A group of six strangers take up the invitation of an escape room with the promise of $10,000 to anyone who can succeed. Up until the last five minutes of this film my thoughts were that it was a relatively interesting, if hugely generic “horror” film. The word horror in inverted commas because it’s not … Continue reading Escape Room

Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) are a couple who decide to foster three children in the hope of adopting. Instant Family is the Hollywood sanitised version of this process that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure whilst delivering the message that foster parents can make a huge difference to children’s … Continue reading Instant Family

Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy), an author whose career is in decline is struggling to make ends meet. Given her experience is in biographies and her talent is disappearing into the persona of her subjects she stumbles upon a money making idea. Can she type letters in the prose of famous literary figures and sell them … Continue reading Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Charting the years between 1561 and 1567 between Mary's return to Scotland (she had lived in France for most of her life) and her imprisonment Mary Queen of Scots has a lot to cover. Returning from France already a widow of one marriage, Mary laid claim to both Scotland and England's thrones as a Stewart. … Continue reading Mary Queen of Scots

Following Split, M. Night Shyamalan’s stealth sequel to Unbreakable, Glass is the final piece to his trilogy of superhero’s in the real world. When David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) are captured and placed in a mental hospital with Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) it falls to Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah … Continue reading Glass

Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) went from being kicked out of Yale for partying too hard to being arguably the most powerful man in the world as George W. Bush’s (Sam Rockwell) Vice President. Vice charts this path and attempts to show us how he got there and the impact we all still feel today as … Continue reading Vice

Phillip (Bryan Cranston) is a paraplegic in need of a new caregiver. Dell (Kevin Hart) is an ex-convict on parole who needs to prove he is looking for a job to stay out of prison. Due to an incredibly unbelievable job interview mix up Dell finds himself with the well paid job as Phillip’s live … Continue reading The Upside

In 1988 Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) was the front runner in the Presidential campaign. A lot can happen in politics in the space of three weeks though when he is embroiled in a sexual scandal. Based on a true story, Jason Reitman’s latest film seems to pose two almost contradictory moral questions but with both … Continue reading The Front Runner

In 1893 France, country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is married to entrepreneur Willy (Dominic West) and moves to Paris. Whilst he publishes her writing under his name she starts to discover her true self and the artist within. Colette is a deceptive film in that it starts off in a manner where you think … Continue reading Colette

In the early 1700’s Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) rules England. But it is her closest friend in the Royal Court who tells her how, until that is her favour is challenged by a new servant. Yorgos Lanthimos period drama features a swathe of brilliant performances, hilariously sharp wit and some bravura artistic choices. With only … Continue reading The Favourite