Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) is an international music star. He’s also an alcoholic and drug addict with worsening tinnitus. When looking for a bar after a gig he finds Ally (Lady Gaga) performing La Vie en Rose (the song Cooper and Gaga sang together in an initial meeting to discuss the film) and takes her … Continue reading A Star is Born

Set during and after World War 2, Mudbound follows the lives of two families on a farm in Mississippi. Both families, one white and one black have returning soldiers from the war and the focus is on farming, poverty, racism and the treatment of war veterans. Netflix released Mudbound in 2017 and it is a … Continue reading Mudbound

It is the 20th anniversary of the Coen Brothers seminal The Big Lebowski. A film released when I was a youthful 17 years old that really blew my mind with how inventive and funny the Coen’s could be and made me a life long fan of their unique vision. The story is in the mould … Continue reading The Big Lebowski

Doctor Faraday (Domhnall Gleeson) is called to Hundreds Hall House to tend to a maid who is unwell. When there it reminds him of the last time he was there as an 8 year old boy. His mother used to be a maid there and he was taken by the power of the vast estate … Continue reading The Little Stranger

Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) is a single mother and vLogger with heaps of wholesome energy. When she meets Emily (Blake Lively) she is enraptured by her cosmopolitan lifestyle and free spirit. A friendship is struck and then Emily disappears. Director Paul Feig is better known for female led comedies such as Bridesmaids, Spy and Ghostbusters but … Continue reading A Simple Favour

Whilst in Mexico on an operation, US sniper Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook) witnesses a Predator ship crash. Stealing some of its equipment he posts it back to himself via the mail before being taken in for questioning. What follows is an incredibly complex plot containing a rogue predator versus a hunter predator, a biologist (seemingly … Continue reading The Predator

An elite CIA team headed up by James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) has to travel 22 Miles to get an intelligence asset out of the country. Obstacles will be encountered and a touch of the old ultraviolence will ensue. Director Peter Berg’s fourth consecutive film with Mark Wahlberg (if you ignore tv and documentaries) is probably … Continue reading Mile 22

Kentucky, 2003 and the true story of four young college students who decide to steal rare books from the University Library. Writer/Director Bart Layton is creating his own genre with American Animals. Part documentary, part film, he takes the real life subjects of his “based on a true story” film and inserts them into his … Continue reading American Animals

Based on the true story of the Hatton Garden safe deposit box burglary in 2015 King of Thieves is a film featuring an all star cast of Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Paul Whitehouse, Ray Winstone and Charlie Cox as career criminals committing the heist. It’s also going to be a contender … Continue reading King of Thieves