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Comedy, Drama

STEVE (2025): New Trailer From Cillian Murphy, Jay Lycurgo, Emily Watson…

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Steve (2025), Cillian Murphy, Netflix
Steve (2025), Cillian Murphy, Netflix

Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson and Jay Lycurgo are the stars of Steve, a Tim Mielants-directed comedy/drama about a headteacher’s struggle to save his reform college. Something he’s working on while managing his mental health and dealing with his troubled students.

I never want to miss out on a brilliant Murphy performance. As such, hopefully, the right mood for watching this will come just in time. I also look forward to seeing how the part-comedy categorisation ends up showing up. I’m guessing it will be classic classroom banter.

How are you feeling about Steve?

Roger Allam, Tracey Ullman, Douggie McMeekin, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Youssef Kerkour, Little Simz, Tut Nyuot, Marcus Garvey and Priyanga Burford also star.

Steve Release Dates: October 3rd, 2025 (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama

THE THIRD DAY (2020): New Trailer From Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Katherine Waterston, Emily Watson…

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The Third Day (2020), Jude Law, HBO
The Third Day (2020), Jude Law, HBO

Naomie Harris, Jude Law, Emily Watson and Katherine Waterston are the stars of new drama The Third Day. A story where the line between reality and fantasy starts to blur for a man who visits a mysterious Island off the British coast.

My love for a good mystery has me intrigued. Especially considering how very creepy some of the residents of ‘paradise’ appear to be.

I now find myself wondering which ‘British island’ this was filmed on.

Paddy Considine, Gianni Calchetti, Amer Chadha-Patel, Mark Lewis Jones, Richie Lawrie, Charlotte Gairdner-Mihell, Joe Blakemore, Freya Allan, Tom Lawrence and Will Rogers also star.

The Third Day Release Dates: May 11th, 2020 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama, No Spoiler Reviews, Romance

ON CHESIL BEACH (2017): The Thing I Liked…

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On Chesil Beach (2017), Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan
On Chesil Beach (2017), Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson, Billy Howle and Ann-Marie Duff, I’m glad I made it to the end of On Chesil Beach. Though a seemingly slow-moving story, I didn’t completely hate watching life unfold for a young couple whose idyllic romance in 1962 England collides with issues of sexual freedom, societal pressure and more.

The romance at the heart of the story is pleasant enough but when I think of On Chesil Beach, what I’ll first recall is the gorgeous blue hue of  Ronan’s beach outfit. Besides that, I’ll remember how it had me thinking about two things, firstly, effective communication, which sadly isn’t always possible when in the heat of the moment, leading to some fairly unfortunate circumstances. Secondly, how a toxic parent/child relationship can negatively affect the child’s life, particularly when truth and or reconciliation plus therapy don’t happen.

Overall, I don’t think ‘enjoyed’ is quite the right word for how I feel about this movie. The performances were good, even though it took me a few minutes to stop seeing Cillian Murphy in Howle’s role – not that Howle did a bad job, mind you.

Overall,  director Dominic Cooke’s On Chesil Beach is a film I watched that I neither loved nor hated. I guess the value of it, for me, is in all the reflection it inspired. And, yes, also the gorgeous blue of that beach outfit.

See it if you’r so curious. Just remember, it’s definitely heartbreaking.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama, Romance

ON CHESIL BEACH (2017): New Trailer From Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson…

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On Chesil Beach (2017), Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan
On Chesil Beach (2017), Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan

Read my spoiler-free movie review of On Chesil Beach (2017).

Ian McEwan’s best selling novel On Chesil Beach has been adapted into a movie starring Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson, Billy Howle and Ann-Marie Duff.

Set in England in 1962, Ronan and Howle play a young couple whose idyllic romance collides with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure.

I’m in to see how the story deals with gender politics. Such an interesting subject, considering the early ’60s setting.

Side note: I had no idea that red hair looked so good with that particular shade of blue.

Directed by Dominic Cooke; Samuel West,Bernardo Santos, David Olawale Ayinde and Bebe Cave also star.

On Chesil Beach Release Dates: May 18th, 2018 (US), June 15th, 2018 (UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama, No Spoiler Reviews

BELLE (2013): For Your Faith In Love & Humanity

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Belle (2013), Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Belle (2013), Gugu Mbatha-Raw

At the centre of director Amma Asante’s film Belle (2013), is the story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.

Brought to England from the West Indies to live with her aristocratic great uncle and his wife, the young Dido over time, learns of the matters of class and rank that rule her new world. A world with laws she simply must not accept, for the sake of her own dignity, happiness and sense of self.

Great performances are present in this movie, particularly from Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Sam Reid.

Belle (2013), Sam Reid
Belle (2013), Sam Reid

Watch it for the story of an admirably strong young woman, a courageous young man, a beautiful love story and great characters from an interesting and important time in history – 18th century England, when slavery was still a grave and common reality.

As is the case with most historical films I watch, Belle left me with a sense of gratitude for the times in which I live – and reminded me of how things do change; rarely at a satisfactory pace, but change, they do. They must.

Happy Film Loving,

G