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"Sex 'n bugs 'n sausage rolls." ShineHouse has revealed a new official US trailer for a British indie comedy called La Cha Cha, directed by filmmaker Kevin Allen. After first premiering in the UK in 2021 during the pandemic, the film is set for a VOD release in the US this April a few years later. Liam Hourican stars as Solti Buttering, who is on a road trip to scatter his grandfather's ashes. Along the way he stumbles upon "La Cha Cha", a closed holiday park with a lively off-grid retiree community. Struggling to keep the place going, feisty owner Libby and brother Damien unveil an unconventional plan to sustain it and the residents. This also stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Dougray Scott, Alfie Allen, Keith Allen, Llyr Ifans, with Rhys Ifans & Melanie Waters. Even with an impressive cast, looks as kooky and as strange as they come. Not sure it'll appeal to many!

Globalisation isn’t just about lax child labour laws lowering the price of t-shirts; it also has its downsides. Global markets have a tendency to replace local idiosyncrasy with the accessibly bland. Should, for instance, the makers of Sweden’s chocolate Plopp Bar ever branch out into English-speaking territories, they’d be forced to rename their product to something much less funny, and we’d all be the worse off for it.

Murderville, a US series based on BBC Three’s Murder in Successville, is worse off for just that reason. In the transatlantic translation of the semi-improvised detective comedy, a niche element has been dropped, and with it, much of the original’s charm. Here’s the premise: every episode, a celebrity guest is thrown amongst a regular cast of comedy actors to solve a murder alongside the lead detective. There’s a part-script for everybody but the celebrity,...

Antics of ageing misfits living off-grid have a decidedly sitcom feel, but don’t expect to laugh

Here is a daft-as-a-brush Welsh comedy shot under pandemic rules last year with a vaguely coronavirus theme: it’s about a group of eccentric oldies living together on a caravan site, desperate to avoid spending their twilight years in a care home. It’s all very silly, with a few enjoyable moments. The cast formed a bubble on the Gower peninsula to make it. Clearly, they’re having a massive laugh, but to be honest, anyone else might struggle to get much out of it.

Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (daughter of Andy Serkis) gives the performance of the film as Libby, who’s in her mid 20s and owns the La Cha Cha caravan park with her brother Damien (played by her real-life brother Sonny Ashbourne Serkis). The site is a haven for mostly...

UK comedy shot during lockdown and stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis and Liam Hourican.

Twin Town director Kevin Allen has wrapped dark comedy La Cha Cha, which was written and filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The UK feature, which shot over four weeks in South Wales, stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, the children of actor-director Andy Serkis. They lead the film alongside Liam Hourican, whose credits includeThe Secret of Kells.

It also reunites the core cast of Twin Town, Allen’s cult comedy that played in competition at the Berlinale in 1997 and proved a breakout role for Rhys Ifans.

Naughty Plebs favourtie Ryan Sampson is going to spend autumn pulling off some crazy pranks for ITV2.

Sampson and an ensemble of rising comedy stars will rope the public into taking part in bizarre (and totally fake) reality shows for the new sketch series Glitchy.

Unsuspecting passers-by on the streets will become the stars of phoney competitions like Britain and Ireland's Next Top Hand Model, Date My Daughter and 24 Hours in a Phone Box - and surely embarrass themselves along the way.

An unlucky few might even have an unwelcome encounter with Memzo, a petty thief-turned-creepy street magician.

"I'm beyond excited that ITV have let us loose, giving our own twisted take on all of our favourite TV shows," Sampson said. "It's going to be brilliant. And weird. And weirdly brilliant!"

His revolving cast of co-conspirators includes Ellie White (House of Fools), Gabby Best (Top Coppers), Colin Hoult (Derek), Mona Yousefi...

A charming new trailer has been released for director Tomm Moore's upcoming animated Irish Folklore film Song of the Sea. This is the same director who created the wonderful animated movie The Secret of Kells.

Song of the Sea is based on a number of Irish folklore tales, and the magical story centers on two siblings named Ben and Saoirse. "They belong to the mythological race of Selkies who live as humans on land and as seals in the sea. Together they embark on an adventure to free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world."

The movie features the voices of Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Lucy O’Connell, Liam Hourican, and Kevin Swierszsz.

If you haven't watched The Secret of Kells yet, it's available on Instant Netflix. If you enjoyed that movie, then I'm sure that you're going to enjoy this one as well.

A delightful trailer has been released for director Tomm Moore's new film Song of the Sea. This is the same director who brought us the fantastic animated film The Secret of Kells. His newest film looks absolutely wonderful.

Song of the Sea pulls from several aspects of Irish folklore, more specifically the Selkies, who are seals in the sea, but shed their skin to become human on land. The story focuses on siblings Ben and Saoirse (who is the last Seal-child) who embark on a great adventure. The movie stars the voices of Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Lucy O’Connell, Liam Hourican, and Kevin Swierszsz.

Cartoon Saloon is likely to release the movie sometime in 2015, and I'll be looking forward to it. If you haven't seen The Secret of Kells yet, you should check it out. It's currently on Netflix.

Monday, April 19th will see the broadcast of Green Inc Television's new comedy sketch show pilot for Channel 4, 'iCandy'. The pilot is written by and stars Liam Hourican (actor, The Secret of Kells) and features an all-Irish cast including 'The Clinic' star Amy Huberman, 'The Tudors' Jim Roche and 'Best: His Mother's Son' actress, Laura Donnelly. The pilot was written by Liam Hourican, David Crann (Ape) and David Stone and features Hourican playing original characters, including a Dutch mountaineer with a taste for human flesh and a TV lifecoach with a murky past. Outlandish impressions of well-known personalities also feature, including 'When Louis Theroux Met Hitler' and 'Peter Stringfellow's Community Outreach Programme for teenagers'.

Irish comedian David McSavage's new project, 'The Savage Eye', begins a six-part run on Monday, November 23rd. The series aims to be a satirical and surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people such as the arts, property, sex and religion. The first episode will ask the question 'Why are the Irish so influential in the world of Arts?' 'The Savage Eye' takes the form of a fake anthropological documentary and features sketches performed by well known Irish actors and comedians, including David McSavage, Declan Rooney, Pat McDonnell, Eleanor Tiernan, Gerard McSorley, Liam Hourican, John Colleary and Dermot McMurrow.