Let's talk Oscars! The ceremony will be live (on ITV if you are in the UK like me) tonight and is set to be one of the more unpredictable years for some time. Just for some context here is who has won the big awards so far this year: Cannes - Palme d'Or - Anora … Continue reading Oscars 2025 Predictions
A young Brooklyn sex worker named Anora (Mikey Madison) meets the son of a rich Russian oligarch named Ivan (Mark Eydeishteyn). After a whirlwind few weeks of him paying for her company whilst partying they marry. When his parents find out he is married they head to New York to get the marriage annulled. Ani, … Continue reading Anora
The true story of the 2007-2008 financial crisis as told through three different groups of investors betting against the housing market. Michael Burry M.D. (Christian Bale) is a socially awkward, incredibly smart man with total autonomy over a billion dollar hedge fund. Whilst listening to heavy metal, dressed in shorts and wearing nothing on his … Continue reading The Big Short
Josh (Jack Quaid) takes his new girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) for a weekend away with his best friends. Iris is nervous that Josh’s friends will not like her, but no one would have guessed quite how badly the getaway will turn out. When Iris met Josh it was love at first sight. A meet-cute in … Continue reading Companion
Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is asked to partner with newly transferred Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) in his final days before retirement. The first case that they are given is that of a killer inspired by the seven deadly sins. Their investigation will have cataclysmic consequences on their lives as the murderer forces them to consider … Continue reading Seven
On September 5th 1972 the Palestinian Militant Group Black September infiltrated the Munich Olympics and attacked the Israeli Olympic Team in their apartments in the Olympic Village. Murdering two and holding a further nine hostage. As all of this was happening the ABC sports broadcasting team were able to capture live coverage of the event. … Continue reading September 5
Captain America (Anthony Mackie) has to discover who is pulling the strings behind a nefarious plot to put America at war with Japan over the discovery of Adamantium on the Celestial body in the Indian Ocean. General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford stepping into the shoes of William Hurt who died in 2022) is now … Continue reading Captain America: Brave New World
Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) are CIA operatives who faked their own deaths fifteen years ago so that they could raise a family together in safety. But when a social media video goes viral they find themselves back in action. Their handler Chuck (Kyle Chandler) tries to warn them of the danger they … Continue reading Back In Action
Two elite snipers are hired to protect opposite sides of a mysterious gorge and together will find themselves battling the evil that lays within whilst trying to discover its secret. Levi (Miles Teller) is an ex-marine sniper. Jaded, tormented by nightmares and alone. Despite having been deemed unfit for duty by a military psychologist he … Continue reading The Gorge
A series of intertwining love triangles play out to the backdrop of the music scene in Austin, Texas. Young musicians Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling) are in love. BV has found some success with his producer Cook (Michael Fassbender), so Faye begins an affair with him hoping he can open similar doors for … Continue reading Song To Song
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