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Surviving Christmas With The Relatives
''Surviving Christmas with the Relatives'' (also known as ''Christmas Survival'' in the United States) is a 2018 British Christmas film written and directed by James Dearden. It stars Julian Ovenden, Gemma Whelan, Joely Richardson and Michael Landes. It was released in the UK 30 November 2018 and was not well received. Cast *Julian Ovenden as Dan *Gemma Whelan as Miranda *Joely Richardson as Lyla *Michael Landes as Trent *Sally Phillips as Miriam *Ronni Ancona as Vicky *Sophie Simnett as Bee *Patricia Hodge as Aunt Peggy *James Fox as Uncle John See also * List of Christmas films Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year d ... References 2018 films British Christmas comedy films 2010s Christmas comedy films Films directed by James Dearden 2010s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dearden
James Dearden (born 14 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of Scottish actress Melissa Stribling and English film director Basil Dearden. He directed nine films between 1977 and 2018. His film '' Pascali's Island'' was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. For writing the screenplay for '' Fatal Attraction'' (1987), Dearden received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Dearden is married to British actress Annabel Brooks. Filmography * ''The Contraption'' (1977) * ''Panic'' (1978) * '' Diversion'' (1980) * ''The Cold Room'' (1984) * '' Fatal Attraction'' (1987) (screenplay, based on ''Diversion''; directed by Adrian Lyne) * '' Pascali's Island'' (1988) * '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1991) * ''Rogue Trader A rogue trader is person who makes financial trades in an unauthorised manner. Rogue trader may also refer to: * ''Rogue Trader'' (book), the autobiography of (and later a movie about) Nick Leeson, the man w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Ovenden
Julian Mark Ovenden (born 29 November 1976) is an English actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and West End stages, in television series in both the United Kingdom and United States, in films, and performed internationally as a concert and recording artist. Early life and education Ovenden was born on 29 November 1976 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He is one of three children of the Reverend Canon John Ovenden, a former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. He sang in the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, London as a child. He later won a music scholarship to Eton College. He subsequently read music at New College, Oxford on a choral scholarship. Whilst he has received training as an opera singer, he has professionally used his music training in musical theatre. He continued academic studies in drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Career His theatre work includes the multi award-winning '' Merrily We Roll Along'' and ''Grand Hotel'' for Michael Grandage at the Donma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Whelan
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born 23 April 1981) is an English actress and comedian known for portraying Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama series ''Game of Thrones''. She also plays Kate in all seasons of the comedy ''Upstart Crow'', Detective Eunice Noon on the first season of ''The End of the F***ing World'' on Channel 4, and Geraldine on the third season of ''Killing Eve''. Early life Whelan was born in Leeds and grew up in the Midlands. She attended The King's High School for Girls in Warwick and the London Studio Centre. Career As a stand-up comedian, Whelan won the 2010 Funny Women Variety Award. She performed at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe with her show ''Chastity Butterworth & The Spanish Hamster''. In 2014 she recorded a pilot chat show as her character Chastity Butterworth for BBC Radio 4. On screen, she has played supporting roles in several films and TV shows, including in the 2010 films ''Gulliver's Travels'' and '' The Wolfman''. She played Kate (appearing in all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joely Richardson
Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series ''Nip/Tuck'' (2003–10) and Katherine Parr in the Showtime series ''The Tudors'' (2010). She has also appeared in films such as '' 101 Dalmatians'' (1996), ''Event Horizon'' (1997), '' The Patriot'' (2000), ''Return to Me'' (2000), '' Anonymous'' (2011), the Hollywood film adaptation of ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011), the remake of '' Endless Love'' (2014), the thriller ''Red Sparrow'' (2018), and '' The Turning'' (2020). Early life Joely Kim Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, to the theatrical Redgrave family, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson (1928–1991), and the granddaughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave (1908–1985) and Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), Lady Redgrave. Actress Natasha Richardson (1963–2009) was her sister and actor Liam Neeson is her brother-in-law. She is the aunt of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Landes
Michael Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film. Personal life Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on September 18, 1972 in The Bronx, New York. Landes studied performing arts at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles. He met Wendy Benson in Boston during the summer of 1999 while they were filming ''The Gentleman from Boston''; they married on October 21, 2000 at Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan. According to ''Tribute'', they lived in Los Angeles with their two children: Mimi and Dominic. Career Landes made guest appearances on ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''The New Lassie'', and ''Blossom''. In 2016, Landes told Digital Spy that when he was replaced on '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' after the first season—"because I looked too much like Dean Cain, who played Clark... and Teri Hatcher, who played Lois"—it was his first time being fired. For his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Phillips
