BBC REVEALS FIRST IMAGES FROM SALLY PHILLIPS COSY VILLAGE CRIME TV SERIES HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES OUT THIS JULY

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FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC TV SERIES

BBC has sent us first images from their new mini TV series THE HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES with Sally Phillips leading the six part drama out this July. Infused with an upbeat 1970s spirit, the nostalgic crime drama sees her play a hairdresser, Lily Petal who opts out of the competitive city scene to buy a small village hairdressing salon at the top of a cobbled street. Charlotte Jordan plays Clary Coombs, Lily’s bright and analytical assistant and the Watson to her Shear-lock Holmes. Ben Castle-Gibb plays PC Adam Watson, an eager young copper in the local village who falls head-over-heels for salon assistant Clary. Sunetra Sarker plays Wincey Evans, the village’s local chit-chatter with a reputation as a known gossip. Clive Rowe plays Lonnie, the flamboyant manager of the local charity shop and Guy Henry plays Race Runard, the local village’s eccentric antiques dealer with a penchant for priceless teacup and saucer sets. An array of guest stars will also appear through the series including Wendi Peters who plays Gloria Crudd, another newcomer to the village hoping to make a fresh start with her ice cream parlour but soon finds her old life catching up with her. Everyone tells their hairdresser everything and soon she becomes the hub of her new village’s secrets and revelations. Using her own brand of uncannily developed hairdressing intuitive, empathy and understanding, Lily begins to solve the mysteries of the village.

SEE NICK ROBINSON IN THE TRAILER FOR NEW NETFLIX ROMCOM VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE OUT THIS WEEKEND

  VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE 

ROMANTIC MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE

The film is out on Netflix this Friday

I announced this one originally back in May last year, but now we have a trailer for romantic movie VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE as it is about to stream over at Netflix this Friday June 19th with our dear Nick Robinson in the lead role alongside Zoey Dutch. The film was both written and directed by Leah McKendrick. 

 

 THE STORY OF THE FILM 

follows Jill (Dutch) as she copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails about her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is reassigned without her knowledge, an elusive Austin, Texas, real estate agent (Robinson) begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages. Gil Bellows, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage also star in this romantic comedy. 

 

MAESTA FILM ON MARIA JOSE OF SAVOY WHO WAS THE QUEEN OF ITALY FOR JUST 27 DAYS IN THE WORKS

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ON QUEEN MARIA JOSE OF SAVOY

According to Variety, the story of Maria José of Savoy, who served as queen of Italy after World War II for only 27 days before Italians voted to abolish the monarchy, will be shown in new historical film

Maria of Savoy was queen of Italy for 27 days

 MAESTA (“Majesty”), directed by Ginevra Elkann. The daughter of Albert I, the King of Belgium, Maria José married Italy’s Prince Umberto II, whose father, King Vittorio Emanuele III, cooperated with fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. She became known as “the May Queen” because she and her husband reigned for just 27 days in 1946, from May 9, when Victor Emanuel III abdicated in favor of his son, hoping to save the throne for the House of Savoy during the turmoil after Mussolini’s fall, until June 2, when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy and the Savoys went into exile. Known to be a rebellious royal and a surreptitious anti-fascist, Maria José then moved to Portugal and soon left her husband.

JONATHAN BAILEY, GREG KINNEAR, DAVID DUCHOVNY, LAURA DERN TO LEAD NETFLIX MONSANTO COURTROOM DRAMA MOVIE

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TO LEAD NETFLIX MONSANTO MOVIE

It does not yet have a title but John Lee Hancock's Netflix movie on Monsanto has a strong cast. Joining Jonathan Bailey and Laura Dern are Greg Kinnear and David Duchovny. The courtroom drama is based on the true story of Brent Wisner (Jonathan Bailey), a young, untried attorney who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson. Wisner’s client alleged that he developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a result of his exposure to Monsanto’s best-known product, the weed and grass pesticide killer Roundup, through his job as a high school groundskeeper.

KARI SKOGLAND TO DIRECT A HISTORICAL MOVIE ADAPTATION OF LADY MACBETH NOVEL BY AVA REID

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TO GET A BIG SCREEN MOVIE ADAPTATION

The Handmaid's Tale director will helm it

According to Deadline, Kari Skogland is developing a movie adaptation of Ava Reid's historical novel LADY MACBETH a gothic retelling of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth centered on the character of Lady Macbeth. The 2024 novel reimagines one of literature’s most enduring figures through a dark, intimate lens, following a young noblewoman thrust into a politically arranged marriage in a brutal medieval world. As she navigates survival, power, and identity within a system designed to constrain her, her transformation unfolds into a portrait of ambition, resilience, and consequence.

