Formulaic it might be but this likeable, will-they-won’t-they underdog comedy about a group of female rowers in rural Kerry is a small triumph
This comfortingly familiar Irish underdog sports movie deviates for not one single second of its running time from the formula. You can tell exactly where it’s going the moment you catch a glimpse of a rowdy women’s rowing team downing shots to celebrate a rare victory – they don’t have a hope in hell’s chance of making it to the tournament final. It’s a film so predictable that you could probably leave the room for 15 minutes and not miss a beat, but it has a big heart and enough easygoing banter to make it watchable.
Kelly Gough plays Aoife, a successful management consultant who has come back home to small-town Kerry to visit her dad, Bear, (Lorcan Cranitch) after he had a heart attack.
This comfortingly familiar Irish underdog sports movie deviates for not one single second of its running time from the formula. You can tell exactly where it’s going the moment you catch a glimpse of a rowdy women’s rowing team downing shots to celebrate a rare victory – they don’t have a hope in hell’s chance of making it to the tournament final. It’s a film so predictable that you could probably leave the room for 15 minutes and not miss a beat, but it has a big heart and enough easygoing banter to make it watchable.
Kelly Gough plays Aoife, a successful management consultant who has come back home to small-town Kerry to visit her dad, Bear, (Lorcan Cranitch) after he had a heart attack.
- 10/9/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
A backdrop of grizzled drinkers suggests an inevitability for the hedonistic sportsman, unless the return of a familiar face can help him come to terms with his fate
Masculinity in Ireland is, like everywhere else, in a wobbly state – according to this heart-on-sleeve debut feature about a Gaelic footballer too fond of the old craic. Éanna Hardwicke plays Cian, a dairy farmer, amateur sportsman and committed hedonist never slow to hit the pub after training. After roping two pals into yet another nightclub bender, he’s subjected to a brutal alleyway beating that leaves him with concussion and struggling for his bearings in life.
With a laconic quip for every eventuality, Cian won’t open up to those around him – including his agitated dad (Lorcan Cranitch), who is constantly on his case on the farm – or be frank with himself about the fact he is suffering. His standing on the football team,...
Masculinity in Ireland is, like everywhere else, in a wobbly state – according to this heart-on-sleeve debut feature about a Gaelic footballer too fond of the old craic. Éanna Hardwicke plays Cian, a dairy farmer, amateur sportsman and committed hedonist never slow to hit the pub after training. After roping two pals into yet another nightclub bender, he’s subjected to a brutal alleyway beating that leaves him with concussion and struggling for his bearings in life.
With a laconic quip for every eventuality, Cian won’t open up to those around him – including his agitated dad (Lorcan Cranitch), who is constantly on his case on the farm – or be frank with himself about the fact he is suffering. His standing on the football team,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Parkland Pictures will be selling the title at the European Film Market.
Declan Recks’ Irish-language feature Tarrac!, that premiered last summer at the Galway Film Fleadh, is to be distributed in the UK and Ireland by Parkland Entertainment – the sister company of UK sales outfit Parkland Pictures, who is also representing sales on the title at this month’s European Film Market (EFM).
A July 2023 release date has been set.
Tarrac!, which means ‘pull’ in Irish, sees a woman, played by Kelly Gough, return to her home on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland’s south west coast, where the film also shot,...
Declan Recks’ Irish-language feature Tarrac!, that premiered last summer at the Galway Film Fleadh, is to be distributed in the UK and Ireland by Parkland Entertainment – the sister company of UK sales outfit Parkland Pictures, who is also representing sales on the title at this month’s European Film Market (EFM).
A July 2023 release date has been set.
Tarrac!, which means ‘pull’ in Irish, sees a woman, played by Kelly Gough, return to her home on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland’s south west coast, where the film also shot,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Roise and Frank Trailer — Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy‘s Roise and Frank (2022) movie trailer has been released by Juno Films. The Roise and Frank trailer stars Bríd Ní Neachtain, Cillian O’Gairbhi, Lorcan Cranitch, Ruadhán de Faoite, and Michelle Beamish. Crew Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy wrote the screenplay for Roise and Frank. “Produced by [...]
