HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD

2 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 18th October 2018

Director: Ben Wheatley (Tomb Raider 2 / Rebecca (2020) / Free Fire / High-Rise / Doctor Who (TV) / A Field In England / Sightseers / Kill List / Down Terrace)

Cast: Neil Maskell, Sam Riley, Doon Mackichan, Hayley Squires, Bill Paterson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Asim Chaudhry, Sinead Matthews, Richard Glover, Sura Donhke, Sarah Baxendale, Mark Monero, Nicole Nettleingham, Sudha Bhuchar, Vincent Ebrahim and Peter Ferdinando with Joe Cole and Charles Dance

Writer: Ben Wheatley

Trailer: HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Neil Maskell: Peaky Blinders (TV), In Darkness, The Mummy (2017), King Arthur – Legend of the Sword, Level Up, High-Rise, Humans (TV), Hyena, Open Windows, Utopia (TV), Dates (TV), Evil Never Dies, The Rise, All Things To All Men, Pusher (2012), Turnout, St. George’s Day, Piggy, Wild Bill (2012), Ghosted, Kill List, Jack Falls, Bonded by Blood, How To Stop Being a Loser, Tony, Doghouse, The Shouting Men, Rise of the Footsoldier, Paintball, It’s All Gone Pete Tong, The Football Factory, Nil By Mouth
• Sam Riley: Radioactivity, Maleficent 2 – Mistress of Evil, Sometimes Always Never, Free Fire, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Suite Francaise, Maleficent, On The Road, Byzantium, Brighton Rock (2011), 13 (2010), Franklyn, Control
• Doon Mackichan: Good Omens (TV), Winterlong, Plebs (TV), Toast of London (TV),  Draw On Sweet Night, The Comic Strip Presents…(TV), Smack The Pony (TV), Brass Eye (TV), Stressed Eric (voice)(TV), Our Mutual Friend (TV), The Borrowers (1997)
• Hayley Squires: In Fabric, Away, I Daniel Blake, Blood Cells
• Bill Paterson: Rebecca (2020), Fleabag (TV), Dad’s Army (2016), High-Rise, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Outlander (TV), Law & Order UK (TV), Creation, Dr Who (TV), How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, Miss Potter, Amazing Grace, Rag Tale, Kingdom of Heaven, Bright Young Things, Crush (2001), The Match (1999), Hilary & Jackie, Spice World, Victory, Richard III (1995), God On The Rocks, Truly Madly Deeply, The Witches, The Rachel Papers, Hidden City, Auf Wierdesen Pet (TV), Defence of the Realm, A Private Function, The Killing Fields, Smiley’s People (TV)
• Alexandra Maria Lara: The King’s Man – Kingsman 3, Geostorm, Suite Francaise, Rush (2014), The Reader, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Miracle At St Anna, Youth Without Youth, Control, Downfall
• Asim Chaudhry: Greed, Black Mirror – Bandersnatch, People Just Do Nothing (TV), Eaten By Lions,  Chubby Funny, Hoff The Record (TV)
• Sinead Matthews: Muscle, The Crown (TV), Jellyfish, Daphne, Wreckers, Happy Go Lucky
• Richard Glover: The Hippopotamus, The Bad Education Movie,  A Field In England,  Sightseers
• Mark Monero: Villain, Free Fire, Wild Bill (2012), Eastenders (TV), Grange Hill (TV), Babylon
• Sudha Bhuchar: Mary Poppins Returns, Stella (TV), The Magnificent Eleven, Doctors (TV), Casualty (TV), Eastenders (TV)
• Vincent Ebrahim: Hollyoaks (TV), The Kumars (TV), Meet The Magoons (TV), Wallace & Gromit – Curse of the Were-Rabbit (voice)
• Peter Ferdinando: Muscle, Vita and Virginia, Tommy’s Honour, Blue Iguana, King Arthur – Legend of the Sword, Ghost In The Shell (2017), Lost In London, High-Rise, Hyena, Starred Up, A Field In England, Turnout, Snow White and The Huntsman, Tony
• Joe Cole: Gangs of London (TV), Peaky Blinders (TV), A Prayer Before Dawn, Thank You For Your Service, Green Room, Secret In Their Eyes (2015), Pressure, The Falling, In The Blood (2015), A Long Way Down, Now Is Good, Offender, Skins (TV)
• Charles Dance: The King’s Man – Kingsman 3, The Crown (TV), Journey to China 2 – The Mystery of Iron Mask, Godzilla 2 – King of the Monsters, That Good Night, Johnny English 3 – Strikes Back, Underworld 5 – Blood Wars, Despite The Falling Snow, Ghostbusters 3, Me Before You, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Victor Frankenstein, Child 44, Woman In Gold, The Imitation Game, Dracula Untold, Game Of Thrones (TV), Midnight’s Children, St George’s Day, Underworld 4 – Awakening, Your Highness, Ironclad, Starter For Ten, Gosford Park, Ladies In Lavender (dir), Swimming Pool, Ali G In Da House,  Black and White (2002), Hilary & Jackie, Michael Collins, Space Truckers, Exquisite Tenderness, China Moon, Century, The Last Action Hero, Alien 3, Hidden City, The Golden Child, White Mischief, James Bond – For Your Eyes Only

