An intense and often funny drama starring the best fake news anchor and created by the guy who has made too many legal dramas and all of them are brilliant. A Man in Full is a drama miniseries created by David E. Kelley. Based on a 1998 novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe, it follows a real estate mogul Charlie Croker as he faces bankruptcy and his enemies circle him to gain something from his misfortune. A Man in Full stars Jeff Daniels in the lead role with Sarah Jones, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Tom Pelphrey, Evan Roe, Jon Michael Hill, Josh Pais, and Jerrika Hinton starring in supporting. So, if you loved Daniels’ incredible performance and the story of a man’s fall from grace and too much arrogance in A Man in Full here are some similar shows you could watch next.
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Dynasty (Netflix & Rent on Prime...
- 5/3/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The Regime is a political drama miniseries created by Will Tracy. The HBO series is set in a fictional authoritarian regime. It tells its story during the year when Chancellor Elena Vernham stops leaving the palace and grows extremely paranoid as the regime crumbles around her. In this time of uncertainty and fear, the Chancellor turns to a volatile soldier Herbert Zubak, and soon her trust in Zubak grows enough for her to try to acquire more power but will it work, that’s the question The Regime tries to answer.
The Regime – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Air) Credit – Max
The Regime consists of six episodes in total. The political drama series premiered on Max with its first episode on March 3, with the rest of the episodes coming out weekly on Sunday. Check out the full episode guide of The Regime below:
Episode 1 “Victory Day” – March 3
Episode...
The Regime – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Air) Credit – Max
The Regime consists of six episodes in total. The political drama series premiered on Max with its first episode on March 3, with the rest of the episodes coming out weekly on Sunday. Check out the full episode guide of The Regime below:
Episode 1 “Victory Day” – March 3
Episode...
- 3/5/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The Regime finally has a premiere date. HBO has announced that the six-episode drama will arrive in March with the release of a trailer and new photos.
Starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood, the series will follow the fall of a European regime over the course of a year.
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Starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood, the series will follow the fall of a European regime over the course of a year.
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- 12/31/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Sky has revealed a new teaser trailer for the upcoming series featuring Kate Winslet, ‘The Regime.’
The series follows one year behind the palace walls of a modern European regime as it starts to unravel. Previously, the synopsis indicated it was an authoritarian regime, but it has since been tweaked.
Hugh Grant, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood co-star.
Also in trailers – Kristen Stewart stars in trailer for ‘Love Lies Bleeding’
The six episode series hits Sky Atlantic and Streaming Service Now in 2024.
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The series follows one year behind the palace walls of a modern European regime as it starts to unravel. Previously, the synopsis indicated it was an authoritarian regime, but it has since been tweaked.
Hugh Grant, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood co-star.
Also in trailers – Kristen Stewart stars in trailer for ‘Love Lies Bleeding’
The six episode series hits Sky Atlantic and Streaming Service Now in 2024.
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- 12/21/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kate Winslet is striking fear into the hearts of her not-so-loyal subjects in HBO‘s The Regime teaser trailer. From Will Tracy and Frank Rich, the complex minds behind Succession, comes a limited series about power, corruption, and subterfuge.
The Regime “tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”
“Since I became your Chancellor, we have grown considerably as a country. It is time to show America and the world precisely what we are worth,” Winslet’s Chancellor says in The Regime teaser trailer while addressing a crowd, asserting her authority. The vibes in the room quickly become hostile, eliciting fear and confusion about who’s in charge of the population’s wellbeing.
Joining the previously announced cast of Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb,...
The Regime “tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”
“Since I became your Chancellor, we have grown considerably as a country. It is time to show America and the world precisely what we are worth,” Winslet’s Chancellor says in The Regime teaser trailer while addressing a crowd, asserting her authority. The vibes in the room quickly become hostile, eliciting fear and confusion about who’s in charge of the population’s wellbeing.
Joining the previously announced cast of Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Kate Winslet learns that it’s lonely at the top in the official teaser trailer for The Regime. The HBO limited series, premiering March 3, finds the actress in the role of an English chancellor whose metaphorical crown is slipping. Her political positioning leaves her feeling somewhat paranoid, and the only person she believes she can trust is a man who has been stripped of his personal identity.
“You’re here because you’re a nobody. You’re not anybody,” Winslet’s character tells the one soldier she keeps close (portrayed...
“You’re here because you’re a nobody. You’re not anybody,” Winslet’s character tells the one soldier she keeps close (portrayed...
- 12/20/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Gemma Arterton is an English actress and producer. She is best known for her breakthrough role in 2008 when she appeared in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), a performance which earned her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer in 2009.
Gemma Arterton Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Gemma Arterton was born on February 2, 1986 (Gemma Arterton’s age: 37) at North Kent Hospital in Gravesend, England. Arterton was born with polydactyly, a condition resulting in extra fingers, which a doctor had removed shortly after her birth. Her father, Barry J. Arterton, was employed as a welder, while her mother, Sally-Anne Heap, runs a cleaning business. Her parents divorced when Arterton was just five years old, and so she was raised for a big part of her life on a council estate (housing project) with her mother and younger sister, Hannah Jane Arterton, who also discovered fame as an actress.
Arterton studied...
Gemma Arterton Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Gemma Arterton was born on February 2, 1986 (Gemma Arterton’s age: 37) at North Kent Hospital in Gravesend, England. Arterton was born with polydactyly, a condition resulting in extra fingers, which a doctor had removed shortly after her birth. Her father, Barry J. Arterton, was employed as a welder, while her mother, Sally-Anne Heap, runs a cleaning business. Her parents divorced when Arterton was just five years old, and so she was raised for a big part of her life on a council estate (housing project) with her mother and younger sister, Hannah Jane Arterton, who also discovered fame as an actress.
Arterton studied...
