Two women meet in a maternity ward during labour and develop a bond. Janis (Penelope Cruz) is a photographer approaching middle age delighted with her unplanned pregnancy whilst Ana (Milena Smit) is a young woman mortified with hers. They exchange numbers and later forge a friendship. Pedro Almodovar’s latest is a little peculiar even by … Continue reading Parallel Mothers
The true story of Dana Canedy (Chante Adams) who wrote a book dedicated to the journal her partner 1st Sgt. Charles King (Michael B. Jordan) wrote for their son before he died. Cutting back and forth between Dana as a single mother and Dana and Charles meeting and developing their relationship the film tells the … Continue reading A Journal For Jordan
CIA agent Mason Browne (Jessica Chastain) is tasked with recovering a devastating cyber weapon. But when her operation goes wrong she gathers a team of women each from a different agency to help capture and destroy the weapon. Mason’s CIA agent will enlist Marie Schmidt (Diane Kruger) from Germany’s BND, Khadijah Adiyeme (Lupita Nyong’o) from … Continue reading The 355
The Scream series is soon to receive its fifth entry and what better way to celebrate its release than to revisit all of the film entries in the franchise and rank them? The fifth entry, confusingly called simply Scream will be the first to not feature the writer/director partnership of Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven (who … Continue reading Scream – Ranked
1973, San Fernando Valley. Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is lining up for his high school photograph when he meets one of the photographer’s assistants, Alana Kain (Alana Haim). He asks her on a date and despite her misgivings at their age gap she decides to meet him. What follows is a coming of age story … Continue reading Licorice Pizza
Rojda (Almila Bagriacik) is an Iraqi-Kurd who has lived in Germany since she was a child. We meet her at a refugee camp for displaced Kurds trying to get her mother Ferhat (Maryam Boubani) released into her care. When safely back in Germany their relationship is strained, firstly because Ferhat is concerned that Rojda is … Continue reading Sisters Apart (Im Feuer)
U.S. Forest Ranger Finn Wheeler (Sam Richardson) is taking a post in a backwater town following a break up and instantly hits it off with relative newcomer to the town Cecily Moore (Milana Vayntrub). As the local postal worker she gives him the tour and the lowdown on all the reasons the local community secretly … Continue reading Werewolves Within
A Witcher named Vesemir (Theo James) must find the source of a powerful new monster terrorising the kingdom and his journey will take him back to his early years of why he became a Witcher in the first place. This anime feature film acts as a prequel to the hit Netflix series giving us an … Continue reading The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf
Ray Wentworth (Bob Odenkirk) is an alcoholic, divorced, out of work greeting card writer who has been unable to write anything of note since his wife left him for the guy who writes ‘Optimistic Owl’ cards. But when the greeting card world manages to coerce the state of California to create a new holiday he … Continue reading Girlfriend’s Day
Jim (Liam Neeson) is a rancher on the Arizona border. Spending his days checking on his cattle and radioing in sightings of illegal immigrants to his step-daughter and border patrol agent Sarah (Kathryn Winnick). Until that is he comes across Rosa (Teresa Ruiz) and her son Miguel (Jacob Perez) fleeing from the Mexican Cartel. One … Continue reading The Marksman
