Shaun of the Dead was the film that kicked off the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy and set the benchmark for zombie comedies. It’s a beloved cult classic and it is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, making it a perfect candidate for a Britflix retrospective. Shaun (Sean Pegg) is a 29-year-old underachiever. He’s the oldest salesman at an electronic store, […]
Tag: Working Title Films
The Substance Review
The Substance is the second film from French director Coralie Fargeat. What she provided is the most stomach-churning film of 2024. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a former movie star who has fallen on hard times. She’s 50 and seen as too old to front a breakfast TV aerobics show. When Elisabeth is at a […]
Drive-Away Dolls Review
Ethan Coen makes his first solo film with the lesbian-centric crime-comedy Drive-Away Dolls. Jamie (Margaret Qualley) and Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) are lesbian friends in Philadelphia. When Marian plans to see her aunt in Tallahassee, Jamie convinces her friend to work for a drive-away service to get them to the Floridian capital. Due to a misunderstanding, […]
Polite Society Review
Nida Manzoor makes her move from television to feature films with her directional debut Polite Society. It’s one of the most creative and eclectic films of 2023, so far. Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) is a teenage girl who wants to become a stuntwoman. She doesn’t want to fulfill cultural or gender expectations. Ria is close with […]
What’s Love Got to Do With It? Review
What’s Love Got to Do With It? Is a rom-com with a twist with its focus being on arranged marriages. Kazim “Kaz” Khan (Shazad Latif) and Zoe (Lily James) have been friends since childhood. Zoe is surprised when Kaz reveals he’s getting an arranged marriage. Zoe sees an opportunity to film Kaz’s search for a wife for her next […]
Matilda the Musical Review
Matilda the Musical has been a regular fixture on the West End since it premiered in 2011. It has now been adapted into a feature film thanks to Working Title Pictures and TriStar Pictures. Matilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a brilliant, intelligent child who has been ignored by her parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough). Matilda […]
Ticket to Paradise Review
Star driven rom-coms have become a rarity in cinemas in recent years. Universal and Working Title Pictures aims to bring them back with George Clooney and Julia Roberts teaming up for a fifth film. David and Georgia Cotton (Clooney and Roberts) are a divorced couple who hate each other. The only thing that forces them to interact is their […]
Cyrano Review
Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most recognisable French literacy tales. It has been adapted numerous times, including the acclaimed film from 1950, and the 1987 comedic modernisation Roxanne. The musical adaptation is the latest interpretation of the story. Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) is a soldier, a skilled swordsman, and a poet who’s underestimated because of […]
Cats Review
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats was one of the longest-running musicals on the West End and Broadway. But the film adaptation was in development hell for years until now. What we got is the most ill-conceived big-budget films in a long time when adapting it. One-night Victoria the White Cat (Francesca Hayward) gets dumped in a bin bag […]
Britflix: Les Misérables (2012)
Tom Hooper has two upcoming projects due to come out in the near future: the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials and an adaptation of Cats. This means it is a great time to revisit his adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) was a man who was released on parole after serving a 19-year sentence for stealing […]