Dan Jolin

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Dan Jolin

Black Doves showrunner/writer Joe Barton on how the creation of his spy thriller was down to a series of fortuitous events. Inspiration is often described as happening in a flash. That was certainly the case for Joe Barton with his six-part Christmas-in-London espionage thriller Black Doves, which started streaming on Netflix in December 2024. But what was most surprising for the Brighton-based writer was just how quickly that flash caught fire. “It happened so fast,” he says.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Dan Jolin

Jason Isaacs is very happy being “the guy from…” Whenever a member of the public approaches the Liverpool-born actor, he plays a guessing game with himself as to why they recognise him. To millennials, he is usually the guy from The OA, Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij’s Netflix fantasy series. To others, he is the guy from Star Trek: Discovery.

1 month ago | empireonline.com | Dan Jolin

After teenager Li Fong (Ben Wang) moves from Beijing to New York City, he must learn to master both kung fu and karate techniques. Original Title:Karate Kid: LegendsFun fact: Original Karate Kid and Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio is now older than Pat Morita was when he last played Mr Miyagi (1994’s The Next Karate Kid). Meanwhile, the Karate Kid remake’s Miyagi-surrogate Jackie Chan (aka Mr Han) is now only two years younger than Morita was when he passed away in 2005.

2 months ago | empireonline.com | Dan Jolin

Ten years after Troy’s fall, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) finally reaches his home Ithaca, where suitors are pressuring his wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) to remarry. Original Title:The ReturnWhile we wait to see Homer’s Odyssey as a big-budget Christopher Nolan blockbuster, Italian producer-director Uberto Pasolini brings us the low-budget, character-piece version.

2 months ago | empireonline.com | Dan Jolin

After failing retro-video-game-store-owner Garrett Garrison (Jason Momoa) discovers the Orb of Dominance, he and some friends are transported to the Overworld. Together with resident Minecrafter Steve (Jack Black), they must fight off an evil sorceress (Rachel House) and her horde of cuboid pig-people. Original Title:A Minecraft MovieOver the past decade or so, the bar for kiddie-brand-exploiting cinema has risen unexpectedly high.