Zendaya as Emma and Robert Parkinson as Charlie play the beleaguered bride and groom as outrage over revelations about her teenage years threaten to derail their wedding in Kristoffer Borgli's The Drama.

Alana Haim arguably steals the show in The Drama as her character Rachel flies into a rage over revelations about Zendaya's character Emma's past.

Josh O'Connor as David and Paul Mescal as Lionel turn in stirring performances as lovers in Oliver Hermanus' The History of Sound.

Chris Cooper plays the older version of Lionel in a powerful final section of Oliver Hermanus' The History of Sound.

YOU'VE BEEN CANCELLED: #TheDrama starring #Zendaya & #RobertPattinson is an anti-romcom for the era of performative outrage. But what did Pomona make of the #film and of #TheHistoryofSound starring #PaulMescal & #JoshOConnor?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/04/youv... #ChrisCooper #AlanaHaim

Clannad (Legend) - Uirchill an chreagain (1984) YouTube video by Kopierz Kopi

The death of #MoyaBrennan is such a big loss to Irish music. I was fortunate to see #Clannad once at the Fleadh in Finsbury Park in 1996 and they didn't disappoint. Have always loved this track in particular.. youtu.be/vB5FQVtR_oM?...

Ciaran Hinds and Lesley Manville play a couple in the winter of their married life who face uncomfortable facts in Polly Findlay's movie of Bernard MacLaverty's acclaimed novel Midwinter Break.

Lesley Manville's Stella and Ciaran Hinds' Gerry's visit to Amsterdam in Midwinter Break bring the fissures in their marriage to the fore but does Polly Findlay's movie do the original novel justice?

Will Arnett's Alex and Laura Dern's Tess confront the problems in their marriage in the movie 'Is This Thing On?' inspired by the life of Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop.

Director Bradley Cooper plays Balls, an actor friend of Will Arnett's aspiring stand up Alex in the relationship comedy drama Is This Thing On?

MARRIAGE STORIES: Here's two #films about faltering #marriages, both featuring #CiaranHinds. Pomona reviews #MidwinterBreak which stars #LesleyManville and the #BradleyCooper directed #IsThisThingOn starring #WillArnett & #LauraDern.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/04/marr... #amsterdam #newyork

Rory McIlroy finally got to put on the coveted Green Jacket at the US Masters last year but what are the forces that shaped that triumph? Amazon Prime's Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait explores them.

There was an extraordinary outpouring of emotion from McIlroy when he completed a career Grand Slam of the four Majors at Augusta National last year. Drea Cooper's documentary explores the demons that thwarted him for 11 years.

Rory McIlroy's final round at last year's US Masters reflected the ups and downs of a frustrating career and forms the spine of Amazon Prime's documentary charting a monumental career.

As he prepares to defend his US Masters title, Rory McIlroy is as candid as ever about his struggles in a documentary featuring the thoughts of his family, friends and golfing greats like Jack Nicklaus.

THE HARD WAY: As career #GrandSlam winner #RoryMcIlroy prepares to defend his #USMasters title, Pomona reviews the #AmazonPrime documentary #RoryMcIlroyTheMastersWait which reflects on the demons that held back the #NorthernIrish #golfer for 11 years.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Martin Clunes plays the disgraced BBC News anchorman Huw Edwards in Channel 5's grim TV movie about the scandal that toppled him and unearthed even darker truths.

Osian Morgan plays the impressionable teenager manipulated by Huw Edwards in Marc Burt's docudrama.

Chanel Cresswell appears as Scarlet Howes, a journalist with The Sun who exposes Huw Edwards' sordid secret life.

Martin Clunes undergoes a physical and vocal transformation to play the convicted sex offender Huw Edwards but does Channel 5's Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards convince?

THE MANIPULATOR: #Channel5 has caught some attention with its #HuwEdwards docudrama #PowerTheDownfallofHuwEdwards with #MartinClunes playing the disgraced broadcaster. But how effective is it as a drama?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Bob Mortimer is back to defend his 'LOL: Laughing Out Loud UK' crown for a second series on Amazon Prime but how does he fare?

'Celebrity Traitors UK' winner Alan Carr has his sights set on the 'LOL: Laughing Out Loud UK' crown but can he keep a straight face?

Mel Giedroyc goes for broke in the Amazon Prime comedy contest 'LOL: Laughing Out Loud UK'.

We know David Mitchell often struggles to keep a straight face in the presence of Bob Mortimer in 'Would I Lie To You?' but can he survive 'LOL: Laughing Out Loud UK'?

