Emily Blunt Heading To Mipcom For ‘The English’ Red Carpet Curtain Raiser
11.08.2022 - 01:49 / deadline.com
One ballsy man’s spectacular real-life scam that endured in the UK for nearly a decade makes for pulse-quickening escapism in Rogue Agent. This is a story so far-fetched that you’d have trouble buying it in a film unless it really happened, and such is the case here in a yarn that intrigues from the very beginning and only momentarily towards the end loses a bit of its footing. Graced by strong and alluring performances by leads James Norton and Gemma Arterton, this most engrossing drama is an IFC Films release in the U.S., where it will also be available for streaming on AMC+, while Netflix will broadcast it on home turf.
Great Britain has probably turned out more first-rate spy stories, both in literature and onscreen, than any other nation, but this one has a special flavor that sets it apart. It’s both intelligent and sexy, a combination sufficiently rare as to always to be welcome, and the audacity of the central figure, Robert Hendry Freegard, both in work and play is as immediately captivating as it is appalling; the man made major mischief.
Taking advantage of a spy shortage (who knew?) that afflicted England for about a decade beginning in the early 1990s and triggered the unprecedented use of “freelance” undercover investigators, the well-spoken young Freegard used his considerable charm and persuasiveness to successfully pose as a member of the MI5 domestic security apparatus. The gentleman’s effective scam involved seducing women whom he then persuaded to give him money to purportedly pursue his top-secret search for enemies, IRA operatives prominently among them.
A quick visit to the internet reveals that the real Robert Freegard was no matinee idol, but he made up for it with fast clever talk and an inviting
Emily Blunt Heading To Mipcom For ‘The English’ Red Carpet Curtain Raiser
If the mostly by-the-numbers plot of “The Invitation,” and its eventual ridiculous twist, is tolerable at all, it’s due to the effortless effervescence that star Nathalie Emmanuel lends to this modern-day horror with gothic embellishments, as a mix-raced woman barely getting by in NYC who gets to live a British royal fantasy until it turns into a literal bloody mess. Invoking “Twilight” and “Beauty and the Beast” with watered-down hints of “Crimson Peak,” the new feature from director Jessica M. Thompson (“The Light of the Moon”) opens with a suicide scene that insinuates the timelessness of its story.
The upcoming British version of Jimmy Fallon’s show That’s My Jam will shoot entirely in LA after a successful pilot, Universal Television Alternative Studio chiefs confirmed today here at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Maia Reficco continues to take over Hollywood! The Argentinian actress is sharing a glimpse of her new project, acting alongside Kit Connor and Kate del Castillo in the film ‘A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow.’The 22-year-old star of ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ posted some behind the scenes photos of the film with her costar, having fun on the set of the production in York, England, and making fans excited for her role as Lila Reyes.A post shared by maia (@maiareficco)Maia is playing the main role, while the 18-year-old ‘Heartstopper’ star plays Orion Maxwell, as ‘A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow’ is based on the book of the same name by Laura Taylor Namey, telling “the heartfelt story of Lila Reyes. After the loss of her grandmother.”“Lila leaves her life at Abuela’s Cuban bakery in Miami to spend the summer cooking at her Aunt’s inn in Winchester, London.
Gemma Owen and Luca Bish have been enjoying their new celebrity lifestyle after leaving the Love Island villa a matter of weeks ago. Gemma, 19, and Luca, 23, came in second place on the hit ITV2 dating show, with the pair being beaten to the top spot by Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti.
a book and his case inspired the 1989 drama film “True Believer.” But his life — what happened before and after he became famous for his imprisonment — was far from a Hollywood fairy tale.In the documentary “Free Chol Soo Lee,” first-time doc directors Julie Ha and Eugene Yi use archival materials in an attempt to present their tragic hero in all three dimensions. Despite their efforts, Soo Lee feels just out of reach, but the story of his life remains as important as it is horrifying.The film opens by explaining the crime and how Soo Lee became a prime suspect. Journalistic giant K.W.
K.J. Yossman James Norton is no stranger to playing less than salubrious characters thanks to his turns as psychopath Tommy Lee Royce in “Happy Valley” and a Russian mafia boss’s son in “McMafia.” In “Rogue Agent” he once again steps into the skin of a man whose moral compass is, to put it lightly, skewed.
Tom Hiddleston is getting back into character!
final two seasons of, Lesley Manville is taking on another real-life saga: the 2004 murders in Nottinghamshire, England. And only ET has the exclusive first look at the series written by James Graham, who draws from his firsthand experiences of growing up in the mining village. In, Manville plays Julie Jackson, the wife of a former union activist, whose murder kicks off this drama about a small, fractured community shattered by two unexpected killings and the manhunt that followed.
Manuel Betancourt Spy tales and romantic stories make for strange if complementary bedfellows. Both, after all, depend on a building of trust between individuals.
Michael Grandage’s Prime Video movie My Policeman and its ensemble cast will be lauded with the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance at the TIFF Tribute Awards.
Harry Styles, Emma Corrin and other members of the cast of “My Policeman” will receive the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced on Monday.In the past, TIFF performance awards have gone to single actors rather than ensemble casts. But this year’s award, which will be presented on Sept.
The Tonight Show… host Jimmy Fallon have covered Tears For Fears‘ hit ‘Head Over Heels’ – and turned it into a song about the weather.The pair performed their rendition as part of The Tonight Show‘s ‘First Drafts Of Rock’ segment, which typically sees Bacon join Fallon to play a classic song under the guise of it being an early draft of the song’s actual lyrics.On Wednesday night’s (August 3) episode, Bacon and Fallon performed their own version of Tears For Fears’ 1985 song, ‘Head Of Heels’, which is the second single from the British band’s second album ‘Songs From The Big Chair’.In the clip, which you can watch below, Bacon and Fallon appear in a hazy video accompanied by a backing band and wearing their hair in curls.Footloose actor and musician in his own right Bacon sings: “I wanted to be with you alone/ And talk about the weather/ There’s rain up in Seattle so if you’re going out/ You might need an umbrella.”Fallon sings on the second verse: “Got a degree in meteorology/ To talk about the weather/ According to the dew point the humidity’s up/ As the temperatures climb/ That’s just, just, just summertime.”The original song lyrics feature the opening lines: “I wanted to be with you alone/ And talk about the weather.”The two later sing in unison on the chorus: “For the weather you can call Tears for Fears/ We’ll check the radar if the skies will be clear/ Warm front’s coming, so the clouds disappear/ With a gentle breeze, 80 degrees let’s, let’s, look at the four-day forecast/ four days forecast for days,” [lyrics via Billboard].‘Head Over Heels’ spent a total of 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at Number Three in 1985.
Wilson Chapman editorJames Franco has been cast as Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro in the independent film “Alina of Cuba,” Variety has confirmed.Franco joins the previously announced Ana Villafañe, who portrays the title character Alina Fernandez, Castro’s daughter. In addition, Mía Maestro has also joined the cast as Alina’s mother Natalia Revuelta, the Cuban socialite who gave birth to her after an affair with Castro. The film will follow Alina’s life as Castro’s illegitimate daughter and a critic of his reign in Cuba before leaving the country and defecting to Spain in 1993.
Jimmy Fallon has a royally big plan for his dream guest. ET spoke to the 47-year-old, late-night host on Wednesday, and revealed the surprising person he hopes to welcome on the program one day.«We put word out to the Queen,» Fallon told ET of the British monarch. «Whenever she wants to come on the show… if she wants to play beer pong, she wants to do whatever she wants to do. We'll go to her.
Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, will have its European premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.Director Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated sequel, which sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as detective Benoit Blanc, will close the festival on October 16 with a screening at London’s Southbank Centre.There will also be simultaneous preview screenings of the film at additional cinemas across the UK. Details of the screenings have yet to be announced.Along with Johnson and Craig, cast members Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr, Kate Hudson and Madelyn Cline will attend the premiere.
It's hard to believe that after eight weeks on screens, Love Island is over for yet another year. This year’s series saw Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti crowned winners and as the pair returned to the UK they looked as in love as ever. Ekin-Su and Davide, both 27, were voted the winners of on 1 August, bagging a joint £50,000 cash prize as they beat runners-up Gemma Owen and Luca Bish.
The 66th BFI London Film Festival has announced Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as its Closing Night Gala.