The film also stars Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan as ex–bandmates and lovers McGwyer & Mortimer. Key (who co-wrote the film with Basden based on a short they made in 2008) says the premise of ...

Director James Griffiths and actors/writers Tim Key and Tom Basden always meant to turn their 2007 short film “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island” — about a lottery winner who ...

Carey Mulligan cut a chic figure on Saturday as she was joined by Tom Basden at the premiere of their latest movie The Ballad of Wallis Island in Utah. The actress, 39, who plays Nell Mortimer ...

James Griffiths’ comedy-drama with songs stirs up the troubled romantic past of a once-popular Brit folk-rock duo, their awkward reunion engineered by an oddball superfan. By David Rooney Chief ...

But this sublime and human comedy, starring Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden and the wonderful Tim Key, is anything but kooky or overblown. I adored every second of it. Directed by James Griffiths ...

Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden), at a remote island. The island is so remote that it doesn’t have a jetty, let alone a harbor, resulting in slapstick scenes as he tries to disembark the dodgy rowing ...

Tim Key, Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan are a disarmingly delightful trio in a quirky and music-filled comedy set on picturesque Welsh shores. A co-writer (along with co-lead and his longtime ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Ballad of Wallis Island 4.5 out of 5 Stars Director: James Griffiths Writers: Tom Basden, Tim Key Starring: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Carey Mulligan ...

Nostalgia and the ache of moving on permeate every frame of The Ballad of Wallis Island, lending an air of precious sentimentality that threatens to slide into the saccharine. But James Griffiths ...