Wednesday, June 7, 2023

CATHERINE TATE IS THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN QUEEN OF OZ COMEDY SERIES TRAILER! SEE STUNNING NEW IMAGES FROM REBEL MOON SF EPIC WITH MICHIEL HUISMAN, CHARLIE HUNNAM, SOFIA BOUTELLA, EDSKREIN, CARY ELWES, ANTHONY HOPKINS!

  QUEEN OF OZ TRAILER 
FOR NEW BBC COMEDY
If you are looking for a new comedy series to watch this summer, June 16th is bringing QUEEN OF OZ to BBC and iPlayer. In the show, Catherine Tate plays Princess Georgiana who, after yet another public catastrophe (involving a school visit and plenty of alcohol-induced vomit), is banished to Australia which she is now supposed to rule... and she is not happy about it! Accompanied by a useless entourage, Queen Georgiana of Australia goes kicking and screaming to a country she has zero interest in beyond the Hemsworth Brothers! The series will air on ABC down in Australia.
 

  REBEL MOON SF MOVIE 
NEW EPIC MOVIE IMAGES
Netflix has released stunning new images from the movie that has been ruling number one spot of their list of the streamer's most anticipated projects: REBEL MOON, a brainchild of Zack Snyder, set to arrive December 22nd, with the first part, as the movie has been split into two films which will also have two cuts: one for the general audience and one explicit, made for the adults only. Sofia Boutella, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Corey Stoll, Ed Skrein, Fra Fee, Cary Elwes, Stuart Martin, and Anthony Hopkins lead the cast of grand fantasy adventure that follows an enigmatic young woman living in a peaceful colony on the outskirts of the galaxy. She’s given the task of finding warriors who can fend off an impending invasion by the despotic Regent Balisarius. Although it is a lavish space opera, which was shot on a budget that exceeds $160 million, Snyder said it was lensed in a more intimate way to ensure a natural, immersive encounter with the otherworldly aspects of the film's universe. 
 
  THE STORY IS SET
on a moon that circles an immense gas giant at a distant edge of the galaxy and is populated mainly by farmers. The moon of Veldt is a David facing down the Goliath of the Mother World, which has amassed abundant wealth, political power, and an immense army. Veldt is nowhere special until the rulers of the Mother World decide to seize it as a breadbasket. The story, which Snyder has been mulling for more than three decades, focuses on outcasts, malcontents, and refugees from many disparate planets who join forces to rise up together against a punishing authoritarian government. A newcomer named Kora (Sofia Boutella) rallies them to resist rather than roll over. She has been hiding on this moon after fleeing from her own role within the leadership of that oppressive government. Since these Veldt farmers can’t possibly fight the Imperium alone, Kora sets off with a mercenary starship pilot named Kai (Charlie Hunnam) to find help. Kora has only a few months to assemble her fighters before the Mother World’s forces return to Veldt to collect their harvest. The advantage that they would have is, they could set a trap for the Imperium! Kora is joined by Gunnar (Michiel Huisman), a handsome but meek farmer she has befriended. While the pilot Kai has seen a lot of fighting and knows the back channels to various other guns for hire, Gunnar is naive about the world outside his village. Together, Kora, Kai, and Gunnar recruit the most fearsome, calculating, and deadly warriors they can find on other subjugated worlds. The first thing the village needs is a general capable of commanding the fighters the group hopes to assemble. That leads Kora to General Titus, played by Djimon Hounsou! Another of the brawlers they seek is Tarak, the bare-chested brawler (Staz Nair) in sync with nature to the degree that he can bond with a griffin-like flying beast called a Bennu and ride it into battle. There are even more outlandish characters who enter the fight, among them an ethereal spider-being played by Jena Malone and an ornate, centuries-old robot known as a Jimmy (voiced by Anthony Hopkins). The Jimmys were mechanical knights, relics of a bygone age, now mostly gone. This one endures in the wild, trying to merge the natural world with its mechanical form. Opposing these heroes is an Imperium enforcer known as Admiral Noble (Ed Skrein), a volatile and cruel emissary from the Mother World with a chip on his shoulder. He serves under Regent Balisarius (Fra Fee), who presides over this sector of the universe.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

SEE SIGOURNEY WEAVER, CHARLIE WICKERS IN PRIME VIDEOS THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART MINI TV SERIES TRAILER

 LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART 
PRIME VIDEO SERIES TRAILER
Amazon Prime Video has released the first trailer for their new mini TV series THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART a small screen adaptation of the beloved novel by Holly Ringland which will start streaming August 4th with Sigourney Weaver, Alycia Debnam Carrey, Sebastian Zurita and Charlie Wickers in the lead roles of the seven episode series which will be one of the very few summer television premieres.
  LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART
 tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart. When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past. Set against Australia’s breath-taking, natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades. Alice's journey as she grows from her complicated past builds to an emotional climax when she finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves. Check out the dramatic trailer below and tell us what you think, will you tune in?