Continue reading: Roise & Frank (2022) Movie Trailer: A Grieving Widow Believes Her Dead Husband Has Been Reincarnated as a Dog...
Continue reading: Roise & Frank (2022) Movie Trailer: A Grieving Widow Believes Her Dead Husband Has Been Reincarnated as a Dog...
- 12/30/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"The mighty hurling hound!" Juno Films has revealed an official US trailer for an indie drama from Ireland titled Róise & Frank, arriving in the US for viewing at the end of March in 2023. This dog movie is about a woman who believes her dog is her dead husband. A widow who has given up on life becomes convinced that a stray dog is the reincarnation of her Hurling-loving husband. "He has come back to be with her again… and to coach the local sports team." Ha. Bríd Ní Neachtain stars as Róise, with Cillian O'Gairbhi, Lorcan Cranitch, Ruadhán de Faoite, and Michelle Beamish. This looks really sweet and wholesome, the dog looks entirely convincing in a realistic way where I can't tell if he really is her dead husband or just a very friendly pooch. I think I need to watch this film! Early reviews are all positive so far.
- 12/29/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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A transfixing performance from Letitia Wright as a woman escaping violence and navigating a precarious safe haven anchors Aisha, Irish writer-director Frank Berry’s moving reflection on the plight of asylum seekers butting up against the cold indifference of bureaucracy. Matching Wright scene for scene is Josh O’Connor, again demonstrating that he’s among the best actors to emerge from Britain in the past decade, playing a diffident young man with his own troubled history who offers Aisha the balm of human connection. This tightly focused character study is a tiny film, with an emotional effect in inverse proportion to its size.
Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here) specializes in social-realist dramas that draw on his background in documentary and community filmmaking. Those roots are evident here in a film that grew out of his research into Ireland’s controversial Direct Provision system,...
A transfixing performance from Letitia Wright as a woman escaping violence and navigating a precarious safe haven anchors Aisha, Irish writer-director Frank Berry’s moving reflection on the plight of asylum seekers butting up against the cold indifference of bureaucracy. Matching Wright scene for scene is Josh O’Connor, again demonstrating that he’s among the best actors to emerge from Britain in the past decade, playing a diffident young man with his own troubled history who offers Aisha the balm of human connection. This tightly focused character study is a tiny film, with an emotional effect in inverse proportion to its size.
Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here) specializes in social-realist dramas that draw on his background in documentary and community filmmaking. Those roots are evident here in a film that grew out of his research into Ireland’s controversial Direct Provision system,...
- 6/12/2022
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMC Networks announced renewals for six series across multiple platforms: “Kin,” “Bloodlands,” “My Life is Murder,” “London Kills,” “Creepshow” and the “Slasher” franchise. The new “Slasher” installment is entitled “Slasher: Ripper” and will star Eric McCormack as ruthless tycoon Basil Garvey. The announcements were made at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.
“Kin,” the Irish gang drama streaming on AMC Plus, is returning for its second season. The series centers the Kinsellas, a crime family that wars with and ultimately kills powerful drug kingpin Eamon Cunningham (Ciarán Hinds). Season 2 will begin production this summer and follow the Kinsellas as they become the top dogs in Dublin but must deal with the consequences of Cunningham’s death. Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne and Aidan Gillen star. “Kin” is produced by Bron Studios and Headline Pictures. Peter McKenna serves as showrunner, executive producer, writer and creator.
Irish crime thriller “Bloodlands” has...
“Kin,” the Irish gang drama streaming on AMC Plus, is returning for its second season. The series centers the Kinsellas, a crime family that wars with and ultimately kills powerful drug kingpin Eamon Cunningham (Ciarán Hinds). Season 2 will begin production this summer and follow the Kinsellas as they become the top dogs in Dublin but must deal with the consequences of Cunningham’s death. Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne and Aidan Gillen star. “Kin” is produced by Bron Studios and Headline Pictures. Peter McKenna serves as showrunner, executive producer, writer and creator.