THE LAUGHTER LOUNGE: #LastOneLaughingUK is back on #AmazonPrimeVideo for a second series. But does the return of #BobMortimer competing against #AlanCarr #MelGiedroyic #DianeMorgan #DavidMitchell & #RomeshRanganathan hit the heights of the first series?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Cillian Sullivan and Naoise Kelly lead the way in Brian Durnin's IFTA nominated Spilt Milk which tells the story of Dublin's heroin problem from the perspective of an 11 year old.

Laurence O Fuarain, Cillian Sullivan, Pom Boyd, Lewis Brophy and Danielle Galligan are the O'Briens, a working class Dublin family impacted by the arrival of heroin in the 1980s in Spilt Milk.

Brian Durnin's Spilt Milk is a masterclass in subtle storytelling as it tackles the heroin problem that ravaged inner city Dublin in the 1980s.

Cinematographer Cathal Watters does a superb job using light to subtly convey mood in Brian Durnin's 1980s drama Spilt Milk.

COMMUNITY CHANCE: #Irish director #BrianDurnin's #SpiltMilk tells the story of #heroin flooding working class #Dublin communities in the #1980s from the perspective of an 11 year old #Kojak fan. Find out why Pomona thinks it needs championed.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/comm...

Caroline Menton, Danielle Galligan, Stefanie Preissber, Mairead Tyers and Louisa Harland are The Walsh Sisters, in RTE's six part comedy drama based on the novels of Marian Keyes about a dysfunctional Dublin family - now on the BBC iPlayer in the UK.

Aidan Quinn adds star power to RTE's The Walsh Sisters as their genial dad but how does the show rate against other Dublin comedy dramas in recent times?

Sophie Turner plays a City of London financial worker in over her head in the heist thriller Steal on Amazon Prime.

Anna Maxwell Martin plays a MI5 operative interested in an armed heist that resulted in the transfer of pensions money to a digital account in Steal but does the show deliver the goods?

TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: #MarianKeyes novels have made it onto the small screen in the #RTE made #TheWalshSisters but how does it compare to other #Dublin dysfunctional family dramas? Pomona reviews it & the City of #London thriller #Steal on #AmazonPrime.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/too-...

Cillian Murphy's haunted Brummie gangster Tommy Shelby is back in Tom Harper's Peaky Blinders Netflix spin off movie The Immortal Man but does the film justify reviving the character?

Barry Keoghan's joins the Peaky Blinders universe as the gang's de facto leader Erasmus Duke Shelby but how does he fare in the Steven Knight scripted movie?

Rebecca Ferguson plays a mysterious Romany Gypsy palm reader who establishes a deep connection with Tommy Shelby in the Netflix movie, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

Tim Roth portrays the wily English Nazi sympathiser John Beckett who woos Duke Shelby to his cause in Tom Harper's movie Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

SMOKE AND STRONG WHISKEY: #TommyShelby is back with #CillianMurphy reviving the English gangster in a typically star studded #Netflix movie spin-off of the #BBC TV series #PeakyBlinders. But does #PeakyBlindersTheImmortalMan live up to expectations?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/smok...

Paul Thomas Anderson finally broke his Oscars hoodoo with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay wins as his movie One Battle After Another powered to six Academy Awards wins.

The One Battle After Another crew celebrate their Best Picture win at the 2026 Oscars

Sinners star Michael B Jordan delivered a classy acceptance speech after winning the Oscar for Best Actor.

Hamnet star Jessie Buckley completed a sweep of the major film awards after her popular Academy Award win for Best Actress.

ONE OSCAR AFTER ANOTHER: #PaulThomasAnderson's #OneBattleAfterAnother took the major prizes on #Oscars night but #RyanCoogler's #Sinners had plenty to celebrate - not least a #BestActor victory.. alternativepomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/one-... #MichaelBJordan #JessieBuckley #cinema #Hamnet #hollywood

Andrew Scott and Best Actor Oscar nominated Ethan Hawke team up as the songwriting partnership Rogers and Hart in Richard Linklater's Broadway drama Blue Moon.

Margaret Qualley's Elizabeth Wieland is the object of Ethan Hawke's Lorenz Hart's desire in Richard Linklater's intimate Oscar nominated movie Blue Moon.

David Rawle's future Hollywood movie director George Roy Hill encounters Ethan Hawke's Lorenz Hart and Margaret Qualley's Elizabeth Weiland in Blue Moon.

Bobby Cannavale turns in an impressively generous supporting performance as a barman in Sardi's in New York as the drama unfolds in Richard Linklater's movie Blue Moon.

