Orphaned teenager Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) sets out on a search for her long lost brother with a robot named Cosmo (Alan Tudyk). They form a tenuous alliance with a smuggler named Keats (Chris Pratt) and his robot friend Herman (Anthony Mackie) before setting out into a dangerous desert wasteland. Set in an alternate version … Continue reading The Electric State
Belfast, 2019. Set to the backdrop of a legal campaign to have the Irish language recognised in Northern Ireland an Irish singing hip hop group find themselves helping and hindering the movement. Kneecap is a raucous and hilarious film that blends reality and fiction as the members of Kneecap play themselves in a fictional story … Continue reading Kneecap
Divine G (Colman Domingo) is incarcerated at Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York. Whilst there he tries to make the best of his time by being an active member of the Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) program that allows inmates to take part in Drama productions. Sing Sing is a film that feels … Continue reading Sing Sing
Mickey (Robert Pattinson) signs up to be an “expendable” on an intergalactic mission to colonise a distant planet. An “expendable” is someone who has agreed that their body and memories can be uploaded for subsequent printing should they die as a result of being sent on all the dangerous missions required by the expedition. By … Continue reading Mickey 17
A biopic of British pop superstar Robbie Williams with a twist. Using CGI to portray the Popstar as a chimpanzee whilst everyone around him is human. Let’s start this review with a disclaimer. Take That became a phenomenon whilst I was in my school years and their music was about as far removed from my … Continue reading Better Man
Down on Skid Row, Mushnik’s Flower Shop is failing. That is until Seymour (Rick Moranis), its nerdiest employee, introduces a strange and interesting plant. Named after his co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene), the new plant prompts a resurgence in the store's success. There is only one problem, Audrey II feeds on human blood. Little Shop Of … Continue reading Little Shop Of Horrors – Director’s Cut
It is 10pm on October 11th, 1975. Precisely ninety minutes before the first ever episode of Saturday Night Live. Watch as Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) wrangles some of the greatest comedians to ever perform in amongst a cavalcade of back stage chaos to birth a show that this year celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. Saturday Night … Continue reading Saturday Night
A young Brooklyn sex worker named Anora (Mikey Madison) meets the son of a rich Russian oligarch named Ivan (Mark Eydeishteyn). After a whirlwind few weeks of him paying for her company whilst partying they marry. When his parents find out he is married they head to New York to get the marriage annulled. Ani, … Continue reading Anora
The true story of the 2007-2008 financial crisis as told through three different groups of investors betting against the housing market. Michael Burry M.D. (Christian Bale) is a socially awkward, incredibly smart man with total autonomy over a billion dollar hedge fund. Whilst listening to heavy metal, dressed in shorts and wearing nothing on his … Continue reading The Big Short
Josh (Jack Quaid) takes his new girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) for a weekend away with his best friends. Iris is nervous that Josh’s friends will not like her, but no one would have guessed quite how badly the getaway will turn out. When Iris met Josh it was love at first sight. A meet-cute in … Continue reading Companion
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