retelling of the bestselling Enid Blyton novels published between 1942 ands 1963, and comes from Winding Refn’s byNWR and BBC Studios-backed indie Moonage Pictures, which is behind The Pursuit of Love and Bodies, with The Mediapro Studio now an associate producer.
Danish auteur Winding Refn co-created the series with Moonage’s Matthew Read, and both are exec producers. It is being made for the BBC in the UK and Zdf in Germany, with BBC Studios already pre-selling it to France’s TF1.
In an exclusive interview with Deadline ahead of Mipcom Cannes in October, where The Famous Five launched, Winding Refn said he...
The Madrid-based content house has struck a production deal with BBC Studios includes distribution rights to the upcoming kids series in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
The series is a retelling of the bestselling Enid Blyton novels published between 1942 ands 1963, and comes from Winding Refn’s byNWR and BBC Studios-backed indie Moonage Pictures, which is behind The Pursuit of Love and Bodies, with The Mediapro Studio now an associate producer.
Danish auteur Winding Refn co-created the series with Moonage’s Matthew Read, and both are exec producers. It is being made for the BBC in the UK and Zdf in Germany, with BBC Studios already pre-selling it to France’s TF1.
In an exclusive interview with Deadline ahead of Mipcom Cannes in October, where The Famous Five launched, Winding Refn said he...
- 12/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Enid Blyton’s iconic series of adventure novels, “The Famous Five,” is being made into a TV series, thanks to a pact forged by the BBC Studios, Germany’s Zdf and Spain’s The Mediapro Studio, in the latter’s continued bid to partner in more English-language productions.
Produced by Moonage Pictures and Nicolas Winding Refn’s byNWR, the series is an ambitious adaptation of the iconic children’s adventure novels by the English author.
Said The Mediapro Studio CEO Laura Fernández Espeso: “This significant agreement with BBC Studios to co-produce forward ‘The Famous Five’ aligns seamlessly with our objective of augmenting English-language content production at the company.”
“It not only contributes to our international expansion but also solidifies a partnership with an exceptionally prestigious collaborator, engaging in a major production inspired by a literary saga of immense global acclaim,” she added. The Mediapro Studio will hold distribution rights to Spain,...
Produced by Moonage Pictures and Nicolas Winding Refn’s byNWR, the series is an ambitious adaptation of the iconic children’s adventure novels by the English author.
Said The Mediapro Studio CEO Laura Fernández Espeso: “This significant agreement with BBC Studios to co-produce forward ‘The Famous Five’ aligns seamlessly with our objective of augmenting English-language content production at the company.”
“It not only contributes to our international expansion but also solidifies a partnership with an exceptionally prestigious collaborator, engaging in a major production inspired by a literary saga of immense global acclaim,” she added. The Mediapro Studio will hold distribution rights to Spain,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Nicolas Winding Refn has swapped ultraviolence for Enid Blyton. His The Famous Five adaptation is coming to Cbbc on 9 December.
The Famous Five, Nicolas Winding Refn’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic series of children’s adventure books, is set to air its first feature-length programme on BBC on 9 December, at 5.25pm.
The series will consist of three episodes, all of them lasting 90 minutes. While the first episode is set to air on Cbbc and BBC iPlayer next week, the two remaining episodes won’t be available until sometime in 2024. The first episode of The Famous Five will also be broadcast on BBC One between Christmas and New Year.
The series, as well as the books, follows four young adventurers and their dog as they “encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets” as described by the BBC.
Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen, Flora Jacoby Richardson and...
The Famous Five, Nicolas Winding Refn’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic series of children’s adventure books, is set to air its first feature-length programme on BBC on 9 December, at 5.25pm.
The series will consist of three episodes, all of them lasting 90 minutes. While the first episode is set to air on Cbbc and BBC iPlayer next week, the two remaining episodes won’t be available until sometime in 2024. The first episode of The Famous Five will also be broadcast on BBC One between Christmas and New Year.
The series, as well as the books, follows four young adventurers and their dog as they “encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets” as described by the BBC.
Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen, Flora Jacoby Richardson and...
- 11/30/2023
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Vision Films has acquired world rights to sci-fi romance feature Forever Young, starring Diana Quick (Brideshead Revisited), Bernard Hill (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Amy Tyger (Foundation), Mark Jackson (The Orville), Stephanie Beacham (Dynasty), Anna Wolf (The Unfamiliar), and Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Forever Young follows an aging woman who is given a chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn’t change a thing about the life they’ve shared. She must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she did.
Above is a first trailer for the movie.
Llewelynn Greeff negotiated the deal on behalf of Dark Matter Studios with Lise Romanoff,...
Written and directed by Henk Pretorius, Forever Young follows an aging woman who is given a chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn’t change a thing about the life they’ve shared. She must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she did.
Above is a first trailer for the movie.
Llewelynn Greeff negotiated the deal on behalf of Dark Matter Studios with Lise Romanoff,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
London, July 28 (Ians) Irish actor Jack Gleeson, who plays the cruel and sadistic King Joffrey Baratheon in ‘Game of Thrones’, is set to feature in the TV adaptation of Enid Blyton’s ‘The Famous Five’ novels, and by the first look of his character, it appears to be another villainous one.
Gleeson has transformed into Wentworth for a first-look at the BBC’s reboot of ‘The Famous Five’ and looks very different from his role as Joffrey Baratheon.
His fair golden hair, which was synonymous with the Lannisters in ‘Game of Thrones’ is gone and instead, Gleeson cuts a rather villainous figure, as per Express UK.
The actor sports short dark locks and a thin moustache as he shoots a terrifying look at the camera.
His character Wentworth is dressed in a blue pinstripe suit with white shirt and striped scarf, which is fastened in a bow.
Completing his evil look,...
Gleeson has transformed into Wentworth for a first-look at the BBC’s reboot of ‘The Famous Five’ and looks very different from his role as Joffrey Baratheon.
His fair golden hair, which was synonymous with the Lannisters in ‘Game of Thrones’ is gone and instead, Gleeson cuts a rather villainous figure, as per Express UK.
The actor sports short dark locks and a thin moustache as he shoots a terrifying look at the camera.
His character Wentworth is dressed in a blue pinstripe suit with white shirt and striped scarf, which is fastened in a bow.
Completing his evil look,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Casting
Casting for the beloved “Famous Five” stories of Enid Blyton, which are being reimagined for the BBC and Zdf by Nicolas Winding Refn, has been revealed.
Diaana Babnicova is playing the role of George, alongside Elliott Rose as Julian, Kit Rakusen as Dick, Flora Jacoby Richardson as Anne, playing George’s cousins who come to stay at Kirrin Cottage.
Making up the fifth member of the “Famous Five” is Kip, the Bearded Collie Cross playing Timmy the dog. The cast also includes Jack Gleeson (“Game of Thrones”), Ann Akinjirin (“Moon Knight”), James Lance (“Ted Lasso”) and Diana Quick (“Father Brown”).
The 3 x 90′ series is based on the 21 “Famous Five” novels and short stories Blyton wrote between 1942 and 1963. The series follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. It is created for television and executive produced by Winding Refn (byNWR...
Casting for the beloved “Famous Five” stories of Enid Blyton, which are being reimagined for the BBC and Zdf by Nicolas Winding Refn, has been revealed.