ANCHOR AND HOPE

6 out of 10

UK/Spain co-production

Release date: 28th September 2018

Director: Carlos Marquet-Marces (The Days To Come / 10.000 kms)

Cast: Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer, Lara Rossi and Geraldine Chaplin

Writer: Carlos Marquet-Marces 

Trailer: ANCHOR AND HOPE

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Oona Chaplin: Avatar 2, The Longest Ride, Black Mirror (TV), The Crimson Field (TV), Taboo (TV), What If?, Dates (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), The Powder Room
• Natalia Tena: Game Of Thrones (TV), 10.000 kms, Black Mirror (TV), Superbob, Ambassadors (TV), You Instead, Clone, Harry Potter 8 – The Deathly Hallows 2, Harry Potter 7 – The Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter 6 – The Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter 4 – The Goblet of Fire, About a Boy
• David Verdaguer: The Days To Come, 10.000 kms
• Lara Rossi: Iron Sky 2 – The Coming Race, Robin Hood (2018)
• Geraldine Chaplin: Jurassic World 5 – Fallen Kingdom, Electric Dreams (TV), A Monster Calls, The Impossible, The Wolf Man, The Orphanage, Talk To Her, Cousin Bette, Crimetime, Jane Eyre (1996), Home for the Holidays, The Age of Innocence, Chaplin, The Return of the Musketeers, White Mischief, Nashville, The Doctor and the Devil, Doctor Zhivago

 

SINK

6 out of 10

Release date: 12th October 2018

Director: Mark Gillis

Cast: Martin Herdman, Ian Hogg, Marlene Sidaway, Mark Gillis, Tracey Wilkinson, Joanna Monro, Sadie Shimmin, Ken Shorter, Karen Archer, Glen Supple, Anne Bird, Oliver Senton and Josh Herdman

Writer: Mark Gillis

Trailer: SINK

This nice, slice of life drama is a solid vehicle to show off Martin Herdman’s (LOVING VINCENT) acting skills. With a career stretching back decades, he is an actor who as graced many TV shows and films in glorified walk-on roles as taxi drivers, doormen, henchman and barmen. A rare leading role has presented itself for him and he has seized the opportunity with both hands.  What could be seen as a neat companion piece to I, Daniel Blake loses its way on the final stretch as the film takes a detour which pretty much sapped my interest. However, this stands head and shoulders above a lot of zero-budget UK films because for the most part, it’s central story rings true and is delivered convincingly by a dedicated cast that make the acting look effortless.

Micky (MARTIN HERDMAN) was the foreman and shop steward at a big local factory for decades but when the business collapsed he was forced to find work elsewhere. In a modern world of zero contracts and temp jobs he finds that he’s just about able to get by. But things change when he loses his job in a clothing factory at the same time that his elderly father (IAN HOGG – ROCKFORD’S BABIES) is moved out of his care home due to budget cuts and corporate greed. The bad situations mount up and something’s gotta give – but an unlikely encounter with a dodgy old friend from the past could give him the escape he needs from all his troubles.

