US release: 24th April 2009
£393.9 Thousand
$68.3 Million
$73.8 MillionBased around the true story from 2012 when the bones of Richard III where discovered in a carpark in Leicester, The Lost King has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for infrequent strong language, discrimination
The movie stars Sally Hawkins who was recently seen in the Oscar nominated Spencer and also played Mary Brown in Paddington and Paddington 2, it also stars Steve Coogan (who also wrote it) of Alan Partridge fame for which a movie was made in 2013, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
The movie is directed by veteran british director Stephen Frears who has directed classics such as My Beautiful Laundrette and The Queen.
Movie Synopsis
Philippa Langley is a writer who finds herself suffering a midlife malaise after a divorce and some health challenges. She happens upon the Richard III Society, a group of amateur historians bent on rehabilitating the damaged reputation of Richard, and soon becomes obsessed with finding his long-lost remains.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Disney bring us an origins movie which is a spin off from their successful 1990's 101 Dalmatians movie. The story is based on villanous Cruella De Vil and shows how the fashion designer got obsessed with black and white spots.
The movie stars among other Emma Stone, Emma Thompson and Mark Strong.
Movie Synopsis
Set in 1970s in London during the punk rock movement, the film follows Estella de Vil, an aspiring fashion designer, and explores the path that will lead her to become a notorious criminal known as Cruella de Vil.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
The first trailer and poster has been released for upcoming Disney movie Cruella, both can be seen below.
Brilliant. Bad. A little bit mad. May 2021. pic.twitter.com/K9pKz4pVng
— Cruella (@cruella) February 17, 2021
The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie and has a cast including the likes of Emma Stone and Mark Strong, while the release date of the film is 28th May 2021.
Synopsis of the movie - In 1970s London, UK, a young fashion designer Estella de Vil becomes obsessed with dogs" skins, especially Dalmatians, until she eventually becomes a ruthless and terrifying legend known as Cruella.
Check out the movie page for more information on this upcoming movie.
It's been announced that after 22 years a sequel to the 1987 smash hit film Wall Street is to be made, is this good news, a sequel to a landmark film? It may be a case of dragging up the old and trying to breath new life into them like many of the atrocious remakes of '80's horror films that seems to be the fashion at the moment, but the good news here is that not only is Michael Douglas back as the money obsessed ruthless Gordon Gekko but Oliver Stone is back to write ad direct.
What will be interesting, and with Stone behind the script it's highly likely, will be the contrasts the new film will have with it's predecessor, the '80's was an age of richness and greed and when ruthless men on Wall Street didn't take lunch because they were too busy making money.
The naughties (2000 - 2009) have been an age when Wall Street in particular has been struck by tragedy that has changed peoples attitudes and the world is in the midst of a recession that in particular has his the financial industry, what a difference 20 years makes.
Douglas of course won the Oscar for his his lead in the original, if they can pull off a similar fate to that of The Color of Money for Paul Newman he may just do it again, lets just hope the title is not Wall Street 2!