Abbey

Every time Downton Abbey seems to have closed its doors to the world, hope springs eternal for another round. The rumor mill has kept this series in everyone’s minds, even without a cinematic entry to speak of on the 2024 movie schedule. However, it appears those cast-submitted ideas for Downton Abbey 3 may come in handy after all, as it seems that a third film might actually happening!If true, this is an assuredly exciting rumor, as there's never a bad time to return to Downton Abbey. That being said, it does cause me a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDownton Abbey fans can breathe sighs of relief as Imelda Staunton, a star of the series’ two films, has confirmed that a further edition is in the works.Rumours of a third film leading on from the massively popular ITV period drama have been swirling for months, as well as whispers of a seventh season of the television show since last summer.Staunton featured on Wednesday’s edition (20…

Musician marks the one-year anniversary of his album One Thing at a Time with live recordings, an unreleased song, and cover of “Graveyard Whistling” Morgan Wallen is marking the one-year anniversary of chart-topper One Thing at a Time with the surprise-release of Abbey Road Sessions. The songs were recorded at the legendary Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios on Dec. 5, 2023. “Playing the O2 in London last fall and getting to record at Abbey Road, where so much iconic music has been made, was…

Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds set-up shop at Abbey Road to re-record a pair of Oasis songs, “The Masterplan” and “Going Nowhere.” Both songs originally appeared on Oasis’ 1998 B-sides collection, The Masterplan, which just got the 25th anniversary reissue treatment earlier this year. They’re also both staples of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds live set, so the Abbey Road Sessions offered the band a chance to lay down their versions for posterity.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll609HZWNvI…

Respect for your elders is a pillar of Blackness. This means that in most – if not all – African communities, whether continental, in the Caribbean or in the diaspora, it is somewhat offensive to speak to an elder as you would a peer. For example, it can be disparaging to refer to an elder on a first-name basis. It would also be wise not to use the word “elder” lightly, and to distinguish between elders and people who are just older than you. Elders bring things to the table. They share the wisdom that their years have…

Abbey Games has officially revealed that a sequel to its indie god sim Reus is "on the way," almost a full decade after the original came out for Windows PCs. The original game received mostly favorable reviews after it shipped, and the developer sold over one million copies worldwide. Abbey Games founders Maarten Wiedenhof, Manuel Kerssemakers and Adriaan Jansen said: "The original Reus is a decade old, and much has changed in the gaming world. We're excited to bring Reus 2 to this new era, and show what it can bring to…

Michelle Dockery Joins Tom Hanks In Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’ ( Photo Credit – IMDb; Wikimedia ) Four-time Emmy nominee and Dowton Abbey fame Michelle Dockery has joined the cast of Here, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis adaptation of Richard McGuires graphic novel. The project reunites Robert Zemeckis with writer Eric Roth, Tom Hanks, Michelle and Robin Wright for the first time since their collaboration on ‘Forrest Gump’ earned six Oscars including Best Picture. Paul Bettany also co-stars Michelle Dockery in Here. Based on…

A Black person growing up in the west will experience moments of shock. There is the first time you knowingly experience racism, and here, for me, was another: the first time I realised that the man who sang the soul classic What You Won’t Do for Love was white.Long before there was Ed Sheeran, Adele, Justin Timberlake or, before them, Simply Red, Lisa Stansfield, Jon B (the only white musician Tupac Shakur ever made a record with), or even the current underground king of blue-eyed soul Mayer Hawthorne, there was Bobby…

Putting her privileged access to good use, Mary McCartney has directed this enjoyable documentary about Abbey Road Studios in London – famously the site of the Beatles’ classic recordings (her dad is Paul of course), but much more besides. McCartney’s film takes us through the history of the building itself (in the St John’s Wood neighbourhood of London, perhaps only Lord’s cricket ground is more of an English icon).It was designed to house a symphony orchestra, and its first occupant in 1931 was Edward Elgar conducting…

Westminster Abbey has served as a coronation, wedding, and burial site for the royalty of England and Britain for nearly a millennium.Consecrated in 1065 CE, the magnificent structure is one of the world's most famous buildings – but it hasn't always existed in its current form. It's been subject to the whims and fashions of the nobility, changing like a haunted house whose halls can never be relied upon.And new research suggests that one such vanishing section was a grisly chapel, a sacred space dedicated to the royal…