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Stars: John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Hyam, Danny Huston, Richard Cant, Susy Kane, Rufus Jones | Written by Jeff Pope | Directed by Jon S. Baird

Director Jon S. Baird’s anticipated passion project on iconic due Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, played by John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan, respectively is a delightful effulgent nuanced picture. Highlighting the iconic duo’s last rodeo of substantial relevancy in their comedy hall tour around Great Britain offers a detailed and eye-opening account of the lives and personalities on the somewhat sadly faded legacy of two comedic giants. The chaotic, yet ironically straight shaped routine with its abundance of cynosure screen presence is felt within a matter of seconds within the opening sequence with distinctive mannerisms and traits.

Cinematographer Laurie Rose with editors Úna Ní Dhonghaíle and Billy Sneddon honour and utilise the world in a submerging manner. The...

"You're not leaving, are ya, Stan?" Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a new official Us trailer for Stan & Ollie, a heartfelt new film about two movie legends - Laurel and Hardy. This comedy stars Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy as they tour around the UK in what would become the pair's triumphant farewell tour. They struggle to maintain their friendship after so many years, but find joy again in performing for audiences, solidifying their timeless legacy. The film's cast also includes Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Stephanie Hyam, Rufus Jones, Susy Kane, Joseph Balderrama, and Danny Huston. "A portrait of the most tender and poignant of creative marriages... trying to rediscover just how much they mean to each other." This received some great reviews out of the London Film Festival, and arrives in Us theaters on the very last Friday of the year. I'm...

"It's amazing you two are still going strong. Still using the same old material." Entertainment One UK has unveiled the first official trailer for Stan & Ollie, a movie about two movie legends - Laurel and Hardy. This comedy stars Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy as they tour around the UK in what would become the pair's triumphant farewell tour. They struggle to maintain their friendship after so many years, but find joy again in performing for audiences, solidifying their timeless legacy. The full cast includes Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Danny Huston, Stephanie Hyam, Rufus Jones, Susy Kane, and Joseph Balderrama. This looks stupendous! It's not really a biopic (thankfully) nor is it about their time in Hollywood, it seems to be about two good friends who love making people laugh. Enjoy. Here's the first official UK trailer (+ two posters) for Jon S. Baird's Stan & Ollie,...

Review Gem Wheeler 8 Apr 2014 - 07:00

Endeavour delivers one of its darkest episodes to date. Here's Gem's review of Nocturne...

This review contains spoilers.

2.2 Nocturne

His colleagues might be glued to their television screens as England advance to the World Cup final, but Morse, typically, has weightier matters on his mind. An elderly expert in heraldry, Adrian Weiss, is found brutally murdered in an Oxford museum; the murder weapon appears to be the Indian ceremonial dagger left lying by his side. Morse is despatched to interview the summer boarders at Blythe Mount School, who, along with their teacher, Victoria Danby (Susy Kane), were on a school trip to the museum at the time of Weiss’s death. Morse’s teenage interviewees are rather taken with the appealingly awkward young detective, though he is unsettled by the visit; not only does he find a note with the words ‘Save me’ scrawled...