When an unexplained phenomenon spreads across the planet all of those that see it are driven to suicide. Told from the perspective of Malorie (Sandra Bullock) the story cuts back and forth between the opening days of the crisis to five years later, where Malorie accompanied by two five year old children must make a … Continue reading Bird Box

Roma is a semi autobiographical tale from Alfonso Cuarón, the director of Children of Men and Gravity. It tells the story of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), who is a maid for a middle class family in the Roma district of Mexico City. Set across approximately one year in the early 1970’s its focus is on the … Continue reading Roma

At the tail end of their careers Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) go on a tour of the UK. Broke and needing the money they play to half empty theatres before some hard promotional graft improves their audiences. When their wives arrive, played by Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda some … Continue reading Stan and Ollie

Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) is a half-breed. His father was a human lighthouse keeper (Temuera Morrison) and his mother the Queen of Atlantis (Nicole Kidman). When his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) decides to declare war on the surface he needs to rally the other ocean kingdoms to his cause so that he can be The … Continue reading Aquaman

The 6th Transformers film drops Michael Bay as director and goes back to basics with a prequel set in 1987 that features a teenager who loves her car only to find herself forging a relationship with an alien robot. The plot is simple, following an opening battle on Cybertron (think Man of Steel’s opening on … Continue reading Bumblebee

Based on the true story of Nick Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) and the drug addiction that impacted him and his family as told through the eyes of his father David Sheff (Steve Carell), Beautiful Boy is a sometimes difficult look at addiction and its impact. The film is based on two memoirs, one written by David … Continue reading Beautiful Boy

Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) is living in his uncle's garage struggling to make ends meet. But when he gets a job at a telemarketing firm and adopts his “white guy voice” things start to look on the up. Until that is, he witnesses the lengths to which capitalism will go to for the almighty dollar … Continue reading Sorry To Bother You

Serial bank robber Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) and his two OAP pals (Tom Waits and Danny Glover) are working their way around the U.S. robbing banks when Detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck) catches a whiff of their trail and Forrest meets and falls for Jewel (Sissy Spacek). What is perhaps Redford’s final stint in front … Continue reading The Old Man & The Gun

Into the Spider-Verse has the sort of dimension hopping plot that is hard to explain but easy to follow. Set in the universe of new Spider-Man Miles Morales, we get to see him get to grips with his new powers whilst fellow Spider-People help him foil the plans of some well known super villains. Opening … Continue reading Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse

In 1962 Italian-American Tony Vallelonga (Viggo Mortenson) is hired by African-American pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) to be both his driver and fixer whilst on a music tour of the Deep South. Very early in the film we are shown just what Tony thinks of black people by his reaction to a couple of workers … Continue reading Green Book