Today we have one of our favourite of Australian actors Ryan Corr in a trailer for new family comedy movie KANGAROO based
on true events around the man who opened a Kangaroo sanctuary in Alice
Springs. Ryan Corr stars as ex-TV weather presenter Chris
Masterman, who
becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident and forms an
unlikely friendship with an 11-year-old Indigenous girl, Charlie, played
by newcomerLily Whiteley. They work together to rescue and
rehabilitate orphaned joeys in a remote but stunning Outback community,
an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both. The film is out next year.
It is an Australian cast but the film is set in Texas, go figure. Stuart Gatt's directorial debut CATCHING DUST will hit VOD and selected cinemas August 23rd
Catching Dust arrives August 23rd in USA
in Northern America! Erin Moriarty stars as Geena, an artist and painter ready to dream big, tired of the malaise of living in the harsh Big Bend desert with controlling partner Clyde (Jai Courtney). At her wit's end, she's preparing to leave when a new couple (Ryan Corr and Dina Shihabi) shows up at the commune in a trailer from New York, eager to make a new life for themselves away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Things quickly turn dangerous for both couples as tensions boil over; egos come to a head as attempts to connect leave everyone frayed and on the edge of disaster. Watch the trailer below and tell us what you think.
In latest news from Australia, one of our favourite of their actors Ryan Corr is set to lead new family comedy movie KANGAROO based on true events around the man who opened a Kangaroo sanctuary in Alice Springs. Ryan Corr will star as ex-TV weather presenter Chris Masterman, who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident and forms an unlikely friendship with an 11-year-old Indigenous girl, Charlie, played by newcomer Lily Whiteley. They work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in a remote but stunning Outback community, an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both.
Although we live in some very spooky times as it is, I'm sure a lot of you still like to be a little frightened by the shows you watch. Two of such on offer today: first up, Netflix has revealed that their THE HAUNTING OF BLY
The Haunting starts this Autumn at Netflix
MANOR will air this Autumn as a spin off of their series The Haunting of Hill House based on Henry James' novel The Turn of the Screw but will have elements from his other novels too. Oliver Jackson Cohen will again lead the cast but this time in some other role.
The Story Takes Place mostly in 1987, starring Victoria Pedretti as
the sunny American tutor Dani Clayton, who hopes to escape her own
painful past by taking a job at the stately mansion looking after the
Wingrave children — volatile Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and
cheerful Flora (Amelie Bea Smith). Henry Thomas plays the wealthy uncle
of the two orphaned children who wants little to do
Oliver Jackson Cohen starred in the original series as well
with the estate or
the son and daughter of his late brother, but is content to support them
from afar, so long as he doesn’t have to visit the manor himself.
Oliver Jackson Cohen is his calculating business associate who tends to
take whatever he wants from Bly Manor, regardless of permission.
'HUNGRY GHOSTS'
A FOUR DAY SPOOKY TV EVENT
There is another spooky series that is already airing over at Australian SBS in four consecutive nights this week. HUNGRY GHOSTS is a four
Hungry Ghost have started this Sunday
part mini series set among a Vietnamese Australian community where the trauma of the Vietnam War is reawakened in the form of ghosts. Starring, among others, legendary Bryan Brown, Clare Bowen and Ryan Corr, the supernatural drama explores three generations of Vietnamese Australian families, all haunted by the traumatic events of war, and opens on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival when a vengeful spirit is unleashed, bringing the dead with him. As the ghosts wreak havoc, reclaiming lost loves and repaying old grudges, a young woman who’s never taken responsibility for who she could be must finally step up and accept her destiny.
ITV and AMC have released first photo from new Who Wants to be a Millionaire? scandal TV series QUIZ they are doing together. It follows Charles Ingram (Matthew MacFadyen), a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way
Sian Clifford and Matthew MacFadyen play the Ingrams in the movie
to winning £1 million on the game show! It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, initially pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial. Michael Sheen plays the quiz host.
'HIGH GROUND' PHOTO
SIMON BAKER IS BOUNTY HUNTER
First photo is also out for a new period set Australian movie HIGH GROUND starring Down Under's best boys Simon Baker, Ryan Corr and Callan Mulvey.
In a remote corner of a wild country a bloody war rages in
Simon Baker plays bounty hunter Travis in the new movie
the 1930s. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Djumbatj is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a secret that ultimately pits them against each other.
JUDY AND PUNCH PHOTO WITH
REVENGEFUL MIA WASIKOWSKA
Speaking of Australia, check out the first photo of Mia Wasikowska in JUDY AND PUNCH, a period set crime drama set in
Seaside (nowhere near
Mia Wasikowska is avenging her dead baby in the movie
the sea), where puppeteers Judy (Wasikowska) and Punch (Damon Herriman) are trying to resurrect their marionette show in an an anarchic town on the brink of mob rule.
Here's a highly unusual trailer for you: it is for Australian Stan streaming service new sf mystery thriller six episode series BLOOM which was out New
The series opened on Stan New Year's Day!
Year's Day there. Starring an all star Australian cast including Bryan Brown, Ryan Corr, Sam Reid, Jacki Weaver, Jacob Collins Levy, Phoebe Tonkin, it is set a year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, when a mysterious new plant suddenly appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values. It'a a miracle and some are even prepared to kill for it.
Edinburgh Film Festival will air the film this June
New posters for two delightful new movies! We still don't have a trailer for DEAD IN A WEEK: OR YOUR MONEY BACK, but here's a delightful poster for it featuring its two lead stars Tom Wilkinson and Aneurin Barnard.