DYING LIGHT: As we enter the countdown to the 2026 #Oscars ceremony, Pomona takes a look at the #BestActor nominated #BlueMoon directed by #RichardLinklater and starring #EthanHawke.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/dyin... #academyawards #margaretqualley #andrewscott #bobbycanavale #cinema

RAISING THE BAR: An impromptu singing competition in a blue collar bar scales unexpected heights in Sam A Davis' #TheSingers. But can the #Netflix acquired short win #BestLiveActionShort at the #AcademyAwards?.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/rais... #oscars #film #ivanturgenev #song #cinema

Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson were regarded as Oscar prospects at the start of awards season for their performances in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine, so why did their campaign go off the boil?

Dwayne Johnson tests his acting prowess in the biopic of MMA fighter Mark Kerr, The Smashing Machine but why wasn't his work enough to land him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor?

Real life MMA fighter Ryan Bader gives a good account of himself in The Smashing Machine, playing another legend of the sport Mark Coleman.

Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine feels like Rocky if it had really gone down a neo realist route but, with a solitary nomination for Make-Up and Hairstyling, why didn't the film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt not get more love at this year's Academy Awards?

LOSING IT: Hopes were high at the start of #awardsseason for #DwayneJohnson & #EmilyBlunt in #TheSmashingMachine. But #BennySafdie's movie never built momentum & secured just one #Oscar nomination for make-up and hairstyling. Did it deserve more?.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/losi...

SMALL ACTS, BIG REWARD: #BestLiveActionShort #AcademyAwards contender #AFriendofDorothy has two #British national treasures and loads of #English charm. But can it go all the way at the #Oscars?.. alternativepomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/smal... #miriammargolyes #stephenfry #AlistairNwachukwu

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another was the early favourite for the Best Picture Oscar but could its march to Academy Awards glory be derailed?

With a record 16 Oscar nominations, Ryan Coogler's Vampire tale Sinners has built up momentum during awards season. But could it sweep Michael B Jordan to a Best Actor Oscar?

With a Golden Globe win under his belt, can Stellan Skarsgard's Sentimental Value performance stop Sean Penn taking a third Academy Award in the race for the Best Supporting Actor statuette?

Irish hopes are resting on a big breakthrough win for Kerry's Jessie Buckley in the Best Actress category at the Oscars, having hoovered up every other major award going for Hamnet.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: It's being touted as the most open #Oscars race in years. But who does Pomona think will triumph at the #AcademyAwards tonight?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/fina... #cinema #onebattleafteranother #sinners #hamnet #martysupreme #sentimentalvalue #oscars2026 #frankenstein

FRENCH KISSING: Could a short film in #French about a dystopian society capture #BestLiveActionShort at the #Oscars? Pomona assesses the merits of #TwoPeopleExchangingSaliva.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/fren... #NatalieMusteata #AlexandreSingh #Oscars2026 #Cesars

Brad Pitt channels his inner Steve McQueen as the maverick Grand Prix driver Sonny Hayes in the Best Picture Oscar nominated movie F1.

Kerry Condon tries to fix the personality clash preventing Damson Idris' driver from winning a Grand Prix in Joseph Kosinski's Oscar nominated blockbuster F1.

Kim Bodnia and Javier Bardem dream big for their Formula One team in the Best Picture Academy Award nominated box office hit F1.

SONNY DAZE: As #Hollywood's elite gather for #Oscars2026, what did Pomona make of the #BradPitt lef #BestPicture nominee #F1?.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/sonn... #kerrycondon #javierbardem #formulaone #cinema #damsonidris #kimbodnia #film #grandprix #tobiasmenzies #movies #josephkosinski

The Men's Shed phenomenon is the source of inspiration for a comedy pilot on BBC1 Shedites but does the Dublin sitcom deliver enough laughs?

With three series already under its belt, BBC1's Bedford set suburban sitcom Here We Go returned for a New Year's Eve episode but how close is it to be claiming its place among the best British suburban comedies?

Who had on their 2026 celebrity bingo card Quadrophenia star Phil Davis appearing in an Irish sitcom with Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Connor?

The Here We Go cast sing Aul Langs Syne in the New Years Eve episode of the show but did Tom Basden's sitcom fly?

RECYCLING PROJECT: We start 2026 with two #BBC1 sitcoms - the new #BrendanOCarroll pilot #Shedites and the #NewYearsEve episode of #TomBasden's #HereWeGo. But did both deliver enough laughs?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/01/recy... #PaddyHoulihan #PhilDavis #KatherineParkinson #AlisonSteadman

Chloe Zhao's Hamnet starring Irish actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William Shakespeare is a real contender for the Best Picture Oscar but is the critical backlash in some quarters justified?

