When a great actress like Annette Bening walks along the radiant white cliffs of England’s coast, you expect the impact of the movie around her to merit the bid for majesty and solitude. But “Hope Gap,” a shattered-family drama from “Shadowlands” and “Gladiator” screenwriter William Nicholson (who also directs) is something drearily smaller and plainer: a late-middle-aged divorce saga so dead-set on scrubbing any notion of emotional villainy that it’s as thin as a postcard with a view of that presentably beautiful, chalky seaside.
That’s not to say “Hope Gap,” essentially a three-hander with Bill Nighy as the husband and Josh O’Connor as the grown son, isn’t what it promises to be — well-acted, understanding, and literate. But when the emotional honesty still doesn’t make for compelling drama, you’re left wondering why, even with all the lights on, there’s a conspicuous lack of...
That’s not to say “Hope Gap,” essentially a three-hander with Bill Nighy as the husband and Josh O’Connor as the grown son, isn’t what it promises to be — well-acted, understanding, and literate. But when the emotional honesty still doesn’t make for compelling drama, you’re left wondering why, even with all the lights on, there’s a conspicuous lack of...
- 9/7/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Natalie Dormer ("Game of Thrones," "The Hunger Games"), James Norton ("Happy Valley," "Mr. Turner") and game designer Rhianna Pratchett ("Tomb Raider," "Heavenly Sword") were among the BAFTA jurors who this week selected this year's 18 "Breakthrough Brit" winners. These rising UK talents will get one-to-one mentoring, guidance sessions and networking opportunities — with tools to develop their skills and jumpstart their careers, "wherever they are in the world," as well as free access to BAFTA events for 12 months. This year's 18 BAFTA 'Breakthrough Brits' are: Alex Lawther, Actor Anna Valdez Hanks, Cinematographer Aysha Kala, Actress Catherine Woolley, Senior Games Designer Charlie Covell, Writer/ Actress Chris Davis, Games Developer Daisy-May Hudson, Producer/ Director Ed Perkins, Director Jenny Saunders, Producer Jessica Saunders, Games Sound Designer Laura Wade,...
- 11/13/2015
- by Ruben Guevara
- Thompson on Hollywood
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