The cast reads like a who’s-who of forgotten TV mini-series and sitcoms from the 1980s, but that shouldn’t put anybody off watching this. Sink’s actors offers about 1 hour’s worth of the most truthful and relevant bit of British cinema I’ve seen in the last year. It’s a shame that the film feels the need to veer off mission into no man’s land at the end.  The highly watchable Martin Herdman proves that he’s one to watch, and hopefully we’ll see him in some more larger profile roles in the near future.

6 out of 10 – Decent drama about life on the breadline in the 21st century. The director Mark Gillis shows talent, if only he’d have concentrated on the central issues of the story instead of driving the film down a blind alley and selling his main character out.  Weird pro-British soundtrack too!?

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Martin Herdman: Loving Vincent, Alex Rider – Operation Stormbreaker, Revolver, Coronation Street (TV)
• Ian Hogg: The Pleasure Principle, Survivors (1990), Doctor Who (TV), Rockliffe’s Folly (TV), Rockliffe’s Babies (TV), Little Dorrit (1987), Lady Jane, The Devil’s Crown (TV), King Lear (1971)
• Marlene Sidaway: Mum (TV), Me and Orson Welles, Bad Girls (TV), Tom’s Midnight Garden, Beautiful Thing, Coronation Street (TV), Shine On Harvey Moon (TV)
• Tracey Wilkinson: Outlander (TV), Bad Girls (TV), Our Friends In The North (TV)
• Joanna Monro: Fast Forward (TV), Angels (TV), Doctor Who (TV)
• Sadie Shimmin: Eastenders (TV), Coronation Street (TV),  Mr Selfridge (TV), Wallander (TV)
• Ken Shorter: Dragonheart 4 – A New Beginning, Ned Kelly (1970)
• Karen Archer: The Chief (TV), Chancer (TV), Eastenders (TV)
• Josh Herdman: Cagefighter, Giantland, Robin Hood (2018), Marcella (TV), Piggy, The Estate, Harry Potter 8 – The Deathly Hallows 2, Harry Potter 7 – The Deathly Hallows 1, Harry Potter 6 – The Half-Blood Prince,  Harry Potter 5 – The Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter 4 – The Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter 3 – The Prisoner of Azhaban, Hary Potter 2 – The Chamber of Secrets, Thunderpants, Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone

DEAD IN A WEEK (OR YOUR MONEY BACK)

2.5 out of 10

Release date: 18th October 2018

Director: Tom Edmunds

Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Tom Wilkinson, Freya Mavor, Marion Bailey, Velibor Topic, Cecilia Noble with Nigel Lindsay and Christopher Eccleston

Writer: Tom Edmunds

Trailer: DEAD IN A WEEK (OR YOUR MONEY BACK)

I’m not sure who these types of broad black comedies are supposed to appeal to.  This reminded of a big-budget one called Wild Target (2010) starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint – an equally inoffensive, unfunny, anaemic caper film that seemed out of touch with modern audiences. That was nearly a decade ago,which means this is also out of date and very stale. The game cast grapple with an immature script that overcomplicates a basic plot – every character has the same brand of sarcasm, a symptom of a bad writer who can’t do characterisation. Overqualified and embarrassed i show I’d describe Tom Wilkinson in ‘dead in a week’, and the rest of the cast are blatantly in it for a fast pay cheque. Everybody here should know better and have been in thousands of better films.

Making light of suicide, an author played by Aneurin Barnard (DUNKIRK) is trying to kill himself to give himself some post-humous notoreity. He hires a hitman (Wilkinson) who promises to do him over in a week, except he falls in love and then its too late to cancel the hit. Didn’t Aki Kaurismaaki do this 30 years ago in I HIRED A CONTRACT KILLER? And didn’t he do it better? Anyway lots of hijinks ensues and there’s a high dosage of smart-alec wit on show – it’s a shame it’s all done without grace, charm or invention.

2.5 out of 10 – Barely viewable, this comedy is an attempt to hark back to the funny criminal capers from Ealing Studios but I’m afraid this dead with no money back guarantee.