Irish crime thriller “Bloodlands” has...
- 2/10/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Theater
British Singer and TV personality Peter Andre (“I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” “Strictly Come Dancing”) will make his West End debut as Vince Fontaine in an upcoming production of Jim Jacobs and Waren Casey’s stage musical “Grease,” playing at the Dominion Theatre starting May 17, with previews from May 3.
Directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, the show returns to the West End for the first time since playing at the Piccadilly Theater in 2007. Key casting includes Dan Partridge (“Hairspray”) and OIivia Moore (“Waitress”) as Danny and Sandy, with Jocasta Almgill (“Romeo & Juliet”) as Rizzo and Paul French (“Greese” U.K. Tour) as Kenickie.
“I’m beyond excited to be making my West End debut playing Vince Fontaine in ‘Grease’ at the beautiful Dominion Theatre,” said Andre. “’Grease’ is such an iconic musical and we can guarantee audiences will have the most...
British Singer and TV personality Peter Andre (“I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” “Strictly Come Dancing”) will make his West End debut as Vince Fontaine in an upcoming production of Jim Jacobs and Waren Casey’s stage musical “Grease,” playing at the Dominion Theatre starting May 17, with previews from May 3.
Directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, the show returns to the West End for the first time since playing at the Piccadilly Theater in 2007. Key casting includes Dan Partridge (“Hairspray”) and OIivia Moore (“Waitress”) as Danny and Sandy, with Jocasta Almgill (“Romeo & Juliet”) as Rizzo and Paul French (“Greese” U.K. Tour) as Kenickie.
“I’m beyond excited to be making my West End debut playing Vince Fontaine in ‘Grease’ at the beautiful Dominion Theatre,” said Andre. “’Grease’ is such an iconic musical and we can guarantee audiences will have the most...
- 2/3/2022
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
It is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, whose short film Drifting starring Paul Mescal premiered in Galway last year.
Dublin-based Wildcard Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Irish feature drama Lakelands, with a cinema release scheduled for next year.
The film is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, whose short film Drifting starring Paul Mescal premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh last year.
Lakelands is currently filming on location in the Irish midlands town of Granard, and centres on the aftermath of an attack on a night out, as a young...
Dublin-based Wildcard Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Irish feature drama Lakelands, with a cinema release scheduled for next year.
The film is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, whose short film Drifting starring Paul Mescal premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh last year.
Lakelands is currently filming on location in the Irish midlands town of Granard, and centres on the aftermath of an attack on a night out, as a young...
- 11/24/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
British crime drama series Bloodlands, which stars James Nesbitt and comes from Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio, has been renewed for a second season by the BBC.
This comes after the four-part show became the British public broadcaster’s biggest drama launch ever in Northern Ireland. It launched in the UK with 8.2M viewers, making it the biggest new BBC drama launch since last June with over 50% audience share in Northern Ireland, where the show is set.
The show is set to launch on AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV in the U.S. on March 15. Acorn has the option on future seasons but has yet to commit to the second season.
The noir-ish drama follows Dci Tom Brannick, played by Nesbitt, a veteran detective who delves into his own dark past to try and solve an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance: a series of mysterious disappearances linked to a...
This comes after the four-part show became the British public broadcaster’s biggest drama launch ever in Northern Ireland. It launched in the UK with 8.2M viewers, making it the biggest new BBC drama launch since last June with over 50% audience share in Northern Ireland, where the show is set.
The show is set to launch on AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV in the U.S. on March 15. Acorn has the option on future seasons but has yet to commit to the second season.
The noir-ish drama follows Dci Tom Brannick, played by Nesbitt, a veteran detective who delves into his own dark past to try and solve an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance: a series of mysterious disappearances linked to a...
- 3/14/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Best film nominees separated into 2019 and 2020 categories.
Tom Sullivan’s Great Famine drama Arracht and Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness story Rosie lead the film nominations at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards.
Arracht picked up 11 nominations from 15 feature film categories; with Rosie scoring nine.
