Whilst Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) have been building a family on Pandora the humans they defeated in the original film have fled, regrouped and returned with one thing on their mind; colonising Pandora and quelling the native threat. Jake decides the best course of action is to flee. Knowing that his nemesis … Continue reading Avatar: The Way Of Water
Angela Childs (Zoe Kravitz) is an agoraphobic tech worker who trawls through voice communications that have been misunderstood by tech giant company Amygdala’s voice recognition device Kimi. When working through her latest set of recordings she thinks that she hears evidence of a crime and attempts to report her findings placing her into a web … Continue reading Kimi
Performer Hector P. Valenti (Javier Bardem) is looking for something exotic to add to his act when he discovers a tiny singing crocodile in a pet store. Lyle the crocodile (voiced by Shawn Mendes) has a rather bad case of stage fright though and Hector has to head out on the road to try and … Continue reading Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with $70k in student debt and stuck in a low paid catering delivery job. The misdemeanour assault record she obtained as a student due to an altercation with a boyfriend has locked her out of her dream career working as an artist in graphic design. The perpetual cycle of job … Continue reading Emily The Criminal
Santa Claus (David Harbour) finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation at the home of the super rich Lightstone family when some thieves led by Mr. Scrooge (John Leguizamo) descend upon them to open their secret vault full of money. Violent Night is a film that decides to pay homage to two of … Continue reading Violent Night
Sometime in the 1990’s eleven year old Sophie (Frankie Corio) went on holiday with her father Calum (Paul Mescal) to Turkey. Aftersun is a recollection of that holiday as Sophie’s memories blur at the edges of what she remembers and her interpretations of events. Aftersun is a stunning achievement from debut feature writer/director Charlotte Wells. … Continue reading Aftersun
Following a car accident as a young girl Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) had a titanium plate inserted into her skull. As an adult she has a sexual proclivity to metal and is a serial killer. In an effort to escape capture she changes her appearance to that of a boy named Adrien who went missing ten … Continue reading Titane
Brian (David Earl) lives all alone in a farm house in a rural welsh village. As loneliness and depression begins to take hold he throws himself into inventing as a way to keep his mind busy. The result is a robot named Charles (Chris Hayward). Charles, who in a particularly lovely scene chooses his own name … Continue reading Brian And Charles
Lily (Anna Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) used to be firm friends as young girls but grew apart after the death of Lily’s father. Following an incident with Amanda’s horse her mother pays Lily to tutor her on the proviso that she makes it look like she just wants to reconnect. Lily and Amanda are … Continue reading Thoroughbreds
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