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Sense and Sensibility has now added additional cast members. The upcoming movie is based on the classic novel by Jane Austen. As with the author's other works, this book has been adapted multiple times. In this case, it is the 1995 film version that is by far the best known.

Now, a new version of Sense and Sensibility is in production. This substitutes former director Ang Lee for Georgia Oakley, a relative newcomer. It was previously announced that Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles would be portraying the lead roles of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, respectively.

As per Focus Features, the Sense and Sensibility movie has now added more cast members. The new additions are Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, George McKay, Herbert Nordrum, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, and Fiona Shaw.

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This casting includes the love interests for both Elinor and Marianne. McKay will play Edward Ferrars,...

Joseph Quinn hopes to work with Tom Holland one day in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During a recent promotional interview, Quinn expressed this desire while also calling Holland the “best Spider-Man ever.” Given that it is a sensitive topic to discuss among Marvel fans, he might have just offended numerous fans.

Many don’t see eye to eye on their favorite Spider-Man actor among Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Holland. So when Joseph Quinn clearly picks a side, it won’t come across as good news for fans of Maguire or Garfield. Quinn’s praise for Holland came after the interviewer brought up Kevin Feige’s recent comments on a Johnny Storm-Peter Parker team-up.

Quinn talked about the idea of a potential team-up with ComicBook.com: “I’m down. That would be so cool. I think Tom Holland is the best Spider-man ever. So I would love the opportunity to tell a story with him.

Early reactions to “Fantastic Four: First Steps” were unbendingly ecstatic, a firestorm of praise for rock-solid performances and no visible VFX flaws. In a word, they were fantastic. Finally?

First-wave social media reviews are highly curated affairs, with secret screenings populated by studio-picked reviewers and journalists whose history of positivity earns them a seat. But Saturday’s onslaught of fawning contained heaps of heartfelt hyperbole – and none of the usual tells that are sometimes coded into the language of disappointed genre fans (no one wrote “It was fun” … exclamation point).

Instead, the July 25 release earned descriptors like “masterpiece,” “magical” and “one of the best things Marvel has ever made.” Quite a feat for director Matt Shakman’s attempt at a “Fantastic Four” film, the first three of which were … “fun!” Right?

Fourth time’s the charm, perhaps.

Take a look at some of the early reactions below – it’s a Thing:

#FantasticFour Is a masterpiece.

As summer at the box office heats up, MCU fans are sharing their first reactions to The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Following first screenings for the debut entry in Marvel Studios‘ Phase 6, which hits theaters July 24, audiences have praised the visual artistry, impeccable writing and performances from Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Julia Garner.

On X, one fan called it “Quite possibly the best Marvel Studios film ever released. Absolutely loaded with talent and standout performances from Vanessa Kirby and Joseph Quinn. If you thought the MCU died with Endgame, think again. Thoughtfully crafted and easily a genre-defining classic.”

Several fans praised the VFX of the movie, including the design of Galactus and Julia Garner‘s Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer. “#FantasticFour First Steps is visually one of the best things Marvel has ever made. Parts feel like Interstellar & demand IMAX,” wrote another fan. “Galactus is awesome. Silver Surfer looks really,...

This summer, comic book movie fans are being absolutely spoiled, as not only has James Gunn relaunched DC Studios with Superman but the Marvel Cinematic Universe is launching Phase Six with The Fantastic Four: First Steps. With Superman out and nearing $300 million worldwide, there’s some breathing room for The Fantastic Four to get some attention. And now that the release is less than a week away, first reactions have arrived. So how did it fare after the initial screening?

Based on the first reactions, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is just the sort of spectacle we expect in summer fare and what we used to expect from Marvel. As some reviews have noted, this is a must-see in IMAX, with awesome VFX and a scope that urges such a viewing.

#FantasticFour Is a masterpiece. the visual effects and the score are a Huge stand out. Galactus Is huge In IMAX.

It’s still some time before The Fantastic Four: First Steps hits the screens worldwide, but the early screening reviews are already getting everyone’s hopes pretty high up. While the entire cast is being praised for their solid performance, Vanessa Kirby, in particular, is seemingly nailing the bar and expectations.