- 7/13/2023
- by Trevor Hanuka
- Uinterview
"I need to see the man who did this me, 'cause I don't know what I'm doing." Hulu has revealed a new US trailer for a British series titled Somewhere Boy, which seems to be a fun riff on the more popular title Nowhere Boy. It already played on BBC last year in the UK, but it is only now coming to the US - available for streaming in early June on Hulu. Here's the intro to this one: Daniel F. Harris has lived inside almost his entire life. He's always believed the world was full of monsters – the monsters that took his mum. For nearly 20 years, he and his dad Steve have stayed in, listening to old records and watching movies that always had a happy ending – and Danny was happy too. But one day that life shatters in an instant, and Danny has to take his first tentative steps into the outside world.
- 5/30/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Somewhere Boy is a new drama series starring Lewis Gribben and Samuel Bottomley.
Bold and beautiful drama about a sheltered teenager thrust into the world. Danny was just a baby when his mother was killed and his grief-stricken father locked him away to keep him safe. But when Danny turns 18, everything he’s ever known explodes in an instant. Suddenly he has to come to terms with a whole new world he didn’t know existed. S
Somewhere Boy is streaming June 7th on Hulu
Plot
Danny was a baby when his mother was killed in a car crash. Overcome with grief, his father locked him away in a house, telling him the outside world is full of monsters that will spirit him away like his mother.
The Cast
Lewis Gribben / Danny
Rory Keenan / Steve
Samuel Bottomley / Aaron
Lisa McGrillis / Sue...
Bold and beautiful drama about a sheltered teenager thrust into the world. Danny was just a baby when his mother was killed and his grief-stricken father locked him away to keep him safe. But when Danny turns 18, everything he’s ever known explodes in an instant. Suddenly he has to come to terms with a whole new world he didn’t know existed. S
Somewhere Boy is streaming June 7th on Hulu
Plot
Danny was a baby when his mother was killed in a car crash. Overcome with grief, his father locked him away in a house, telling him the outside world is full of monsters that will spirit him away like his mother.
The Cast
Lewis Gribben / Danny
Rory Keenan / Steve
Samuel Bottomley / Aaron
Lisa McGrillis / Sue...
- 5/24/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Kate Winslet is returning to HBO in The Regime. The drama series, formerly titled The Palace, will follow a European regime as it begins to fall apart over the course of a year.
Joining Winslet in the series are Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
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Joining Winslet in the series are Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
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- 4/14/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
HBO Max has revealed a teaser trailer for the upcoming series featuring Kate Winslet, ‘The Regime.’
The series follows one year behind the palace walls of a modern European regime as it starts to unravel. Previously the synopsis indicated it was an authoritarian regime but that synopsis has since been tweaked.
Hugh Grant, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood co-star.
Also in trailers – All-star cast feature in trailer for ‘Fool’s Paradise’
The series drops in 2024.
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The series follows one year behind the palace walls of a modern European regime as it starts to unravel. Previously the synopsis indicated it was an authoritarian regime but that synopsis has since been tweaked.
Hugh Grant, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood co-star.
Also in trailers – All-star cast feature in trailer for ‘Fool’s Paradise’
The series drops in 2024.
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- 4/13/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New True Detective instalment, The Regime, The Sympathizer adaptation also on the way.
Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) teased plenty of content on Wednesday’s presentation for its launch of the Max streaming service, among them new shows in development based on the Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones worlds and in-production Batman spin-off series The Penguin.
All these shows and others mentioned in the presentation heavily suggest Wbd will exploit its vast content stable to build franchises as it competes for customers’ dollars against more established rivals like Netflix and Disney+.
Max, which launches in the US on May 23, has ordered an original,...
Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) teased plenty of content on Wednesday’s presentation for its launch of the Max streaming service, among them new shows in development based on the Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones worlds and in-production Batman spin-off series The Penguin.
All these shows and others mentioned in the presentation heavily suggest Wbd will exploit its vast content stable to build franchises as it competes for customers’ dollars against more established rivals like Netflix and Disney+.
Max, which launches in the US on May 23, has ordered an original,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
HBO has released the official teaser for the limited series The Regime (formerly known by its working title “The Palace”), starring Academy Award®-winner Kate Winslet, directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs, and written by Will Tracy. The teaser was shown today exclusively during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles.
Logline: The Regime tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.
Cast: Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Credits: Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet, Frears, Frank Rich, and Tracey Seaward.
Logline: The Regime tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.
Cast: Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Credits: Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet, Frears, Frank Rich, and Tracey Seaward.
- 4/12/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
HBO and Kate Winslet’s fruitful creative relationship will continue with The Regime, a limited series set to premiere in 2024. The premium cabler released a teaser for the series Wednesday at a Warner Bros. Discovery press event.
Formerly titled The Palace, the series from Succession writer and executive producer Will Tracy tells the story of a year inside the palace of a “modern European regime” as it starts to unravel. (That description is a slight tweak from an earlier logline that called the government in question “an authoritarian regime.”)
The teaser mostly focuses on a meeting between Winslet’s chancellor and a U.S. emissary played by Martha Plimpton. “We need you to demonstrate credibility to us — trustworthiness,” Plimpton’s character says.
“All we are doing is realizing our dream — our dream of a new Europe, without limits, without cruelty. There are times when one must choose the hardest road.
Formerly titled The Palace, the series from Succession writer and executive producer Will Tracy tells the story of a year inside the palace of a “modern European regime” as it starts to unravel. (That description is a slight tweak from an earlier logline that called the government in question “an authoritarian regime.”)
The teaser mostly focuses on a meeting between Winslet’s chancellor and a U.S. emissary played by Martha Plimpton. “We need you to demonstrate credibility to us — trustworthiness,” Plimpton’s character says.
“All we are doing is realizing our dream — our dream of a new Europe, without limits, without cruelty. There are times when one must choose the hardest road.