Diaana Babnicova is playing the role of George, alongside Elliott Rose as Julian, Kit Rakusen as Dick, Flora Jacoby Richardson as Anne, playing George’s cousins who come to stay at Kirrin Cottage.
Making up the fifth member of the “Famous Five” is Kip, the Bearded Collie Cross playing Timmy the dog. The cast also includes Jack Gleeson (“Game of Thrones”), Ann Akinjirin (“Moon Knight”), James Lance (“Ted Lasso”) and Diana Quick (“Father Brown”).
The 3 x 90′ series is based on the 21 “Famous Five” novels and short stories Blyton wrote between 1942 and 1963. The series follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. It is created for television and executive produced by Winding Refn (byNWR...
- 7/26/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Nicholas Winding Refn’s ‘Famous Five’ Adaptation Sets Cast
The BBC’s upcoming Famous Five adaptation from Nicholas Winding Refn has set cast and unveiled first look images. Diaana Babnicova will play the role of George, alongside Elliott Rose as Julian, Kit Rakusen as Dick, Flora Jacoby Richardson as Anne playing George’s cousins who come to stay at Kirrin Cottage. Joining the five are Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones) as Wentworth, Ann Akinjirin (Moon Knight) as Fanny, James Lance (Ted Lasso) as Quentin and Diana Quick (Father Brown) as Mrs Wentworth. The series is being co-produced for Zdf and comes from Drive creator Winding Refn’s byNWR along with Moonage Pictures. The show will be based on Enid Blyton’s iconic 21 stories with filming set to take place shortly across the south west of the UK. Famous Five is one of the highest-profile series to come out of the...
The BBC’s upcoming Famous Five adaptation from Nicholas Winding Refn has set cast and unveiled first look images. Diaana Babnicova will play the role of George, alongside Elliott Rose as Julian, Kit Rakusen as Dick, Flora Jacoby Richardson as Anne playing George’s cousins who come to stay at Kirrin Cottage. Joining the five are Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones) as Wentworth, Ann Akinjirin (Moon Knight) as Fanny, James Lance (Ted Lasso) as Quentin and Diana Quick (Father Brown) as Mrs Wentworth. The series is being co-produced for Zdf and comes from Drive creator Winding Refn’s byNWR along with Moonage Pictures. The show will be based on Enid Blyton’s iconic 21 stories with filming set to take place shortly across the south west of the UK. Famous Five is one of the highest-profile series to come out of the...
- 7/26/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Anna Wintour has organized and presided over the Met Gala since 1995, but this year’s edition must be pretty special for the Vogue guru as she turned up to the event arm-in-arm with Oscar nominee Bill Nighy, seemingly confirming those romance rumors.
There has been buzz of a potential coupling since last December when The Telegraph reported that the 73-year-olds were getting close and had been spotted together over the years though neither confirmed their relationship status. That month, they were photographed together alongside Hugh Jackman during a screening of Living held at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York. Nighy earned an Oscar nomination for his work in that film.
A quick search reveals that they’ve known each other for years. They sat next to one another in the front row at the Mulberry autumn/winter 2012 show in London on Feb. 19, 2012. Wintour was once married to David Shaffer...
There has been buzz of a potential coupling since last December when The Telegraph reported that the 73-year-olds were getting close and had been spotted together over the years though neither confirmed their relationship status. That month, they were photographed together alongside Hugh Jackman during a screening of Living held at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York. Nighy earned an Oscar nomination for his work in that film.
A quick search reveals that they’ve known each other for years. They sat next to one another in the front row at the Mulberry autumn/winter 2012 show in London on Feb. 19, 2012. Wintour was once married to David Shaffer...
- 5/2/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy seemingly confirmed they are an item at the Met Gala on Monday night.
The Vogue editor-in-chief, 73, arrived at the red carpet arm-in-arm with the “Love Actually” actor, also 73, after years of dating speculation.
The two first sparked romance rumours in 2021, when they were spotted enjoying several intimate dinners together in Italy.
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They were also spotted getting cozy at a screening of Nighy’s Oscar-nominated film “Living” last December. Now, it appears they’re confirming the rumours by arriving at the iconic fashion gala as a pair.
Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy at the 2023 Met Gala: Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023 in New York, New York. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Wwd via Getty Images)
Wintour, who has chaired...
The Vogue editor-in-chief, 73, arrived at the red carpet arm-in-arm with the “Love Actually” actor, also 73, after years of dating speculation.
The two first sparked romance rumours in 2021, when they were spotted enjoying several intimate dinners together in Italy.
Read More: Penelope Cruz Stuns In Hooded Chanel Look At Met Gala, Shares Why She’s Emotional
They were also spotted getting cozy at a screening of Nighy’s Oscar-nominated film “Living” last December. Now, it appears they’re confirming the rumours by arriving at the iconic fashion gala as a pair.
Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy at the 2023 Met Gala: Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023 in New York, New York. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Wwd via Getty Images)
Wintour, who has chaired...
- 5/1/2023
- by Alex Nino Gheciu
- ET Canada
Way back in 1980, Bill Nighy, 72, started dating English actress Diana Quick. The two never married but through their 28 years of being together, Nighy would often refer to her as his wife. Four years after their relationship started, the couple welcomed their daughter, Mary Nighy, into the family.
But Nighy can be described as fussy, explaining in interviews how he doesn’t celebrate Christmas because he doesn’t enjoy ‘scheduled fun’ and how he must always look sharply dressed in public. This, along with a past history of drug use and his sudden rise to fame, seem to be what made Quick call it quits in 2008.
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After being single for seven years, rumors started to fly when Nighy was spotted with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 73, at several restaurants, fashion shows and theaters.
The two became even closer after Wintour split from her long-time...
But Nighy can be described as fussy, explaining in interviews how he doesn’t celebrate Christmas because he doesn’t enjoy ‘scheduled fun’ and how he must always look sharply dressed in public. This, along with a past history of drug use and his sudden rise to fame, seem to be what made Quick call it quits in 2008.
In Memoriam 2022: 100 Great Celebrities Who Died In 2022
After being single for seven years, rumors started to fly when Nighy was spotted with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 73, at several restaurants, fashion shows and theaters.
The two became even closer after Wintour split from her long-time...
- 3/11/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Ray Jenkins, the British screenwriter behind shows including “The Woman in White” and “The Sweeney,” has died. He was 87.
Jenkins died on Jan. 16, his agent confirmed to Variety. No cause of death was given.
Jenkins was an accomplished dramatist who wrote for TV, radio and film. He was known especially for his work on British police and justice-related series throughout the 1960s and 80s, including “The Sweeney,” which starred John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, and “Juliet Bravo” in which Stephanie Turner played Inspector Jean Darblay.
Other shows Jenkins worked on included “Z Cars,” “The Brothers,” “This Man Craig,” “Callan,” “Special Branch” and “The Gentle Touch.”
He was also known for his 1980s adaptations of Wilkie Collins’ mystery novel “The Woman in White,” which aired on the BBC and starred Ian Richardson, Diana Quick and Jenny Seagrove, and Tom Hart’s novel “The Aura and The Kingfisher,” which was adapted as feature film “The Innocent,...
Jenkins died on Jan. 16, his agent confirmed to Variety. No cause of death was given.
