Emma Thompson

The Oscar winner is starring as Miss Trunchbull in the Netflix musical adaption of Roald Dahl's 1988 book.

“Matilda Wormwood, criminals like you need a real lesson,” Trunchbull huffs and puffs. “Matilda: The Musical” is set to drop Dec. 2 on Netflix and in theaters in the United Kingdom. Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough are playing Matilda’s inattentive parents who neglect her daily.

Emma Thompson plays a retired British teacher who connects with a sex worker (Daryl McCormack. Let's talk about sex. If we must — I am a bit of a prude.

By no means groundbreaking, the “how” of the matter is important. It works well as television: the scope is limited and the segments broken up in digestible bits. More of a critique of her than of “Leo Grande.” But it is an hour and 40 minutes of her in an acting duet. As the film moves along, this initial stiltedness is revealed as part of a larger plan. In the end, “Leo Grande” argues that men and women are complicated. Your interest and entertainment in “Leo Grande” will largely rely on how you react to the performers' interactions with one another.

Netflix revealed a trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, and Emma Thompson is seen taking on the role of the evil Miss ...

The upcoming Matilda rework isn’t the only Roald Dahl novel slated for another movie adaptation, either, as a Willy Wonka prequel film is also on its way next year. ROALD DAHL'S— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) MATILDATHE MUSICAL comes to Netflix this December. pic.twitter.com/Rw6jd2WRQc June 15, 2022 Today, Netflix dropped a new trailer for its upcoming film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, and there’s a new Miss Trunchbull in town.

Daryl McCormack recalls how he and Emma Thompson prepared for the sex scenes in their new indie "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande."

She said, “Of course, love, it’s under the stairs.” And then amongst that were two Oscars, just sitting on the toilet. “I said to my therapist many months ago that I really want to grow in terms of my career and person and responsibility. And then it dawned on me — there’s no one else really in this film, apart from Leo and Nancy. There were two scenes I had to put on tape. Yes. She was in the front garden, and I was like, “Emma, I’m so sorry, but before we go, can I use your loo?” Because I really needed to use the bathroom. “And she said, ‘Oh?’ But then I said, ‘But it’s with Emma Thompson — you know, ‘Love Actually.’” “I remember at one point the three of us standing butt naked in the room, and Emma just went, ‘I feel we’re all being held by something bigger here.

New York (AP) -- The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality.

Based on the Roald Dahl novel of the same name, "Matilda" stars Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson, and Alisha Weir, out this December.

The story is based on Dahl’s 1988 novel of the same name. Per the official logline, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” is an inspirational musical tale of an extraordinary girl who discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. The film will debut this holiday season on Netflix. Sony Pictures UK and TriStar Pictures will exclusively release the film in cinemas in the UK and Ireland December 2.

Emma Thompson stars in terrific 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande'; also worth seeing is 'Cha Cha Real Smooth.'

“Mid-Century” opens with a murder and it all seems to be building to an obvious conclusion, and then a wicked twist slaps you in the face and changes everything. “Mid-Century”: So many “thrillers” slog their way through a familiar, uninspired formula that it becomes easy to figure out the “big surprise” in the first 10 minutes. “Lightyear”: Should you be a fan of classic sci-fi along the lines of “Star Wars,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Star Trek” and so on — prepare to have an absolute blast with Pixar’s latest release, an inventive, funny and touching standalone feature about a space ranger film character who inspired that Buzz Lightyear toy little Andy cherished so in the “Toy Story” franchise. “Brian and Charles” celebrates those of us who are different as it introduces us to the brilliant Wales inventor/town outsider Brian (David Earl). He cobbles together the inquisitive AI robot Charles (Chris Hayward) who’s fascinated by the dictionary and doesn’t like being penned up indoors. “Cha Cha Real Smooth”: Actor/filmmaker/screenwriter Cooper Raiff steers clear of a sophomore slump with a radiant follow-up to 2020’s “Sh@$house.” Once again, he excels at massaging the kinks out of the overworked rom-com format. Let the following batch of new movies – the sexy smart “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” the unconventional rom-com “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” the teambuilding Pixar gem “Lightyear” and the delightfully quirky “Brain and Charles” — work their considerable charms on you.

Emma Thompson is transformed via prosthetics into a terrifying Miss Trunchbull for the teaser trailer of Netflix's 'Matilda the Musical.'