Full IFTA 2020 nominations below
IFTA is finalising plans for a virtual 2020 awards ceremony in September; there will be no physical IFTA awards ceremony until April 2021. This year’s best film nominees have been split into two categories: five titles are nominated for best film 2019 and a further five have been nominated for best film...
Tom Sullivan’s Great Famine drama Arracht and Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness story Rosie lead the film nominations at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards.
Arracht picked up 11 nominations from 15 feature film categories; with Rosie scoring nine.
Full IFTA 2020 nominations below
IFTA is finalising plans for a virtual 2020 awards ceremony in September; there will be no physical IFTA awards ceremony until April 2021. This year’s best film nominees have been split into two categories: five titles are nominated for best film 2019 and a further five have been nominated for best film...
- 7/14/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
An Irish bog consumes two men seeking revenge and redemption, in Ryan and Andy Tohill’s tense thriller
Twins Ryan and Andy Tohill’s distinctive homecoming parable, further proof of Irish cinema’s resurgent boldness and versatility, finds a striking visual metaphor for the emotional labours required to find peace of mind nowadays. In the prologue’s teachable example of show-don’t-tell film-making, rough-hewn, edgy Ronan (Moe Dunford) returns to the boarded-up farmhouse he once called home with an apparent eye to starting afresh. An obstacle to the quiet life soon emerges, in the form of a crumpled older man, Sean (Lorcan Cranitch), observed digging up the adjoining peat bog. Why his quest agitates the prodigal farmhand is but gradually revealed; yet with admirable economy the Tohills and screenwriter Stuart Drennan establish a stand-off between men in small, dark holes who have sublimated all feeling into obsessive, possibly futile activity.
Twins Ryan and Andy Tohill’s distinctive homecoming parable, further proof of Irish cinema’s resurgent boldness and versatility, finds a striking visual metaphor for the emotional labours required to find peace of mind nowadays. In the prologue’s teachable example of show-don’t-tell film-making, rough-hewn, edgy Ronan (Moe Dunford) returns to the boarded-up farmhouse he once called home with an apparent eye to starting afresh. An obstacle to the quiet life soon emerges, in the form of a crumpled older man, Sean (Lorcan Cranitch), observed digging up the adjoining peat bog. Why his quest agitates the prodigal farmhand is but gradually revealed; yet with admirable economy the Tohills and screenwriter Stuart Drennan establish a stand-off between men in small, dark holes who have sublimated all feeling into obsessive, possibly futile activity.
- 4/24/2019
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
There’s a whole lot of digging, but not much suspense or interest dug up in “The Dig.” This first feature for sibling directorial duo Andy and Ryan Tohill follows several shorts, and probably should’ve been another one: Stuart Drennan’s screenplay scarcely provides enough incident or psychological insight to sustain 90-odd damply atmospheric minutes. Instead, this glum mood piece simply hits the same bleak note over and over to dulling effect, despite a murder-mystery hook that goes barely exploited until the very end. It’s a challenging sit with limited rewards, and is likely to similarly provide a challenge to commercial placements.
There’s no family left to greet Ronan Callahan (Moe Dunford of “Vikings”) when he emerges from a long prison stint, and the rural community he left behind won’t be glad to see him back. He settles as best he can into the near-ruins of his late father’s farmhouse,...
There’s no family left to greet Ronan Callahan (Moe Dunford of “Vikings”) when he emerges from a long prison stint, and the rural community he left behind won’t be glad to see him back. He settles as best he can into the near-ruins of his late father’s farmhouse,...
- 9/27/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
After fifteen years in jail for murder, Ronan Callahan (Moe Dunford) returns home to find his victim’s father caught in a loop. Every day spent behind bars was a day Sean McKenna (Lorcan Cranitch) languished in the bog behind the Callahans’ property, digging holes along a carefully marked grid in search of his daughter’s body. He promised he wouldn’t stop until she was at rest and so he shoveled mud while his wife lay dying of cancer and still shovels mud now that his other daughter Roberta (Emily Taaffe) quit her job to make certain he didn’t die of thirst or starvation. We can therefore assume the “warm” welcome Ronan will receive upon working up the nerve to demand Sean leave. And we can guess what comes next.
