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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

Horror, Thriller

A QUIET PLACE PART 2 (2020): New Trailer From Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds…

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A Quiet Place Part 2 (2020), Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Emily Blunt, Paramount Pictures
A Quiet Place Part 2 (2020), Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Emily Blunt, Paramount Pictures

Read my spoiler-free movie review of  A Quiet Place (2020).

A Quiet Place Part 2 sees the return of the Abbot family (Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds) as they learn that the creatures that hunt by sound aren’t the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Directed by John Krasinski; additional key cast includes Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, Wayne Duvall and Lauren-Ashley Cristiano.

I’m excited to see more ingenuity from the Abbots. I want to know the new and clever things they’ll think up to ensure their survival.

Also, I like the introduction of Murphy. My guess is that he’s probably not a ‘good guy,’ or is he?

Ashley Dyke, Andy Rich, Okieriete Onaodowan, Blake DeLong and Silas Pereira-Olson also star.

A Quiet Place Part 2 Release Dates: May 28th, 2021 (US); June 4th, 2021…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, No Spoiler Reviews, Thriller

ANNA (2019): The Thing I Liked…

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Anna (2019), Sasha Luss
Anna (2019), Sasha Luss

The story of writer/director Luc Besson’s Anna is one that I don’t completely regret watching but I certainly didn’t love it either.

Anna stars Sasha Luss as Anna Poliatova; a stunning beauty with impressive secret skills and strength. Qualities that make her one of the world’s most feared government assassins.

I sat down to watch Anna with mild expectations of the film probably having similarities to Charlize Theron’s Atomic Blonde (2017). The main difference I found between Anna and Atomic Blonde is that even though Anna is quite engaging overall, Anna unlike Atomic Blonde, left me feeling as though the whole experience was almost completely hollow. Very surface level and in some ways a tad silly.

It’s interesting because the acting wasn’t terrible. Therefore, I’m thinking the issue is the story edit which played a part in me having minimal emotional connection to Luss’s character’s journey. Of course I wanted her to win – always, but the the question of ‘why does this feel so frivolous?’ remained with me through to the very end.

Perhaps you’ll find Anna to be a better experience than I did. The fight scenes, though not the most polished I’ve ever seen, they are quite entertaining. Give it a chance and see, if you’re especially curious. Or…

…watch Atomic Blonde instead.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, Thriller

ANNA (2019): New Trailer From Luc Besson, Starring Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy…

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Anna (2019), Sasha Luss
Anna (2019), Sasha Luss

Read my spoiler-free movie review of Anna (2019).

Anna is writer/director Luc Besson’s story about Anna Poliatova; a striking beauty with a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill. Skills that make her one of the world’s most feared government assassins.

Key cast includes Sasha Luss, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren and Luke Evans.

I wish that the weapon sound effects in this trailer didn’t seem quite so exaggerated. Especially for the moment at 1:10 when the neck slicing using two plate halves happens.

Regardless of my one gripe, this seems quite promising and I look forward to finding out how Anna compares to hit female assassin TV show Killing Eve (2018), Angelina Jolie’s Salt (2010) and Charlize Theron’s Atomic Blonde (2017).

Lera Abova, Alexander Petrov, Nikita Pavlenko, Anna Krippa, Aleksey Maslodudov, Eric Godon, Ivan Franek and Adrian Canalso star.

Anna Release Dates: June 21st, 2019 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Comedy, Drama

THE PARTY (2017): New Trailer From Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Patricia Clarkson…

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The Party (2017), Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer
The Party (2017), Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer

The Party is a new drama/comedy that starts as a celebration and ends with blood on the floor.

The film’s very talented cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy and Patricia Clarkson.

Watching this rather good trailer reminded me so much of how much I love this kind of film. The kind where adults are stuck in a relatively confined space, and they’re forced to resolve any issues they may have with each other, usually resulting in brilliant comic moments.

In case my description doesn’t paint a clear enough picture, watch Roman Polanski’s Carnage (2011), a film with great dialogue and a truly brilliant cast, not unlike this one.

Written and directed by Sally Potter; Bruno Ganz also stars.

The Party Release Dates: October 13th, 2017 (UK)…

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