Heavy Metal drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) has his life thrown into disarray when he begins to experience rapid hearing loss. As an addict he finds his new found emotional instability a threat to his sobriety until his girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) and his sponsor find him a retreat for deaf addicts run by Joe (Paul … Continue reading Sound Of Metal
In a world filled with super villains, scientist Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) invents a treatment that imbues super powers as a way to fight back. Which of course estranged friend Lydia Berman (Melissa McCarthy) accidentally takes ruining her plans. Thunder Force is an odd film. It is sporadically funny, especially if you appreciate McCarthy’s specific … Continue reading Thunder Force
When Nyles (Andy Samberg) attends a wedding in Palm Springs he makes a connection with Sarah (Cristin Milioti), the Maid of Honour. Unfortunately given that Nyles is trapped in a time loop it is a moment that he can’t move forward with as he knows that tomorrow will just be a repeat of today. Palm … Continue reading Palm Springs
Diane Sherman (Sarah Paulson) has looked after her daughter since her traumatic premature birth. Chloe Sherman (Kiera Allen) whilst afflicted with a heart condition, severe asthma and paralysis of the legs is a determined teenager applying for college having been home schooled by her mother her entire life. But just as she is excited by … Continue reading Run
Head of Apex Cybernetics Walter Simmons (Demian Bechir) hires scientist Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgard) to travel to Hollow Earth, the rumoured home of all Titans. To do so Lind in turn hires Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall), the Kong whisperer in order to get Kong to show them the way. When their paths cross with Godzilla … Continue reading Godzilla vs Kong
A few months after 9/11, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) is arrested by the authorities in his country and handed to the American authorities. Years later he is still being held at Guantanamo Bay without charge and civil rights lawyer Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) takes on his case. The Mauritanian is a really solid and … Continue reading The Mauritanian
Abe Applebaum (Adam Brody) used to be a famous kid detective. Now, aged thirty-two he is still finding lost cats in between getting drunk and feeling sorry for himself. That is until naive sixteen year old Caroline (Sophie Nelisse) hires him to find out who murdered her boyfriend. The debut feature film from writer/director Evan … Continue reading The Kid Detective
On 2nd October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist in exile in Turkey entered the Saudi consulate in order to obtain certificates that would allow him to marry his fiancée Hatice Cengiz. He was never seen again. Bryan Fogel’s documentary about Khashoggi’s state sponsored assassination is framed to some extent like a thriller. The details … Continue reading The Dissident
Legendary filmmaker Jake Hannaford (John Huston) is in the process of trying to complete his experimental movie The Other Side Of The Wind. On his birthday in an effort to secure more funding for the film he has a party populated by many people from fans, hangers on, industry members and prospective financiers. The Other … Continue reading The Other Side Of The Wind
On the cusp of World War II British Intelligence officer Thomas Miller (Eddie Izzard) takes a role as a teacher in the Augusta Victoria college for German girls in Bexhill-on-Sea. Intelligence have concerns that the school is a double for German spy activity and believe the girls could be valuable prisoners, if war were to … Continue reading Six Minutes To Midnight