- 4/12/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kate Winslet is striving for more than just world peace as she sets her mind on crafting a “new Europe” as Madame Chancellor in HBO’s new political drama “The Regime.”
The official teaser, which was revealed during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service Wednesday, showcases a tense confrontation between Winslet and an American diplomat (Martha Plimpton) who attempts to convince the chancellor the U.S. would like to help “enhance” Winslet’s authority in the region — a goal that was, evidently, not pressing enough that the President could attend the meeting.
“All we are doing is realizing our dream, our dream of a new Europe, without limits, without cruelty,” the chancellor says as she engages in, shall we say, less dignified actions to get her point across, including punching an unknown victim. “There are times when one must choose the hardest road; I have chosen...
The official teaser, which was revealed during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service Wednesday, showcases a tense confrontation between Winslet and an American diplomat (Martha Plimpton) who attempts to convince the chancellor the U.S. would like to help “enhance” Winslet’s authority in the region — a goal that was, evidently, not pressing enough that the President could attend the meeting.
“All we are doing is realizing our dream, our dream of a new Europe, without limits, without cruelty,” the chancellor says as she engages in, shall we say, less dignified actions to get her point across, including punching an unknown victim. “There are times when one must choose the hardest road; I have chosen...
- 4/12/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Kate Winslet will suffer no fools in the new HBO limited series “The Regime.”
During Wednesday’s massive Warner Bros. Discovery information dump about the new streaming service Max (a rebrand of HBO Max that also includes Discovery content), the media company released the first trailer for the political satire from “Succession” writer Will Tracy.
Formerly called “The Palace,” the series focuses on a single year “within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”
Winslet plays the show’s lead, the dictator of a fictional European country. The all-star supporting cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Best Actress nominee Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, and Hugh Grant. Other actors in the cast include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Tracy — the writer behind two beloved “Succession” episodes (“Tern Haven” in Season 2 and...
During Wednesday’s massive Warner Bros. Discovery information dump about the new streaming service Max (a rebrand of HBO Max that also includes Discovery content), the media company released the first trailer for the political satire from “Succession” writer Will Tracy.
Formerly called “The Palace,” the series focuses on a single year “within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”
Winslet plays the show’s lead, the dictator of a fictional European country. The all-star supporting cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Best Actress nominee Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, and Hugh Grant. Other actors in the cast include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Tracy — the writer behind two beloved “Succession” episodes (“Tern Haven” in Season 2 and...
- 4/12/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
HBO has dropped the official teaser for limited series The Regime (fka The Palace), starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet. It was released today during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service in Los Angeles. Watch the teaser above.
Directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs and written by Will Tracy, The Regime tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.
Related: Deadline’s Full Coverage Of Max Launch Event
In addition to Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant star, along with newly announced cast members Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and
Pippa Haywood.
Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet, Frears, Frank Rich, and Tracey Seaward. Hobbs serves as co-executive producer and writers are Seth Reiss,...
Directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs and written by Will Tracy, The Regime tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.
Related: Deadline’s Full Coverage Of Max Launch Event
In addition to Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant star, along with newly announced cast members Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and
Pippa Haywood.
Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet, Frears, Frank Rich, and Tracey Seaward. Hobbs serves as co-executive producer and writers are Seth Reiss,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Winslet is power-hungry and desperate to demand control — in a funny way.
HBO dark comedy “The Regime” stars the “Mare of Easttown” Emmy winner as an authoritarian leader who struggles to hold onto her kingdom as her regime begins to unravel. Taking place over the course of one year, “The Regime,” formerly known as “The Palace,” is executive produced by Winslet, and created by “Succession” producer and scribe Will Tracy, who also executive produces the series.
Oscar nominee Stephen Frears (“The Queen”) will executive produce and direct “The Regime,” marking Winslet’s fourth collaboration with HBO.
Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet,...
HBO dark comedy “The Regime” stars the “Mare of Easttown” Emmy winner as an authoritarian leader who struggles to hold onto her kingdom as her regime begins to unravel. Taking place over the course of one year, “The Regime,” formerly known as “The Palace,” is executive produced by Winslet, and created by “Succession” producer and scribe Will Tracy, who also executive produces the series.
Oscar nominee Stephen Frears (“The Queen”) will executive produce and direct “The Regime,” marking Winslet’s fourth collaboration with HBO.
Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Kate Winslet is returning to HBO, but she’s a long way from Easttown.
The Oscar-winning actor is leading the upcoming HBO limited series “The Regime,” which was teased during the April 12 Warner Bros. Discovery streaming press event.
The lush teaser is filled with mystery and political intrigue, and the official logline doesn’t give too many clues, simply saying that the series “tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”
The cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood.
The series was formerly known as “The Palace.” Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs are directing the series, which is written by Will Tracy, who is also executive producer and showrunner. Executive producers include Winslet, Frears,...
The Oscar-winning actor is leading the upcoming HBO limited series “The Regime,” which was teased during the April 12 Warner Bros. Discovery streaming press event.
The lush teaser is filled with mystery and political intrigue, and the official logline doesn’t give too many clues, simply saying that the series “tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”
The cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood.
The series was formerly known as “The Palace.” Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs are directing the series, which is written by Will Tracy, who is also executive producer and showrunner. Executive producers include Winslet, Frears,...
- 4/12/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
The actor and producer on the joy of clowning around in her new comedy Funny Woman, how female solidarity has changed her professional life, and her top choice for a karaoke belter
Gemma Arterton, 37, was born in Gravesend and trained at Rada. Aged 21, she made her professional stage debut at Shakespeare’s Globe and her film debut in St Trinian’s. The following year, she landed the coveted role of Strawberry Fields in the Bond film Quantum of Solace. On TV, she has starred in Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Black Narcissus; stage highlights include Made in Dagenham, Nell Gwynn and Saint Joan. She now produces and plays the lead role in Funny Woman, the TV adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel Funny Girl, about a beauty queen from Blackpool who moves to swinging 60s London to break into the comedy scene. Arterton lives in East Sussex with her husband,...