Emily Watson plays Paul Mescal's mum for the second time onscreen as Mary Shakespeare in the period tale Hamnet.

Jacobi Jupe is Agnes and William Shakespeare's son in Hamnet but what does the Pomona blog make of the accusations that the film is grief porn?

With Best Actress wins at the Critics Choice and Golden Globes under her belt, Jessie Buckley is the favourite for the Oscar for her raw depiction of Agnes Shakespeare's grief. Can she go all the way this awards season?

LOVE AND DEATH: With the #BestPicture #Oscar race already shaping up to be a contest between #OneBattleAfterAnother & #ChloeZhao's #Hamnet, Pomona asks if the painting by some of the latter as "grief porn" is merited?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/01/love... #jessiebuckley #paulmescal #grief

Timothee Chalamet is a self centred table tennis Wiz in Marty Supreme but will playing a dislikeable anti hero propel him to Best Actor Oscar glory this year?

Daniel Day Lewis returns to the cinema screen after an eight year absence opposite Sean Bean in Anemone but has it been worth the wait?

Gwyneth Paltrow plays an ageing film star married to an industrialist in Josh Safdie's entrepreneur movie Marty Supreme.

Samantha Morton adds further acting clout to Ronan Day Lewis's intense Yorkshire drama Anemone.

BEG, BORROW AND STEAL: With #CriticsChoice & #GoldenGlobes for #BestActor in his cabinet, #TimotheeChalamet has real #Oscars momentum. But does he deserve it for #MartySupreme? Pomona reviews the #JoshSafdie #film & #DanielDayLewis comeback #movie #Anemone.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/01/beg-...

Dennis Kelly's six part BBC1 miniseries Waiting For The Out tackles obsessive compulsive behaviour like no other small screen drama.

Minnie Driver and James Nesbitt are just two of the big acting names to appear in Netflix's latest Harlan Coben adaptation Run Away.

Josh Finan and Phil Daniels star in the hugely impressive drama Waiting For The Out on BBC1.

Ruth Jones plays a smart private eye in Netflix's laughable Run Away.

PRESSURE COOKER: 2026 has begun with a #BBC #drama about a #philosophy teacher in a #prison and another #HarlanCoben #netflix #thriller. But which is better - #WaitingfortheOut or #RunAway?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/01/pres... #joshfinan #stephenwight #jamesnesbitt #ruthjones #minniedriver

Claire Foy stars in Philippa Lowthorpe's H is for Hawk, a meditation on grief that is every bit as impressive as Chloe Zhao's Hamnet.

Brendan Gleason turns in a generous and warm supporting performance as a loving father in H is for Hawk.

Lindsay Duncan joins Claire Foy alongside an accomplished cast for Philippa Lowthorpe's adaptation of Cambridge academic Helen MacDonald's prizewinning 2014 memoir.

H is for Hawk is a wonderful example of the key role Film 4 has played in supporting brave, innovative and mature British cinema.

A FEATHERED FRIEND: 'H is for Hawk' is a great example of how #Film4 continues to play a key role in supporting brave and innovative #British #cinema. Pomona gives its thoughts on the #film starring #ClaireFoy & #BrendanGleason.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-fe... #lindsayduncan #samspruell

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are centre stage as Cathy and Heathcliffe in Emerald Fennell's reworking of Wuthering Heights but do they convince as the doomed lovers?

Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton wins the hand of Margot Robbie's Cathy Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights but does Emerald Fennell's movie justify its sexually charged reworking of Charlotte Bronte's classic romance?

Alison Oliver reunites with writer director Emerald Fennell in the latest movie adaptation of Wuthering Heights as Isabella Linton.

Nobody could quibble with the visual excellence of Wuthering Heights but does Emerald Fennell's erotic retelling of Charlotte Bronte's tale help Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie win over audiences as Heathcliff and Cathy?

OVER-EGGING IT: The new #agentprovocateur of #British #cinema #EmeraldFennell has delivered her version of #WutheringHeights to a #ValentinesDay audience. But does the #film starring #MargotRobbie and #JacobElordi justify its in your face theatrics?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/02/over...

Robert Duvall, who has passed away at the age of 95, will be remembered for playing Tom Hagen in the first two 'Godfather' movies and for many other roles.

One of Robert Duvall's earliest eye catching roles was as Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird.

Martha Coolidge's 1991 drama Rambling Rose saw Robert Duvall turn in another striking supporting performance.

Robert Duvall directed and starred as a flawed Pentecostal preacher in the acclaimed 1994 drama The Apostle.

