The rise and fall of Napoleon (Joaquin Phoenix) from artilleryman to emperor to exile. Opening in 1793 at the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette and closing in 1821 at his death on St. Helena this historical epic covers a multitude of historical events whilst depicting the greatest military strategist of his time as a petulant … Continue reading Napoleon
Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and his fellow elite students from the Capitol are asked to mentor a participant in the 10th Annual Hunger Games. Snow is assigned Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) from District 12 and begins to develop feelings for her. Between 2012-2015 we were treated to a film a year in the world … Continue reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
When the beloved founder of a summer theatre camp goes into a coma her hopeless “influencer” son is put in charge. This “fly on the wall documentary” follows the various teachers and staff try to keep things afloat as the banks threaten to foreclose. Firstly before we go on, I am going to spell the … Continue reading Theater Camp
PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) are best friends who are queer, untalented and incredibly unpopular. They are the bottoms of the High School social ladder. In order to get the attention of the girls they have crushes on they start a fight club. Bottoms is batshit crazy. There is no simpler way of … Continue reading Bottoms
Mr. Harrigan (Donald Sutherland), the millionaire reclusive businessman of a sleepy town gradually becomes friends with the teenager whom he pays to read to him. When Craig (Jaeden Martell) begins High School the very first mobile phones are coming to the market and using a winning lottery ticket given to him by Mr. Harrigan he … Continue reading Mr. Harrigan’s Phone
The Killer (Michael Fassbender) is in Paris for his latest job when an unforeseen error results in him needing to manage the consequences of his mistake. Set across six chapters we follow him through Paris, The Dominican Republic, New Orleans, Florida, Chicago and New York as he fastidiously ensures that what has gone wrong is … Continue reading The Killer (2023)
Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) have their powers entangled resulting in them swapping places when they use them at the same time. The result is that they must team up against a new threat to the universe from a Kree leader named Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton). For anyone … Continue reading The Marvels
Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) share true love. And thanks to modern technology that love has been scientifically proven thanks to a rather painful test. The only issue is that Anna is having some doubts and in an effort to understand more she starts a job at a love clinic where she … Continue reading Fingernails
Master Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his squad are completing routine searches of vehicles at a checkpoint in Afghanistan when an Improvised Explosive Device claims the life of his interpreter. When asked to choose a replacement he selects Ahmed Abdullah (Dar Salim) who turns out to be a huge asset to the team. Ahmed … Continue reading The Covenant (2023)
Telling the story of the Osage Indian murders of the 1920’s Martin Scorsese’s latest epic is a revisionist western that delves into the deep rooted racism of white supremacist America. A prologue briefly explains that the Osage Nation have become the richest per capita people in the world following the discovery of oil on the … Continue reading Killers Of The Flower Moon
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