The actress, who plays Susan ‘Sue’ Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, in the movie, has pretty much joined the same league as Florence Pugh and Elizabeth Olsen. As per @FilmUpdates on X, Kirby as Sue is being compared to the likes of Pugh’s Yelena Belova and Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff in terms of her iconic rendition.

Vannessa Kirby as Sue Storm is being compared to the likes of Yelena Belova and Wanda Maximoff.

Early reactions are praising her stand-out performance as one of Marvel’s most iconic and formidable female heroes. pic.twitter.com/1DpHU03rCm

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The plans for Clayface continue. The Dcu had a soft launch with the animated series Creature Commandos, but will kick off in full force with the upcoming Superman.

After that, the universe will continue with several more films and shows, and among them is the Clayface film. The upcoming superhero film will have Speak No Evil's James Watkins at the helm, directing from a script by The Haunting of Hill House's Mike Flanagan. Clayface is set to premiere in the fall of 2026, and now the studio is reportedly closing in on a lead actor, per a newsletter from The Hollywood Reporter, with 1917, The Hunger Games, Sinners, and The White Lotus stars in the running.

The upcoming superhero film is described as a "Hollywood horror story" and is eyeing several British actors. One of them is George McKay, who played one of the lead characters in the war drama...

[Editor’s note: This list was originally published in June 2017. It has since been updated with new entries.]

Ron Perlman would have us believe that war never changes, but the movies about it certainly have. The last 20 years have brought no shortage of films about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (for obvious reasons), but the best war movies of the 21st century show that World War II continues to fascinate filmmakers most of all.

While those conflicts have dominated the genre lately, everything from the Civil War to the Battle of Red Cliffs has found powerful expression onscreen. Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” tells us that “war is a drug,” and the films below suggest that movies about war are just as addictive — maybe even more so. We hope this list provides your fix.

With contributions from Anne Thompson and Michael Nordine.

27. “1917” (2019)

Drawing inspiration from his own grandfather’s war stories, Sam Mendes made a war film that’s as nakedly sentimental and admiring toward...

There are few movies that can hit a nerve quite like the works of David Lynch. But Bertrand Bonello delivered a science-fiction movie that was released everywhere this past year and came closer than ever to reflecting the uniquely nightmarish qualities of Lynch's recent films. The Beast, originally released in 2023 and distributed widely in 2024, is a surreal, romantic, dystopian thriller that stars Léa Seydoux and George McKay. The movie is very loosely based on a 1903 novella, The Beast in the Jungle, by Henry James. The novel concerns a man whose obsession with his fatalist philosophy keeps him from ever feeling passionate or motivated enough to accomplish anything with his life. The Beast takes only loose threads from this novel, modernizing that idea to communicate the dangers of this self-imposed feeling of stagnation, inferiority, or doom that can lead to externalized violence. Bonello took these thematic threads and wove them...

Creating an original musical in the year 2024 is an achievement in its own right, even if it’s only part of the reason why Joshua Oppenheimer’s new narrative feature “The End” is so audacious. Audiences seem to flock to new musicals like “Wonka” and “Mean Girls” because they offer an only slight alteration on a previously existing work of intellectual property that they are already familiar with, and even this year’s divisive “Emilia Pérez” has ostensibly sold itself on being a “musical for people that hate musicals.” If there’s anything that “The End” does that is most worthy of admiration, it’s that Oppenheimer does not insert a hint of derisiveness or irony within his razzle dazzle, Golden Age style musical. If it weren’t for the very specific correlations made to recent events in world history, “The End” could have feasibly have been released in the...

Neon has debuted a trailer for the apocalyptic musical feature ‘The End.’ featuring Tilda Swinton and George McKay.

From director Joshua Oppenheimer comes a poignant and deeply human musical about a family that survived the end of the world.

The family consists of a couple and their young adult son who has never seen the outside world. There’s also a maid, a doctor, a butler and a young woman who managed to survive and find her way in. Initially feeling righteousness over their survival, the couple are soon haunted by regret for those they lost and guilt over their own contribution to the apocalypse.