Gemma Arterton, 37, was born in Gravesend and trained at Rada. Aged 21, she made her professional stage debut at Shakespeare’s Globe and her film debut in St Trinian’s. The following year, she landed the coveted role of Strawberry Fields in the Bond film Quantum of Solace. On TV, she has starred in Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Black Narcissus; stage highlights include Made in Dagenham, Nell Gwynn and Saint Joan. She now produces and plays the lead role in Funny Woman, the TV adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel Funny Girl, about a beauty queen from Blackpool who moves to swinging 60s London to break into the comedy scene. Arterton lives in East Sussex with her husband,...
- 3/19/2023
- by Michael Hogan
- The Guardian - Film News
When I see my latest energy bill, the price of petrol at the pump, the luminaries currently installed in government… well, living off the grid, away from the grip of society, looks rather appealing. That’s how Danny (Lewis Gribben) has spent the first two decades of his life in Pete Jackson’s Channel 4 drama Somewhere Boy, raised on nothing more than a diet of mini golf, gramophone records and Charlie Chaplin movies. It all sounds rather idyllic.
“Busy day tomorrow,” says Steve (Rory Keenan), Danny’s father, who has kept him locked up in their family home. “Danny?” he calls to his son, “love you mate.” Next thing we know, Steve has apparently shot himself, and Danny is packed off to live with his aunt, Sue (Lisa McGrillis) and her son Aaron (Samuel Bottomley). From there, Somewhere Boy is an examination of which is a more disastrous way...
“Busy day tomorrow,” says Steve (Rory Keenan), Danny’s father, who has kept him locked up in their family home. “Danny?” he calls to his son, “love you mate.” Next thing we know, Steve has apparently shot himself, and Danny is packed off to live with his aunt, Sue (Lisa McGrillis) and her son Aaron (Samuel Bottomley). From there, Somewhere Boy is an examination of which is a more disastrous way...
- 10/16/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
An 18-year-old boy, his skin as pale as milk, squints up at the sky. He’s standing in a garden in Yorkshire suburbia, enjoying the sensation of the dewy grass between his bare toes. He can’t stop smiling. It’s one of the first times he’s ever set foot outside.
The boy’s name is Danny, and he’s at the centre of Somewhere Boy, Channel 4’s funny and peculiar new drama about a kid who’s been locked up inside his father’s house for his whole life. Danny’s mother died when he was young. His father, literally out of his mind with grief, has kept his son prisoner in a twisted attempt to protect him from the world. To stop his ever-more-curious child from trying to get out, he’s told him there are monsters on the other side of the front door, hungry for human blood.
The boy’s name is Danny, and he’s at the centre of Somewhere Boy, Channel 4’s funny and peculiar new drama about a kid who’s been locked up inside his father’s house for his whole life. Danny’s mother died when he was young. His father, literally out of his mind with grief, has kept his son prisoner in a twisted attempt to protect him from the world. To stop his ever-more-curious child from trying to get out, he’s told him there are monsters on the other side of the front door, hungry for human blood.
- 10/16/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Bryan Cranston, Blair Underwood and Jennifer Morrison will lead the jury for this year’s Hollyshorts Film Festival.
They will be joined by Stephanie Lang, Joanna Quinn, David Dastmalchian, Adaku Ononogbo and Jeremy Swift.
Set to open Aug. 11 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and virtually through the Bitpix platform, the festival will screen a number of short films including Steve McQueen’s prostate cancer documentary “Embarrassed,” starring Idris Elba, Ben Proudfoot’s “Mink!” about the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Rory Keenan’s “Bump,” starring Gemma Arterton.
Also screening on the opening night are Frank Chi’s “38 and the Garden,” Mike Kearby’s comedy “The Problem with Time Travel,” Tara Westwood’s “Triggered” starring Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Robert John Burke, “Coral Amiga’s"Crosshairs” and Evan Miller’s “Thoughts and Prayers,” which features Adrianne Palicki and Zachary Levi.
Meanwhile...
They will be joined by Stephanie Lang, Joanna Quinn, David Dastmalchian, Adaku Ononogbo and Jeremy Swift.
Set to open Aug. 11 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and virtually through the Bitpix platform, the festival will screen a number of short films including Steve McQueen’s prostate cancer documentary “Embarrassed,” starring Idris Elba, Ben Proudfoot’s “Mink!” about the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Rory Keenan’s “Bump,” starring Gemma Arterton.
Also screening on the opening night are Frank Chi’s “38 and the Garden,” Mike Kearby’s comedy “The Problem with Time Travel,” Tara Westwood’s “Triggered” starring Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Robert John Burke, “Coral Amiga’s"Crosshairs” and Evan Miller’s “Thoughts and Prayers,” which features Adrianne Palicki and Zachary Levi.
Meanwhile...
- 8/4/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios has started drumming up interest internationally for The Birth of Daniel F Harris, the latest young adult drama from End of the F***ing World producer Clerkenwell Films.
Channel 4’s show is one of two UK entries in the Series Mania International Competition and was given a world premiere to hundreds of viewers as the Lille event gets underway.
BBC Studios, which debuted The Birth of Daniel F Harris at last month’s Showcase, co-financed with Channel 4 and therefore rest of the world rights are up for grabs.
Much like Charlie Covell’s BAFTA-winning smash hit End of the F**ing World for Channel 4 and Netflix, exec producer Petra Fried, who runs Clerkenwell with Wim De Greef, and writer Pete Jackson are hoping that this latest offering’s “authenticity of character” and “dark humorous underbelly” will appeal to buyers around the world, and they are speaking to the global streamers.
Channel 4’s show is one of two UK entries in the Series Mania International Competition and was given a world premiere to hundreds of viewers as the Lille event gets underway.
