![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cliché aside, this is a cracking film, thanks to fine turns from Joaquin Phoenix as Cash and Reese Witherspoon as his sweetheart June Carter. The troubles don’t stop there, because Douglas then falls in love with Bixby’s daughter Alicia (Eve Miller).Ĭountry star Johnny Cash got the Hollywood biopic treatment in James Mangold’s Oscar-winner, which blames all his defects (drug-taking, alcoholism, womanising) on childhood trauma. Douglas plays Jim Fallon, a timber baron who tries to use a Californian redwood forest to get rich quick, but faces opposition from local Quakers, including leader Elder Bixby (Charles Meredith, on fine form). Kirk Douglas’s final film for Warner Brothers wasn’t his best, but it’s still an enjoyable Western romp. It’s a portrait of a relentlessly brave man, dedicated to press freedom even at his own peril. Six of his staff journalists have been murdered by Putin’s puppets last year, a stranger poured paint laced with acetone over him while he was onboard a train. This riveting documentary is about Nobel Prize-winner Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Russia’s only independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta. We meet Typhoon pilot Jake, who is sent to Nato’s frontline in Eastern Europe to face off against Russian jets. This new six-part series looks at the inner workings of the RAF – cutting-edge fighter jets, brave personnel, fleets of warplanes – at Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. It possesses a healthy dose of Brontë-esque Gothic flair and plenty of sumptuous costumes – plus a love story, lesbian relationship and a murder mystery. ![]() The capital isn’t kind to her: think dastardly masters and racism lurking at every turn. Frannie (Karla-Simone Spence) is a Jamaican woman born into slavery who later becomes a maid in Georgian London. Prepare for gags on everything from missing body parts and self-imposed bans on reality shows to extraordinary family revelations.Īfter a winter release on ITVX comes the terrestrial airing for Sara Collins’s historical drama. Think fairground horse-racing mixed with Tipping Point.Ī chance to catch the erudite Irish comedian (and Mock the Week host) in all his chaotic glory from the comfort of your living room, in this recording of his stand-up show at Dublin’s Vicar Street in 2022. Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene present this fast-paced new game show from Belfast, which sees contestants (five per episode) take part in quiz-fuelled races to win a jammy cash prize. The expert team are on hand to breathe some much-needed life back into a trove of random treasures: a designer bag turned family heirloom, a farming tractor that holds tragic memories – but sentimental value – for a family and a beautiful, but blunt, pair of scissors. Away from the film industry, though, it’s mostly a celebration of brotherly affection, and how people deserve to be celebrated despite their differences. But it’s not all easy going, as he’s warned by studio executives, and family members, that perhaps the world isn’t ready for him yet. He has big ambitions – as a huge Game of Thrones fan, he enlists star Kit Harington to read for the villain role, and receives guidance from actor and director Will Sharpe on how to crack Hollywood. In this affecting documentary, created with his brother Will (the pair also made 2014’s Emmy-nominated Growing Up Down’s for BBC Three), Jessop flies to Los Angeles in the hope of fulfilling his dream of writing his very own superhero movie, in which he would star as the hero. He’s also an outspoken advocate for people with Down’s being able to play more varied, richer roles that don’t only focus on their lived experience of the condition. Best known for playing Terry Boyle in Line of Duty, Tommy Jessop has broken down multiple barriers throughout his career: he was the first professional actor with Down’s syndrome to tour British theatres as Hamlet, and the first to become a full voting member of Bafta. ![]()
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