Sally Elizabeth Phillips (born 10 May 1970) is an English actress, television presenter, and comedian. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show ''Smack the Pony''. She is also known for her roles in '' Miranda'' as Tilly, '' I'm Alan Partridge'' as Sophie, ''Parents'' as Jenny Pope, '' Set the Thames on Fire'' as Colette in 2015, and her guest appearances as the fictional Prime Minister of Finland Minna Häkkinen in the US TV series ''Veep''. Phillips also co-starred in ''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' as Mrs Bennet and in the role of Shazza in all three films of the ''Bridget Jones'' franchise. From 2004 to 2019, Phillips played the title role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy show ''Clare in the Community''. In 2018 she was curator for series 12 of ''The Museum of Curiosity'' on BBC Radio 4. Early life Phillips was born in Hong Kong, which at the time was under British rule; her father Tim, later chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronni Ancona
Veronica "Ronni" Jane Ancona (born 4 July 1966)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer best known for ''The Big Impression'', which she co-wrote and starred in and was, for four years, one of BBC One's top-rated comedy programmes, winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. Ancona also starred in the first series of the BAFTA-winning ITV series ''The Sketch Show''. Ancona has appeared in the BAFTA-winning ''Last Tango in Halifax'' since its creation in 2012. She is a co-director, alongside Sally Phillips and Nick Hamson, of the production company Captain Dolly. Early life Ancona was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, but moved to Scotland when she was a few days old and was brought up in Troon. She is of Italian Jewish descent. Her father was a commander in the Royal Navy and her mother was an artist who painted the sets at the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr and the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. Ancona i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Simnett
Sophie Simnett (born 5 December 1997) is an English actress, known for her roles as Skye Hart on the Disney Channel musical series '' The Lodge'' and Samaira Dean on the Netflix drama series '' Daybreak''. Early life Simnett was born in Hammersmith, West London. At the age of seven, she began taking various film and acting courses, and was educated at Putney High School. Career Simnett made her professional acting debut in ''Footsteps of Angels'', a 2014 short film. She then appeared in the 2016 film ''Mum's List'', as the younger version of Kate. On her eighteenth birthday, she was cast in the role of Skye Hart on the Disney Channel musical drama series '' The Lodge'' after thirteen auditions. She starred in ''The Lodge'' from 2016 to 2017, and was featured on two accompanying soundtracks for the series. Simnett also acted as a story consultant for the series. In 2018, she starred in the Christmas comedy film ''Surviving Christmas with the Relatives'' as Bee. In 2019, Simnett s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Hodge
Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actor. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in ''Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Miranda'' (2009–2015) and Mrs Pumphrey in '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (2021–present). Hodge made her West End debut in 1972 and the next year starred in the West End production of ''Pippin'' directed by Bob Fosse. Hodge has received two nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and in 2000, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the play ''Money''. Her other screen credits include the 1983 film ''Betrayal'', the 1986 TV adaptation of ''The Life and Loves of a She-Devil'', and the TV film ''Hotel du Lac'' (1986). For her role in ''Hotel du Lac'', Hodge received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. Early life Hodge was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. The daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fox
William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including '' King Rat'', ''The Servant'', ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' and ''Performance'', before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian. He has since appeared in a wide range of film and television productions. Early life Fox was born on 19 May 1939 in London, the second son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. His elder brother is actor Edward Fox and his younger brother is film producer Robert Fox. His maternal grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale. Like several members of the Fox family, he attended Harrow School. After leaving Harrow, Fox took a short service commission in the Coldstream Guards. Career Early career Fox first appeared on film in ''The Miniver Story'' in 1950. His early screen appearances, both in film and television, were made under his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Christmas Films
Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year during the holiday shopping season. Theatrical Christmas-themed films which received a theatrical release. File:It's a Wonderful Life.png, ''It's a Wonderful Life'' File:Meet Me In St Louis Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien 1944.jpg, ''Meet Me in St. Louis'', Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien 1944 File:IngridBergmanTheBellsofSaintMarysTrailerScreenshot1945.jpg, Ingrid Bergman, '' The Bells of Saint Marys'', 1945 File:The Bishop's Wife (1948 poster).jpg, ''The Bishop's Wife'', 1948 ''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations ''The Nutcracker'' adaptations Christmas action films Christmas horror films Christmas Thriller films Short films Made-for-television and direct-to-video These are films that were made for television (including streamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Films
2018 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2018, festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "2018 has been a banner year for movies, but you'd never know it from a trip to a local multiplex—or from a glimpse at the Oscarizables. The gap between what's good and what's widely available in theatres—between the cinema of resistance and the cinema of consensus—is wider than ever." He also stated, "In some cases, streaming has filled the gap. Several of the year's best movies, such ''Shirkers'' and ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'', are being released by Netflix at the same time as (or just after) a limited theatrical run. Others, which barely qualified as having theatrical releases (one theatre for a week), are now available to stream online, on demand, and are more widely accessible to viewers (albeit at home) tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
