When Daniel Laruso (Ralph Macchio) moves to California from New Jersey he struggles to fit in, especially when a gang of karate students start to bully him. With the help of Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki “Pat” Morita) the superintendent at his new home he trains in the art of karate to defend himself. As a result … Continue reading The Karate Kid (1984)
When fifteen year old Milla (Eliza Scanlon) is waiting at the train station on her way to school she finds herself whisked off her feet by Moses (Toby Wallace). The fact that he is a drug dealer and addict mortifies her parents Anna (Essie Davis) and Henry (Ben Mendelsohn) but given she has terminal cancer … Continue reading Babyteeth
A live action adaptation of the 1883 novel from Italian film maker Matteo Garone. This version of Pinocchio is much more of a fairy tale warning for children than a heart warming animation. The film plays out as though it is a series of scrapes that our titular hero gets into with the main moral … Continue reading Pinocchio (2020)
On their fifteenth wedding anniversary Nick Spitz (Adam Sandler) and Audrey Spitz (Jennifer Aniston) are finally going on their dream honeymoon of travelling to Europe. Unfortunately a truly bizarre set of circumstances will have them attempting to solve the murder of billionaire Malcolm Quince (Terence Stamp). Murder Mystery has been available on Netflix for just … Continue reading Murder Mystery
London, 1872. James Murray (Mel Gibson) has just been handed the vast task of documenting the entire English language for the Oxford English Dictionary and in an effort to cut years off of the process he has the controversial idea of democratising the process. In asking the public to submit words and their sources in … Continue reading The Professor And The Madman
Herschel Greenbaum (Seth Rogen) is accidentally preserved following a fall into a pickle vat in 1919. One hundred years later he is woken up and meets his great grandson, Ben Greenbaum (also Seth Rogen) who tries to show him the modern world before they fall out. An American Pickle is a quaint and fun little … Continue reading An American Pickle
Sarah Loreau (Eva Green) is an astronaut training for a year long mission to the International Space Station in a bid to research the next planned mission to Mars. Whilst she undergoes her training she is separated from her eight year old daughter Stella (Zelie Boulant). Proxima is a beautifully realised drama that focuses on … Continue reading Proxima
A road rage incident spirals out of control in this taught and brutal thriller. Rachel (Caren Pistorious) is having a bad day. She has overslept, received bad news from the husband she is divorcing and the lawyer handling her case, her best customer has fired her and her son is going to be late for … Continue reading Unhinged
In 2009 English cricket was at rock bottom. Coach and Captain were sacked and the indignity of being bowled out for 51 in the West Indies had stung deeply. By 2011 the England side under new leadership was the best in the world claiming the number 1 Test ranking and filled with world class players. … Continue reading The Edge
Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a sixteen year old girl growing up in working class Wolverhampton. Desperately seeking something to break her free of the shackles holding her she realises that it isn’t about finding a boy it is about finding a girl, herself. When she enters a competition to be a writer at a … Continue reading How To Build A Girl
