Following the Pope's death, Cardinal-Dean Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with the running of the sacred conclave where the College of Cardinals will vote for his successor. As key candidates vie for power, secrets will be revealed that could undermine the Catholic Church forever. Conclave is a thoroughly absorbing grown up drama. Director Edward Berger's … Continue reading Conclave
The War Of The Rohirrim tells the story of the King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), his “wild” daughter Hera (Gaia Wise) and their war with a young lord named Wulf (Luca Pasqualino) who is desperate to avenge his father’s death. This story is pulled from the appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, … Continue reading The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim
When Red One, also known as Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped, his head of security must team up with a Level 4 Naughty Lister to save Christmas. Commander of ELF security Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) is losing his faith in Christmas and has resigned from his post. But just one day before retirement Santa … Continue reading Red One
Airport security agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) finds himself being blackmailed on Christmas Eve to let a carry-on case through the security scanner that he is manning. His girlfriend, whom he just discovered is expecting their first child, will die if he does not comply. Can Ethan foil the criminals and save the day? Carry-On … Continue reading Carry-On
As a teenager Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) survived a lion attack when he was given a voodoo potion by a mysterious girl named Calypso (Ariana DeBose). Granted with animal like superhuman powers he becomes the greatest hunter on the planet, but his prey are poachers and gangsters. Kraven The Hunter will likely be the final … Continue reading Kraven The Hunter
Christopher Reeve became a superstar in 1978 when at the age of twenty-six he played Superman opposite acting greats such as Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando. So it was inconceivable that in 1995, following a horse riding accident he was paralyzed from the neck down. This is his story as told by his surviving family … Continue reading Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
When seventeen-year-old Gretchen’s (Hunter Schafer) mother dies she is forced to live with her father (Marton Csokas) just as he is moving his new family to a resort in the Bavarian Alps. But neither the owner of the resort, Herr Konig (Dan Stevens) nor the resort itself are exactly what they seem. Cuckoo is a … Continue reading Cuckoo
Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) receives a letter from the Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman) at the home for retired bears in Peru where his Aunt Lucy (voiced by Imelda Staunton) lives. The letter suggests that Aunt Lucy deeply misses him and needs his company, so he sets off with the Brown family in tow to … Continue reading Paddington In Peru
The story of how Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) made his name in the 1970’s and 1980’s with the assistance of lawyer Roy M. Cohn (Jeremy Strong). The film opens with Nixon’s “I’m not a crook” speech which makes you initially believe that this might be a one sided viewpoint of the only American President to … Continue reading The Apprentice
The origin story of Oz’s Wicked Witch Of The West asks the question, “are people born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” Wicked is the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda (Ariana Grande) who will later become The Wicked Witch Of The West and Glinda The Good in the story that … Continue reading Wicked
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