Former folk-rock star Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden), who’s since shifted into a hollower, more commercial space, turns up in a rickety boat to Wallis Island expecting an intimate, rural festival-type gig.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star in an incredibly tense thriller about two narco cops who make a wild discovery, while Tim Key works his kooky charm in the heart-warming Britcom ...

One of the best-reviewed films out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, The Ballad of Wallis Island, is now available to watch in movie theaters. So what are you waiting for? Directed by James ...

Carey Mulligan, Tim Key and Tom Basden star in the story of a lottery winner who aims to reunite his favorite musical duo with comic results. 'The Ballad of Wallis Island’ receives 7 out of 10 stars.

If you crossed the lovely indie musical “Once” (2007) with the charming Scottish comedy classic “Local Hero” (1983), and subtracted half of the loveliness and charm, you might end up with “The Ballad ...

A wee British charmer made with warmth and heart, "The Ballad of Wallis Island" is as comfortable and cozy as a soft blanket, the kind of low-key comedy Brits excel at and Americans don't even bother ...

It's never a bad time for a film like "The Ballad of Wallis Island," but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm. Modest in scope and made with the lightest of touch, not unlike the lovely folk ...

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how relevant it is, how it speaks to now. But that’s not so easy when your movie is ...

The firm of Forsyth, Carney, Powell and Pressburger likely provided some valuable pro bono counsel to the makers of “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a nicely spooned dose of whimsy that goes down quite ...

“Making the couple” is the basic trope of the rom-com genre. But which couple? There are at least 3 couples, maybe 4, all of them in need of making, remaking or, perversely, unmaking, in director ...

In the annals of redemption stories about dead souls, former folk musician turned pop star Herb McGwyer isn’t the most damned, but he’s not that easy to like, either. And by dead souls, what I mean is ...