Two Jewish cousins travel to Poland to take a tour in honour of their beloved grandmother who recently died. A Real Pain is the sort of film that appears to be rather slight, but has hidden volumes. At surface level it is an odd couple comedy. David Kaplan, played by Jesse Eisenberg who also wrote … Continue reading A Real Pain
Roy Chutney (Ryan Gosling) finds himself spiralling when two personally devastating events happen back to back. First, his emotionally distant father commits suicide. Second, he is cut from the football team that gives him direction. His path to get back on track may come from local eccentric Gideon Ferguson (David Morse) who approaches him to … Continue reading The Slaughter Rule
When FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) moves to Idaho it is with the intention of slowing down. A veteran of cases involving organised crime and the Ku Klux Klan has made him estranged from his wife and daughters and this step is planned to ease those tensions. But then he finds himself investigating a … Continue reading The Order
Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling) is a violent Neo-Nazi associated with skin head gangs and a movement to try to promote fascism in America. He is also Jewish and under the glare of a journalist who smells a story about this conflict. Cross cutting between Balint as a youth where he studied in the Jewish faith … Continue reading The Believer
A remake of the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu, which was an unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. It is 1838 in the fictional port town of Wisborg, Germany. Young couple Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) and his new wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) find themselves separated when Thomas is sent to complete a business deal in Transylvania … Continue reading Nosferatu
1971, Virginia. The school board of Alexandria are forced to merge Black and White schools and in doing so hand the job of Head Coach of the Titans to Coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington). Can the team and the town come together to look past race divides? Remember The Titans was released in 2000 and … Continue reading Remember The Titans
When Almut (Florence Pugh) accidentally runs over recently divorced Tobias (Andrew Garfield) with her car they begin a relationship and fall in love. But then a cancer diagnosis for Almut will force them to make some decisions about how to get the most from their time together and what to focus on. We Live In … Continue reading We Live In Time
Whilst a storm rages overhead, the wise Mandrill monkey Rafiki tells young lion cub Kiara how her grandfather Mufasa came to be king. Mufasa: The Lion King is a direct prequel to the “live action” remake of The Lion King, and as with that film the results spark discussion about technical wizardry more than exciting … Continue reading Mufasa: The Lion King
Moana (Auli’i’ Cravalho) is now a wayfinder, searching the ocean for signs of other people. Whilst Maui (Dwayne Johnson) is finding himself in a spot of bother with a God who commands Bats named Matangi (Awhimai Fraser). But they will have to team up again, along with a new crew to help sail the oceans … Continue reading Moana 2
Vengeful Shadow The Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves) escapes from a prison that has held him for fifty years and joins forces with Gerald Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to wreak havoc on those that have wronged him. So Sonic (Ben Schwarz), Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) and Knuckles (Idris Elba) enter the fray and have to join forces with their … Continue reading Sonic The Hedgehog 3
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