The movie stars Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Michael Shannon, George MacKay (1917) and Moses Ingram.

Also in trailers – “She’s been feeding us government secrets…” Trailer drops for Netflix series ‘Black Doves’

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You just finished The Last Night at Tremore Beach, the latest mind-boggling offering from Oriol Paulo, and now you don’t know what to do with life. Well, the only way to fill the void is to start something similar, and that’s why you’re here. So in this article, I am going to suggest certain movies and shows that you might consider watching if you enjoyed Oriol Paulo’s Netflix show. I hope all of you find something here.

Caddo Lake (2024)

Let us start with something from the very recent past. I could have just suggested Dark instead, but assuming many of you have already seen that show, I urge you to give Caddo Lake a try. Yes, the latest M. Night Shyamalan-produced horror-thriller takes a whole lot of ideas from the iconic Netflix series, but the good thing about the movie is that it also implements the ideas really well.

Exclusive: Emmy nominated actress, Moses Ingram, has signed with Linden Entertainment.

Ingram was most recently seen starring in AppleTV+’s limited series Lady In The Lake opposite Natalie Portman as well as Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt for A24. Later this year, Ingram will be seen in Joshua Oppenheimer’s feature debut The End opposite Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George McKay for Neon. Ingram is currently in production on Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Netflix film.

Prior roles include Netflix’s Emmy winning limited series The Queen’s Gambit for which she garnered an Emmy nomination for her role; Disney+’s limited series Obi Wan Kenobi; AppleTV’s limited series The Big Cigar; Joel Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth and Peter Hedges’ The Same Storm and Michael Bay’s Ambulance.

Linden Entertainment will rep Ingram alongside Innovative Artists, Fox Rothschild and The Lede Company.

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Plot: Many years after an apocalyptic event they may have contributed to, a wealthy family survives in a luxurious underground fortress.

Review: One of the best things about attending a festival like TIFF is that you often walk into movies without preconceived notions. Films playing at the festival are so new that they barely have any stills available, much less any trailers, so you walk into them pretty much blind. The downside is that, once in a while, you end up seeing a movie that sounds intriguing, but pretty much right off the bat, once you see a few minutes of it, you’re hit by a sinking feeling that, “oh no, this might not be for me.”

Indeed, The End wasn’t for me. While I’m a sucker for movies about the apocalypse, and the premise (and dream cast) are intriguing, documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer’s narrative debut is a slog to get through.

1917's immersive single-take style draws audiences into a thrilling war epic with expertly hidden cuts. Schofield's emotional journey in 1917's ending reveals deeper themes and a parallel ending shot. The reveal of Schofield's family heightens the stakes and complexity of 1917's central mission.

Sam Mendes' 1917 has a relatively straightforward story for much of its runtime - but the ending of the film is more complex than some might think. Mendes' film is an immersive, thrilling war epic, with 1917's single-take filmmaking style drawing audiences into the film on a deeper level. Although the film looks like one take, 1917's secret cuts are expertly hidden. This style of production saw the war movie quickly become an awards favorite, as did 1917's fantastic ensemble cast.

1917 follows two British soldiers, Lance Corporals Will Schofield (George McKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), who are tasked with delivering a message to the Second Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.

It’s near-impossible to make a revenge narrative that doesn’t serve as a commentary on clichéd gender roles. Male-centered vengeance stories, even at their most knowingly ludicrous, typically focus on wounded men aiming to reassert the dominance stripped of them; female-centered ones are about why women shouldn’t be underestimated because of stereotypical, outdated ideas of femininity. It’s an enduring, still-thrilling formula even as the boldest films within this pantheon can’t help reverting back to this template. The greatest strength of Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s stylish debut Femme is their self-awareness as to how pervasive this genre trait is even within an unmistakably queer narrative, making their protagonist’s quest for vengeance a borderline-b-plot within a character study of increasing moral murkiness. It won’t be anywhere near as liable for highly charged discourse, but in its best moments it feels positively reminiscent of Paul Verhoeven’s Elle,...

Andrew Haigh’s touching new drama All Of Us Strangers was the big winner at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).

As the calendar year draws to a close, we’re also inching close toward the season that will see multiple prestigious awards bodies, in theory, hand the best films of the year a golden statuette. The season kicked off with the British Independent Film Awards, also known as BIFA 2023, which were held in London on the 3rd of December.

Lolly Adefope and Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosted the event which celebrated British cinema, especially the slightly lesser-seen films with budgets far smaller than that of Oppenheimer. There were some terrific films nominated this year, and the roster of winners was as surprising as it was satisfying.

Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers was the biggest winner of the night, taking home a total of four awards plus three previously announced ones.

Where to begin with Bertrand Bonello’s wonderful The Beast? It’s been so gratifying to see the initial reaction to the French filmmaker’s tenth feature, after several decades of increasingly remarkable work––the majority of it dark, beautiful, and sleazy. In fact, for what a discomforting and despairing experience much of The Beast is, when I’ve thought back to it, its moments of real, uncomplicated cinematic pleasure, its verve and sense of joyousness, are what mark my memories. It’s romantic, without a capital-r.

Rather than Romanticism, its source derives from the bleeding edge of literary modernism, or literary modernism as it sometimes arose: from stuffy-seeming upper-class drawing rooms. The Beast is the coincidental second French adaptation this calendar year of Henry James’ 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It centers on two haute-bourgeoisie singletons of leisure, John Marcher and May Bartram, whose lives cross paths at...

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At the first British Independent Film Awards ceremony back in 1998, among the nominees for best British independent film was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the directorial debut of a young(ish) Guy Ritchie and a film that propelled him (plus Jason Statham and producer Matthew Vaughn) straight into the big league. It was Ritchie’s first brush with film awards. A few months later, Lock, Stock would land three BAFTA nominations. Within two years he had married Madonna.

Almost a quarter-century on and — with the possible exception of the marrying Madonna part — this is still what the BIFAs are doing best: providing rising talent with a very early (and often crucial) career boost and giving them a moment to celebrate their achievements in the often difficult world of independent film (Lock, Stock took 15 months to secure financial backing).

Heading into the 25th BIFAs on Sunday,...

Joshua Oppenheimer is directing a musical. Yes, that Joshua Oppenheimer.

From the director of "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence," two intense, award-winning documentaries about the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966, comes a musical about family. It only gets better from there, folks.

The Neon distributed film is titled "The End" and stars Academy-Award winner Tilda Swinton, "1917" star George McKay, and Stephen Graham from "Boardwalk Empire." Signe Byrge Sørensen from production company Final Cut for Real and Oppenheimer will produce with Wild Atlantic Pictures. So far, next to no details of the plot have been revealed...

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“Watchmen” actor Jeremy Irons is headlining Netflix original film “Munich,” an adaptation of the bestselling 2017 novel by Robert Harris (“Fatherland”).

The film is set in the fall of 1938 when Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, British civil servant Hugh Legat and Paul von Hartmann, a German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.

Irons plays Chamberlain, while “1917” actor George McKay portrays Legat. The cast also includes Jannis Niehwöhner (“The Turncoat”), Liv Lisa Fries (“Babylon Berlin”), Erin Doherty (“The Crown”), Sandra Hüller (“Toni Erdmann”), August Diehl (“A Hidden Life”), Robert Bathurst (“Downton Abbey”), and Marc Limpach (“Bad Banks”). Martin Wuttke, who played Hitler in “Inglourious Basterds,...

Jeremy Irons will play Neville Chamberlain in Netflix’s Munich, an adaptation of Robert Harris’s acclaimed novel.

Also in the cast are George McKay, Jannis Niehwöhner, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries, August Diehl, and Erin Doherty, with Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler. Christian Schwochow (The Crown) is directing from a script by Ben Power (The Hollow Crown). Andrew Eaton is producing through his outfit Turbine Studios.

Set in 1938, as Europe stands on the brink of war, the film follows Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, who travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.

The film is now underway in Germany and will also shoot in the UK. Netflix will release in 2021.

