Simon (Nick Robinson) is a normal teenage boy who gets coffee with his friends, likes his parents and is all set to graduate from school. But he has one big secret, he is gay. Love, Simon is a picture perfect white middle class coming out story. There is no grit and very little drama to … Continue reading Love, Simon
Harold (David Oyelowo) is a nice guy who finishes last. Brow beaten by his girlfriend (Thandie Newton) and pushed around by his best friend/boss Richard (Joel Edgerton). But when he gets wind of a corporate takeover whilst in Mexico he decides to take control of matters with varying levels of success. Gringo is a crime … Continue reading Gringo
Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is a vigilante for hire who rescues young girls from prostitution rings. His latest job is to rescue a politician’s daughter and things don’t go according to plan. The above synopsis doesn’t do Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here” justice. This isn’t a typical action film and I suspect it is … Continue reading You Were Never Really Here
Prima Ballerina Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is forced to become a Russian operative known as a Sparrow when life’s quirks result in her being unable to pay for her mother’s care. Her first mission is to get close to CIA agent Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton) who may have a mole inside the Russian secret service. … Continue reading Red Sparrow
Duncan Jones fourth film took him the best part of his entire career to get made and after 16 years of development it released on Netflix rather than at the cinema. Set in the near future in the same universe as his debut film Moon, it has the dystopian appearance of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, … Continue reading Mute
Starting with a clever montage of how the ultra competitive game enthusiasts Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) get together Game Night sets its stall out as a funny and tightly scripted comedy. Something that seems rare in the haphazard world of improvised comedy films at the moment. Max and Annie’s regular game night … Continue reading Game Night
Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson is a senior in high school in Sacramento in 2002. Following her life as she comes of age this film treats you to many moments of warmth, sadness and humour with stories of school that will feel believable or even close to your own experiences. Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut film … Continue reading Lady Bird
Dug (Eddie Redmayne) is a member of a Stone Age tribe ousted from their valley by the new Bronze Age people led by Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston). Luckily Dug can challenge Nooth to a game of football for his land back. Aardman animation are legends in their field but to say this is a tad … Continue reading Early Man
Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is a cleaner at a top secret military research centre when an amphibious creature is held there. Sensing its pain she builds an emotional connection with it. Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film is a fable in early 60’s America set against the backdrop of Cold War paranoia, classic musicals and a society … Continue reading The Shape of Water
T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) following the murder of his father in Captain America: Civil War is now the King of Wakanda, a nation closed off from the rest of the world that has advanced technology thanks to a vast quantity of metal called Vibranium. But one descendent of Wakanda is unhappy that technology is not being … Continue reading Black Panther