Monday, June 5, 2023

SEE PIERCE BROSNAN AND ELLEN BARKIN ROB BANKS IN NETFLIX MOVIE THE OUT-LAWS WITH NINA DOBREV AND ADAM DEVINE

  THE OUT-LAWS TRAILER  
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY!
Netflix has released a trailer for their July 7th action comedy movie THE OUT-LAWS which follows Owen Browning (Adam Devine) a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin) who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws. The movie was produced by Adam Sandler and directed by Tyler Spindel who is a comedian himself. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think: will you tune in next month?

Sunday, June 4, 2023

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 18TH CENTURY SET CZECH COMPOSER BIOPIC IL BOEMO AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX

 IL BOEMO COSTUME DRAMA 
18TH CENTURY SET BIOPIC
After playing in Czech cinemas, doing a round at movie festivals and then scoring six Lion Awards, the Czech Academy Awards (including Best Picture
Il Boemo is streaming on Netflix
and Best Director) historical drama IL BOEMO, directed by Petr Václav about 18th century Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, is now, if I am not mistaken, available for the viewers around the world for streaming over at Netflix
 
  STORY IS SET IN 1764. 
In a libertine Venice, the musician and composer Josef Myslivecek (Voyteh Dyk), nicknamed "Il Boemo", does not manage to break through despite his talent. His affair with a woman from the court allows him to achieve his dream and compose an opera. From then on his fame grew, but
The movie was directed by Petr Vaclav
how far would he go? The life, work and escapades of a forgotten genius composer whom the young Mozart admired.
 
As critic Srikanth Srinivasan says, luxuriant biopic of the eighteenth-century composer Josef Mysliveček, Petr Václav’s IL BOEMO chronicles the Czech musician’s travails and triumphs as an outsider attempting to make it as an opera composer in cut-throat, cosmopolitan Italy. Mysliveček is a man of talent, but also of magnetic charm, who multiplies his sexual conquests as he progresses from court to court, all the while trying to keep his head above water. Exquisitely shot in warm tones, Václav’s film takes place in a number of Italian cities, but it refuses to offer us touristic images or indulge in baroque displays of period details. We are instead immersed in elaborate indoor scenes rich in atmosphere and human interaction – such as the tense, dazzlingly edited premiere of Myslivecek’s opera in Naples – that allow actors the room to breathe and perfect their performances. Centring on two eventful decades in the composer’s time in Italy, IL BOEMO depicts the earnest efforts of a gifted artist to actualise himself despite compromises and creeping poverty. That Mysliveček’s life coincided with the epochal appearance of Mozart gives his story a tragic dimension. With wisdom and tenderness, the film evokes how history passed by Mysliveček even as he was trying to find a place in it.

Saturday, June 3, 2023

SISI HISTORICAL TV SERIES ON THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY RENEWED FOR THIRD SEASON!

  SISI EPIC TV SERIES  
RENEWED FOR SEASON THREE
In case you were wondering, let me be the one to tell you: German historical TV series SISI has been renewed for season three after the second season
Dominique Devenport returns as Sisi
broke streaming records that the first season had set for RTL. The viewing numbers in linear viewing were lower, but the streaming numbers saw a jump. The series also airs around the world, including Disney Plus. It is expected for the third season to arrive again around Christmas holidays, so late December in Germany and Europe. The third season will continue the story of the Austrian imperial couple Sisi (Dominique Devenport) and her husband emperor Franz (Jannik Schumann). The second season saw them crowned in Hungary ending in year 1867 which means the writers have still thirty more years to cover before Sisi's assassination in Geneva back in 1898. Stay tuned for casting news which we will announce as soon as we get them, we are sure there will be some new faces in the cast of the third season. In some countries the series streams on Lionsgate + and in Australia on SBS. Epic Drama airs it in parts of Europe.

Friday, June 2, 2023

SEE MICHAEL SHEEN FIGHT FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S LIFE IN BEST INTERESTS BBC MINI SERIES TRAILER

  BEST INTERESTS TRAILER   
FOR NEW BBC ONE SERIES
BBC One has released a trailer for their new four part mini series BEST INTERESTS which starts June 12th!  This a story of a family driven apart by having to make choices no parent would ever want to make. Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen play married couple Nicci and Andrew, they have two daughters: Katie and Marnie who has a life-threatening condition. The doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. And so begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Who decides? And in whose best interests will it be?