 

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Aneurin Barnard: Dunkirk, Interlude in Prague, Bitter Harvest, War & Peace (TV), Legend (2015), Cilla (TV), The Adventurer – Curse of the Midas Box,  Trap For Cinderella, Citadel, The Facility, Elfie Hopkins, , We’ll Take Manhattan, Hunky Dory, Powder (2011), Ironclad
• Tom Wilkinson: SAS – Red Notice, Watership Down (voice)(TV), The Happy Prince, The Titan, Denial, Snowden, Good People, Unfinished Business, Selma, Felony, Belle, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lone Ranger (2013), Felony, Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Burke and Hare, The Green Hornet, The Debt, The Ghost, 44 Inch Chest, Duplicity, Valkyrie, Rock-N-Rolla, Michael Clayton, Cassandra’s Dream, The Last Kiss, Seperate Lies, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Before You Go, The Importance Of Being Earnest (2002),  In The Bedroom, Black Knight, Another Life, Essex Boys, The Patriot, Ride With The Devil,  Shakespeare In Love, Rush Hour, The Governess, Oscar & Lucinda, Wilde, The Full Monty, Smilla’s Feeling For Snow, The Ghost and The Darkness, Sense and Sensibility, Martin Chuzzlewit (TV), Priest (1994), A Business Affair, Paper Mask
• Freya Mavor: The Keeper, Modern Life Is Rubbish, Cezanne et Moi, The Sense of an Ending, Not Another Happy Ending, Sunshine On Leith, Skins (TV)
• Marion Bailey: Brighton, Peterloo, The Lady In The Van, Mr Turner, Vera Drake, All or Nothing, Nasty Neighbours, Shine On Harvey Moon (TV), Mean Time
• Velibor Topic: Never Let Go, Our Kind of Traitor, Convenience, The Smoke, Outpost 3 – The Rise of Spetsnaz
• Cecilia Noble: The Lady in the Van, The Bill (TV), Thief Takers (TV)
• Nigel Lindsay: Access All Areas, Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson, Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa, First Night, Four Lions, Rogue Trader, The Armando Ianucci Show (TV)
• Christopher Eccleston: Where Hands Touch, Fortitude (TV), Legend (2015), Doctor Who – Day of the Doctor, Thor 2 – The Dark World, Song For Marion, GI Joe, Doctor Who (TV), 28 Days Later, The Others, Gone In 60 Seconds, Existenz, Elizabeth I, Jude, Our Friends In The North (TV), Shallow Grave, Cracker (TV), Anchoress, Let Him Have It

MICHAEL INSIDE

9 out of 10

Irish film

Release date: 6th April 2018

Director: Frank Berry (I Used To Live Here)

Cast: Lalor Roddy, Dafhyd Flynn, Moe Dunford, Robbie Walsh, Terry O’Neill, Hazel Doupe, Steve Blount, Shane Lynch and John Burke

Writer: Frank Berry

Trailer: MICHAEL INSIDE

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Lalor Roddy: Float Like a Butterfly, The Devil’s Doorway, Maze, Bad Day For The Cut, Robot Overlords, Ripper Street (TV), Grabbers, Cherrybomb, Hunger, Boy Eats Girl
• Dahfyd Flynn: I Used to Live Here
• Moe Dunford: The Dig, Rosie, Black 47, The Lodgers, Vikings (TV)
• Robbie Walsh: Between The Canals
• Hazel Doupe: Float Like a Butterfly
• Steve Blount: Titanic – Blood and Steel (TV), When The Sky Falls, Agnes Browne
• John Burke: Rise of the Krays, Round Ireland With a Fridge

DARKEST HOUR

4.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Director: 12th January 2018 (DVD premiere)

Director: Joe Wright (The Woman In The Window / Black  Mirror (TV) / Pan / Anna Karenina (2012) / Hanna / The Soloist / Atonement / Pride and Prejudice (2005))

Cast: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, David Schofield, Malcolm Storry, David Bamber, Richard Lumsden, Pip Torrens, Philip Martin Brown, Brian Pettifer with David Straithairn (voice) and Ben Mendlesohn