The result is The Dig‘s story of redemption and forgiveness that’s as angry as it is heartfelt,...
The result is The Dig‘s story of redemption and forgiveness that’s as angry as it is heartfelt,...
- 9/9/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Dig Trailer Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill‘s The Dig (2018) movie trailer stars Moe Dunford, Emily Taaffe, Francis Magee, and Lorcan Cranitch. The Dig‘s plot synopsis: “After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid [...]
Continue reading: The Dig (2018) Movie Trailer: Moe Dunford Searches for the Body of His Victim after 15 Years in Prison...
Continue reading: The Dig (2018) Movie Trailer: Moe Dunford Searches for the Body of His Victim after 15 Years in Prison...
- 8/26/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Where is she?!" The first trailer has debuted for a film titled The Dig, playing at the Toronto Film Festival next in a few weeks. The first feature made by filmmakers Andy Tohill & Ryan Tohill, this already won Best Irish Feature at the Galway Film Festival earlier this summer. Moe Dunford (from "Vikings") plays a man released from prison after fifteen years for a murder he can’t remember committing. When he returns home, he ends up helping the victim's father find her body by digging in the dirt. The cast includes Emily Taaffe, Francis Magee, and Lorcan Cranitch. The film is still looking for distribution, so this trailer is mainly to drum up interest at Tiff. From the looks of it, this seems very intense, emotional, and seriously impressive. Here's the first festival trailer for Andy & Ryan Tohill's The Dig, direct from Vimeo (via Deadline): After serving fifteen years for murder,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Xyz Films has boarded North American sales rights to Toronto-bound thriller The Dig, whose gritty first trailer we can reveal today.
Vikings actor Moe Dunford leads cast in the pic alongside Francis Magee (Game Of Thrones), Emily Taaffe (BBC’s War & Peace), and Lorcan Cranitch (Fortitude).
Dunford plays a man who after being released from prison for a murder he can’t remember committing, winds up forced to help his victim’s father find her body. The Irish Western took home the Best Irish Film award at this year’s Galway Film Festival and will get its North American premiere in Toronto.
Directed by first-time filmmakers Andy and Ryan Tohill, the pic is produced by Brian J. Falconer (Normal People). International sales rights remain open.
Vikings actor Moe Dunford leads cast in the pic alongside Francis Magee (Game Of Thrones), Emily Taaffe (BBC’s War & Peace), and Lorcan Cranitch (Fortitude).
Dunford plays a man who after being released from prison for a murder he can’t remember committing, winds up forced to help his victim’s father find her body. The Irish Western took home the Best Irish Film award at this year’s Galway Film Festival and will get its North American premiere in Toronto.
Directed by first-time filmmakers Andy and Ryan Tohill, the pic is produced by Brian J. Falconer (Normal People). International sales rights remain open.
- 8/23/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
13 year old Lucy Morton leads the cast of 3D family fantasy thriller The Legend of Longwood.
Newcomer Lucy (represented by A&J Management) stars as 12-year-old American girl, Mickey, who is destined to release a small Irish town and its people from an ancient curse.
To succeed, Mickey must redeem a ghostly Black Knight from his long quest and single-handedly save a magical herd of horses from a ruthless woman with evil plans.
Lucy previously played the role of 'Flora' in 'Turn of the Screw' at the Almeida Theatre.
15 year old Irish actor Lorcan Bonner plays Sean. Lorcan (represented by Young Artists Management in Dublin) made his professional acting debut in 2011 playing the title role in the feature film Milo.
The cast also includes Lorcan Cranitch, Thekla Reuten, Fiona Glascott, Sean Mahon and Miriam Margolyes.
The Dutch-Irish-German live-action film is written by Nadadja Kemper, directed by Lisa Mulcah and shooting took place in Wicklow County,...
Newcomer Lucy (represented by A&J Management) stars as 12-year-old American girl, Mickey, who is destined to release a small Irish town and its people from an ancient curse.
To succeed, Mickey must redeem a ghostly Black Knight from his long quest and single-handedly save a magical herd of horses from a ruthless woman with evil plans.
Lucy previously played the role of 'Flora' in 'Turn of the Screw' at the Almeida Theatre.
15 year old Irish actor Lorcan Bonner plays Sean. Lorcan (represented by Young Artists Management in Dublin) made his professional acting debut in 2011 playing the title role in the feature film Milo.
The cast also includes Lorcan Cranitch, Thekla Reuten, Fiona Glascott, Sean Mahon and Miriam Margolyes.
The Dutch-Irish-German live-action film is written by Nadadja Kemper, directed by Lisa Mulcah and shooting took place in Wicklow County,...
- 4/24/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Company will start selling the family adventure at Efm.
Global Screen has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Legend of Longwood.
Lisa Mulcahy’s English language family adventure centres on a 12-year-old girl who is destined to break a 300 year old spell cast on a small Irish town and its villagers.
The Dutch-Irish-German production stars newcomer Lucy Morton and Lorçan Bonner, alongside Lorcan Cranitch, Thekla Reuten, Fiona Glascott, Sean Mahon and Miriam Margolyes.
Holland Harbour, Grand Pictures and Longwood Pictures produced the film, which shot in Wicklow County, Ireland and Germany last year.
Julia Weber, head of sales at Global Screen, commented: “The Legend of Lockwood has all the ingredients for a hit feature: beautiful horses, a magical world, adventure and a strong female hero to attract the kids, mystic settings, history, aristocracy, weddings and romance for the adults, and fanciful themes like magic, malediction, chivalry and black knights.”
Global Screen will start selling the title at Efm...
Global Screen has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Legend of Longwood.
Lisa Mulcahy’s English language family adventure centres on a 12-year-old girl who is destined to break a 300 year old spell cast on a small Irish town and its villagers.
The Dutch-Irish-German production stars newcomer Lucy Morton and Lorçan Bonner, alongside Lorcan Cranitch, Thekla Reuten, Fiona Glascott, Sean Mahon and Miriam Margolyes.
Holland Harbour, Grand Pictures and Longwood Pictures produced the film, which shot in Wicklow County, Ireland and Germany last year.
Julia Weber, head of sales at Global Screen, commented: “The Legend of Lockwood has all the ingredients for a hit feature: beautiful horses, a magical world, adventure and a strong female hero to attract the kids, mystic settings, history, aristocracy, weddings and romance for the adults, and fanciful themes like magic, malediction, chivalry and black knights.”
Global Screen will start selling the title at Efm...
- 1/30/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Feature Jamie Andrew 18 Oct 2013 - 07:00
Jamie salutes the might of Jimmy McGovern's Cracker, starring Robbie Coltrane and now celebrating its twentieth anniversary...
Whenever I'm asked to name the best TV dramas of all time I have no hesitation in trotting out the holy trinity of The Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad. If I'm in a 'Top Ten' situation, the contest for the remaining seven places is usually fought between other Us shows. And then, mid-compilation, a feeling passes through me like I've just forgotten my nephew's birthday, and an angry Robbie Coltrane dive-bombs into my consciousness. 'Cracker...' I gasp. 'How could I have forgotten about Cracker?'
How indeed. Cracker is a beautiful and brutal cocktail of gruesome entertainment, savage social commentary and unflinching truth, brought to life by the angry genius of writer/creator Jimmy McGovern and the succulently human, career-defining performance of Robbie Coltrane...
Jamie salutes the might of Jimmy McGovern's Cracker, starring Robbie Coltrane and now celebrating its twentieth anniversary...
Whenever I'm asked to name the best TV dramas of all time I have no hesitation in trotting out the holy trinity of The Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad. If I'm in a 'Top Ten' situation, the contest for the remaining seven places is usually fought between other Us shows. And then, mid-compilation, a feeling passes through me like I've just forgotten my nephew's birthday, and an angry Robbie Coltrane dive-bombs into my consciousness. 'Cracker...' I gasp. 'How could I have forgotten about Cracker?'
