The conclusion to the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda (Ariana Grande) the Good. Wicked’s conclusion focuses on the friendship that has changed both protagonists for good. After the excitement and anticipation for the first movie was rewarded with a superb musical extravaganza I surprisingly found my anticipation … Continue reading Wicked: For Good
In a dystopian future where America is run by a totalitarian government who use the media to control and subjugate the masses a down on his luck worker named Ben Richards (Glen Powell) enters the blood thirsty TV gameshow The Running Man. Can he change the rigged game and get a better outcome than everyone … Continue reading The Running Man (2025)
The famous magicians known as The Horsemen are reunited by the mysterious Eye for another altruistic heist. This time they will be taking down a diamond mine heiress and criminal Veronika Vanderberg (Rosamund Pike). The Now You See Me films have always relied on fast talking exposition explaining highly improbable tricks that would take either actual … Continue reading Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
Teddy (Jesse Plemons) is a conspiracy theorist and is convinced that the CEO of the company that he works for is an alien. Coercing his simple cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) into being his accomplice they kidnap Michelle (Emma Stone) and set out to get the truth from her. As we watch Michelle trying to establish … Continue reading Bugonia
A single nuclear missile from an unknown source is detected heading towards the United States of America, triggering a race against time to determine who is responsible and how to respond. A House of Dynamite portrays the same twenty minutes of tension from three different perspectives, essentially creating three overlaying short films. “Inclination is Flattening” … Continue reading A House Of Dynamite
A young Predator seeks a trophy to prove himself worthy to the clan that considered him a runt and cast him out. Heading to planet Genna, where everything is deadly he seeks to kill the unkillable, a deadly apex predator known as the Kalisk. Along the way he finds half of a Weyland Yutani synthetic … Continue reading Predator: Badlands
Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum) is the “Roofman” burglar. After being sentenced to decades in prison for robbing multiple McDonald’s stores Jeffrey escapes prison and hides out in a Toys R Us store. Only to find himself falling in love with a member of staff named Leigh (Kirsten Dunst). Roofman is an extraordinary based on true … Continue reading Roofman
1981, Colts Neck, New Jersey. Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) is on the cusp of superstardom, having just completed a sold out tour and with his album “The River” a huge hit his record label want him to keep up the momentum. Bruce however wants to work on something more personal and chooses to hole … Continue reading Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
I Swear is based on the true story of John Davidson, who at the age of thirteen was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. The film documents how his life was impacted by this condition and how John would go on to be awarded an MBE for his services to those also living with Tourette’s. I Swear … Continue reading I Swear
When half-siblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and Piper (Sora Wong) lose their father to cancer they find themselves placed with foster parent Laura (Sally Hawkins) and her other foster child Oliver (Jonah Wren Phillips). Andy immediately finds Laura not only eccentric but rather exclusionary in her attention. Laura has also recently suffered the loss of her … Continue reading Bring Her Back
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