Writer: Anthony McCarten

Trailer: DARKEST HOUR

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Gary Oldman: Hunter Killer, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Space Between Us, Criminal (2016), Man Down, Child 44, The Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Robocop (2014), Paranoia (2013), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Dark Knight Rises, Lawless, Harry Potter 8 – The Deathly Hallows 2, Kung Fu Panda 2 (voice), Red Riding Hood (2011), The Book Of Eli, Dead Fish, Planet 51 (voice), The Unborn, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter 4 – The Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter 4 – The Goblet of Fire, Batman Begins, Harry Potter 3 – The Prisoner of Azkhaban, Hannibal, The Contender, Lost In Space, Airforce One, The Fifth Element, Basquiat, The Scarlet Letter (1995),  Murder In The First, Immortal Beloved, Leon, Romeo Is Bleeding, True Romance, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), JFK, Henry & June, State Of Grace, Rosencrantz & Guilderstern Are Dead, Chattahoochee, We Think The World Of You, Criminal Law, Prick Up Your Ears, Sid & Nancy, Mean Time
• Lily James: Mamma Mia 2 – Here We Go Again, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Exception, Baby Driver, War and Peace (TV), Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Burnt, Downton Abbey (TV), Cinderella (2015), Broken (2013), Fast Girls, Wrath Of The Titans
• Kristin Scott Thomas: Tomb Raider (2018), The Party, My Old Lady, Suite Francaise, The Invisible Woman, Only God Forgives, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, Bel Ami, The Woman In The Fifth, Sarah’s Key, Love Crime, Leaving, Nowhere Boy, Confessions Of a Shopaholic, Largo Winch, Easy Virtue, The Other Boleyn Girl, I’ve Love You So Long, The Golden Compass (voice), The Walker, Keeping Mum, Chromophobia, Code 46, Gosford Park, Up At The Villa, Random Hearts, The horse Whisperer, The English Patient, Mission Impossible, Angels & Insects, Richard III (1995), Le Confessional, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bitter Moon, Autobus, A Handful Of Dust
• Stephen Dillane: Outlaw King, Mary Shelley, Game of Thrones (TV), Zero Dark Thirty, Papadopoulos & Sons, Twenty8K, Perfect Sense, 44 Inch Chest, Goal II – Living the Dream, Goal, King Arthur (2004), The Hours, The Truth About Charlie, Spy Game, The Parole Officer, The Darkest Light, Hamlet (1990)
• Ronald Pickup: The Happy Prince, The Time of Their Lives, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Prince Of Persia, Holby City (TV), Lolita (1997), Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis, The Mission, James Bond – Never Say Never Again
• David Schofield: Mary Magdalene, Mindhorn, Da Vinci’s Demons (TV), The Last Passenger, All Things To All Men, Ghosted,  F, Burke and Hare, Devil’s Bridge, The Wolfman, Valkyrie, Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 – At The World’s End, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 – Dead Man’s Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Musketeer, From Hell, Gladiator (2000), Anna Karenina (1997), An American Werewolf In London
• Malcolm Storry: Doc Martin (TV), The Living and the Dead (TV),  The Knock (TV)
• David Bamber: Peterloo, A Very English Scandal (TV), Chubby Funny, The Limehouse Golem, Borg vs. McEnroe, Mad To Be Normal, Psychoville (TV), Valkyrie, The All Together, Rome (TV), Miss Potter, I Capture The Castle, Pride & Prejudice (1995) (TV), Buddha of Suburbia (TV), Dakota Road, High Hopes, The Doctor and the Devils, Privates On Parade
• Richard Lumsden: Downhill, Sightseers,  Morris – A Life With Bells On, Sugar Rush (TV)
• Pip Torrens: The Aftermath, Preacher (TV), Poldark (TV), Patrick Melrose (TV), Kids In Love, The Danish Girl, Gemma Bovery, Effie Gray, My Week With Marilyn, Love’s Kitchen, St Trinians 2 – The Legend of Fritton’s Gold, Flood, Rogue Trader, The Remains Of The Day
• Philip Martin Brown: Peterloo, Strawberry Fields, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Waterloo Road (TV), The Bill (TV), Casualty (TV)
• Brian Pettifer: Whisky Galore (2017), The Legend of Barney Thompson, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV), Rab C Nesbitt (TV), Lassie (2005), Hamish MacBeth (TV)
• David Strathairn: Billions (TV), McMafia (TV), American Pastoral, Louder Than Bombs, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Godzilla (2014), Lincoln, The Bourne Legacy, The Tempest (2010), Howl (2010), The Ininvited, Cold Souls, The Spiderwick Chronicles, My Blueberry Nights, The Bourne Ultimatum, Fracture, We Are Marshall, The Notorious Bettie Page, Good Night and Good Luck, Limbo, A Midsummers’ Night’s Dream (1999), Simon Birch, LA Confidential, Mother Night, Home For The Holidays, Dolores Claiborne, Losing Isaiah, The River Wild, A Dangerous Woman, The Firm, Lost In Yonkers, Passion Fish, Bob Roberts, Sneakers, A League of Their Own, City of Hope, Memphis Belle, Eight Men Out, Stars and Bars, At Close Range, Brother From Another Planet, Silkwood
• Ben Mendlesohn: The King (2020), Captain Marvel, Robin Hood (2018), Ready Player One, Una, Star Wars – Rogue One, Bloodlines (TV), Slow West, Lost River, Exodus, Black Sea, Starred Up, Adore, The Place Beyond The Pines, The Dark Knight Returns, Killing Them Softly, Trespass (2011), The Killer Elite, Animal Kingdom, Needle, Beautiful Kate, Knowing, Australia, The New World, Vertical Limit, Sample People, Idiot Box, Cosi, Sirens, Map of the Human Heart, Quigley Down Under, The Big Steal, Nirvana Street Murder, Spotswood, The Year My Voice Broke, Neighbours (TV)

