Peg (Zoey Deutch) is a hustler. From an early age she always had an affinity for being able to make a quick buck with no moral boundaries to impede her. When she is accepted into an expensive college and realises that she will be unable to afford the fees she decides to scalp forged tickets … Continue reading Buffaloed
Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) is a twenty-four year old who dreams of being a tattoo artist whilst smoking pot with his mates and generally going nowhere in life. But when his sister Claire (Maude Apatow) goes to college and his mother Margie (Marisa Tomei) starts dating Ray (Bill Burr) he has to confront the issues … Continue reading The King Of Staten Island
In 1945 Willard (Bill Skarsgard) has just returned from World War Two. On his way back home he stops in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Charlotte (Hayley Bennett). In 1957 Charlotte falls ill and Willard implores his young son Arvin to pray with him and ask God to save … Continue reading The Devil All The Time
Teenager Shola “Rocks” Omotoso (Bukky Bakray) is abandoned by her mother and has to look after her younger brother Emmanuel (D’angelou Osei Kissiedu). Rocks is a film with a lot of heart that tells a story about friendship and family through the lens of multicultural London. Set in Hackney we see Rocks and her friends … Continue reading Rocks
The Gardner family have moved out of the city and into the countryside of Arkham. Their peaceful existence of growing crops and raising Alpacas is interrupted by a meteorite landing in their garden that brings with it something alien. Based on H. P. Lovecraft’s short story from 1927 “The Colour Out Of Space” and adapted … Continue reading Color Out Of Space
A day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a college graduate and aspiring movie producer who has taken on a role as an assistant to a movie executive in New York as her first step on the ladder. The first thing to say about The Assistant is that whilst it runs at only eighty-seven … Continue reading The Assistant
2002, Long Island, New York. Beloved school superintendent Dr. Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) is ready to bask in the adulation of raising his school district to 4th place in the country. But when school journalist Rachel Bhargava (Geraldine Viswanathan) starts digging into the school districts plans to build a “skywalk” she finds irregularities that threaten … Continue reading Bad Education
At the risk of being cliched I think it is fair to say that 2020 has been pretty dire on a number of levels. It would be impossible to discuss the year without the mention of the Coronavirus Pandemic. A disease that has had such a massive impact on the world that to just focus … Continue reading 2020 – Year in Review – Film
Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) is an assassin who uses brain implant technology to become the perfect killer. Possessing other people close to her target she can commit the perfect crime that brings zero suspicion on her or the organisation she works for. Possessor is a film that absolutely proves the phrase “the apple never falls … Continue reading Possessor Uncut
Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan) is thirty-four years old and works as a server. She is unsure where she is going or what she is doing with her life. But a summer working as a nanny for Frances (Ramona Edith Williams) will be one of self discovery for her. When we meet Bridget at a party she … Continue reading Saint Frances
