It is the 20th anniversary of the Coen Brothers seminal The Big Lebowski. A film released when I was a youthful 17 years old that really blew my mind with how inventive and funny the Coen’s could be and made me a life long fan of their unique vision. The story is in the mould … Continue reading The Big Lebowski
Doctor Faraday (Domhnall Gleeson) is called to Hundreds Hall House to tend to a maid who is unwell. When there it reminds him of the last time he was there as an 8 year old boy. His mother used to be a maid there and he was taken by the power of the vast estate … Continue reading The Little Stranger
Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) is a single mother and vLogger with heaps of wholesome energy. When she meets Emily (Blake Lively) she is enraptured by her cosmopolitan lifestyle and free spirit. A friendship is struck and then Emily disappears. Director Paul Feig is better known for female led comedies such as Bridesmaids, Spy and Ghostbusters but … Continue reading A Simple Favour
Whilst in Mexico on an operation, US sniper Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook) witnesses a Predator ship crash. Stealing some of its equipment he posts it back to himself via the mail before being taken in for questioning. What follows is an incredibly complex plot containing a rogue predator versus a hunter predator, a biologist (seemingly … Continue reading The Predator
An elite CIA team headed up by James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) has to travel 22 Miles to get an intelligence asset out of the country. Obstacles will be encountered and a touch of the old ultraviolence will ensue. Director Peter Berg’s fourth consecutive film with Mark Wahlberg (if you ignore tv and documentaries) is probably … Continue reading Mile 22
Kentucky, 2003 and the true story of four young college students who decide to steal rare books from the University Library. Writer/Director Bart Layton is creating his own genre with American Animals. Part documentary, part film, he takes the real life subjects of his “based on a true story” film and inserts them into his … Continue reading American Animals
Based on the true story of the Hatton Garden safe deposit box burglary in 2015 King of Thieves is a film featuring an all star cast of Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Paul Whitehouse, Ray Winstone and Charlie Cox as career criminals committing the heist. It’s also going to be a contender … Continue reading King of Thieves
D for Dennis (played by Antwayne Eccleston as a boy and Aml Ameen as a man) grows up in Kingston, Jamaica during a gang war where he witnesses the death of his brother and eventually works for one of the gang leaders. When he is sent to London to deliver some cocaine plans go awry … Continue reading Yardie
Nick Young (Henry Golding) takes his girlfriend Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) back home to Singapore for his best friends wedding. The complication is that he hasn’t told her that he’s heir to a fortune and his family are seemingly the richest people in the country. Crazy Rich Asians is a film that comes to the … Continue reading Crazy Rich Asians
Ex-cop, turned private eye Phil Philips (Bill Barretta) stumbles into a murder crime scene whilst on a case. His ex-partner Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy) has reason to dislike him, but needs his help solving the crime because of his links to the case. So far, so normal? Well, Phil is a puppet and The Happytime … Continue reading The Happytime Murders
