Brian (David Earl) lives all alone in a farm house in a rural welsh village. As loneliness and depression begins to take hold he throws himself into inventing as a way to keep his mind busy. The result is a robot named Charles (Chris Hayward). Charles, who in a particularly lovely scene chooses his own name … Continue reading Brian And Charles
Lily (Anna Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) used to be firm friends as young girls but grew apart after the death of Lily’s father. Following an incident with Amanda’s horse her mother pays Lily to tutor her on the proviso that she makes it look like she just wants to reconnect. Lily and Amanda are … Continue reading Thoroughbreds
Maren (Taylor Russell) has lived alone with her father (Andre Holland) since the age of three. Moving around from city to city hiding a secret in her nature. Maren has a compulsion to eat human flesh. At the age of eighteen following another incident her father abandons her with some money, her birth certificate and … Continue reading Bones And All
Based on the Roald Dahl book, Matilda (Alisha Weir) is the story of an exceptionally gifted young girl who frees her school from the tyrannical Headmistress Miss. Trunchbull (Emma Thompson). Matilda’s parents played to absolute perfection by Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham are hardly interested in their daughter. The disappointment of not having a son … Continue reading Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) is taking his partner Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) to the most prestigious restaurant imaginable. Hawthorn is situated on an island where the only inhabitants are the restaurant staff and their leader, Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). At this restaurant the clientele are asked not to simply eat, but to savour every mouthful that they … Continue reading The Menu
Queens, New York 1980. Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) has just started sixth grade and befriends Johnny Davis (Jaylin Webb), the only black kid in his class. As they find themselves regularly getting into trouble Paul discovers that life is not a level playing field. Armageddon Time is a semi autobiographical film for writer/director James Gray … Continue reading Armageddon Time
After their happily ever after Giselle (Amy Adams), Robert (Patrick Dempsey) and Morgan (Gabriella Baldacchino) move to the suburb of Monroeville in order to have more room for their new addition to the family. Unfortunately everything does not quite go to plan and in her desperation Giselle wishes for a fairytale life and gets more … Continue reading Disenchanted
1953, London. Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy), a supervisor at the public works department, leaves early one day to attend a doctors appointment where he is given the news that he only has six months to live. He takes what little time he has left on this Earth to contemplate his life and what living truly … Continue reading Living
Irwin M. “Fletch” Fletcher (Jon Hamm) arrives back in the U.S. on the search for his fiancée’s stolen art collection only to find a dead body in the apartment he has rented. Accused of murder he continues to investigate the stolen art whilst simultaneously trying to clear his name. Confess, Fletch is the third film … Continue reading Confess, Fletch
Crimes of the Future is batshit crazy and the absolute epitome of a David Cronenberg film. Unfortunately for me it was also one of his virtually unwatchable art projects. Read on with the knowledge that I will in no way be able to do the insanity of this project any justice. At some point in … Continue reading Crimes Of The Future
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