When teenage foster kid Billy Batson (Asher Angel) meets an ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou) he is granted the ability to transform into an adult superhero (Zachary Levi) by uttering the word Shazam! Shazam has an interesting history in comics. Originally created in 1939 by Fawcett Comics he was named Captain Marvel. Following copyright infringement claims … Continue reading Shazam!

Five former special forces operatives decide to steal a drug barons fortune and when the plan goes awry their skills and loyalties are put to the test. The most exciting aspect of Triple Frontier is the talent involved. Initially planned to be directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, the team behind The … Continue reading Triple Frontier

Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is a 13 year old in Los Angeles during the mid 90’s. He lives with his single mum (Katherine Waterston) and his older brother (Lucas Hedges). When he meets a group of teens in a skate shop he obtains a board and bonds with them over skating and growing up. Written and … Continue reading mid90s

Wild Rose opens with the titular Rose (Jessie Buckley) being released from prison and making her way back to Glasgow where her mother Marion (Julie Walters) has been looking after her two young children for the last year. Rose is a country singer who dreams of making it to Nashville one day whilst her mother … Continue reading Wild Rose

In 2010 a group of Fisherman released a top ten album of sea shanties following their discovery by a Radio DJ. This film takes extreme dramatic license to present a more romanticised story of this turn of events. Whilst record executive Danny (Daniel Mays) is on a stag do in Cornwall he is challenged by … Continue reading Fisherman’s Friends

Saraya Knight (Florence Pugh) is from a wrestling family in Norwich. Her father Ricky (Nick Frost) is an ex convict, her mother Julia (Lena Headey) used to be homeless. But they saved each other when they created their own low budget wrestling show and Saraya and her brother Zak (Jack Lowden) become stars of the … Continue reading Fighting With My Family

Vers (Brie Larson) is a Kree soldier under the tutelage of Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). Unable to remember her past and decode her dreams she is constantly told to keep her emotions in check to be a better warrior. When a dangerous mission to rescue a spy from the grasps of the evil shape shifting Skrull’s … Continue reading Captain Marvel

When high school sweethearts Jim (Mark Duplass) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson) bump into each other in their old home town they spend 24 hours reminiscing about their history and what could have been. My normal preference is to review current cinema releases or new streaming titles but I want to make an exception for Blue … Continue reading Blue Jay

Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a sports agent successfully competing, but still being frozen out in the boys club that is her male dominated office. But following a hen night where she meets a psychic and takes a bump to the head she is able to hear the inner thoughts of men. Can she … Continue reading What Men Want

At the end of World War 2 Colonel Lewis Morgan (Jason Clarke) is posted to Hamburg to help with the clean up operation and the rooting out of any remaining nazi sympathisers. Requisitioning the home of German architect Stefan Lubert (Alexander Scarsgard) he brings his wife Rachael (Keira Knightley) to live with him whilst he … Continue reading The Aftermath