BBC Studios, which debuted The Birth of Daniel F Harris at last month’s Showcase, co-financed with Channel 4 and therefore rest of the world rights are up for grabs.
Much like Charlie Covell’s BAFTA-winning smash hit End of the F**ing World for Channel 4 and Netflix, exec producer Petra Fried, who runs Clerkenwell with Wim De Greef, and writer Pete Jackson are hoping that this latest offering’s “authenticity of character” and “dark humorous underbelly” will appeal to buyers around the world, and they are speaking to the global streamers.
- 3/21/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Will.i.am Hosts ITV Race Film
ITV has commissioned The Voice UK coach will.i.am to front Will.i.am: The Blackprint, a documentary examining what it means to be Black and British. Produced by Twofour as part of a season of shows for Black History Month, will.i.am will travel the UK meeting Black Brits and will compare their experiences with his own, having grown up in Los Angeles. Executive producers are will.i.am and Nic Patten. The senior producer is Laetitia Nneke. Other documentaries include Ashley Banjo: Britain in Black and White (working title), in which the Britain’s Got Talent star will examine his own past and Black British history. The film is made by David Olusoga’s Uplands Television.
BBC Studios Hires COO
BBC Studios’ television production arm has hired Martha Brass as its chief operating officer. She joins from French production giant Newen Group,...
ITV has commissioned The Voice UK coach will.i.am to front Will.i.am: The Blackprint, a documentary examining what it means to be Black and British. Produced by Twofour as part of a season of shows for Black History Month, will.i.am will travel the UK meeting Black Brits and will compare their experiences with his own, having grown up in Los Angeles. Executive producers are will.i.am and Nic Patten. The senior producer is Laetitia Nneke. Other documentaries include Ashley Banjo: Britain in Black and White (working title), in which the Britain’s Got Talent star will examine his own past and Black British history. The film is made by David Olusoga’s Uplands Television.
BBC Studios Hires COO
BBC Studios’ television production arm has hired Martha Brass as its chief operating officer. She joins from French production giant Newen Group,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has cancelled The Duchess TV series so, there won't be a second season for the British comedy-drama series. The first season of six episodes was directed by Toby MacDonald and released by the streaming service in September 2020.
Created, written, and executive produced by Katherine Ryan, The Duchess revolves around a fashionably disruptive single mom and ceramics artist named Katherine (Ryan) who lives in London and makes powerful and problematic choices for her life. Her daughter, Olive (Katy Byrne), is her greatest love so she debates a second child with her greatest enemy -- Olive's dad, Shep (Rory Keenan). Steen Raskopoulos, Michelle de Swarte, Sophie Fletcher, and Doon Mackichan also star in the series.
News of the show's cancellation comes from Ryan herself. While being interviewed by Vicky Pattison for her The Secret To... comedy podcast,...
Created, written, and executive produced by Katherine Ryan, The Duchess revolves around a fashionably disruptive single mom and ceramics artist named Katherine (Ryan) who lives in London and makes powerful and problematic choices for her life. Her daughter, Olive (Katy Byrne), is her greatest love so she debates a second child with her greatest enemy -- Olive's dad, Shep (Rory Keenan). Steen Raskopoulos, Michelle de Swarte, Sophie Fletcher, and Doon Mackichan also star in the series.
News of the show's cancellation comes from Ryan herself. While being interviewed by Vicky Pattison for her The Secret To... comedy podcast,...
- 5/1/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Duchess‘ reign has come to a swift end: Netflix has cancelled the comedy series after one season, TVLine has confirmed.
Series star Katherine Ryan first broke the news on Wednesday’s episode of Vicky Pattison’s The Secret To… podcast, sharing that Netflix “didn’t want to make any more. Not enough people watched it. I think something like 10 million people watched it in 28 days, and that wasn’t enough.”
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Series star Katherine Ryan first broke the news on Wednesday’s episode of Vicky Pattison’s The Secret To… podcast, sharing that Netflix “didn’t want to make any more. Not enough people watched it. I think something like 10 million people watched it in 28 days, and that wasn’t enough.”
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- 4/29/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
The Duchess, the comedy from British-based comedian Katherine Ryan, has been cancelled by Netflix after one season.
The six-part series launched in September 2020 but will not return. It is centered around the powerful and problematic choices of a fashionably disruptive single mom living in London. Her daughter, Olive, is her greatest love so she debates a second child with her greatest enemy — Olive’s dad.
Ryan revealed the news on Vicky Pattison’s The Secret To… podcast. “[Netflix] didn’t want to make any more, not enough people watched it. I think something like 10 million people watched it in 28 days and that wasn’t enough,” she said. “But also, I’m not terribly sad about it. I feel like it’s a whole lot of work, a whole lot of time to make a sitcom. I was so grateful to able to make it, but I think it speaks for itself.
The six-part series launched in September 2020 but will not return. It is centered around the powerful and problematic choices of a fashionably disruptive single mom living in London. Her daughter, Olive, is her greatest love so she debates a second child with her greatest enemy — Olive’s dad.
Ryan revealed the news on Vicky Pattison’s The Secret To… podcast. “[Netflix] didn’t want to make any more, not enough people watched it. I think something like 10 million people watched it in 28 days and that wasn’t enough,” she said. “But also, I’m not terribly sad about it. I feel like it’s a whole lot of work, a whole lot of time to make a sitcom. I was so grateful to able to make it, but I think it speaks for itself.
- 4/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Katherine Ryan, Rory Keenan, Katy Byrne, Steen Raskopoulos, Michelle de Swarte, Sophie Fletcher | Created by Katherine Ryan
When I discovered that Katherine Ryan was starting in a series (which she also helps to direct) I won’t lie I was very taken back… I know Katherine Ryan as a stand-up comedian; I know for her perspectives on feminism and somewhat crude jokes. Initially, I was very shocked by the inclusion of Ryan mainly due to the fact that she is more well-known for appearing on comedy panel shows and performing live; and so I have never really thought of her as an actress but actually I was very surprised by how well she performed here.
