The First Omen is an American horror film directed by Arkasha Stevenson and written by Stevenson, Keith Thomas, and Tim Smith. It is based on Ben Jacoby’s story.
The film is a prequel to The Omen. Its storyline follows an American woman, played by Nell Tiger Free. She’s sent to a church in Rome, where she discovers a sister conspiracy to cause the birth of the Antichrist.
The cast includes Bill Nighy, Ralph Ineson and Sonia Braga.
Thomas Vincent directed Role Play, a comedy that features an all-star cast including Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Connie Nielsen and Bill Nighy.
The screenplay, co-written by Andrew Baldwin and Seth W. Owen, depicts a young couple, played by Cuoco and Oyelowo, whose lives take a dramatic turn when they uncover each other’s secrets from the past.
Directed by William Nicholson, Hope Gap follows an intimate, intense, and loving story of Hope Gap, charting the life of Grace, played by Annette Bening. Shocked when she learns her husband, played by Bill Nighy, is leaving her for another woman after 29 years of marriage.
The ensuing emotional fallout the dissolution has on their only grown son, played by Josh O’Connor, is heartwrenching. Unraveled and feeling displaced in her small seaside town, Grace ultimately regains her footing and discovers a new, powerful voice.
Directed by Autumn de Wilde, we have another angle of Jane Austen’s flair for writing intriguing stories that are not only funny but revealing.
Austen’s popular comedy is about finding your equal and earning a happy ending. Her story reimagined is a delightful innovative film adaptation of her book Emma. We follow handsome, intelligent, and rich, Emma Woodhouse, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who is a restless queen bee without competitors in her sleepy little town.
In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
Wilde’s directing credits are light, but the movie looks good as the trailer shows how funny and silly the film will be. The rest of the cast includes Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson, Tanya Reynolds, and Connor Swindells.
The next two clips show how funny the movie is with the silliness of situations and characters.
The next two clips show us the drama and love in the movie.
I love movies like this because it is a story and a story well told without the big box office blitz or big stars and super special effects.
Directed by Lone Scherfig, Their Finest follows Catrin Cole, played by Gemma Arterton, who fills a man’s job because London emptied its men now fighting at the Front. The British Ministry of Information hires her as a “slop” scriptwriter charged with bringing “a woman’s touch” to morale-boosting propaganda films. If you didn’t know, a slop writer adds the sentimental touch to a story.
Cole’s natural flair quickly gets her noticed by the dashing movie producer Buckley, played by Sam Claflin, whose path would never have crossed hers in peacetime. As bombs are dropping all around them, Catrin, Buckley, and a colorful crew work furiously to make a film that will warm the nation’s hearts.
Although Catrin’s artist husband looks down on her job, she quickly discovers there is as much camaraderie, laughter, and passion behind the camera as there is on screen.
Gemma Arterton explains the movie well.
Great interview answers from Bill Nighy