Jason Korsner

An American Pickle – Review

7th August 20208th August 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Brandon Trost – FEATURING: Seth Rogen, Betsy Sodaro, Carol Leifer, Dalon Huntington, Geoffrey Cantor, J Michael Grey, Jorma Taccone, Michael Weaver, Molly Evensen, Sarah Snook, Tim Robinson [click for more...]

Disney to bypass cinemas to launch live-action Mulan on its new streaming service

5th August 20205th August 2020Jason Korsner

Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan is to be launched on its new streaming service, rather than in cinemas. Its theatrical release had been [click for more...]

TV BAFTAs handed out at socially distanced ceremony with winners accepting from home

1st August 2020Jason Korsner

The mini-series Chernobyl, the comedy Stath Lets Flats and the drama The End of the F***king World were among the big winners at [click for more...]

Odeon and Cineworld split over films that stream too soon

29th July 202031st July 2020Jason Korsner

Britain’s two biggest cinema chains appear to be at loggerheads over how to respond to major studios trying to reduce the length of [click for more...]

How To Build A Girl – Review

24th July 202030th July 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Coky Giedroyc – FEATURING: Beanie Feldstein, Paddy Considine, Alexei Sayle, Alfie Allen, Bob Mortimer, Chris O’Dowd, Emma Thompson, Frank Dillane, Gemma Arterton, Jameela Jamil, Joanna Scanlan, Laurie Kynaston, Lily Allen, Mel Giedroyc, Michael Sheen, Sarah Solemani, Sharon Horgan, Sue Perkins, Tobi Bamtefa [click for more...]

Scoob! – Review

10th July 202013th July 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Tony Cervone – FEATURING: Frank Welker, Will Forte, Amanda Seyfried, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Rodriguez, Iain Armitage, Jason Isaacs, Ken Jeong, Kiersey Clemons, Mark Wahlberg, McKenna Grace, Pierce Gagnon, Simon Cowell, Tracy Morgan, Zac Efron [click for more...]

The Secrets She Keeps – TV Review

6th July 202026th July 2020Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Jessica De Gouw, Laura Carmichael, Cariba Heine, Emily Havea, Hazem Shammas, Jenni Baird, Liz Alexander, Michael Dorman, Michael Sheasby, Richard Sydenham, Robert Morgan, Ryan Corr – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 6th July 2020 [click for more...]

London Film Festival announces new post-Covid format, with full online programme

2nd July 20202nd July 2020Jason Korsner

The organisers of the London Film Festival have announced a new format for this year’s event, which will take place just weeks after [click for more...]

Raindance Film Festival to go ahead – online

1st July 20201st July 2020Jason Korsner

Back in March, the organisers of the Raindance Film Festival proudly announced that this year’s event would go ahead on 28th October, “no [click for more...]

Cinemas given 450 film catalogue of classics to entice public back

19th June 202019th June 2020Jason Korsner

The UK’s film distributors are making 450 classic films available for cinemas to attract audience when they’re allowed to re-open, as early as [click for more...]

The King Of Staten Island – Review

12th June 202030th July 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Judd Apatow – FEATURING: Pete Davidson, Alexis Rae Forlenza, Bel Powley, Bill Burr, Domenick Lombardozzi, Kevin Corrigan, Lou Wilson, Luke David Blumm, Marisa Tomei, Maude Apatow, Moises Arias, Pamela Adlon, Pauline Chalamet, Ricky Velez, Steve Buscemi [click for more...]

Days of the Bagnold Summer

8th June 202022nd June 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Simon Bird – FEATURING: Earl Cave, Monica Dolan, Alice Lowe, Elliot Speller-Gillott, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Rob Brydon, Tamsin Greig, Tim Key [click for more...]

California governor says film shoots could resume from 12th June

6th June 202019th June 2020Jason Korsner

The governor of California has said film and TV shoots in the state can resume from the twelfth of June – subject to [click for more...]

A Rainy Day In New York – Review

5th June 202030th July 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Woody Allen – FEATURING: Timothée Chalamet, Annaleigh Ashford, Cherry Jones, Diego Luna, Elle Fanning, Griffin Newman, Jude Law, Kelly Rohrbach, Liev Schreiber, Rebecca Hall, Selena Gomez, Will Rogers [click for more...]

Dating Amber – Review

4th June 202010th June 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: David Freyne – FEATURING: Fionn O’Shea, Lola Petticrew, Adam Carolan, Anastasia Blake, Arian Nik, Barry Ward, Emma Willis, Evan O’Connor, Ian O’Reilly, Lauryn Canny, Peter Campion, Sharon Horgan, Shaun Dunne, Simone Kirkby [click for more...]

Cannes announces a 2020 line-up that will never be seen as a whole

3rd June 20204th June 2020Jason Korsner

The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced the programme of 56 films they would have screened had the event not succumbed [click for more...]

Ema – Review

2nd May 202023rd June 2020Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Pablo Larraín – FEATURING: Gael García Bernal, Mariana Di Girolamo, Giannina Fruttero, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Paola Giannini, Santiago Cabrera [click for more...]

Hollywood – Review

1st May 202013th July 2020Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Dylan McDermott, Holland Taylor, Jake Picking, Jeremy Pope, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier, Patti LuPone, Brian Chenoweth, Jim Parsons, Katie McGuinness, Maude Apatow, Michelle Krusiec, Mira Sorvino, Queen Latifah, Rob Reiner, Samara Weaving – CHANNEL: Netflix – FIRST SHOWN: 1st May 2020 [click for more...]

Odeon owners ban Universal films as tensions rise over streaming

1st May 20202nd May 2020Jason Korsner

The world’s largest cinema chain, AMC, whose one thousand sites include Odeon in the UK, says it will refuse to play any Universal [click for more...]

Normal People – Review

29th April 202023rd June 2020Jason Korsner

FEATURING: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Aislín McGuckin, Desmond Eastwood, Eanna Hardwicke, Fionn O’Shea, Frank Blake, India Mullen, Leah McNamara, Sarah Greene, Sebastian De Souza – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer – FIRST SHOWN: 29th April 2020 [click for more...]

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