Jenkins was an accomplished dramatist who wrote for TV, radio and film. He was known especially for his work on British police and justice-related series throughout the 1960s and 80s, including “The Sweeney,” which starred John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, and “Juliet Bravo” in which Stephanie Turner played Inspector Jean Darblay.
Other shows Jenkins worked on included “Z Cars,” “The Brothers,” “This Man Craig,” “Callan,” “Special Branch” and “The Gentle Touch.”
He was also known for his 1980s adaptations of Wilkie Collins’ mystery novel “The Woman in White,” which aired on the BBC and starred Ian Richardson, Diana Quick and Jenny Seagrove, and Tom Hart’s novel “The Aura and The Kingfisher,” which was adapted as feature film “The Innocent,...
- 2/27/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Alice, Darling is a film directed by Mary Nighy and starring Anna Kendrick.
Anna Kendrick stars in this movie which is a great acting treat for any dramatic actress. She exhibits all her talent which is indisputable in this drama about abuse.
About the Movie Alice, Cariño (2022)
Fancy a drama about male abuse? Here you have one called “Alice, Darling”, a movie written by Alanna Francis which, thanks to a good screenplay, the goals of the movie are reached in an intelligent manner… that is also manipulative (as the plot reveals to us).
This is a story about psychological abuse that is well narrated and is also a “social denouncement” and you need to be prepared for this. A drama and a denouncement featuring three women who defend themselves and a friend.
Technically this has a very good screenplay that goes shaping and offering the keys to the story very...
Anna Kendrick stars in this movie which is a great acting treat for any dramatic actress. She exhibits all her talent which is indisputable in this drama about abuse.
About the Movie Alice, Cariño (2022)
Fancy a drama about male abuse? Here you have one called “Alice, Darling”, a movie written by Alanna Francis which, thanks to a good screenplay, the goals of the movie are reached in an intelligent manner… that is also manipulative (as the plot reveals to us).
This is a story about psychological abuse that is well narrated and is also a “social denouncement” and you need to be prepared for this. A drama and a denouncement featuring three women who defend themselves and a friend.
Technically this has a very good screenplay that goes shaping and offering the keys to the story very...
- 2/3/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
As the child of Bill Nighy and Diana Quick, she would be plonked in a rehearsal room after school – so it’s no surprise she’s stepping behind the camera. The film-maker talks about her extraordinary debut feature, Alice, Darling
When Mary Nighy was a young actor, an unhealthy number of scripts landed in her inbox featuring a character that went something like: “18-year-old-girl, naked, dead.” “Sexual abuse or violence is often just used as a plot device. It’s a catalyst for drama,” she says. “It doesn’t really tell you much about the experience of being abused. Or how you emerge from it.”
Now, with her first feature film as a director, she has made a film that does exactly that: exploring what it might feel like to be trapped inside a coercive, controlling and psychologically abusive relationship. Alice, Darling is the story of an accidental intervention, after...
When Mary Nighy was a young actor, an unhealthy number of scripts landed in her inbox featuring a character that went something like: “18-year-old-girl, naked, dead.” “Sexual abuse or violence is often just used as a plot device. It’s a catalyst for drama,” she says. “It doesn’t really tell you much about the experience of being abused. Or how you emerge from it.”
Now, with her first feature film as a director, she has made a film that does exactly that: exploring what it might feel like to be trapped inside a coercive, controlling and psychologically abusive relationship. Alice, Darling is the story of an accidental intervention, after...
- 1/20/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
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Derek Granger, the British producer and screenwriter who served as the driving force behind the acclaimed 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited, died Tuesday at his London home, screenwriter Tim Sullivan told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 101.
Granger teamed with Sullivan and Brideshead writer-director Charles Sturridge on the grand period films A Handful of Dust (1988), starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Judi Dench, James Wilby, Anjelica Huston and Rupert Graves, and Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), featuring Graves, Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis.
A onetime journalist and frequent Laurence Olivier collaborator, Granger in 1958 joined Granada Television, where he was head of drama and produced the famed soap opera Coronation Street; the epic 1972-73 series Country Matters, starring Ian McKellen; a 1976 adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner; and, of course, Brideshead Revisited.
Based on Evelyn Waugh’s sprawling pre-World...
Derek Granger, the British producer and screenwriter who served as the driving force behind the acclaimed 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited, died Tuesday at his London home, screenwriter Tim Sullivan told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 101.
Granger teamed with Sullivan and Brideshead writer-director Charles Sturridge on the grand period films A Handful of Dust (1988), starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Judi Dench, James Wilby, Anjelica Huston and Rupert Graves, and Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), featuring Graves, Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis.
A onetime journalist and frequent Laurence Olivier collaborator, Granger in 1958 joined Granada Television, where he was head of drama and produced the famed soap opera Coronation Street; the epic 1972-73 series Country Matters, starring Ian McKellen; a 1976 adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner; and, of course, Brideshead Revisited.
Based on Evelyn Waugh’s sprawling pre-World...
- 11/29/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plenty of us have experienced helicopter parenting, but how many have had their dad’s film premiere hovering over their own?
First-time feature director Mary Nighy, for one. On Sept. 11, she’ll attend the Toronto Gala world premiere of her psychological thriller “Alice, Darling” just hours after her actor dad Bill Nighy’s drama “Living” has its Canadian debut that afternoon.
“He was joking that I’ve got the ‘cool’ time slot — we were laughing about that,” she says. “‘Living’ is beautiful, and I’m so proud of his work. He watched ‘Alice’ and is really excited for me. I think it will be lovely to do this together.”
But that’s where the synergy ends. Nighy’s parentage (her mom is actress Diana Quick) had nothing to do with Lionsgate financing “Alice” at the script stage. Their confidence stemmed from her early shorts, episodes of the U.K. crime...
First-time feature director Mary Nighy, for one. On Sept. 11, she’ll attend the Toronto Gala world premiere of her psychological thriller “Alice, Darling” just hours after her actor dad Bill Nighy’s drama “Living” has its Canadian debut that afternoon.
“He was joking that I’ve got the ‘cool’ time slot — we were laughing about that,” she says. “‘Living’ is beautiful, and I’m so proud of his work. He watched ‘Alice’ and is really excited for me. I think it will be lovely to do this together.”
But that’s where the synergy ends. Nighy’s parentage (her mom is actress Diana Quick) had nothing to do with Lionsgate financing “Alice” at the script stage. Their confidence stemmed from her early shorts, episodes of the U.K. crime...
- 9/10/2022
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) hopes to revive his dream project to make a mammoth 10-episode television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited.
Two years ago the director had assembled an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara, to lead a 10-part prestige TV version of Waugh’s brilliant study of British upper-class decadence.
But the HBO and BBC production was shelved because of its cost. “It’s a very sad story,” Guadagnino told Deadline late on Sunday night, following a screening at the Telluride Film Festival of his latest film Bones and All, a shocking love story, starring Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, about cannibals searching, longingly, for their next meal.
Venice Review: Timothée Chalamet & Taylor Russell In Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones And All’
Guadagnino said that he and Benjamin Walters, a young British writer, spent 18 months...
Two years ago the director had assembled an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara, to lead a 10-part prestige TV version of Waugh’s brilliant study of British upper-class decadence.
But the HBO and BBC production was shelved because of its cost. “It’s a very sad story,” Guadagnino told Deadline late on Sunday night, following a screening at the Telluride Film Festival of his latest film Bones and All, a shocking love story, starring Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, about cannibals searching, longingly, for their next meal.
Venice Review: Timothée Chalamet & Taylor Russell In Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones And All’
Guadagnino said that he and Benjamin Walters, a young British writer, spent 18 months...
- 9/5/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Famous for his languid charm, Bill Nighy is anything but relaxed. He talks acting, anxiety – and the dreadful challenge of casual dressing
The first time I interviewed Bill Nighy was in 2004. Sixteen years ago! He has barely changed. He is a remarkably consistent person, in taste and personality, and because of this, he seems ageless. Perhaps a little slimmer and greyer than he used to be, but that’s it. His hair is styled in the same way it has been for several decades – longer on the top, slicked back from his forehead – and no matter what year, what month, what day you catch him, he will be dressed in what he calls “a decent lounge suit”, in navy, with appropriate shirt and shoes. Heavy-rimmed specs nestle in his pocket or on his nose.
As familiar as his outfit is his charm. Nighy is always charming, whether to fans, an interviewer,...
The first time I interviewed Bill Nighy was in 2004. Sixteen years ago! He has barely changed. He is a remarkably consistent person, in taste and personality, and because of this, he seems ageless. Perhaps a little slimmer and greyer than he used to be, but that’s it. His hair is styled in the same way it has been for several decades – longer on the top, slicked back from his forehead – and no matter what year, what month, what day you catch him, he will be dressed in what he calls “a decent lounge suit”, in navy, with appropriate shirt and shoes. Heavy-rimmed specs nestle in his pocket or on his nose.
As familiar as his outfit is his charm. Nighy is always charming, whether to fans, an interviewer,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Miranda Sawyer
- The Guardian - Film News
Network: Starz
Episodes: 16 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: November 15, 2014 -- April 2, 2017
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor, Tchéky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott, Diana Quick, Arsher Ali, Titus De Voogdt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Anastasia Hille, Oliver Hunt, Jean-François Wolff, Eric Godon, Émilie Dequenne, Anamaria Marinca, Johan Leysen, David Morrissey, Keeley Hawes, Jake Davies, Abigail Hardingham, Laura Fraser, and Roger Allam.
TV show description:
This anthology TV series follows a new case with new characters in a new location each season. The story unfolds over multiple time frames simultaneously.
The first season begins when a five year-old boy named Oliver (Oliver Hunt) disappears while on holiday in France. This event starts a nearly decade-long search for his whereabouts. Viewers are taken inside the mind of the boy's...
Episodes: 16 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: November 15, 2014 -- April 2, 2017
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor, Tchéky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott, Diana Quick, Arsher Ali, Titus De Voogdt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Anastasia Hille, Oliver Hunt, Jean-François Wolff, Eric Godon, Émilie Dequenne, Anamaria Marinca, Johan Leysen, David Morrissey, Keeley Hawes, Jake Davies, Abigail Hardingham, Laura Fraser, and Roger Allam.
TV show description:
This anthology TV series follows a new case with new characters in a new location each season. The story unfolds over multiple time frames simultaneously.
The first season begins when a five year-old boy named Oliver (Oliver Hunt) disappears while on holiday in France. This event starts a nearly decade-long search for his whereabouts. Viewers are taken inside the mind of the boy's...
- 8/30/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Supporters of the Shakespeare Center of La for 25 years and counting, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were looking forward to performing opposite each other in Dan Sullivan’s production of “Henry IV,” Wilson shared with Variety at the opening night celebration of the play on Saturday.
But prior to rehearsals starting, which artistic director Ben Donenberg relayed were six days a week for eight hours a day for five weeks, Wilson had to bow out of the role of Mistress Quickly.
“I had another project, an independent, that I was attached to. Financing was good and fell out, good and fell out, until finally financing happened but only in a very specific timeframe. Because that project predated the play, I felt obligated to keep my word,” Wilson explained.
Tony-winner Rondi Reed replaced her in the role, alongside castmembers Joe Morton as the titular king, Hamish Linklater as Prince Hal, Harry Groener as Northumberland,...
But prior to rehearsals starting, which artistic director Ben Donenberg relayed were six days a week for eight hours a day for five weeks, Wilson had to bow out of the role of Mistress Quickly.
“I had another project, an independent, that I was attached to. Financing was good and fell out, good and fell out, until finally financing happened but only in a very specific timeframe. Because that project predated the play, I felt obligated to keep my word,” Wilson explained.
Tony-winner Rondi Reed replaced her in the role, alongside castmembers Joe Morton as the titular king, Hamish Linklater as Prince Hal, Harry Groener as Northumberland,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Unable to pull a second season out of its hat, the Houdini and Doyle TV show has been cancelled after its first and only season on Fox. The mystery drama series stars Michael Weston as Harry Houdini, Stephen Mangan as Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rebecca Liddiard as Constable Adelaide Stratton. The cast also includes Tim McInnerny, Adam Nagaitis, and Diana Quick. Fox confirmed the Houdini & Doyle cancellation to Deadline, which cites poor ratings as the reason.In the series, fictionalized versions of real life figures -- magician and skeptic Houdini and Sherlock Holmes author and paranormal enthusiast Doyle -- investigate unsolved crimes of a seemingly supernatural nature. The show was created by David Hoselton and David N. Titcher. The writing staff also includes: Carl Binder, Melissa R. Byer, Treena...
- 8/3/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Starz initially described The Missing as a mini-series. Then, despite very poor ratings, they picked it up for a second season which will focus on a new case and different characters. Should they have cancelled this series instead? Will the already small audience stick around to see the end of this season? Stay tuned.
On The Missing, a father (James Nesbitt) embarks on an obsessive quest to find his long missing son. It damages his marriage and threatens to destroy his life as well. The cast also includes Frances O'Connor, Tchéky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott, Diana Quick, Arsher Ali, Titus De Voogdt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Anastasia Hille, Oliver Hunt, Jean-François Wolff, Eric Godon, Émilie Dequenne, Anamaria Marinca, and Johan Leysen.
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On The Missing, a father (James Nesbitt) embarks on an obsessive quest to find his long missing son. It damages his marriage and threatens to destroy his life as well. The cast also includes Frances O'Connor, Tchéky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott, Diana Quick, Arsher Ali, Titus De Voogdt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Anastasia Hille, Oliver Hunt, Jean-François Wolff, Eric Godon, Émilie Dequenne, Anamaria Marinca, and Johan Leysen.
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- 12/29/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Starz
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: November 15, 2014 -- present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor, Tchéky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott, Diana Quick, Arsher Ali, Titus De Voogdt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Anastasia Hille, Oliver Hunt, Jean-François Wolff, Eric Godon, Émilie Dequenne, Anamaria Marinca, and Johan Leysen.
TV show description:
This anthology TV series follows a new case with new characters in a new location each season. The story unfolds over two time frames simultaneously.
The first season begins when a five year-old boy named Oliver (Oliver Hunt) disappears while on holiday in France. This event starts a nearly decade-long search for his whereabouts. Viewers are taken inside the mind of the boy's father, Tony Hughes (James Nesbitt), desperate to locate his lost son.
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: November 15, 2014 -- present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor, Tchéky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott, Diana Quick, Arsher Ali, Titus De Voogdt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Anastasia Hille, Oliver Hunt, Jean-François Wolff, Eric Godon, Émilie Dequenne, Anamaria Marinca, and Johan Leysen.
TV show description:
This anthology TV series follows a new case with new characters in a new location each season. The story unfolds over two time frames simultaneously.
The first season begins when a five year-old boy named Oliver (Oliver Hunt) disappears while on holiday in France. This event starts a nearly decade-long search for his whereabouts. Viewers are taken inside the mind of the boy's father, Tony Hughes (James Nesbitt), desperate to locate his lost son.
- 12/29/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Peter Davison’s uproarious Doctor Who spin-off will return, according to Paul McGann…
News
In all the explodey-wodey excitement of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary last November, one spin-off won the hearts of many viewers – The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
Fans of Peter Davison’s comedy gem, which united several former Doctors in a side-splitting quest to re-join the show, will be thrilled to hear that a sequel is happening.
According to reports from Eighth Doctor Paul McGann’s appearance at an event for Cambridge students, the Five(ish) Doctors onscreen reunion has already begun production.
McGann, who also returned for the terrific short The Night Of The Doctor, offered no thoughts on time-frames, but as a project involving multiple Time Lords, they could well be filming it next week, in the distance future or back in 1822 for all we know.
What we do know is that more screentime for...
News
In all the explodey-wodey excitement of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary last November, one spin-off won the hearts of many viewers – The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
Fans of Peter Davison’s comedy gem, which united several former Doctors in a side-splitting quest to re-join the show, will be thrilled to hear that a sequel is happening.
According to reports from Eighth Doctor Paul McGann’s appearance at an event for Cambridge students, the Five(ish) Doctors onscreen reunion has already begun production.
McGann, who also returned for the terrific short The Night Of The Doctor, offered no thoughts on time-frames, but as a project involving multiple Time Lords, they could well be filming it next week, in the distance future or back in 1822 for all we know.
What we do know is that more screentime for...
- 6/20/2014
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Paul McGann has revealed that production has begun on a sequel to The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
The comedy short film, which was created to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary last year, starred McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Peter Davison as themselves. In the film, the former Doctor actors attempted to become stars in the anniversary special.
No further details have been revealed about the sequel at this stage.
Speaking at the Cambridge Union Society, the actor also said that Doctor Who producers have "missed a trick" by casting only male stars in the Time Lord role.
He named Tilda Swinton and Diana Quick as his top choices for the Twelfth Doctor, a part which went to Peter Capaldi, saying that they would bring great acting skill to "one of the greatest characters ever written".
The actor also spoke about the acting profession, describing it as a "cruel but not indifferent" industry.
The comedy short film, which was created to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary last year, starred McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Peter Davison as themselves. In the film, the former Doctor actors attempted to become stars in the anniversary special.
No further details have been revealed about the sequel at this stage.
Speaking at the Cambridge Union Society, the actor also said that Doctor Who producers have "missed a trick" by casting only male stars in the Time Lord role.
He named Tilda Swinton and Diana Quick as his top choices for the Twelfth Doctor, a part which went to Peter Capaldi, saying that they would bring great acting skill to "one of the greatest characters ever written".
The actor also spoke about the acting profession, describing it as a "cruel but not indifferent" industry.
- 6/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Misses more marks than it attempts to hit, but there’s a refreshing sweetness to this child’s-eye view of grief and tragedy. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Teenager Lauren Buckle (Bel Powley) is desperately trying to keep her little family together since the recent death of her parents. Her dreamy, nerdy younger brother, Harvey (Alfie Field: The Woman in Black), is handful enough, but now their grandmother (Diana Quick), with whom they’ve been living, has become far too senile to look after them. And their new guardian, Lauren’s sports agent (Sara Stewart) — the girl is a gifted runner and an Olympic hopeful — is threatening to split up the siblings. So, on the morning the family is due to be broken up, Harvey runs away in order to, as Lauren learns when she catches up with him,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Teenager Lauren Buckle (Bel Powley) is desperately trying to keep her little family together since the recent death of her parents. Her dreamy, nerdy younger brother, Harvey (Alfie Field: The Woman in Black), is handful enough, but now their grandmother (Diana Quick), with whom they’ve been living, has become far too senile to look after them. And their new guardian, Lauren’s sports agent (Sara Stewart) — the girl is a gifted runner and an Olympic hopeful — is threatening to split up the siblings. So, on the morning the family is due to be broken up, Harvey runs away in order to, as Lauren learns when she catches up with him,...
- 10/12/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Call the Midwife
Kieran Kinsella
Spring 2013 will be one to remember for U.S. based of British TV, as PBS, BBC America, Animal Planet and Acorn TV have put together an impressive line-up full of the best dramas and the biggest stars. Now is the time to prime the DVR, load up on popcorn and brew a nice cup of tea because we’ve put together a comprehensive list of the Must Watch British TV shows that are set to hit your screens starting this weekend.
Easter Weekend
The now traditional Easter Doctor Who episode will air on Saturday 30 March at 8pm E.T. on BBC America. The Bells of Saint John is written by series producer Steven Moffat and it includes the official introduction of the Time Lord’s new companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). The duo must unravel a mystery involving alien attempts to hijack London’s Wi-Fi systems.
The...
Kieran Kinsella
Spring 2013 will be one to remember for U.S. based of British TV, as PBS, BBC America, Animal Planet and Acorn TV have put together an impressive line-up full of the best dramas and the biggest stars. Now is the time to prime the DVR, load up on popcorn and brew a nice cup of tea because we’ve put together a comprehensive list of the Must Watch British TV shows that are set to hit your screens starting this weekend.
Easter Weekend
The now traditional Easter Doctor Who episode will air on Saturday 30 March at 8pm E.T. on BBC America. The Bells of Saint John is written by series producer Steven Moffat and it includes the official introduction of the Time Lord’s new companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). The duo must unravel a mystery involving alien attempts to hijack London’s Wi-Fi systems.
The...
- 3/27/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
The setting's Provence, but the humour is brittle, British and with a tang of poison
Edward St Aubyn has co-written this movie adaptation of his Booker-shortlisted autobiographical novel Mother's Milk, directed by Gerry Fox. The result looks a bit like television, though it isn't bad: sparky, boisterous, cynical, a little self-conscious but more grownup and literate than most new British movies. Jack Davenport makes the most of a juicy lead role as Patrick Melrose, a cynical, upper-middle-class Englishman deeply angry with his ageing mother, played by the now late Margaret Tyzack, in her final role. She has, in her dotage, agreed to gift the family's beautiful Provençal house to a dodgy guy called Seamus Dorke (Adrian Dunbar) as the HQ for his new age therapies. Patrick is taking his family for one final holiday in this idyllic place, for a last painful interview with his mother, who is in a nursing home nearby,...
Edward St Aubyn has co-written this movie adaptation of his Booker-shortlisted autobiographical novel Mother's Milk, directed by Gerry Fox. The result looks a bit like television, though it isn't bad: sparky, boisterous, cynical, a little self-conscious but more grownup and literate than most new British movies. Jack Davenport makes the most of a juicy lead role as Patrick Melrose, a cynical, upper-middle-class Englishman deeply angry with his ageing mother, played by the now late Margaret Tyzack, in her final role. She has, in her dotage, agreed to gift the family's beautiful Provençal house to a dodgy guy called Seamus Dorke (Adrian Dunbar) as the HQ for his new age therapies. Patrick is taking his family for one final holiday in this idyllic place, for a last painful interview with his mother, who is in a nursing home nearby,...
- 11/9/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★☆☆☆ With lines as awkward as "Your milk was so laced with gin I could barely drink it", the tone is quickly set for Mother's Milk (2012), Gerry Fox's adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn's novel, a dynastic drama spiked with an overabundance of Freudian froth. The Melroses, once a distinguished, wealthy family, are hitting hard times. With the money drying up, Patrick (Jack Davenport) finds himself trapped in a turbulent marriage with wife Mary (Annabel Mullion), who is ever anxious that she will repeat the sins of her own mother, Kettle (Diana Quick).
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- 11/8/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Ridley Scott is, in some circles anyhow, a god. Practically treated as royalty with laudatory genuflection from certain film enthusiasts -- generally genre fetishists -- he has turned in two unimpeachable cinema touchstones, "Blade Runner" and "Alien," plus a few other arguable modern semi-classics including "Black Hawk Down" (though as you'll see, not all us here agree with that assessment) and "Gladiator." But his track record overall? Scott's batting average isn't exactly amazing across the board, and while he has major peaks, his work can be frustratingly uneven for someone who is clearly and masterfully talented. While a craftsman of technically marvelous and grand spectacle cinema, his films can also be inordinately soulless and have become increasingly so with each film (Sigourney Weaver famously said that Scott paid more attention to the props and extraterrestrials than the actors on "Alien," but somehow that picture still worked).
And while his latest,...
And while his latest,...
- 6/7/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Harvey Keitel and Matthew Guinness in The Duellists
Photo: Paramount Pictures With all the excitement surrounding Ridley Scott's upcoming film Prometheus marking the director's much anticipated return to the world of Alien, which he brought to life back in 1979, I've heard many people reference Scott's 1977 directorial debut, The Duellists. Strangely I've heard it mentioned not only because Scott has a new film coming out, but I've read it mentioned in articles discussing its accomplished cinematic swordplay. My interest was piqued and I took to Netflix. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1908 short story "The Duel" (download it for free here), which itself is based on a true story, The Duelists centers on Armand d'Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel), a pair of officers in Napoleon's army. The film begins with Feraud in a duel with a man we'll later learn is the nephew of the Mayor of Strasbourg.
Photo: Paramount Pictures With all the excitement surrounding Ridley Scott's upcoming film Prometheus marking the director's much anticipated return to the world of Alien, which he brought to life back in 1979, I've heard many people reference Scott's 1977 directorial debut, The Duellists. Strangely I've heard it mentioned not only because Scott has a new film coming out, but I've read it mentioned in articles discussing its accomplished cinematic swordplay. My interest was piqued and I took to Netflix. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1908 short story "The Duel" (download it for free here), which itself is based on a true story, The Duelists centers on Armand d'Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel), a pair of officers in Napoleon's army. The film begins with Feraud in a duel with a man we'll later learn is the nephew of the Mayor of Strasbourg.
- 4/3/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
That was the week in which Sam Mendes confirmed the title, cast and thrust of Bond 23: Skyfall, and Roger Moore cocked an eyebrow at Quantum of Solace. Plus other, non-007, news
The big story
Every Bond begins with a kill. He walks in silhouette, turns and shoots us. The camera wobbles, fills with red and down we go. 007's first kill happens before anything else: before he's survived the Lake Como car chase, or flown a home-made plane through a hanger, or bungee-jumped from the Contra dam. Before the credits roll and the naked ladies start wrapping their legs around giant handguns.
Violence is as integral to the Bond franchise as product placement. Imagine the uproar then, when it was suggested that the appointment of Sam Mendes as the director of Bond 23 might do away with fist-fights and gunplay altogether. Mendes was a class act, out for Oscars.
The big story
Every Bond begins with a kill. He walks in silhouette, turns and shoots us. The camera wobbles, fills with red and down we go. 007's first kill happens before anything else: before he's survived the Lake Como car chase, or flown a home-made plane through a hanger, or bungee-jumped from the Contra dam. Before the credits roll and the naked ladies start wrapping their legs around giant handguns.
Violence is as integral to the Bond franchise as product placement. Imagine the uproar then, when it was suggested that the appointment of Sam Mendes as the director of Bond 23 might do away with fist-fights and gunplay altogether. Mendes was a class act, out for Oscars.
- 11/3/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
The awards season, with all its squabbles, is under way. Actor Diana Quick and Poetry Society chief Judith Palmer discuss winning, losing, and marching off in a huff
As awards season gets under way and the inevitable controversies unfold, Oliver Laughland talks to actor Diana Quick and Judith Palmer, director of the Poetry Society, about whether prizes matter, and if they do, how much.
Diana Quick: When I was nominated for a Bafta, a friend of mine asked, how are you going to feel if you don't win? I said I'm going to feel terrible … She said shoot the person who wins, and left a waterpistol on the desk. Dame Judi won. But I couldn't be angry since, like everyone, I worship at her shrine. That's how it feels – you want people to win because you admire them, but you hate them for winning because it means you're not.
As awards season gets under way and the inevitable controversies unfold, Oliver Laughland talks to actor Diana Quick and Judith Palmer, director of the Poetry Society, about whether prizes matter, and if they do, how much.
Diana Quick: When I was nominated for a Bafta, a friend of mine asked, how are you going to feel if you don't win? I said I'm going to feel terrible … She said shoot the person who wins, and left a waterpistol on the desk. Dame Judi won. But I couldn't be angry since, like everyone, I worship at her shrine. That's how it feels – you want people to win because you admire them, but you hate them for winning because it means you're not.
- 10/28/2011
- by Oliver Laughland
- The Guardian - Film News
Comedy has been a mainstay of the fringe for years. But now serious plays are attracting a broader range of stars
Film stars have developed a habit of venturing on to the West End stage to hone their acting skills in front of a live crowd. But now an unprecedented number of big names in showbusiness are to take the challenge one step further by facing Edinburgh fringe audiences in a series of intimate, temporary venues. The city's pavements may still be lined with student hopefuls during the annual festival, but suddenly there are familiar A-list faces vying for attention too.
This summer the world's largest fringe arts event, which opened in earnest in the Scottish capital this weekend, will boast performances from the Los Angeles-based British film star Julian Sands in a solo show directed by John Malkovich, and from the television and film actor Art Malik, who will...
Film stars have developed a habit of venturing on to the West End stage to hone their acting skills in front of a live crowd. But now an unprecedented number of big names in showbusiness are to take the challenge one step further by facing Edinburgh fringe audiences in a series of intimate, temporary venues. The city's pavements may still be lined with student hopefuls during the annual festival, but suddenly there are familiar A-list faces vying for attention too.
This summer the world's largest fringe arts event, which opened in earnest in the Scottish capital this weekend, will boast performances from the Los Angeles-based British film star Julian Sands in a solo show directed by John Malkovich, and from the television and film actor Art Malik, who will...
- 8/6/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
The former poster-boy of the the Age of Reactionary Chic has survived being Mr Darcy to become Thinking Woman's Boy-Crumpet
Is Colin Firth the last man standing from his generation of actors? Of the rest of that generation, oh, what a culling there has been. The generation I'm talking about doesn't include the likes of Tim Roth and Gary Oldman, rougher sorts who came of age in the same period; I mean the public-school pin-up boys of the Age of Reactionary Chic, to borrow Peter York's indispensable phrase. What a time it was: the economy was in the toilet; the Falklands and the miners' strike were in the offing; and Mrs Thatcher was teaching a nation how to cry. In the British media and at the movies, there was a violent, neck-cricking throwback to a snootier, posher era we all thought had been snuffed out by the rise of the accented,...
Is Colin Firth the last man standing from his generation of actors? Of the rest of that generation, oh, what a culling there has been. The generation I'm talking about doesn't include the likes of Tim Roth and Gary Oldman, rougher sorts who came of age in the same period; I mean the public-school pin-up boys of the Age of Reactionary Chic, to borrow Peter York's indispensable phrase. What a time it was: the economy was in the toilet; the Falklands and the miners' strike were in the offing; and Mrs Thatcher was teaching a nation how to cry. In the British media and at the movies, there was a violent, neck-cricking throwback to a snootier, posher era we all thought had been snuffed out by the rise of the accented,...
- 1/3/2011
- by John Patterson, Colin Firth
- The Guardian - Film News
In the week in which Harry Potter broke five UK box office records, we bring you all the stats, and any other film-related news we can, as relief from wall-to-wall wizardry
The big story
The trouble with Harry is that he's just everywhere. The seventh instalment in the boy wizard's adventures, the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, finally hit cinemas last Friday. By Monday it was clear writers the world over were going to have to dust off that "audiences have fallen under his spell" cliche yet again. So, let's keep this brief: it broke five records this side of the pond, another couple in the States. For more details, try Charles Gant's UK box office analysis and Jeremy Kay's Hollywood report. And if you want to discuss whether or not it revives the sequel as a format, check out David Cox's blog. Last Friday, too, James Russell wrote a...
The big story
The trouble with Harry is that he's just everywhere. The seventh instalment in the boy wizard's adventures, the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, finally hit cinemas last Friday. By Monday it was clear writers the world over were going to have to dust off that "audiences have fallen under his spell" cliche yet again. So, let's keep this brief: it broke five records this side of the pond, another couple in the States. For more details, try Charles Gant's UK box office analysis and Jeremy Kay's Hollywood report. And if you want to discuss whether or not it revives the sequel as a format, check out David Cox's blog. Last Friday, too, James Russell wrote a...
- 11/26/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
As an actor, curating a feast of factual film-making showed me the beauty of the subjective truth, says Diana Quick
Aldeburgh cinema in Suffolk is not all it seems. From the outside, it looks like a half-timbered shop at the end of the high street. Within, it's an independent picture house that's been screening films for nearly a century. It's a proper community staple: to save it from shutting in the 1960s, a group of locals, including Benjamin Britten, clubbed together to buy it and then run it themselves. Year after year I've gone there to see mainstream releases, international arthouse films and special treats – I still remember introducing a bunch of teenagers to White Christmas at the cinema, one wintry day. I think it's ambitiously programmed every day of the year, but especially so for the three days its annual documentary festival comes around.
Molly Dineen had the brainwave...
Aldeburgh cinema in Suffolk is not all it seems. From the outside, it looks like a half-timbered shop at the end of the high street. Within, it's an independent picture house that's been screening films for nearly a century. It's a proper community staple: to save it from shutting in the 1960s, a group of locals, including Benjamin Britten, clubbed together to buy it and then run it themselves. Year after year I've gone there to see mainstream releases, international arthouse films and special treats – I still remember introducing a bunch of teenagers to White Christmas at the cinema, one wintry day. I think it's ambitiously programmed every day of the year, but especially so for the three days its annual documentary festival comes around.
Molly Dineen had the brainwave...
- 11/23/2010
- by Diana Quick
- The Guardian - Film News
DVD Playhouse—August 2010
By
Allen Gardner
Black Orpheus (Criterion) Winner of the 1959 Best Foreign Film Oscar and that same year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, Black Orpheus is a modern-day update of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice reset in 20th century Brazil during Carnival in Rio. Director Marcel Camus offers up a visual feast with some of the decade’s most ravishing color cinematography. A classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Archival interviews with Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; Interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Documentary on the film; Trailer. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The Last Song (Touchstone) Sentimental adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ (by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie) sentimental novel about a father and daughter attempting to repair their damaged relationship. Greg Kinnear, as the dad in question, comes off best, while tween sensation Miley Cyrus...
By
Allen Gardner
Black Orpheus (Criterion) Winner of the 1959 Best Foreign Film Oscar and that same year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, Black Orpheus is a modern-day update of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice reset in 20th century Brazil during Carnival in Rio. Director Marcel Camus offers up a visual feast with some of the decade’s most ravishing color cinematography. A classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Archival interviews with Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; Interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Documentary on the film; Trailer. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The Last Song (Touchstone) Sentimental adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ (by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie) sentimental novel about a father and daughter attempting to repair their damaged relationship. Greg Kinnear, as the dad in question, comes off best, while tween sensation Miley Cyrus...
- 8/29/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Terence Davies gets ready to go back behind the camera; Pixie Lott prepares for a stage role in StreetDance; the stars queue up to star in Nick Love's revamp of 70s cop show The Sweeney
Hidden gemsGlasses were raised to 75 years of the Bfi archive on London's Southbank last week. Guests attending a screening – on the original combustible nitrate print – of The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, included Stephen Frears, Barbet Schroeder, Diana Quick and a very tanned Terence Davies, just returned from the Midnight Sun film festival in Finland, where there was a restrospective of his films. "God knows it's depressing enough there during the winter — quite why they'd want to sit through my films during their sunny months escapes me," he chuckled.
Davies was clearly buzzing that he might be filming again soon. His acclaimed 2008 memoir, Of Time and the City, seemed to have revived...
Hidden gemsGlasses were raised to 75 years of the Bfi archive on London's Southbank last week. Guests attending a screening – on the original combustible nitrate print – of The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, included Stephen Frears, Barbet Schroeder, Diana Quick and a very tanned Terence Davies, just returned from the Midnight Sun film festival in Finland, where there was a restrospective of his films. "God knows it's depressing enough there during the winter — quite why they'd want to sit through my films during their sunny months escapes me," he chuckled.
Davies was clearly buzzing that he might be filming again soon. His acclaimed 2008 memoir, Of Time and the City, seemed to have revived...
- 7/10/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
This is an exclusive interview with Jez Lewis, director of Shed Your Tears And Walk Away on which Nick Broomfield (Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer, Biggie and Tupac, Kurt & Courtney) was an Executive Producer. Jez Lewis, first time director of the emotionally bruising, excellent new documentary Shed Your Tears and Walk Away, this week held a special preview screening at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts on The Mall. A selection of family, friends, esteemed filmmakers, theatre bigwigs and paying guests attended the evening with fine British actress Diana Quick chairing a Q&A session after. Having already seen the film, I was lucky enough to sit down and talk to Jez during the screening to begin to deconstruct this intensely personal film of which the director has so clearly invested so much of himself.
