Professor Goodman (Andy Nyman) debunks the paranormal for a living. When he is given three unexplainable cases he investigates incidents involving a night watchman (Paul Whitehouse), a teenage boy (Alex Lawther) and a businessman (Martin Freeman). Ghost Stories is based on a theatre production created by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson who write and direct … Continue reading Ghost Stories

After old Mr. McGregor (Sam Neil) dies, his countryside home is left to his great-nephew Thomas (Domhnall Gleeson), an uptight Londoner just as keen on keeping rabbits out of his garden as his predecessor. Peter Rabbit (voiced by James Corden) and his family are more than happy to take the fight to him though. Peter … Continue reading Peter Rabbit

It’s 2020 and an unknown invasion or attack by monsters that hunt by sound has left the world desolate. The Abbotts survive by being silent, but Evelyn is pregnant and preparation to bring a new life into this world presents very specific dangers. A Quiet Place is a perfect intense thriller. It focuses purely on … Continue reading A Quiet Place

Three parents try to stop their kids having sex on prom night. Blockers has such a simple premise that it might surprise you how fresh it feels. Firstly, following the excellent Game Night, Hollywood seems to have realised comedies with scripts and plots can yield results. Secondly, the story is well told from both the … Continue reading Blockers

Wes Anderson’s ninth feature film is his second foray into animation following the superb Fantastic Mr. Fox. Isle of Dogs is set in a Japan twenty years in the future where a dog flu outbreak has resulted in all dogs being exiled to trash island. But young Atari Kobayashi sets out to find his beloved … Continue reading Isle of Dogs

Jake Pentacost (John Boyega), son of apocalypse cancelling Stacker, is a thief who sells Jaeger parts for a living. When he gets caught he has the choice of prison or training the new recruits for the giant robots. Luckily this is just in time to save the world and follow in his dads footsteps. Five … Continue reading Pacific Rim: Uprising

Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) has moved over 450 miles to avoid her stalker, but when she is involuntarily placed in a mental home she thinks he may be posing as one of the orderlies. Steven Soderbergh‘s latest film has the gimmick of being entirely shot on an iPhone but if no one told you I … Continue reading Unsane

Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) returns in this rebooted version of Tomb Raider. Based aptly on the rebooted version of the game, this is a much grittier and deadly serious version of Lara and sees her travelling to an uninhabited island near Japan in search of her missing father. Being brutally honest I found this film … Continue reading Tomb Raider

Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) lives in The Stacks in 2045 Columbus, Ohio. A future where the real world is less appealing than the Oasis, a computer generated world where you can be anything. When the creator of the Oasis dies, he kicks off the biggest Easter Egg Hunt in the world by offering the keys … Continue reading Ready Player One

Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara) is a fisher woman whose family are set on marrying off, so that she can be a mother. Feeling that she is not built for that life, she finds herself drawn to the prophet Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) and decides to abandon her life and follow him. Garth Davis follow up film … Continue reading Mary Magdalene