JULIET NAKED

6.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 2nd November 2018

Director: Jesse Peretz (Girls (TV) / The Ex)

Cast: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Lily Brazier, Denise Gough, Eleanor Matsuura, Megan Dodds, Thomas Gray, Nina Sosanya, Enzo Cilenti, Matt King, Pamela Lyne and Phil Davis

Writer: Evegenia Peretz, Jim Taylor & Tamara Jenkins / Nick Hornby

Trailer: JULIET NAKED

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Rose Byrne: Peter Rabbit 2, Instant Family, Peter Rabbit, X-Men 6 – Apocalypse, Bad Neighbours 2 – Sorority Rising, Spy (2015), The Turning, Annie (2014), Bad Neighbours, Insidious 2, I Give It a Year, The Internship, The Place Beyond The Pines, X Men- First Class, Bridesmaids, Insidious, Get Him To The Greek, Knowing, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine (2007), The Dead Girl, Marie Antoinette, Wicker Park, Troy, I Capture The Castle, Star Wars- Attack Of The Clones, Two Hands, Dallas Doll
• Ethan Hawke: The Kid (2019), 24 Hours To Live, First Reformed, Maudie, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, The Magnificient Seven (2016), Regression, Born To Be Blue, Maggie’s Plan, Good Kill, Predestination, Boyhood, Getaway, The Purge, Before Midnight, Total Recall (2012), Sinister, The Woman In The Fifth, Daybreakers, Brooklyn’s Finest, New York I Love You, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Hottest State (dir), Fast Food Nation, Lord of War, Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Taking Lives, Before Sunset, Training Day, Tape, Waking Life, Hamlet (2000), Snow Falling On Cedars, The Newton Boys, Great Expectations (1998), Gattaca, Before Sunrise, Quiz Show, White Fang 2 – Myth of the Wolf, Reality Bites, Alive, Rich In Love, Waterland, A Midnight Clear, White Fang, Dad, Dead Poet’s Society
• Chris O’Dowd: How To Build a Girl, Mary Poppins Returns (voice), Cloverfield 3 – Paradox, Molly’s Game, Loving Vincent (mo-cap), Miss Peregrine’s Home For Unusual Children, The Program, Calvary, The Double (2014), Cuban Fury, Moone Boy (TV), Thor 2 – The Dark World, The IT Crowd (TV), Epic (voice), This Is 40, The Sapphires, Friends With Kids, Bridesmaids, Gulliver’s Travels (2010), Dinner For Schmucks, The Boat That Rocked, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, Festival
• Lily Brazier: People Just Do Nothing (TV)
• Denise Gough: A Dark Place, The Kid Who Would Be King, Colette, Stella (TV), Titanic – Blood & Steel (TV)
• Eleanor Matsuura: The Walking Dead (TV), Shetland (TV), Justice League, Lost In London, Wonder Woman, Burn Burn Burn, Cuffs (TV), DaVinci’s Demons (TV), Spooks – The Greater Good, Blood Moon
• Megan Dodds: CSI-NY (TV), Chatroom, Spooks (TV), Festival
• Nina Sosanya: W1A (TV), David Brent – Life On The Road, Last Tango In Halifax (TV), Wizards vs. Aliens (TV), Silk (TV), Dr Who (TV), Nathan Barley (TV), Code 46, Teachers (TV)
• Enzo Cilenti: Luther (TV), The Man With The Iron Heart, Free Fire, Bridget Jones 3 – Bridget Jones’ Baby, High-Rise, The Theory of Everything, Deserter, Kick Ass 2, The Rum Diary, In The Loop, Next (2007), Deserter, Rome (TV), 24 Hour Party People, Late Night Shopping, Wonderland (2000)
• Matt King: Ibiza Undead, Peep Show (TV), Get Santa, Paddington,  London Boulevard, Malice In Wonderland, Made In Dagenham, Bronson
• Pamela Lyne: Derek (TV), London’s Burning (TV)