The Duchess is clearly a passion project from Katherine, as she not only wrote the entire series herself but also she stars in the series while playing herself. This is a show that uniquely...
When I discovered that Katherine Ryan was starting in a series (which she also helps to direct) I won’t lie I was very taken back… I know Katherine Ryan as a stand-up comedian; I know for her perspectives on feminism and somewhat crude jokes. Initially, I was very shocked by the inclusion of Ryan mainly due to the fact that she is more well-known for appearing on comedy panel shows and performing live; and so I have never really thought of her as an actress but actually I was very surprised by how well she performed here.
The Duchess is clearly a passion project from Katherine, as she not only wrote the entire series herself but also she stars in the series while playing herself. This is a show that uniquely...
- 9/21/2020
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
In a scuzzy London alleyway, a 30-something blonde with a flat, whiny North American accent attempts to seduce a wiry bearded Irishman. “I’ll be frank,” she squeaks. “I came out here to suck your dick.” He responds enthusiastically. She asks him to “sign my tits,” which he accomplishes with a black marker. Soon, however, their flirting dissolves into revolting, decades-fermented insults.
Katherine (Katherine Ryan) and Shep (Rory Keenan) are role-playing their meet-cute, when he was a minor pop star and she was a forward fan, but their mutual enmity is getting in the ...
Katherine (Katherine Ryan) and Shep (Rory Keenan) are role-playing their meet-cute, when he was a minor pop star and she was a forward fan, but their mutual enmity is getting in the ...
- 9/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In a scuzzy London alleyway, a 30-something blonde with a flat, whiny North American accent attempts to seduce a wiry bearded Irishman. “I’ll be frank,” she squeaks. “I came out here to suck your dick.” He responds enthusiastically. She asks him to “sign my tits,” which he accomplishes with a black marker. Soon, however, their flirting dissolves into revolting, decades-fermented insults.
Katherine (Katherine Ryan) and Shep (Rory Keenan) are role-playing their meet-cute, when he was a minor pop star and she was a forward fan, but their mutual enmity is getting in the ...
Katherine (Katherine Ryan) and Shep (Rory Keenan) are role-playing their meet-cute, when he was a minor pop star and she was a forward fan, but their mutual enmity is getting in the ...
- 9/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s hard to think of something less risky for a performer than making a big show of being daring.
On Netflix’s new show “The Duchess,” series creator and star Katherine Ryan makes a very big deal out of transgressing, playing a character whose showy amorality feels borrowed from other, better shows. Ryan’s character, also named Katherine, is a London mom who doubles as a chaos agent. Two minutes into the first episode, Katherine tells off a fellow mom at the playground, calling her daughter (who has a learning disability) “dicks-lexic.” She later sends nudes of herself to this unfortunate woman’s husband in an attempt to break them up. This is all table-setting for the show’s main action, in which Katherine torments and is tormented by her ex (Rory Keenan), with whom she wants a second child; her vacillations about what she really wants, and the...
On Netflix’s new show “The Duchess,” series creator and star Katherine Ryan makes a very big deal out of transgressing, playing a character whose showy amorality feels borrowed from other, better shows. Ryan’s character, also named Katherine, is a London mom who doubles as a chaos agent. Two minutes into the first episode, Katherine tells off a fellow mom at the playground, calling her daughter (who has a learning disability) “dicks-lexic.” She later sends nudes of herself to this unfortunate woman’s husband in an attempt to break them up. This is all table-setting for the show’s main action, in which Katherine torments and is tormented by her ex (Rory Keenan), with whom she wants a second child; her vacillations about what she really wants, and the...
- 9/2/2020
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
With director Chanya Button, the star has made an ambitious drama about the passionate Bloomsbury love affair. They talk about female desire and the rise in lesbian romances on screen
Gemma Arterton and Chanya Button are frolicking for the camera in a female-only London club. Behave as if you would normally, orders the photographer. “We could cuddle up,” quips Arterton, “but that would give the wrong impression.” She has just rushed up from Chichester, where she is staying with her boyfriend Rory Keenan, while he performs in a play. It’s a reminder – if any were needed – that both women are busy, busy, busy. They have arrived late, creating a comic road-drama of their own as their respective assistants monitored their cars converging from different directions.
Close friends since Button went to drama school with Arterton’s younger sister, Hannah, they are in London to promote their first professional collaboration,...
Gemma Arterton and Chanya Button are frolicking for the camera in a female-only London club. Behave as if you would normally, orders the photographer. “We could cuddle up,” quips Arterton, “but that would give the wrong impression.” She has just rushed up from Chichester, where she is staying with her boyfriend Rory Keenan, while he performs in a play. It’s a reminder – if any were needed – that both women are busy, busy, busy. They have arrived late, creating a comic road-drama of their own as their respective assistants monitored their cars converging from different directions.
Close friends since Button went to drama school with Arterton’s younger sister, Hannah, they are in London to promote their first professional collaboration,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Claire Armitstead
- The Guardian - Film News
Richard Eyre’s staging of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, starring an ideally matched Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville, unfolds on a summer home set that fuses the transparent with the caged, a fitting backdrop to the scathing autobiographical honesty and desolation of the playwright’s masterpiece.
The Bristol Old Vic production, in a limited run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music opening tonight and closing May 27, stars Irons as the skinflint paterfamilias James Tyrone and Manville as his morphine-addicted wife Mary, the fictional representatives of O’Neill’s real-life parents and core of the play that Eyre has called the saddest ever written.
Manville, especially, brings that heartbroken quality to the fore in a wrenching performance. Her Mary, ever trying and always failing to hide her renewed addiction from the family she both loves and blames, is an exposed nerve, a flibbertigibbet compelled by dope,...