The pic is also produced by Netflix, TriStar Pictures, Working Title Films and The Roald Dahl Story Company. The film is the second adaptation of the original “Matilda” book, following the 1996 Danny DeVito-directed movie that starred Mara Wilson in the central role. “Matilda the Musical” is directed by Matthew Warchus, who also helmed the original West End production of the musical. One of Roald Dahl’s most beloved characters is heading back to film.

Alisha Weir plays the title role and Lashana Lynch is Miss Honey in the upcoming Netflix movie Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, costarring Emma Thompson.

Dahl's Matilda was published in 1988. He added, "Netflix and The Roald Dahl Story Company share a deep love of storytelling and a growing, global fan base." Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results."

In Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Emma Thompson plays a widow yearning to fulfill a desire that's somehow eluded her her entire life: an orgasm.

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The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality. ByJake Coyle Ap Film Writer.

A completely innocent position,” says Thompson. “I’m not moving my body about to make it look better or more like the thing I think it ought to look like. She penned Ang Lee’s “Sense and Sensibility” and a pair of “Nanny McPhee” films. “I thought: That’s the position I’d like to stand in. Though “Leo Grande” was shot quickly in just 19 days, the actors rehearsed beforehand, including some time spent acting nude. The process of making the movie unfolded for Thompson and McCormack as an unusually deep experience of connection and unburdening. I think she was finishing up some gardening,” said McCormack. “I just remember her seeing me and being so cordial and welcoming. When McCormack was potentially up for the part, the 29-year-old Irish actor best known from “Peaky Blinders” went to meet Thompson at her home in London. They spent two hours talking on a park bench. “She was out on the front door step talking to one of her neighbors. Thompson has, she says, been thinking about the issues behind “Leo Grande” for years and years. It’s been made somewhat taboo, and at the same time, it’s been industrialized and sold to us like Spam in a tin,” says Thompson. “I was talking about the pleasure centers in the brain, in the body and in the heart. “I’ve always trusted physical pleasure, as long as it felt right in the emotional centers of the body. “It’s like a little atom bomb,” said Thompson, speaking by Zoom from Scotland in an interview earlier this spring.

The actor stars as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix's upcoming movie adaptation of "Matilda the Musical," based on Roald Dahl's 1988 novel of the same name. The new ...

The trailer opens with Thompson’s character declaring that her school is “full of rebels.” The frightening headmistress then approaches Matilda and asks for the new student’s name. Young actor Alisha Weir portrays Matilda, a “little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world," per the official description. The actor stars as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix's upcoming movie adaptation of "Matilda the Musical," based on Roald Dahl's 1988 novel of the same name.

Oscar-winner Emma Thompson plays a sexually frustrated widow in 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,' streaming June 17 on Hulu.

At that juncture, "Good Luck” reveals itself to be not just an exchange of bodily fluids, but an exchange of ideas offering insights into the power of intimacy and human connection. And when it somewhat ploddingly gets there, I can guarantee you’ll be moved by what Nancy and Leo learn about themselves and the errancy of the sheltered lives they’ve led. She’s delightfully cynical in her delivery, yet subtle enough to allow sufficient room for us to sympathize with a woman who has most assuredly never “had it all.” And as Nancy spills, Leo evolves as every woman’s dream: a man who listens. To hear her tell it, it’s almost an act of God that she has two adult children: a son majoring in chemistry, whom she labels “boring”; and a marginally debauched daughter living in an artist colony in Barcelona. Worse, Nancy claims to have never experienced an orgasm. Of the two, Thompson’s Nancy is by far the most repressed. And if, in the end, escort and client do more talking than doing, so be it.

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming Matilda, and fans can't get over just how different Emma Thompson looks as the devious Miss ...

In the newly-released trailer for 'Matilda the Musical' on Netflix, Emma Thompson is totally unrecognizable as Trunchbull.

Lashana Lynch plays the beloved teacher Miss Honey. The trailer itself is set to the musical’s best-known song, “Revolting Children,” as the audience waits in anticipation to see Miss Trunchbull herself. The musical was adapted from Roald Dahl's 1988 children's book, not unlike the absolutely brilliant 1996 movie adaptation starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, and Rhea Pearlman. Matilda is a girl born to two pretty terrible, negligent parents who have no idea how amazing their intelligent, magical daughter is.

Daryl McCormack co-stars as a sex worker hired by a repressed 60-something woman who hopes to experience a late-in-life sexual awakening.