FIRST TEASER WITH DOMINIC COOPER, MATTHEW MCNULTY, ROMOLA GARAI IN ITV SERIES THE ADULTERY

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DOMINIC COOPER AND ROMOLA GARAI TEASER

ITV has released first teaser for their new TV series THE ADULTERY in which Dominic Cooper plays Tom opposite Romola Garai’s Beth, two people who share an immediate, intense connection. The show first introduces the audience to Tom’s 15-year-old daughter Jess who has found love with schoolmate Ollie, and they can’t take their hands off one another, as love’s young dream becomes all consuming. When Tom meets Beth in the most unexpected of circumstances, the two families’ lives are potentially turned upside down forever. Shelley Conn stars as Tom’s wife Hannah, and Matthew McNulty as Beth’s husband Neil, with Johnny Sanpher and Leila Khan as the teenage lovers. The six part series has started filming back in April.

SEE TOBY STEPHENS RULING HONG KONG IN THE SEASON NEW HULU TV SERIES TRAILER

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NEW HULU HONG KONG SET SERIES

The series starts June 17th on Hulu

Starting tomorrow, June 17th over at Hulu is new six episode series THE SEASON with our dearest Toby Stephens in the lead role. This series plunges viewers into the opulent world of Hong Kong’s elites. At the heart of this glittering social landscape is the Hext family, an old-money dynasty whose reach extends from the city’s horse racing tracks to exclusive yacht soirées and star-studded charity galas. But beneath the polished façades and sparkling champagne, tensions simmer — and the arrival of Cola, a newcomer with a hidden agenda, threatens to unravel the carefully curated world of high society. 

 

ANYA TAYLOR JOY JOINS LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM EPIC MOVIE AS KING THRANDUIL'S ELVEN AGENT

  THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM  

ADS ANYA TAYLOR JOY AS AN ELF

Anya Taylor Joy will play an elf

Warner Bros has added Anya Taylor Joy to Andy Serkis directed LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM in which he will also repeat the role of Gollum. Kate Winslet joined previously as Marigol, Smeagol's grandmother, with Lee Pace returning as Elven king Thranduil and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf. With Elijah Wood back as Frodo, Jamie Dornan joins as Strider aka Aragorn while Leo Woodall will be a character named Halvard. Anya Taylor Joy will play Seren, a Sindar Elf of the Woodland Realm, a trusted and lethal agent of King Thranduil. Set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, it will follow Aragorn’s perilous quest to capture Gollum before the creature can reveal the Ring’s location to Sauron. The film is out December 17th 2027.

THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF YOUR HOME IN THE LAST HOUSE SF MOVIE THRILLER TRAILER FROM NETFLIX

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HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE?

The movie is out August 7th on Netflix

I must confess I rarely watch anything on Netflix, but I do like it when they give us something apocalyptic. Today we have a very atmospheric and scary first trailer for thriller movie THE LAST HOUSE from Louis Leterrier which will be available for streaming August 7th! Greta Lee and Wagner Moura star in the original sci-fi thriller about a family who are mysteriously sealed into their home with no way out. If that doesn’t sound nightmarish enough, their resources are running thin, and they must work together to survive not only a lack of essentials but also the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped inside. And the lock down does not last for days or weeks, but for years! Check out the intriguing trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS TV SERIES ADAPTATION WITH TOM BATEMAN

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FIRST SERIES PICS WITH TOM BATEMAN

Prime Video has released first images for their brand new series THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS which will launch Autumn programming on the streamer when it starts September 23rd with Tom Bateman in the lead role. The highly anticipated romantic comedy based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Ali Hazelwood, follows Olive (Lili Reinhart), a brilliant Ph.D. candidate focused on her future in academia. But when she realizes her best friend Ahn (Rachel Marsh) has fallen for her crush Jeremy(Nicholas Duvernay), Olive impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) to prove she’s moved on. What begins as a desperate act of friendship spirals into a fake relationship with rules, boundaries, and a mutually beneficial agreement. When their arrangement begins to blur the lines between performance and reality, Olive is forced to test her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk.