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Renée Zellweger has been nominated as best actress in this year’s National Film Academy awards for her return to the ‘Bridget Jones’ franchise.The group officially unveiled the full list of nominees on Tuesday (20.05.25) for its highly anticipated 11th annual edition of the prestigious National Film Awards UK. It said: “This year’s awards celebrate excellence in British and international film and television, recognising talent from emerging newcomers to established icons.”The ceremony is set to take place at the iconic Porchester Hall in London on 2 July.Public voting is live 19 May to 19 June on the National Film Academy website.Along with Renée for her role in ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’, the best actress category includes Saoirse Ronan (for ‘The Outrun’), Daisy Ridley (‘Cleaner’), and Stephanie Beacham (‘Grey Matter’.) On the Best Actor side, the competition is fierce with Aaron Pierre (‘Rebel Ridge’), Barry Keoghan (‘Bring Them Down...

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How does Roy Cropper’s (David Neilson) prison promote good behavior, or do I worry too much? It was intriguing to see Roy with a chess set in his cell, to allow chess pieces may not be as straightforward as one might think.

What if Roy swallows a knight if he can’t handle prison, or tries to put someone’s eyes out with a rook-however, American villains love chess-think Stefano Dimera (Joseph Mascolo)!

There’s a chance that another prisoner might reach him before the knight does; Griff Reynolds, (Michael Condron) a nasty individual, manages to enter Roy...

Samantha Morton takes on a haunting role as reverend Jack Brooks in Paramount+'s new horror thriller, The Burning Girls. The series follows a reverend and her daughter as they move to Chapel Croft in search of a fresh start, only to uncover dark secrets that turn their lives into a nightmare. Morton's extensive career in film and television includes acclaimed films and memorable roles, establishing her as a British actress with a powerful legacy.

Samantha Morton plays reverend Jack Brooks in the first look trailer for The Burning Girls, the new horror thriller from Paramount+, which premieres on October 19.

As she prepares to return as Catherine de' Medici in the second season of The Serpent Queen, Morton puts royalty aside to become a haunted vicar in the new series from Hans Rosenfeldt and Camilla Ahlgren. Based on the novel by C.J. Tudor, the story follows a reverend and her daughter,...

Sometimes, a new vicar arrives in a village and it's all sweet weirdoes and running jokes, like in The Vicar Of Dibley. But when Samantha Morton_ vibes. And we have an exclusive look at the trailer…

Adapted from Cj Tudor's novel, the show sees Morton’s Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter Flo arriving in the village seeking a fresh start.

They soon find it's rife with conspiracies and secrets, and that uncovering the truth can be deadly in a community with a bloody past. The villagers are commemorating the death of two young Protestant martyrs who were betrayed and burned at the stake five hundred years ago by creating dolls and tossing them into fire – but it seems like the past isn't willing to stay buried…

The Burning Girls also features the likes of Paul Bradley, Janie Dee, Jane Lapotaire, John Macmillan, Rupert Graves, Elodie Grace Orkin, Safia Oakley-Green,...

Multi-award-winning British actress Samantha Morton, and Ruby Stokes appear in the first set of spine-chilling images for Paramount+’s upcoming horror-thriller series “The Burning Girls”.

Morton will star as Reverend Jack Brooks — a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church, who bears the onus of her husband’s death — while Stokes stars as Jack’s 15-year-old daughter Flo — a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum.

“Set in Chapel Croft, a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history, ‘The Burning Girls’ sees Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter Flo arrive in the hope of a fresh start. They soon find a village rife with conspiracies and secrets where uncovering the truth can be deadly in a community with a bloody past,” as per the logline.

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Jack Brooks, played by Samantha Morton,...

Exclusive: Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead) is to lead Paramount+’s Burning Girls alongside Bridgerton star Ruby Stokes, Deadline can reveal.

The show from Marcella producer Buccaneer Media, which is adapted from a C.J. Tudor novel, has entered production and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history.

Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.

The thriller was one of Paramount+’s first UK commissions and the streamer has since ordered The Doll Factory, also from Buccaneer, an adaptation of Elizabeth Macneal’s Sunday Times bestselling novel.

The Burning Girls...

The day that Simon Sprackling’s comedy feature Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson is released across Britain, is ten years to the day that the England rugby team were gloriously crowned champions of the world, beating Australia in a tense and exhilarating World Cup final. It’s naturally a pleasure to see a film built around such a memorable sporting triumph in recent history, capturing the range of emotions that inevitably come with such an occasion. However from the moment we hear Sam Cooke’s melodious rendition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot at the beginning of this title, unlike the match this is based upon, the film proceeds to head steadily downhill from there on.

Set at Greyhawks Rugby Club on this fateful day in 2003, Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson – based on screenwriter Chris England’s original stage play – focuses on a collection of loyal members potentially losing their base to land developers.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Matthew Dunster’s Children’s Children at the Almeida Theatre is a riveting piece of theatre and a must-see show this summer. The opening scene is set in a posh living room with plush purple sofas and a big sign in the background with the letters Wow. That set piece for me is no accident. It’s as if the scenery itself wants to state loud and clear that this play will have the “wow factor “. And it does.

The story is about long time drama school buddies Gordon (Trevor Fox ) a no-name actor and a super successful telly presenter, Michael( Darrell D’Silva). Gordon is up to his neck in debt and has come to ask for some help from his old friend. Meanwhile Effie (Emily Berrington) his superficial fashionista daughter is unfazed by her father’s problems and is more obsessed with her aspiring...