• Phil Davis: Deus, Dough, Hampstead, Poldark (TV), Golden Years, Mr Holmes, Age of Kill,  In The Blood (2015), Silk (TV), Whitechapel (TV), Being Human (TV), Borrowed Time, Fast Girls, Outside Bet, Brighton Rock (2011), Dead Man Running, The Big I Am, Just For The Record, Another Year, Cassandra’s Dream, Notes On a Scandal, The Baby Juice Express, Vera Drake, Rose & Maloney (TV), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Photographing Fairies, Crimetime, I.D. (dir),  Blue Ice, Alien 3,  High Hopes, The Bounty, Quadrophenia

THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME

5.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 6th July 2018

Director: Keith English

Cast: Ella Hunt, Mark Addy, Sheridan Smith, Sally Phillips, Alexander Morris, Clive Mantle, Tom Davis, Tony Way, Rosie Akerman and Jo Brand with Ricky Tomlinson and Sheila Hancock

Writer: Jo Brand

Trailer: THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Ella Hunt: Anna and the Apocalypse, Cold Feet (TV) Robot Overlords
• Mark Addy: Mary Poppins Returns (voice), Lies We Tell, Trollied (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, Robin Hood (2010), Barney’s Version, Heartlands, The Time Machine, A Knight’s Tale, Down To Earth, The Flintstones 2 – Viva Rock Vegas The Last Yellow, Jack Frost, The Full Monty
• Sheridan Smith: The Queen’s Corgi (voice), The Huntsman, Cilla (TV), The C Word, The Harry Hill Movie, The Powder Room, Hysteria, Quartet, Tower Block, How To Stop Being a Loser
• Sally Phillips: Rizen 2 – Possession, Surviving Christmas With The Relatives, Trollied (TV), Smack The Pony (TV), The Rizen, Burn Burn Burn, Bridget Jones 3 – Bridget Jones’ Baby, Set The Thames On Fire, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Decoy Bride, Miranda (TV), Green Wing (TV), Bridget Jones 2 – The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones, Mean Machine, Birthday Girl, Born Romantic
• Clive Mantle: Game of Thrones (TV), Morris – A Life With Bells On, Holby City (TV), Casualty (TV), Alien 3, White Hunter Black Heart, Robin Hood (TV)
• Tom Davis: Plebs (TV), Paddington 2, Free Fire, Prevenge, Traders, The Bad Education Movie, #Legacy, Lemon la Vida Loca (TV)
• Tony Way: Horrible Histories – The Movie, Ray & Liz, After Life (TV), The Festival, Mindhorn, Trespass Against Us, Identicals, Aaaaaaaah!, High-Rise, Convenience, The Riot Club, The Edge of Tomorrow, Sightseers, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2012), Down Terrace
• Rosie Akerman: Nazi Vengeance
• Jo Brand: Damned (TV), Peppa Pig – My First Cinema Experience (voice), Getting On (TV), Jo Brand’s Cats & Kittens (TV), QI (TV), Horrid Henry – The Movie, Jo Brand’s Great Wall of Comedy, Human Traffic (voice), Absolutely Fabulous (TV)
• Ricky Tomlinson: Gloves Off, Grimsby, Flutter, Northern Soul, Nativity!, The Royle Family (TV), Mike Bassett – Manager (TV), Once Upon a Time In The Midlands, Playing The Field (TV), Formula 51, Mike Bassett – England Manager, Nasty Neighbours, Mojo, Preaching To The Perverted, Cracker (TV), Bob’s Weekend, Butterfly Kiss, Raining Stones, Riff Raff, Brookside (TV)
• Sheila Hancock: Edie, New Tricks (TV), The Boy In Striped Pyjamas, Yes, Love & Death on Long Island, A Business Affair, 3 Men and a Little Lady, Doctor Who (TV), Buster, The Wildcats of St Trinians, Carry On Cleo

ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE

5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 30th November 2018

Director: John McPhail

Cast: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu with Paul Kaye and Mark Benton

Writer: Alan McDonald & Ryan McHenry

TRAILER: ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Ella Hunt: The More You Ignore Me, Cold Feet (TV) Robot Overlords
• Christopher Leveaux: Captain Webb, Love Me Till Monday
• Ben Wiggins: Mary Queen of Scots (2019)
• Paul Kaye: After Life (TV), Cold Feet (TV), Vera (TV), Wanderlust (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), The Ghoul, The Comedian’s Guide To Survival, Doctor Who (TV), Pan, Humans (TV), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV), Lillyhammer (TV), Blackwood, Dracula Untold, Ripper Street (TV), 8 Minutes Idle, Pusher (2012), Anuvahood, Malice In Wonderland, The Infidel, The Big I Am, Cass, Blackball, It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Cody Banks 2, Very Important Dennis Pennis (TV)
• Mark Benton: The Halcyon (TV), Eddie The Eagle, Waterloo Road (TV), Breaking and Entering, Booze Cruise 3 (TV), Three and Out, Booze Cruise 2 (TV), Early Doors (TV), The Booze Cruise (TV), Mr In-Between, Topsy Turvy, The Lost Son, The Sea Change, Career Girls, Boon (TV)

POSSUM

6.5 out of 10

REVIEW COMING SOON

Release date: 26th October 2018

Director: Matthew Holness (Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place (TV))

Cast: Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong

Writer: Matthew Holness

Trailer: POSSUM

WHAT HAVE I SEEN THAT ACTOR IN BEFORE?

• Sean Harris: The King (2020), Mission Impossible 6 – Fallout, Trespass Against Us, Mission Impossible 5 – Rogue Nation, Macbeth (2015), The Goob, ’71, Serena, Deliver Us From Evil, The Borgias (TV), Prometheus, A Lonely Place To Die, Brighton Rock (2011), Isolation, Creep, Harry Brown, 24 Hour Party People, Outlaw, Brothers Of The Head, Trauma
• Alun Armstrong: Funny Cow, Prime Suspect (TV), Golden Years, Penny Dreadful (TV), New Tricks (TV), Little Dorritt (TV), Eragon, Bleak House (TV), Oliver Twist (2005), Millions, Van Helsing, Strictly Sinatra, The Mummy 2, Sleepy Hollow, GMT – Greenwich Mean Time, Onegin, With or Without You, The Saint, Our Friends In The North (TV), Braveheart, An Awfully Big Adventure, Black Beauty (1994), Blue Ice, Patriot Games, Split Second, London Kills Me, American Friends, White Hunter Black Heart, Billy The Kid and The Green Baize Vampire, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, A Bridge Too Far, Krull, The Duellists, Our Day Out, The Likely Lads, Get Carter