PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The 25th Phoenix Film Festival commenced last night with The Ballad of Wallis Island opening the event. In The Ballad of Wallis Island, Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) is a ...

The genial comedy “The Ballad of Wallis Island” showcases an especially distinctive member of the last category: Charles, a lonely, gregarious kook whose most fervent wish is to witness a ...

I knew I’d have to include James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a twee-sounding British comedy about a folk musician named Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) who plays a gig on a remote ...

My mistake — encouraged by the offbeat bona fides of the British performers Tom Basden and Tim Key — was expecting “The Ballad of Wallis Island” to provide one. Bereft of chuckles or even ...

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...

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Kent County Council (KCC) this month revealed controversial proposals to offload tennis courts, a football pitch and 3G surface at Ashford’s John Wallis Academy. Sports pitches at the John ...

The Instagram influencer and the brother of former Western Bulldogs star Mitch Wallis tied the knot in front of a star-studded crowd on Saturday. The pair got engaged over Christmas in 2023 during ...