Thursday, June 1, 2023

SEE DOMINA ANCIENT ROME SET EPIC SERIES SEASON TWO IMAGES, TRAILER AND AIR DATE! VIAPLAY UNVEILS FULL CAST FOR RICHARD RANKIN'S REBUS DETECTIVE TV SERIES REBOOT!

  DOMINA SEASON TWO  
Domina returns this July to MGM Plus
1ST EPIC IMAGES & TRAILER
It has been a very long wait indeed, but Sky and MGM Plus are finally bringing us the second season of everybody's favourite Ancient Rome set series DOMINA which is returning this summer! This historical series takes place during one of the most provocative periods in Roman history following the extraordinary rise of Gaius Augustus Caesar’s (Matthew McNulty) third wife, Livia Drusilla  (Kasia Smutniak). We also have an exciting first trailer for the long awaited series and you can check it out below. The first season was MGM's best watched debut series of the year when it aired for the first time and the second season will also consist of eight brand new episodes.
DOMINA SEASON TWO
chronicles the struggle for control of the Roman Empire, and of Rome’s imperial family, from a rare female perspective. In its first season, Livia Drusilla, the golden girl of the prominent Claudii family, returned to Rome after 10 years in exile, determined to regain everything that was stolen from her. Now, atop a fractious empire and a dysfunctional dynasty, she must fight to preserve her marriage to Gaius and find a way to seat one of her sons on the throne of the empire, as new and old rivals jockey for position in a world where it’s impossible to know who to trust.

 WHO IS IN THE CAST?
David Avery will play ambitious young aristocrat Domitius, who joins Gaius’ family through marriage and proves himself to be a thorn in Livia’s side. Joelle will be Vipsania, who refuses to play the conventional power games expected of Roman aristocratic life. She is happily married to fellow outsider, Livia’s son Tiberius, and is a force for good in his life. Tiberius has been recast with Benjamin Isaac, he is now reluctant to fulfill his mother’s ambition for him and his brother to restore the Republic. .The returning cast includes Liah O’Prey (Julia), Ben Batt (Agrippa), Ewan Horrocks (Drusus), Claire Forlani (Octavia), Darrell D’Silva (Piso), Christine Bottomley (Scribonia) and Alais Lawson (Marcella). Beside airing on Sky across Europe this Summer including Italy and Germany, the second season will also return to MGM+ from July 9 for the viewers in Northern America. 
 

 REBUS REBOOT SERIES 
UNVEILS FULL LEAD CAST
After adding our dear Richard Rankin as the lead, Viaplay has now unveiled the whole cast for their TV series reboot of REBUS detective show which, set in contemporary Scotland, follows John Rebus as he finds
Richard Rankin is the new Rebus
himself at a psychological crossroads! At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter's life by his ex-wife's wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning, or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn't Rebus do so too? Brian Ferguson has been cast as Rebus' brother Michael, Neshla Caplan as Michael's wife Chrissie, and Amy Manson as Rebus's ex-wife Rhona. Lucie Shorthouse will plaz Rebus' police partner DC Siobhan
Lucie Shorthouse, Sean Buchanan and Brian Ferguson
Clarke, Sean Buchanan is his mentor George Blantyre and Stuart Bowman a corrupt mobster Ger Cafferty. The series, planned for more seasons, will arrive next year to Viaplay streaming service.

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

HICCUP AND ASTRID IN LIVE ACTION HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON MOVIE REMAKE REVEALED! SEE NEW SF MYSTERY SERIES VORTEX WHICH ARRIVES THIS WEEK TO NETFLIX

 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 
LIVE ACTION REMAKE REVEALS THE LEAD DUO OF ACTORS
Universal has announced who will be the lead stars of their live action adaptation of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON after the successful animated movie versions. As Deadline reports, Mason Thames will portray Hiccup in the 2025 film, while Nico Parker will be Astrid. The new movie, directed by Dean DeBlois, will draw audiences deep into DreamWorks Animation’s imaginative lore. Working from a single narrative tapestry, the adventures of Hiccup and Toothless have captivated fans across three films that have grossed over $1.6 billion.

