The Last Right (2019), Michiel Huisman, Entertainment One UK
From writer / director Aoife Crehan, The Last Right is a new drama / comedy starring Michiel Huisman, Michael McElhatton, Colm Meaney and Brian Cox.
Huisman plays New York-based Daniel who’s on a plane home to Ireland for his mother’s funeral, when he wakes up to find that elderly passenger Padraig has died in the next seat…
‘Come back and let me hit ya!‘
The Irish charm, Huisman’s accent, the humour and strangers connecting are the reasons I’m interested.
Niamh Algar, Jim Norton, Aidan O’Hare, Samuel Bottomley, Donna Anita Nikolaisen, Eleanor O’Brien, Bryan Quinn, Sarah Caitriona Lynch and Louise Mathews also star.
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019), Chris Evans, Netflix
The Red Sea Diving Resort, the historical thriller starring Chris Evans, Michiel Huisman, Alessandro Nivola, Hayley Bennett and Alona Tal is more than two hours long, but it didn’t quite feel that way for me.
Set in the early 1980s, writer / director Gideon Raff’s movie is based on the true story of the international agents and brave Ethiopians who used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan, as a front to smuggle thousands of Jewish Ethiopian refugees to Israel.
I enjoyed Raff’s film because it’s well acted, well paced and features a fair amount of nail-biting moments. The entire film is based on the perspective of the main agent, Ari Levinson (Evans). As such we unfortunately don’t really get to know much about the film’s Ethiopian characters. We don’t get to know much about Ari and his team of agents either. This would have been far more noticeable and / or problematic for me, had it not been for Ari and fellow agent Sammy’s (Nivola) friendship. Though still very lightly drawn, it is partly through their relationship that we get to learn a little (still definitely only a little) more about two key people behind the mission.
The Red Sea Diving Resort absolutely kept me entertained but because of the focus on keeping the missions interesting rather than clearly painting the characters, I was left with many questions; some of which – and more have been answered by this article… ‘The Real Heroes Of the red Sea Diving Resort Rescue.’
Chris Evans, Michiel Huisman, Hayley Bennett, and Alona Tal star in writer / director Gideon Raff’s historical thrilller, The Red Sea Diving Resort.
Set in the early 80s, this is the true story of the international agents and brave Ethiopians who used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel…
I simply want to know how this story ends and to learn about the agents involved. People doing admirable things that are far from my own reality.
Alessandro Nivola, Greg Kinnear, Michael Kenneth Williams, Ben Kingsley, Chris Chalk, Alex Hassell and Schelaine Bennett also star.
State Like Sleep is a new drama starring Katherine Waterston. Waterston plays a woman dealing with the consequences of her celebrity husband’s double life following his suicide.
Written / directed by Meredith Danluck, Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans and Michael Shannon costar…
I don’t completely like this trailer edit, partly because it’s too jumpy. Still, it’s the mystery that has me interested.
Rachel Wilson, Mark O’Brien, George Tchortov and Mary Kay Place also star.
In Guernesy, Lily James plays Juliet Ashton, a writer who forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II, and writes a book about their experience of the war.
Directed by Mike Newell; Michiel Huisman, Jessica Brown Findlay and Matthew Goode play the other key cast…
I’m interested to find out what happened to Elizabeth McKenna (Jessica Brown Findlay). The words ‘untimely and possibly gruesome death’ come to mind. However, it would be great to be surprised.
Glen Powell, Marek Oravec and Tom Courtenay also star
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