Watchman star Jeremy Irons, 1917 actor George McKay and German up-and-comer Jannis Niehwöhner (Netflix’s Mute) have signed on to star in Netflix’s Munich, a feature adaptation of the Robert Harris bestseller.

The spy thriller is set in fall 1938 as Europe stands on the brink of World War II. As Adolf Hilter prepares to invade Czechoslovakia, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Irons) is desperate to find a peaceful solution. British civil servant Hugh Legat (McKay) and German diplomat Paul von Hartmann (Niehwöhner), travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As they see if war can be averted — and ...

Watchman star Jeremy Irons, 1917 actor George McKay and German up-and-comer Jannis Niehwöhner (Netflix’s Mute) have signed on to star in Netflix’s Munich, a feature adaptation of the Robert Harris bestseller.

The spy thriller is set in fall 1938 as Europe stands on the brink of World War II. As Adolf Hilter prepares to invade Czechoslovakia, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Irons) is desperate to find a peaceful solution. British civil servant Hugh Legat (McKay) and German diplomat Paul von Hartmann (Niehwöhner), travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As they see if war can be averted — and ...

Shannon Murphy’s feature debut Babyteeth leads the early Aacta Awards race, scoring nods in 12 out of 13 film categories, while Mystery Road and Stateless are ahead in television.

The Australian Academy revealed the first round of nominees for the annual awards over the weekend, to be presented across two ‘reimagined’ events later this month.

Television and documentary craft nominations, visual effects and animation, casting, hair and make-up and subscription television presenter categories are yet to be announced, expected on November 12.

Despite the disrupted year for film, some 19 narrative features are nominated so far.

However, six dominate alongside the aforementioned Babyteeth: Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang, with 10 nominations, John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness with nine, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man and Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman close behind with eight and seven nominations respectively, and Natalie Erika James’ Relic with five. Each will...

2020, as well as being an all-round garbage fire, is likely to go down as a strange year for film. Almost all of year’s biggest titles remain in limbo, waiting for cinemas to be able to safely reopen. That said, more than half way through the year, we have now seen a lot of excellent films getting released. Some managed to sneak in to cinemas in ‘the time before’, but many have made their debuts via streaming or paid VOD.

Even with a much reduced slate, there are still great films out there that have either got lost in the shuffle or might not have had the mainstream appeal to connect with an audience as wide as they deserve. Here, we’ve got several of the Hey U Guys staff together to pick some of their favourites of 2020 so far that you might not have caught up with yet.

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“Trolls World Tour” (Universal) was a multiple #1 this weekend. Sources indicate it was by far the top-grossing film playing in limited drive-in theaters and it leads multiple VOD charts, despite a price nearly triple most releases.

Meantime, two new original feature films lead Netflix’s overall ranking of most-viewed programs. The Bangladesh-set rescue actioner “Extraction,” starring Chris Hemsworth and produced by the Russo Brothers, debuted exactly one year after their “Avengers: Endgame” debuted in theaters to $1.2 billion worldwide. An animated title, “The Willoughbys,” ranks #2.

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Among films debuting on VOD, “Robert the Bruce” (Screen Media), with Angus Macfayden portraying the Scottish hero previously seen in “Braveheart,” saw the highest placement. Justin Kurzel’s “True History of the Kelly Gang” (IFC) starring George McKay (“1917”) initially didn’t place on any VOD chart,...

The 92nd annual Academy Awards quickly lost its own plot amid a million distractions courtesy of ABC’s frenetic, often baffling production decisions. But then, through the sheer pleasure of the groundbreaking winners of “Parasite” breaking through the expected narrative to triumph, the show became something far more beautifully chaotic than the show’s producers could have hoped for.

For about half the broadcast, the Oscars felt like a train that got jogged off its tracks. With most of the winners seemingly set in stone, ABC packed the night with presenters and performances to distract from what looked to be a predictable night, which only made the proceedings feel more crowded than ever. It often felt as if the show, which frequently mimicked the high-octane energy of the Grammys more than embodied the spirit of the Oscars, was trying to justify its presence.

