The reviews for BALLYWALTER are in! The Irish Independent says “Patrick Kielty is a revelation and Seána Kerslake exemplary in this moving drama. Together they created something wonderful, something unique, something that deserves to find an audience. Armed with a moving, meaningful screenplay by Stacey Gregg, BALLYWALTER speaks only when it needs to. It is, at its core, a refreshingly honest tale about depression, about what happens when the light begins to fade”.
The first trailer for ALL OF US STRANGERS, starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott, has been released. From director Andrew Haigh, and in theatres December 22nd, Adam (Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
Double Olivier Award winning actor Andrew Scott talks to Graham Norton ahead of returning to London’s glittering West End to star in a new adaption of VANYA. Co-created by Scott, along with Simon Stephens, Sam Yates and Rosanna Vize, the story follows Chekhov’s closely, although Stephen’s adaptation is in modern vernacular with anglicised names and not a samovar in sight.
In his latest interview, the Dublin actor talks about his new movie DANCE FIRST, in which he plays the Irish dramatist, the time he shared a drink with Richard Burton and why he had to leave Los Angeles. DANCE FIRST premieres at the San Sebastian film festival on 29 and 30 September, is in UK cinemas in November, on Sky Cinema in December and on Sky Arts in 2024.
DERRY GIRLS star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has been pictured in upcoming Paramount+ series THE DOLL FACTORY for the first time. Set in London in 1851, the series follows Iris, played by Esme Creed-Miles, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister Rose. The series will be released in Ireland and the UK in the late autumn.
Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER has overtaken BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY as the highest ever grossing biopic. The film starring Cillian Murphy as the father of the atomic bomb, Robert J. Oppenheimer, has now grossed $912.7 million across the globe. It is also Nolan’s third highest grossing film, after THE DARK KNIGHT and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.
Irish actor Daryl McCormack (GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE) stars in the newly-released thriller THE LESSON. McCormack stars alongside Academy Award-nominated actor Richard E. Grant and French-American actress Julie Delpy in the new film. McCormack plays an aspiring writer named Liam who accepts a tutoring course at the family estate of renowned author JM Sinclair (Grant). The film is set to be released in Irish cinemas on Friday, September 22.
Dublin actress Seána Kerslake has revealed she kept a Belfast accent when filming her new film BALLYWALTER. The film will hit UK and Irish audiences on Friday, September 22 — the same day as Kielty’s second episode hosting THE LATE LATE SHOW. The comedy-drama follows Shane (Kielty) who has exiled himself to Ballywalter following the break-up of his marriage. He tries to get his life back on track by enrolling in a stand-up comedy course.