How indeed. Cracker is a beautiful and brutal cocktail of gruesome entertainment, savage social commentary and unflinching truth, brought to life by the angry genius of writer/creator Jimmy McGovern and the succulently human, career-defining performance of Robbie Coltrane...
- 10/17/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Sky1 has announced a new drama, starring Ray Winstone in the lead role.
Based on the classic John Meade Falkner novel of the same title, Moonfleet is a two-part series penned by Life on Mars writer Ashley Pharoah.
Winstone stars as Elzevir Block, the head of a gang of smugglers in 18th Century Dorset, who recruit young John Trenchard, played by The White Queen star Aneurin Barnard. Together they go on a journey "full of action, friendship and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond".
Winsone said of the role: "I'm incredibly excited to be working with Sky - I can't wait to start filming and it's a real honour to be bringing such an epic adventure story to life."
Comic and Gladiator actor Omid Djalili stars as diamond merchant Aldobrand and Mad Dogs star Ben Chaplin will play the town's anti-smuggling Magistrate.
Inbetweeners actor Martin Trenaman, Silent Witness's Lorcan Cranitch,...
Based on the classic John Meade Falkner novel of the same title, Moonfleet is a two-part series penned by Life on Mars writer Ashley Pharoah.
Winstone stars as Elzevir Block, the head of a gang of smugglers in 18th Century Dorset, who recruit young John Trenchard, played by The White Queen star Aneurin Barnard. Together they go on a journey "full of action, friendship and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond".
Winsone said of the role: "I'm incredibly excited to be working with Sky - I can't wait to start filming and it's a real honour to be bringing such an epic adventure story to life."
Comic and Gladiator actor Omid Djalili stars as diamond merchant Aldobrand and Mad Dogs star Ben Chaplin will play the town's anti-smuggling Magistrate.
Inbetweeners actor Martin Trenaman, Silent Witness's Lorcan Cranitch,...
- 6/10/2013
- Digital Spy
'Food Guide To Love', a Dublin-set romantic comedy directed by Spanish husband and wife team Dominic Harari and Teresa de Pelegri, and starring Richard Coyle and Leonor Watling, will begin shooting in Ireland on August 7. The feature, an Irish, Spanish and French co-production, is currently in pre-production in Dublin. Ireland's Parallel Films and Spanish production company Tornasol are the main producers with France's Haut et Court also on board. A strong Irish cast have also been recruited with David Wilmot (Good Vibrations) set to play a hippie who comes between the two leads and Bronagh Gallagher cast as the cynical and humorous wife of Oliver's best friend. Other Irish cast attached to the project include Lorcan Cranitch (Rome) and Ger Ryan (Raw), who will play Oliver's mother. Chris Newman (Aisling's Diary) and Michelle Beamish (Eden) have also been cast in minor roles.
- 7/19/2012
- IFTN
'Best: His Mother's Son', a fact-based drama telling the story of footballer George Best's relationship with his mother will screen on Sunday, April 26th on BBC Two Ni at 9pm. The 90 minute drama will be followed by a making of documentary entitled 'Best: Made in Belfast' at 10.30pm. The drama stars Michelle Fairley (A Short Stay In Switzerland) as George's mother Ann and Tom Payne (Waterloo Road) as George. Lorcan Cranitch (Omagh) takes on the role of Dickie Best. Filmed in the Paint Hall Studios in Belfast last year, the script is written by one of Northern Ireland's leading dramatists, Terry Cafolla, who was nominated for a BAFTA for 'Holy Cross'.
- 4/23/2009
- IFTN
Tom Payne will star as George Best in a BBC Two TV film about the legendary footballer. The drama will follow Best and his mother Anne as they succumb to alcoholism in the '60s and '70s. Joining Payne (Waterloo Road, Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day) in the cast are The Street's Michelle Fairley as his mother Anne and Lorcan Cranitch (Cracker) as his father Dickie. "It is going (more)...
- 11/27/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
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