- 6/13/2010
- by Dan Hollis
- Pure Movies
C4 documentary drama to portray the monarch in key moments since the 1950s
Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role in a new Channel 4 documentary drama series.
The Queen, a five-part series starting next Sunday, focuses on crisis moments since the 1953 coronation. Emilia Fox stars in the first episode, centred around events in 1955 when Princess Margaret was considering marriage to a divorced equerry, Peter Townsend. Samantha Bond, best known as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films, plays her during the early 1970s era of power cuts, strikes and Ira threats. Susan Jameson portrays her in conflict with Margaret Thatcher over the South Africa sanctions row that threatened the Commonwealth.
Barbara Flynn picks up the role during the "annus horribilis" of 1992, when Charles and Diana's failed marriage was laid bare in the...
Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role in a new Channel 4 documentary drama series.
The Queen, a five-part series starting next Sunday, focuses on crisis moments since the 1953 coronation. Emilia Fox stars in the first episode, centred around events in 1955 when Princess Margaret was considering marriage to a divorced equerry, Peter Townsend. Samantha Bond, best known as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films, plays her during the early 1970s era of power cuts, strikes and Ira threats. Susan Jameson portrays her in conflict with Margaret Thatcher over the South Africa sanctions row that threatened the Commonwealth.
Barbara Flynn picks up the role during the "annus horribilis" of 1992, when Charles and Diana's failed marriage was laid bare in the...
- 11/21/2009
- by Tim Lusher
- The Guardian - Film News
The star of Stephen Poliakoff's forthcoming Glorious 39 on his neuroses, playing educated toffs and why he digs David Hare
"A machiavellian dandy . . . Pure coldheartedness . . . Fabulously insincere." As I read out reviews of an old Bill Nighy performance, the actor grimaces and drums his knuckles on the table. "If ever a face was made for villainy, it's Bill Nighy's," I continue. "Wow," he murmurs. "Nighy's decadently long jaw and narrow, sneaky eyes serve him well . . ." He snorts, amused. "Sneaky eyes! Long decadent jaw! My God. I didn't know I had a decadent jaw."
Perhaps it is how Glorious 39 unfolds around him that makes you never quite trust Nighy as Alexander Keyes, a devoted father and aristocratic Conservative MP in Stephen Poliakoff's sumptuous new thriller about appeasement, set on the eve of the second world war. But perhaps Nighy has a singular talent for projecting unreliability into charming characters.
"A machiavellian dandy . . . Pure coldheartedness . . . Fabulously insincere." As I read out reviews of an old Bill Nighy performance, the actor grimaces and drums his knuckles on the table. "If ever a face was made for villainy, it's Bill Nighy's," I continue. "Wow," he murmurs. "Nighy's decadently long jaw and narrow, sneaky eyes serve him well . . ." He snorts, amused. "Sneaky eyes! Long decadent jaw! My God. I didn't know I had a decadent jaw."
Perhaps it is how Glorious 39 unfolds around him that makes you never quite trust Nighy as Alexander Keyes, a devoted father and aristocratic Conservative MP in Stephen Poliakoff's sumptuous new thriller about appeasement, set on the eve of the second world war. But perhaps Nighy has a singular talent for projecting unreliability into charming characters.
- 11/19/2009
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
Bill Nighy is still best friends with former partner Diana Quick, even though they split up last year after 27 years together.
The Love Actually star and the British actress met in 1981 on the set of a theatre production and have a 25-year-old daughter, Mary.
Nighy confirmed the break-up when it was revealed Quick had moved out of their shared London property last August.
But they have maintained a good friendship since the split - because they spent so long together, it's impossible not to remain a part of each other's lives.
Quick says, "I'd been married before I met him and had other important relationships, but until Bill I had never thought that I wanted to have a child. When Mary arrived I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father.
"We don't live together any more, but we're still great friends. We both feel that you can't spend so many years with someone and then just walk away without a backward glance. We know each other far too well for that.
"Our parting is a reflection of the fact that life changes you and you have to accommodate those changes and allow people to be what they are. That is what being a mature person is all about."...
The Love Actually star and the British actress met in 1981 on the set of a theatre production and have a 25-year-old daughter, Mary.
Nighy confirmed the break-up when it was revealed Quick had moved out of their shared London property last August.
But they have maintained a good friendship since the split - because they spent so long together, it's impossible not to remain a part of each other's lives.
Quick says, "I'd been married before I met him and had other important relationships, but until Bill I had never thought that I wanted to have a child. When Mary arrived I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father.
"We don't live together any more, but we're still great friends. We both feel that you can't spend so many years with someone and then just walk away without a backward glance. We know each other far too well for that.
"Our parting is a reflection of the fact that life changes you and you have to accommodate those changes and allow people to be what they are. That is what being a mature person is all about."...
- 8/31/2009
- WENN
Channel 4 will screen a new drama documentary series about Queen Elizabeth II as part of its Autumn season. The Queen, which focuses on landmarks in the reign of Her Majesty, will see five different British actress take on the role. Pivotal moments in her life will be played out by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Also forming part of the new season is Derren Brown: The Events, which will invite viewers at home to interact and participate as the magician aims to trick, win, fool and control through various complex acts. Brown will also participate in Channel 4's 3-D programming week with his special programme Derren Brown's 3D Magic Spectacular. Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud will front Grand Tour Of Europe, a four-part series which follows the presenter on an epic journey (more)...
- 8/26/2009
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Diana Quick struggled to remain in character while filming sex scenes with co-star Jeremy Irons in Brideshead Revisited - because the actor was overly enthusiastic in his performance.
Quick burst into laughter while shooting her onscreen romp in a ship's cabin after the TV series' director asked Irons for a more passionate take.
The actress, 61, recalls, "I was rehearsing in my pants (underwear) and a little slip thing. Jeremy started to climb on top of me in great big Harris Tweed trousers. I said, 'You'll have to take those trousers off or I'll be scratched all over'.
"He very reluctantly agreed. The director said, 'Jeremy can you be a bit more ecstatic?' Then we started filming. I looked up to see Jeremy bashing his head against the headboard and bellowing - and I burst out laughing.
"I asked the director why he hadn't given us notes about playing it and he said, 'Well, I know what men do when they're making love and I'd better leave you to it'."
A big-screen adaptation of Brideshead Revisited - a huge hit when it aired on British TV screens in the early 1980s - is released this month.
Quick burst into laughter while shooting her onscreen romp in a ship's cabin after the TV series' director asked Irons for a more passionate take.
The actress, 61, recalls, "I was rehearsing in my pants (underwear) and a little slip thing. Jeremy started to climb on top of me in great big Harris Tweed trousers. I said, 'You'll have to take those trousers off or I'll be scratched all over'.
"He very reluctantly agreed. The director said, 'Jeremy can you be a bit more ecstatic?' Then we started filming. I looked up to see Jeremy bashing his head against the headboard and bellowing - and I burst out laughing.
"I asked the director why he hadn't given us notes about playing it and he said, 'Well, I know what men do when they're making love and I'd better leave you to it'."
A big-screen adaptation of Brideshead Revisited - a huge hit when it aired on British TV screens in the early 1980s - is released this month.
- 10/14/2008
- WENN
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