THE ACTOR'S SCREEN ACTOR: Whether it was playing a Mafia consigliere or a cowboy or a flawed gospel preacher, Robert Duvall was a scene stealer and highly respected by his peers. Pomona celebrates a remarkable career following his passing.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Roisin Gallagher is Saoirse, the writer of a hit TV police procedural who is thrust into a mystery of her own in Lisa McGee's new Netflix caper comedy How To Get To Heaven In Belfast.

Sinead Keenan is the highly strung Robyn, one of the three inept heroines in Lisa McGee's How To Get To Heaven From Belfast but does the Netflix comedy thriller land its gags?

Caoilfhionn Dunne tries her hand at comedy as Dara, the goofiest of the three central characters in How To Get To Heaven From Belfast.

Saoirse Monica Jackson reunites with Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee on the big budget Netflix comedy drama How To Get To Heaven From Belfast but does her surreal performance as an assassin's sidekick work?

WHEN PAST IS PRESENT: The #comedy #caper #HowToGetToHeavenFromBelfast has landed on #Netflix will some fanfare but does #DerryGirls creator #LisaMcGee's new show live up to the hype?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/02/when... #RoisinGallagher #SineadKeenan #CaoilfhionnDunne #BronaghGallagher

If it weren't for the Oscar buzz around Sinners, there might have been a lot more noise during awards season Zach Cregger's supernatural horror mystery Weapons.

Slight Best Supporting Actress Oscar favourite Amy Madigan relishes the most eye catching role as an eccentric woman in Weapons.

Julia Garner's teacher and Josh Brollin's angry parent square off over the mysterious disappearance of all but one third grade student in the supernatural horror mystery Weapons.

Alden Ehrenreich plays a cop with a messy personal life in Zach Cregger's inventive Weapons which fuses a Stephen King style story with a Paul Thomas Anderson sensibility.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: If it weren't for #Sinners, #ZachCregger's #horror tale #Weapons featuring slight #BestSupportingActress favourite #AmyMadigan might have got more attention. Pomona's #Oscar contender countdown continues.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #JuliaGarner #JoshBrolin #cinema

American comedy institution Saturday Night Live has ventured into British comedy with Saturday Night Live UK on Sky One but did it land its comic punches?

SNL UK's first cold open was based around a sketch about Prime Minister Keir Starmer trying to pluck up the courage to talk to US President Donald Trump but was it funny enough?

Graham Norton made a cameo appearance during guest host Tina Fey's Saturday Night Live UK opening monologue.

Saturday Night Live UK cast members Ania Magliano and Paddy Young gave Weekend Update the British comedy treatment but did their delivery stick a little too rigidly to the US formula?

TINA TURNED: American TV comedy institution #SaturdayNightLive has ventured into British comedy with a UK version. But did the first episode of #SaturdayNightLiveUK make its mark?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/tina... #snluk #tinafey #snl #Saturday_night_live #satire #comedy

Paul Thomas Anderson finally broke his Oscars hoodoo with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay wins as his movie One Battle After Another powered to six Academy Awards wins.

The One Battle After Another crew celebrate their Best Picture win at the 2026 Oscars

Sinners star Michael B Jordan delivered a classy acceptance speech after winning the Oscar for Best Actor.

Hamnet star Jessie Buckley completed a sweep of the major film awards after her popular Academy Award win for Best Actress.

ONE OSCAR AFTER ANOTHER: #PaulThomasAnderson's #OneBattleAfterAnother took the major prizes on #Oscars night but #RyanCoogler's #Sinners had plenty to celebrate - not least a #BestActor victory.. alternativepomona.blogspot.com/2026/03/one-... #MichaelBJordan #JessieBuckley #cinema #Hamnet #hollywood

Brad Pitt channels his inner Steve McQueen as the maverick Grand Prix driver Sonny Hayes in the Best Picture Oscar nominated movie F1.

Kerry Condon tries to fix the personality clash preventing Damson Idris' driver from winning a Grand Prix in Joseph Kosinski's Oscar nominated blockbuster F1.

Kim Bodnia and Javier Bardem dream big for their Formula One team in the Best Picture Academy Award nominated box office hit F1.

SONNY DAZE: As #Hollywood's elite gather for #Oscars2026, what did Pomona make of the #BradPitt lef #BestPicture nominee #F1?.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/sonn... #kerrycondon #javierbardem #formulaone #cinema #damsonidris #kimbodnia #film #grandprix #tobiasmenzies #movies #josephkosinski

FRENCH KISSING: Could a short film in #French about a dystopian society capture #BestLiveActionShort at the #Oscars? Pomona assesses the merits of #TwoPeopleExchangingSaliva.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2026/03/fren... #NatalieMusteata #AlexandreSingh #Oscars2026 #Cesars