Fern (Frances McDormand) has lost everything in the Great Recession of 2011 and has moved into her van to join the itinerant workers of America. The wait for Nomadland to arrive on UK screens has been frustrating. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival just over seven months ago it has been … Continue reading Nomadland
Ex-cop James Lasombra (James Badge Dale) is looking for a friend’s missing teenage daughter when he discovers a mysterious cult obsessed with the supernatural entity of “The Empty Man”. The Empty Man is an ambitious and occasionally dazzling film marred by its 137 minute running time. It is brimming with ideas and whilst some might … Continue reading The Empty Man
Cassandra (Carey Mulligan) is haunted by a tragedy from her past. On the cusp of her thirtieth birthday she is still living at home and working in a coffee shop having dropped out of her medical degree. On the weekends she spends her time at nightspots, pretending to be blind drunk, laying in wait for … Continue reading Promising Young Woman
Chicago, 1967. Car thief Bill O’Neil (LaKeith Stanfield) is arrested for impersonating an FBI agent and is offered a deal by Special Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). Infiltrate the Black Panthers and feed them information on charismatic leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) or go to prison for years. Judas And The Black Messiah is exhilarating, … Continue reading Judas And The Black Messiah
A Korean family moves from California to Arkansas in the 1980’s to start a farm. Jacob Yi (Steven Yeun) and Monica Yi (Yeri Han) moved to America some time ago and after a decade of sexing chicks in California they have enough money to pursue Jacob’s American dream of being self sufficient. With them are … Continue reading Minari
In a world filled with monsters the 5% of the Earths population that have survived live underground in bunkers. But after seven years of searching for his girlfriend via the radio, Joel (Dylan O’Brien) discovers she is only 85 miles away and decides to make the perilous journey to her colony. Love and Monsters is … Continue reading Love And Monsters
Heavy Metal drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) has his life thrown into disarray when he begins to experience rapid hearing loss. As an addict he finds his new found emotional instability a threat to his sobriety until his girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) and his sponsor find him a retreat for deaf addicts run by Joe (Paul … Continue reading Sound Of Metal
In a world filled with super villains, scientist Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) invents a treatment that imbues super powers as a way to fight back. Which of course estranged friend Lydia Berman (Melissa McCarthy) accidentally takes ruining her plans. Thunder Force is an odd film. It is sporadically funny, especially if you appreciate McCarthy’s specific … Continue reading Thunder Force
When Nyles (Andy Samberg) attends a wedding in Palm Springs he makes a connection with Sarah (Cristin Milioti), the Maid of Honour. Unfortunately given that Nyles is trapped in a time loop it is a moment that he can’t move forward with as he knows that tomorrow will just be a repeat of today. Palm … Continue reading Palm Springs
Diane Sherman (Sarah Paulson) has looked after her daughter since her traumatic premature birth. Chloe Sherman (Kiera Allen) whilst afflicted with a heart condition, severe asthma and paralysis of the legs is a determined teenager applying for college having been home schooled by her mother her entire life. But just as she is excited by … Continue reading Run
