Joker is a character study of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix). A man who lives with his mother, suffers from a disability that makes him laugh involuntarily and who idolises late night television presenter Murray Franklin (Robert DeNiro). This is an exceptionally good film that has two huge caveats that I feel I need to come to … Continue reading Joker
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch tells the story of Theodore Decker as a teenager and an adult. At the age of 13 whilst visiting an art museum his mother is killed in a terrorist explosion. In the wreckage Theodore has a dazed interaction with a fellow victim that … Continue reading The Goldfinch
The 5th film (and possibly final) in the Rambo franchise sees Sylvester Stallone in a plot line that feels borrowed from a Taken movie. When his niece goes missing in Mexico looking for her absent father John Rambo uses his special skills to find her. I have always found the Rambo sequels an odd affair. … Continue reading Rambo: Last Blood
Grace (Samara Weaving) is marrying into the incredibly rich Le Domas family and she is soon to find out how eccentric they are too. On her wedding night she is told that all new family members must play a game and when she draws “Hide and Seek” what she doesn’t realise is that the loser … Continue reading Ready Or Not
Hells Kitchen, 1978. The husbands of Kathy (Melissa McCarthy), Ruby (Tiffany Haddish) and Claire (Elizabeth Moss) are sent to prison for armed robbery and when the Irish mob don’t provide for them they decide to continue on in their husbands roles and earn for themselves. The Kitchen has an initially interesting concept that fails to … Continue reading The Kitchen
Brother and sister Maria (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Charlie (Gabriel Bateman) get sucked into the magical world of Playmobil where they must save the people from an evil emperor (Adam Lambert). Thank heavens for cinema kids club! My children wanted to watch Playmobil on its first spin at the cinema but I wasn’t taken much by … Continue reading Playmobil: The Movie
In the near future space exploration is a reality. When the Earth is rocked by power surges Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) is asked to travel across the solar system to seek out the father he thought was lost years ago on a mission to search for extraterrestrial life. Two years ago James Gray brought … Continue reading Ad Astra
A Chinese family discover that their matriarch has only a few months left to live when she is diagnosed with lung cancer. They choose to keep the news from her and schedule a wedding as a means to bring the whole family together for a celebration. The Farewell is based on writer/director Lulu Wang’s life … Continue reading The Farewell
Inspired by a true story Hustlers is about a group of strippers who seek less legal means of making money when the financial crisis of 2008 dries up their custom. Feeling very much like a companion piece to The Wolf of Wall Street and with the rise of the women’s illegal activities taking the feel … Continue reading Hustlers
Twenty seven years after the Loser's Club survived the terrors of Pennywise the Clown they have all moved on from Derry with the exception of Mike Hanlon (Isaiah Mustafa). With children going missing again Mike calls his now estranged friends back to finish off the job they thought they completed as children. 2017's It was a brilliant … Continue reading It: Chapter Two