  VORTEX SF TV SERIES  
ARRIVES TO NETFLIX FRIDAY
Arriving to Netflix this Friday, June 2nd, after already becoming a huge hit over in France last year, is new science fiction series VORTEX which
The series starts this Friday on Netflix
sees Tomer Sisley leading the cast of the six part mystery miniseries as Ludovic Béguin, a captain in the judicial police in Brest. It’s 2025, and virtual reality (VR) technology has progressed to the point where it has become a valuable crime-solving tool for the police. Reminiscent of the holodeck in the Star Trek universe, this technology lets Ludovic analyze details large and small of the crime scene where a woman was found drowned on a beach — without having to be there. But the VR is not without glitches, and it is precisely because of a glitch that Ludovic is able to reconnect with Mélanie (Camille Claris), the mother of his daughter, Juliette (Anaïs Parello), and the love of his life
Vortex will stream in six episodes
— a woman long dead. This glitch has allowed a temporal rift to open, so Ludovic can communicate with Mélanie before her death 27 years ago. Interestingly, she died on the same beach in Brest as the deceased woman in Ludovic’s current investigation. As he delves further into both cases, he discovers that the deaths of both women are connected: they were both murdered. Ludovic desperately wants to save Mélanie from the killer, but changing the past has consequences in the present, thanks to the butterfly effect. For Ludovic, preventing Mélanie’s death could cost him his own life in the here and now, the one it took him so long to rebuild and that has given him his new wife, Parvana (Zineb Triki), and their son, Sam. Netflix has not issued an English language trailer, sadly, but you can check out the French one below and tell us what you think.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

SPOTLIGHT ON NACHO MINI TV SERIES ON FAMOUS 90'S SPANISH PORN STAR WITH 25CM IN HIS PANTS!

   NACHO MINI TV SERIES   
ON THE FAMOUS PORN STAR
Nacho will stream in UK June 2nd
While we are waiting for Netflix to set the date for their Supersex series on the unnaturally 'gifted' Italian porn star Rocco Siffredi, Lionsgate + has set the date for their own NACHO mini series on the Spanish legendary porn star, a fictionalized account of Nacho Vidal's rise to international adult film stardom in the 1990s. While their first Spanish original already aired in Spain back in December, it will arrive to UK June 2nd with handsome Martino Rivas in the lead role. Lionsgate + is the former Starzplay, so I am guessing it will air on Starz in USA and it is already airing on Lionsgate's streamers around the world, France and India and Australia included. You can check out a rather interesting trailer for the new eight episode television mini series below and tell us what you think.

BRAND NEW NACHO TV SERIES 
 tells the dramatic yet comedic story of the real people behind the porn industry – which generates more than 500 million euros per year in Spain – their humanity and the hilarious lives they live. Proving his talents reach far beyond his most infamous 25 cm, Nacho changed the rules of the game in the 1990s when he became an international superstar. That’s where his story begins, when he discovers that he had been born with a gift that he could use to stand on his own two feet. María De Nati, Andrés Velencoso, Pepa Charro, Edu Soto, Miriam Giovanelli, Carmen Conesa, Montse Guallar, Nancho Novo, Albert Baró, Marina Gatell, Penélope Guerrero, Rubén Jiménez, Juan Carlos Vellido, Paola Bontempi and Nuria Herrero are all the names you will also see in the cast of this brand new series.

Monday, May 29, 2023

SEE FOR HER SINS PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER SERIES TRAILER! 1ST SAMANTHA MORTON IMAGES FROM THE BURNING GIRLS MINI SERIES

 
  FOR HER SINS TRAILER  
NEW CHANNEL 5 DRAMA
Starting next Monday June 5th and continuing each night over at Channel 5 is new psychological thriller series FOR HER SINS in which Jo Joyner plays Laura, a woman who has the perfect family on paper – a loving husband and two beautiful children. But like any family there are cracks in their perfect veneer. Cracks that Emily (Rachel Shenton), a charismatic stranger is hell bent on exploiting. We see Laura led down an increasingly dangerous path as Emily nurtures Laura’s neuroses about her ability as a mother, fuels tensions in her marriage and reignites an old flame from Laura’s past. But Laura is hiding something too… and these two women are bound by a shared secret, one they have both tried to keep buried. But nothing stays a secret forever.
 

   THE BURNING GIRLS   
FIRST MINI TV SERIES IMAGES
Paramount + has released first images from their new UK original THE BURNING GIRLS based on the novel by CJ Tudor with Samantha Morton in the lead role. Chapel Croft is a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history. Five hundred years ago, Protestant martyrs – including two young girls – were betrayed and burned at the stake. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church. Now, Jack Brooks, a female vicar and single mum to 15-year-old daughter Flo, arrives in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start. However, instead of finding peace in their new home, Jack finds the village rife with conspiracies and secrets, and uncovering the truth can be deadly in a community with a bloody past, where everyone has something to hide.