The Bristol Old Vic production, in a limited run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music opening tonight and closing May 27, stars Irons as the skinflint paterfamilias James Tyrone and Manville as his morphine-addicted wife Mary, the fictional representatives of O’Neill’s real-life parents and core of the play that Eyre has called the saddest ever written.
Manville, especially, brings that heartbroken quality to the fore in a wrenching performance. Her Mary, ever trying and always failing to hide her renewed addiction from the family she both loves and blames, is an exposed nerve, a flibbertigibbet compelled by dope,...
- 5/13/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Rarely has a film been more successfully driven by two great actors than John Michael McDonagh’s “The Guard.” The sheer incredible personalities of Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle give two of the most enjoyable performances of the year, bringing to life a clever, unapologetic script from their writer, who is also making a strong directorial debut. “The Guard” fell relatively flat at the box office but it’s the kind of quality comedy that will almost certainly find a big audience on the home market and was recently released on Blu-ray and DVD.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) opens the film by stealing drugs from the scene of a car accident, taking some acid, and staring at the water. Don’t worry. This is not an Irish “Bad Lieutenant,” even if it might have been in someone else’s hands. Boyle is an anti-hero. The guy who...
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) opens the film by stealing drugs from the scene of a car accident, taking some acid, and staring at the water. Don’t worry. This is not an Irish “Bad Lieutenant,” even if it might have been in someone else’s hands. Boyle is an anti-hero. The guy who...
- 1/12/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Guard (15)
(John Michael McDonagh, 2011, Ire) Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan. 96 mins
An eccentric crime comedy like only the Irish can make, but not quite the mismatched buddy cop movie it looks. Gleeson is certainly your provincial Garda and Cheadle the uptight FBI import; the actual crime they're investigating – something to do with drug trafficking – is difficult to take seriously, but casual racism and Americanisation are cleverly worked into a self-aware subversion of the Lethal Weapon premise, shot through with warmth and wit.
Cowboys & Aliens (12A)
(John Favreau, 2011, Us) Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde. 118 mins
A genre mash-up no greater than the sum of its expensive, largely second-hand, parts, this summer spectacle corrals its cast and cliches into a plot loopier than an 11-dimensional lasso – though the title gives you a fair idea. If only it didn't try to keep such a straight face.
(John Michael McDonagh, 2011, Ire) Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan. 96 mins
An eccentric crime comedy like only the Irish can make, but not quite the mismatched buddy cop movie it looks. Gleeson is certainly your provincial Garda and Cheadle the uptight FBI import; the actual crime they're investigating – something to do with drug trafficking – is difficult to take seriously, but casual racism and Americanisation are cleverly worked into a self-aware subversion of the Lethal Weapon premise, shot through with warmth and wit.
Cowboys & Aliens (12A)
(John Favreau, 2011, Us) Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde. 118 mins
A genre mash-up no greater than the sum of its expensive, largely second-hand, parts, this summer spectacle corrals its cast and cliches into a plot loopier than an 11-dimensional lasso – though the title gives you a fair idea. If only it didn't try to keep such a straight face.
- 8/19/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
To celebrate release of the Anglo-Irish comedy-thriller The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle and Mark Strong, released nationwide on August 19, we’ve teamed up with Optimum Releasing to offer four lucky readers the chance to win a comedy DVD boxset of In The Loop, Four Lions & Perrier’s Bounty.
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to his door. However, despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, he finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it.
First his tiresomely enthusiastic new partner McBride disappears, then his favourite hooker attempts to blackmail him into turning a blind eye,...
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to his door. However, despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, he finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it.
First his tiresomely enthusiastic new partner McBride disappears, then his favourite hooker attempts to blackmail him into turning a blind eye,...
- 8/19/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Director: John Michael McDonagh Writer: John Michael McDonagh Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a gruff and cynical small-town Irish policeman with a penchant for gorgeous call girls, booze, the occasional illegal drug and apparently little taste for police work and he's living the life he loves with little interference. That is, until his life gets more complicated by the arrival of a new partner, Guard Aidan McBride (Rory Keenan), a big city Dubliner who seems to be the exact opposite of Boyle: idealistic, naive, well-intentioned and earnest. In an unusual occurence a dead John Doe with a bullet through the brain and mysterious circumstances is discovered on McBride's first day on the job. It's only after FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) shows up on a manhunt for four international drug dealers, complicating Boyle's simple and decadent life even further,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Linc Leifeste
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Chicago – Brendan Gleeson pushes forward John Michael McDonagh’s strong “The Guard” through the sheer power of his incredible personality. The lovable-but-irascible actor delivers one of the most enjoyable performances of the year and he’s amply assisted by the great Don Cheadle and a clever, unapologetic script from his writer, making a strong directorial debut. There’s an awful comedy opening at the multiplex this weekend (“The Change-Up”). Seek out the vastly superior one if you’re in a major city.
“The Guard” opens with a punch to the face as a car goes speeding through the hills of Ireland and N.E.R.D. raps “f**king poser” from their great song “Rock Star.” Moments later, Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) comes upon the inevitable car accident and doesn’t even pull the bodies from the car before checking the pockets of the likely-deceased, finding some acid, and...
Chicago – Brendan Gleeson pushes forward John Michael McDonagh’s strong “The Guard” through the sheer power of his incredible personality. The lovable-but-irascible actor delivers one of the most enjoyable performances of the year and he’s amply assisted by the great Don Cheadle and a clever, unapologetic script from his writer, making a strong directorial debut. There’s an awful comedy opening at the multiplex this weekend (“The Change-Up”). Seek out the vastly superior one if you’re in a major city.
“The Guard” opens with a punch to the face as a car goes speeding through the hills of Ireland and N.E.R.D. raps “f**king poser” from their great song “Rock Star.” Moments later, Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) comes upon the inevitable car accident and doesn’t even pull the bodies from the car before checking the pockets of the likely-deceased, finding some acid, and...
