Tess (Georgina Campbell) arrives at her Airbnb in a run down suburb of Chicago to find that it is already occupied by Keith (Bill Skarsgard). The apparent double booking puts her in a difficult position as a medical conference in the city means no other accommodation is available. Keith offers to share the home chivalrously … Continue reading Barbarian
Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain) is a dedicated nurse and single mother of two daughters. Trying to hide her heart condition from her employer long enough to be entitled to health insurance she is very grateful to hear that another experienced nurse will be joining her shift pattern to lighten the load. Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) … Continue reading The Good Nurse
The finale to the Michael Myers trilogy that started with Halloween (2018) and continued with Halloween Kills is here promising that this time it will finally end. Interestingly (or not depending on your sensibility) Halloween Ends spends much of its plot line ignoring Michael Myers and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Four years on from … Continue reading Halloween Ends
Switching between New York 1933 and Amsterdam 1918 we are told the story of how a doctor, a lawyer and a rich bohemian meet, become best friends, find themselves accused of murder and uncover a political plot so outrageous it would be hard to believe. But as the opening title card says, “A lot of … Continue reading Amsterdam
Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) is asked on her deathbed by her sister Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling) how she was able to write Wuthering Heights resulting in us seeing the stories of heart break and happiness that resulted in the inspiration for the literary classic. Emily Brontë is portrayed here as a fiercely intelligent woman keen on … Continue reading Emily
Inspired by an evening watching Shakespeare’s Richard III, Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins) begins an almost obsessive interest in who he was and where he was laid to rest. Fighting against established historians unprepared to listen to an amateur she is able to find the remains of a king that were buried over five-hundred years earlier. … Continue reading The Lost King
1957, London and Ada Harris (Lesley Manville) is a cleaning lady who still hangs on to the possibility that her husband may one day return from the war. When she spies a Christian Dior dress at one of her customers homes she falls in love and decides to raise the funds for a trip to … Continue reading Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack (Harry Styles) live an idyllic life in a desert town named Victory. The town is founded and built around a secretive business run by Frank (Chris Pine) and the only rules are that none of the women go near the office and none of the men talk about their work. … Continue reading Don’t Worry Darling
A documentary about David Bowie using archive footage of live performances, interviews, Bowie’s various artistic endeavours and clips of other film and art that coincides with the tone and feel of the particular era of Bowie the film is currently representing. The only conventional choice made in this film by documentarian Brett Morgen is that … Continue reading Moonage Daydream
Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) witnesses the violent suicide of a patient (Caitlin Stasey) who claims to be seeing an entity that others can not. Most disturbingly as the patient takes her life she smiles malevolently at Rose. Then it is Rose’s turn to start seeing the entity. Written and directed by feature film debutant … Continue reading Smile
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