KING AND CONQUEROR Mention 1066 in Britain and people think of the Battle of Hastings, the Bayeux Tapestry and King Harold getting an arrow through the eye. But now BBC1 and CBS have attempted to flesh out the story in a muddy, bloody eight part miniseries. 'King and Conqueror' by Michael Robert Johnson boasts a 'Game of Thrones' star and one of Britain's most prolific screen actors. Denmark's Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is best known for playing the thoroughly bad egg, Jaime Lannister in the HBO swords and armour epic. Meanwhile James Norton has made a name for himself playing a broad range of roles from a twisted thug in 'Happy Valley' to the soldier Andrei Bolonsky in 'War and Peace,' a Russian Mobster's son in 'McMafia' to a terminally ill working class Belfast dad in 'Nothing Special'. Both men are accomplished actors who you would imagine would enjoy sinking their teeth into a historical epic with swords, shields and...
CHRISTY While Britain has a long, proud history of kitchen sink cinema, its neighbour across the Irish Sea has been developing its own realist voice too. From Cathal Black to Lenny Abrahamson, Aisling Walsh to Darren Thornton, Gerard Barrett to Frank Berry, Irish filmmakers have not been afraid to bring the reality of people's lives to the big screen. Now we can add Brendan Canty to the list. Previously known for directing the video for Hozier's monster hit 'Take Me To Church, ' Canty's debut movie 'Christy' has been wowing festival audiences and film critics across Europe. In February, the film picked up the Generation 14+ Grand Prix award at the Berlin Film Festival . Five months later, it walked away with the Best Irish Film prize at the Galway Film Fleadh . Set in Cork, 'Christy' stars Danny Power, who some audiences may know as Conor's nemesis from the Cork based BBC and RTE sitcom 'The Young Offenders' . At the start of Canty...