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In recent years Disney has developed a lucrative strategy where they turn their animated classics into live-action films. 2019 sees the Mouse House adapting three animated films with Dumbo being the first to be released. The Medici Brothers’ Circus and the Farrier family have fallen on hard times. Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) lost his arm during the First World War, […]
There is a wedding, a funeral, and mishap with drugs, it is the usual array of shenanigans for the Derry Girls in “The Curse.” An old family feud reignites when Erin’s family go to a wedding. It is made worst when Erin’s mother (Tara Lynne O’Neill) tells her aunt to drop dead and she promptly […]
Last month the Marvel Cinematic Universe released Captain Marvel – but it is not the only film based on a character called that. Warner Brothers and DC give audiences they offering with Shazam! Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is a 14-year-old troublemaker that runs away from foster homes. Billy is given one last chance when he is placed in […]
Based on the story of an unlikely group of fishermen earning a record contract Fisherman’s Friends is the film tailored made for middle-class audiences across the British Isles. Danny (Daniel Mays) is a London based record producer who goes to Cornwall for a stag weekend. Whilst in the picturesque village of Port Isaac the party discover a group of fishermen who sing sea […]
Jordan Peele made a real impact with his directional debut Get Out, a film that is a part of the current horror renaissance. His follow-up film was highly anticipated and has already been praised by critics. Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is a woman who suffered from a traumatic event when she was a child. Her past comes back […]
What Men Want is gender swap remake of the forgettable 2000 rom-com What Women Wants. This was a project that few people wanted and the final product was not worth it. Alison “Ali” Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a gifted sports agent who believes she’s going to be made a partner. When this doesn’t come to be Ali goes out […]
Boy bands were all the rage back in the ’90s, including Take That. The latest episode of Derry Girls looks at the Take That phenomenon in a wacky adventure. The girls and James are excited to go to the Take That concert in Belfast. Their families refuse to let them go when news breaks that a polar bear has escaped […]
Cheat is a thriller miniseries set within a prestigious university that shows an escalating rivalry between a lecturer and her student. Leah Dale (Katherine Kelly) is a sociology lecturer who accuses one of her students, Rose Vaughn (Molly Windsor) of cheating for final year’s dissertation. When Rose is unable to prove the works she sets out […]
2018 saw the release of two films about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The first was critically acclaimed documentary RBG and the more recent film was the dramatisation about one of her most famous court cases. On the Basis of Sex follows Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) from her days as a Harvard Law Student to her landmark case which sets out to […]
Following a strong opening episode, the second season of Derry Girls continues with another hilarious outing. A new English teacher joins Our Lady Immaculate College, Ms. De Brún (Judith Roddy). She quickly inspires the students, including Erin and her crew. Whilst this is going on Erin’s family become obsessed with The Usual Suspects after their night at the cinema is cut short. “Ms. […]