Paramount+/Showtime
Kenneth Branagh to Lead Paramount+ Drama ‘Laird’
It’s Yellowstone meets the Scottish Highlands, basically.
Movies
Jodie Comer to Lead All-Star Cast in 'The Last Disturbance Of Madeline Hynde'
Kenneth Branagh is probably best known as an actor, thanks to his performances in films ranging from the 1993 adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to his 2023 take on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in A Haunting in Venice. But what you may not have
BritBox
Kenneth Branagh Channels Boris Johnson in 'This England'
This England, with all six episodes arriving on BritBox to kick off November 2023, is a bit of a trainwreck, just like Boris Johnson’s government which failed the English people so badly in the COVID-19 crisis of 2020. You have to wonder why co-director/co-writer Michael
BritBox
'This England' to Grace BritBox at the Start of November
When it was first announced there would be a TV series about Boris Johnson's role in dealing with COVID-19 in June 2020, it was decried as "too soon." After all, the crisis had barely started at that point; most people had only just realized that
BritBox
BritBox Lands Two Highly-Anticipated Series 'The Sixth Commandment' & 'This England'
BritBox has scooped up two series for Fall 2023. One is The Sixth Commandment, a critically-acclaimed hit from the BBC; the other, This England, is a highly-anticipated title heading to Sky UK. Both come headlined by some of the biggest names in British acting, with Timothy Spall (Spencer)
Movies
Venice Film Festival Full Line Up To Include 'Henry Sugar' While Snubbing Poirot
The Venice Film Festival is the unofficial kickoff to awards season, where many of the fall and holiday-timed debuts first screen to build critical buzz. However, between the current SAG-AFTRA strike and the massive box office one-two punch of Barbinheimer, this year’s offerings may not land
Movies
Kenneth Branagh to Continue His Worst Poirot Adaptations Streak
Some actors become famous for being miscast by a well-meaning director: Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, for instance, or Benedict Cumberbatch in anything that requires an American accent. Then some actors miscast themselves in vanity projects, (Once again, Kevin Costner comes to mind, as does anything
Death on the Nile
The 'Death on the Nile' Trailer Has Not Aged Well
Even before Murder on the Orient Express came out in 2017, I was dubious about Kenneth Branagh's foray into Agatha Christie. Not that an A-list cast of one of Christie's most remarkable mysteries wasn't right up my alley. But one look at Branagh&
This England
Get Your First Look at Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson in 'This Sceptered Isle'
Kenneth Branagh is set to portray U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in This Sceptered Isle, a drama that charts the events surrounding Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of the global coronavirus pandemic. Of course, your mileage may vary about whether we truly need