The comedy, out October, sees Barnard playing a young man who, after
his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, outsources his suicide
to an ageing assassin played by legendary Tom Wilkinson, because "If
you're serious about ending it, you need professional help"! This crazy
comedy from Tom Edmunds also stars Christopher Eccleston and Freya
Mavor.
'LADIES IN BLACK'
JULIA ORMOND & VINCENT PEREZ
The film is based on Madeleine St John novel
There is also a trailer and a poster for Australian comedy, and they do have the best of films, LADIES IN BLACK set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, against the backdrop of Australia's cultural awakening, breakdown of class structures, and liberation of women. Starring Rachael Taylor, Julia Ormond, Vincent Perez, Ryan Corr, it tells the coming of age story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who while waiting for her final high school exam results with dreams of going to the University of Sydney, takes a summer job at a large department store. Here she works side-by-side with a group of saleswomen who open her eyes to a world beyond her sheltered existence, and foster her metamorphosis.
Two programmes today that I've forgot to mention before and they are already airing, but it is never too late to catch up. BARBARIANS RISING is already on at History Channel around the world (mostly on Tuesday evenings, methinks). It is a mix of docu series with lavish live action scenes and it has a stellar cast including our beloved MERLIN and BLACK SAILS star Tom Hopper and Ben Batt whom we loved in GO BETWEEN.
THOSE WHO DEFIED ROME Barbarians Rising tells the epic story of those who fought for
independence from the world's first military dictatorship. Their names
are legend, but their real stories have not been told before. Big themes
will be explored through intimate, personal character profiles of
history's greatest warriors, set against the violent backdrop of a world
on fire. The characters include: Hannibal (Nicholas Pinnock), the
brilliant military strategist and sworn enemy of the Empire who vows a
blood oath at the age of 9 to avenge his father's defeat; Spartacus (Ben
Batt), the slave-turned rebel who led a people's revolt against Rome's
elite; Boudica (Kirsty Mitchell), the Celtic warrior Queen, a woman who
commanded men in one of the most ambitious attempts to overthrow a
tyrant; and Attila the Hun (Emil Hostina). Arminius the leader of the
Germanic tribes is played by Tom Hopper, while Gavin Drea is Alaric the
King of Visigoths!
'CLEVERMAN' SF SERIES
CONFLICTED DYSTOPIA
Also already airing, over at Sundance TV is Australian sf series CLEVERMAN airing Wednesday evenings! Set in the near future, CLEVERMAN is a startlingly original drama rooted in Aboriginal mythology. The series depicts a deeply conflicted and anxious dystopian society, fearful of a minority group living among them, endowed with extraordinary physical traits. One young man – The Cleverman – struggles with his own power and the responsibility to unite this divided world, but he must first overcome a deep estrangement from his older brother. Iain Glen, Ryan Corr and Frances O'Connor lead the cast.
ASHLEY JUDD, PATRICK WILSON, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, JENNA ELFMAN, JANE KRAKOWSKI
Three enchanting new smaller films for you today, starting with star studded BIG STONE GAP out this October. Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan (Ashley Judd) is the town's self proclaimed spinster, a thirty-five year old pharmacist with a "mountain girl's body and a flat behind." She lives an amiable life with good friends and lots of hobbies until the fateful day in 1978 when she suddenly discovers that she's not who she always thought she was. Before she can blink, Ave's fielding marriage proposals, fighting off greedy family members, organizing a celebration for visiting celebrities, and planning the trip of a lifetime, a trip that could change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Jane Krakowski, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jenna Elfman, Anthony LaPaglia all star!
'HOLDING THE MAN'
GAY ROMANCE MOVIE WITH GUY PEARCE AND RYAN CORR A charming movie hitting Australian cinemas this month is gay true
story romance HOLDING THE MAN with Guy Pearce and again Anthony LaPaglia
and Ryan Corr whom we loved this year in BANISHED epic drama!
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a
minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to
laugh in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the
discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until
the only problem that love can't solve, tried to destroy them.
'A BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND'
RAFE SPALL & ASA BUTTERFIELD
Meanwhile, a movie which already played in UK is ready to hit US big screens this September. Previously known as X+Y, and nowA BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND, the movie is set in a world difficult to comprehend, where Nathan (Asa Butterfield) struggles to connect with those around him - most of all his loving mother (Sally Hawkins) - but finds comfort in numbers. When Nathan is taken under the wing of unconventional and anarchic teacher, Mr. Humphreys (Rafe Spall), the pair forge an unusual friendship and Nathan's talents win him a place on the UK team at the International Mathematics Olympiad. From suburban England to bustling Taipei and back again, Nathan builds complex relationships as he is confronted by the irrational nature of love.
Corr stars as ex-TV weather presenter Chris
Masterman, who
becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident and forms an
unlikely friendship with an 11-year-old Indigenous girl, Charlie, played
by newcomer
Lily Whiteley. They work together to rescue and
rehabilitate orphaned joeys in a remote but stunning Outback community,
an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both. The film is out next year.
Corr stars as ex-TV weather presenter Chris
Masterman, who
becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident and forms an
unlikely friendship with an 11-year-old Indigenous girl, Charlie, played
by newcomer
Lily Whiteley. They work together to rescue and
rehabilitate orphaned joeys in a remote but stunning Outback community,
an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both. The film is out next year.