Going host-less for the second year running...

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The SAG and PGAs seem to suggest Parasite and 1917 are the Oscar frontrunners for Best Picture, but don't count Tarantino out yet!

Last week brought news of the Academy Award nominations, and all the controversy that comes with them, yet even though the Oscars are not until Feb. 9, the race is evolving every day. Indeed, this past weekend saw two major developments that create at least the perception of competing frontrunners for Best Picture, and maybe Best Director. 1917 won the Producers Guild of America equivalent of Best Picture on Saturday, and Parasite won the same from the Screen Actors Guild.

With the PGA winners announced Saturday and the SAG awards held on Sunday, the weekend created the illusion of dual frontrunners between Sam Mendes’ World War I drama and Bong Joon-ho’s foreign language critical darling. While 1917 always looked like a strong frontrunner due to its conventional...

Universal Pictures has officially earned bragging rights now that its World War I action flick 1917 has unseated Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in the second weekend in January. Directed by Sam Mendes, 1917 stars Dean-Charles Chapman and George McKay as two British soldiers tasked to get a message to across enemy lines to warn of an impending attack with no time to spare. In its first weekend in wide release, 1917 earned $36.5 million domestic, bringing its total here in the U.S. up to $39.2 million. [caption id="attachment_865662" align="alignright" width="360"] Image …...

It’s now or never. Ballots for the 92nd Annual Academy Award nominations are due at 5pm Pt Today. Word is more than a few members were waiting for the last minute, trying to watch whatever they can before being forced to turn in their ballot online in time to be counted. If they need any help the tsunami of awards announcements we have had since the Golden Globes were all handed out on Sunday might be the ticket.

We have had the Producers Guild (PGA), Directors Guild (DGA) , Writers Guild (WGA), and British Academy Awards (BAFTA) all weighing in with their nominations in quick succession. Why is this important? This is really the first chance groups that are direct peers of the potential nominees are weighing in on this level. Yes, we have had several below the line guilds dribbling out in the past couple of weeks, as well...

In terms of movies, it was a very good night Sunday at the Golden Globes for the traditional major studios. Universal, Warner Bros, Sony and Paramount grabbing nine of the 14 Globes won last night in the film categories, as opposed to the streamers with just one. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association seems to be telling us to put the revolution on hold for one more year, at least as far as that group is concerned.

That one lone streaming win went to Netflix for Supporting Actress Laura Dern’s victory for Marriage Story. The streamer came in with a leading 17 nominations. Three Netflix films — The Irishman, The Two Popes, and Dolemite Is My Name — were shut out last night. There is no way to put a good light on that showing,...

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It is now just two weeks and counting until ballots go out to Oscar voters. Except that with the speed of this shortened season, which will bring us on February 9 the earliest Oscar show ever, a lot of Academy members just getting into holiday-break mode don’t know what is going to hit them once the New Year’s ball drops in Times Square. Just one day later, on January 2, they will be told they can access their ballot and will have just five days to choose nominees for the 92nd annual Academy Awards.

As I have noted here recently, so many members I speak to don’t realize they have virtually no time to see these movies. One member, usually pretty engaged in the process, emails us: “I’m struggling to watch films. Between work and (kids) and not...

The first reactions to director Sam Mendes' World War I movie, 1917/">1917, have now hit social media, and they strongly suggest that it is something very special, indeed. We begin with Cornetto Trilogy and Baby Driver director, Edgar Wright, who praises the film's technical prowess and moving emotional journey.

"1917 is a thrilling, immersive, 1917-trailer/" class="news">emotional journey into the heart of war. It's exceptional on a technical level, yet frequently stunning in its simplicity. Sam Mendes & Dp Roger Deakin (along with their crew) created a hypnotic cinema experience that is both riveting & moving."

Next we have Scott Menzel, who describes the film as unique in its way of placing the viewer squarely within the 1917-movie-trailer/" class="news">horrors of war that took place on the front lines.

"1917 is not for the faint of heart. An unforgettable anxiety-inducing cinematic roller-coaster ride. Sam Mendes & Roger Deakins have outdone themselves. A truly unique...

Deadline’s third annual The Contenders London has just kicked off at the Ham Yard Hotel with 12 studios spotlighting 22 movies for the upcoming awards season before the town’s BAFTA, AMPAS and guild voters.

A sampling of those filmmakers and stars in attendance today include Michael B. Jordan (Just Mercy), Kristen Stewart (Seberg), Benedict Andrews (Seberg), Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Timothée Chalamet (The King), David Michôd (The King), Shia Labeouf (Honey Boy), Lucas Hedges (Honey Boy), Alma Har’el (Honey Boy), Scott Z. Burns (The Report), Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World), Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), Laura Dern (Marriage Story), Ray Liotta (Marriage Story), Anna Paquin (The Irishman), Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women), George McKay (1917), Dean-Charles Chapman (1917), Dexter Fletcher (Rocketman), Taron Egerton (Rocketman), Jamie Bell (Rocketman), Fernando Meirelles (The Two Popes...

"These are strange times in this castle." IFC Films has finally unveiled an official trailer for the indie drama Ophelia, a fantasy period piece drama based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. It's a re-imagining or retelling of the story from the perspective of Ophelia, Hamlet's secret lover who ends up killing herself in the original play. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, and an early promo trailer snuck out last year (but got pulled quickly), now they're finally opening it in theaters in June more than a year later. This film is just as imaginative and unique and has all the same intense drama in the play, but it's a big bloated mess that doesn't really work as well as it should. Ophelia stars Daisy Ridley, with an ensemble cast including Naomi Watts, George McKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Daisy Head, Sebastian De Souza, Devon Terrell, Dominic Mafham, and Anna Rust.

Universal has dated Amblin’s Sam Mendes’ World War I movie 1917 for a limited release on Wednesday, December 25 next year, followed by a wide break on January 10, 2020.

Deadline exclusively reported that Amblin Partners won the pitched spec package to finance 1917 in a battle with New Regency, Paramount and Sony. The plot is being kept under wraps. The film will begin production next April. Mendes wrote the original script with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, and will direct and produce the film, while Pippa Harris—Mendes’ partner at Neal Street Productions—will also produce along with Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall. George McKay (Captain Fantastic) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) are set to star.

1917 reps Mendes first time back in the film director’s chair since 2015’s Spectre. Mendes’ relationship with Amblin boss Steven Spielberg goes back to DreamWorks, which launched the British theater director with the 1999 drama American Beauty which scored five...

"Ophelia - I think you have a secret... Are you in love?" A full, 3-minute trailer is out for the indie drama Ophelia, a fantasy period piece drama based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. It's a re-imagining or retelling of the story from the perspective of Ophelia, Hamlet's secret love interest who ends up killing herself in the original play. This film is just as imaginative and unique and has all the same intense drama in the play, and it first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year - this trailer is a promo for the British Film Festival in Australia, where it most recently played. Ophelia stars Daisy Ridley as the fierce Ophelia, with a cast including Naomi Watts, George McKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Daisy Head, Sebastian De Souza, Dominic Mafham, Devon Terrell, and Anna Rust. This very stylish film has played to mixed reviews at festivals, and...

Last weekend was a historically low three-day period.

After a very quiet period at the UK box office - last week’s three-day weekend was the second lowest since 2011 - cinemagoers are expected back into the theatres from today (July 13).

Walt Disney is opening Brad Bird’s Pixar title Incredibles 2. The first film, also directed by Bird, grossed $62m at the UK box office back in 2004 to make it the fourth-highest grossing film of that year.

Action thriller Skyscraper, starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, hits theatres around the world this weekend, including 542 sites in the UK via Universal.

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David Crow Joseph Baxter Mar 28, 2019

Sam Mendes's first film since Skyfall and Spectre will be star-studded World War I drama 1917, which Steven Spielberg is producing.

1917 will serve as the first big screen project for Sam Mendes since he pulled double duty in the James Bond 007 franchise with Skyfall and Spectre. The film, a World War I drama, brings him back into collaboration with Steven Spielberg. Indeed, one filmmaking auteur got his start with another, as Spielberg’s DreamWorks Pictures produced Mendes’ American Beauty in 1999, and now Spielberg’s Amblin will produce this next Mendes movie.

The news of the project was announced last June via Deadline, which revealed that Mendes is not only directing the film but also co-writing it. This is notable as Mendes has no other screenwriting credits before now, yet 1917 sees him teaming up with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Meanwhile Wilson-Cairns recently wrote the screenplay for The Voyeur’s Motel,...

Ever since he broke into film directing with the impressive, funny and touching Wild Bill, we’ve been eagerly anticipating Dexter Fletcher's follow-up. Now we know a little more about it, with the news that he’s cast Peter Mullan and Jane Horrocks in Sunshine On Leith.Stephen Greenhorn wrote the script, which adapts his own musical. With the music of the Proclaimers threaded through the story, it’ll find two friends returning to Leith from time spent in the army.Fletcher has rounded up the likes of George McKay, Kevin Guthrie, Antonia Thomas and Freya Mavor to co-star in the film, which he’s now shooting around Edinburgh and Glasgow at the start of a six-week stint.DNA Films is backing the project, with Andrew Macdonald producing his first film in Scotland since he worked with Danny Boyle on Trainspotting. Good, intriguing choice of a follow-up for both director and producer,...

29 year old Eddie Redmayne (represented in the UK by United Agents) and Clémence Poesy star as the passionate lovers Stephen and Isabelle brought together by love and torn apart by the First World War, in BBC One's adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' epic love story Birdsong.

The two-part adaptation moves between 1910 and 1916, in turns telling the story of Stephen Wraysford's passionate and erotic, but ultimately doomed, affair with Isabelle Azaire before the war, and the enduring effect it has on him as he fights amidst the blood and gore of the trenches.

 This is where he meets Jack Firebrace (Joseph Mawle), a tunneller who is emotional, gregarious and popular with the other men, where Stephen is closed, reserved and distant. In Jack, Stephen sees a version of what he could be as he gradually learns from him what it means to be a man, and to be a father, and...

First look at Skins alumni Jack O'Connell as Charlie in the latest Michael Morpurgo film adaptation, Private Peaceful, which has been filming in Norfolk.

He's seen here with co-star Alexandra Roach as Molly, the girl that both he and his brother Tommo, (played by George McKay), fall in love with.

Private Peaceful details the gritty rural lives and loves of Tommo and Charlie – two young brothers – and their poor Devonshire family from 1909 until 1916, when the outbreak of war destroys their country idyll. Both join up (one under age) leaving behind the beautiful Molly who is the love of both their lives.

The young men survive gas attacks, shelling, German troops and the appalling deaths of their close friends. But one thing they cannot escape is summary military justice.

The film is being produced by Guy De Beaujeu and Simon Reade (also the screenwriter), and directed by Pat O’Connor, with...

Clive Owen's been getting a lot of buzz for The Boys Are Back, wherein he plays a recently widowed man coping with his loss and his two sons. And just so you're prepared for the release next Friday, we have a clip from the film right here.This scene takes place when Joe Warr (Owen) goes to the airport with his son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty) to collect his teenage son Harry (George McKay), the alienated product of his first marriage who comes to join him. It'll give you a little taste of the family dynamic here, but comes early enough in the film that this isn't spoilerific. The Boys Are Back is out here on Friday January 22, so you can assess for yourself whether Clive Owen deserves the awards buzz he's been getting at that point.

Discovered whilst arguing with her boyfriend in a train station, Katie Jarvis went on to play the role of Mia in Andrea Arnold's critically acclaimed Fish Tank - and was the well deserved winner of the 'Most Promising Newcomer' award at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards. Katie tells us how the award 'means everything' and that it will 'give her the boost' to carry on acting and achieve her dreams. She also, rather humbly, tells us that she never thought she would win her category, which saw her up against Hilda Peter for Katalin Varga, Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles, George McKay for The Boys are Back and Edward Hogg for White Lightnin'.