- 8/5/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Time, I think, for an exclusive clip and we’re big fans of Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle here at HeyUGuys so it’s more than a pleasure to bring you this short burst of their new film, The Guard.
We saw the film when it played at the Edinburgh Film Festival earlier this year and there’s been a healthy buzz around the film since it premiered at Sundance and on the 19th of August we get to see it in UK cinemas.
The film was written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and stars Messrs. Gleeson and Cheadle as well as a supporting cast of Liam Cunningham, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, David Wilmot, Fionnula Flanagan and Dominique McElligott.
Synopsis, you say?
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely...
We saw the film when it played at the Edinburgh Film Festival earlier this year and there’s been a healthy buzz around the film since it premiered at Sundance and on the 19th of August we get to see it in UK cinemas.
The film was written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and stars Messrs. Gleeson and Cheadle as well as a supporting cast of Liam Cunningham, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, David Wilmot, Fionnula Flanagan and Dominique McElligott.
Synopsis, you say?
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely...
- 8/2/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson in The Guard
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics John Michael McDonagh wrote the screenplay for the little-seen 2003 feature Ned Kelly, which I've avoided to this point based on hearing nothing that would lead me to believe it was a must see. But after seeing McDonagh's debut feature film The Guard I just may have to hunt it down.
Showing a similar talent for dialogue and character building that his younger brother Martin McDonagh exhibited in his debut feature, In Bruges, John has crafted a story of an Irish lawman that operates by his own set of rules in a darkly comic modern era Western you absolutely must see. Never afraid to say what's on his mind or do what suits him best, this is the kind of character movies were made for and the kind of film you want to pay to see.
Brendan Gleeson stars as Sgt.
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics John Michael McDonagh wrote the screenplay for the little-seen 2003 feature Ned Kelly, which I've avoided to this point based on hearing nothing that would lead me to believe it was a must see. But after seeing McDonagh's debut feature film The Guard I just may have to hunt it down.
Showing a similar talent for dialogue and character building that his younger brother Martin McDonagh exhibited in his debut feature, In Bruges, John has crafted a story of an Irish lawman that operates by his own set of rules in a darkly comic modern era Western you absolutely must see. Never afraid to say what's on his mind or do what suits him best, this is the kind of character movies were made for and the kind of film you want to pay to see.
Brendan Gleeson stars as Sgt.
- 7/29/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
John Carney’s Once worked wonders for me when I saw it on a dreary day a few winters ago. It was touching but not precious, and stars Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová possessed a kind of authenticity that made their music all the more affecting. Zonad, Carney’s follow-up to the acclaimed shoestring budget musical, is a different sort of animal – a tribute to slapstick comedies that paved the way (Carney owes more than a tip of the hat to Mel Brooks and the immortal comedy trio of Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers) and a parody of 50s “aliens invade small town” shlock thrillers.
The concept is sound – tiny town Ballymoran (whose denizens may be developmentally disabled) is visited by Zonad (Simon Delaney), an alien visitor who claims to have fallen “through the fabric of time”. He shacks up with the Cassidy family, who are more than willing...
The concept is sound – tiny town Ballymoran (whose denizens may be developmentally disabled) is visited by Zonad (Simon Delaney), an alien visitor who claims to have fallen “through the fabric of time”. He shacks up with the Cassidy family, who are more than willing...
- 7/20/2011
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
The Guard gets 2 new clips! Sony Pictures Classics' critically-acclaimed comedy directed and written by John Michael McDonagh opens July 29th and also stars Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas. The Guard is a comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleason) is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn’t much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it.
- 7/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Guard gets 2 new clips! Sony Pictures Classics' critically-acclaimed comedy directed and written by John Michael McDonagh opens July 29th and also stars Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas. The Guard is a comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleason) is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn’t much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it.
- 7/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Guard gets 2 new clips! Sony Pictures Classics' critically-acclaimed comedy directed and written by John Michael McDonagh opens July 29th and also stars Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas. The Guard is a comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleason) is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn’t much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it.
- 7/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New movie poster for The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. The critically-acclaimed John Michael McDonagh-directed and written comedy gets its third poster. The Guard also star Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong. Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligot and Sarah Greene. The film was a nominee for the Grant Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Debut Film (Honorable Mention) at the Berlin International Film Festival. Critics are also loving it with rave reviews. Sony Pictures Classics sends The Guard out to theaters on July 29th. Catch it.
- 7/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New movie poster for The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. The critically-acclaimed John Michael McDonagh-directed and written comedy gets its third poster. The Guard also star Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong. Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligot and Sarah Greene. The film was a nominee for the Grant Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Debut Film (Honorable Mention) at the Berlin International Film Festival. Critics are also loving it with rave reviews. Sony Pictures Classics sends The Guard out to theaters on July 29th. Catch it.
- 7/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New movie poster for The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. The critically-acclaimed John Michael McDonagh-directed and written comedy gets its third poster. The Guard also star Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong. Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligot and Sarah Greene. The film was a nominee for the Grant Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Debut Film (Honorable Mention) at the Berlin International Film Festival. Critics are also loving it with rave reviews. Sony Pictures Classics sends The Guard out to theaters on July 29th. Catch it.
- 7/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, John Michael McDonagh talk The Guard. The Guard is a comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Also in The Guard are Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas. The film is also written by John Michael McDonagh. Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe produce. The Guard was seen at this year's Sundance Film Festival and opens via Sony Pictures Classics on July 29th...
- 7/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, John Michael McDonagh talk The Guard. The Guard is a comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Also in The Guard are Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas. The film is also written by John Michael McDonagh. Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe produce. The Guard was seen at this year's Sundance Film Festival and opens via Sony Pictures Classics on July 29th...
- 7/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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