Having escaped Tweedy’s (Miranda Richardson) farm, Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) have settled down on an island with the rest of the their escapee flock. Safe from humans trying to turn them into pies they raise a chick named Molly (Bella Ramsey) who turns out to be far more inquisitive about what is … Continue reading Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
Willy Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) dreams of becoming a chocolatier and after years of travelling the globe honing his recipes he arrives in the big city to open his own shop. However he finds himself blocked by the chocolate cartel, a trio of powerful shop owners by the names of Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Fickelgruber (Matthew Baynton) … Continue reading Wonka
The brilliant detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) has been retired from solving murders for just over a decade. But when his step-daughter’s fiancé dies the day before their wedding the personal stakes involved make him return to what he is best at. Between 2002-2009 there were 124 episodes of Monk across 8 seasons of television. … Continue reading Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
1627, France. A young D'Artagnan (Francois Civil) heads to Paris to join the famous Musketeers and be part of the King's Guard. On his first day he manages to irk Athos (Vincent Cassel), Aramis (Romain Duris) and Porthos (Pio Marmai) so much that he finds himself facing duels with them consecutively. The four men form … Continue reading The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (2023)
Chris Carver (Eddie Murphy) is laid off 3 days before Christmas and the street decoration competition he and his family take part in each year introduces a $100,000 prize. So what better way to feel the spirit of Christmas than to find a peculiar shop with a completely trustworthy elf (Jillian Bell) and buy the … Continue reading Candy Cane Lane
Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) works as a secretary at the local boy’s prison in Massachusetts. At the age of twenty-four she is trapped at home with her alcoholic father out of a sense of duty having returned to nurse her mother during a terminal illness. Brow beaten and sleep walking through life until a new psychiatrist … Continue reading Eileen
1970, New York. Eleven year old Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson) has just discovered she is moving to New Jersey and has to navigate a new home, new friends, her pending adolescence and the tricky world of families and religion. Based on what I am told is a very popular Judy Blume novel (no I … Continue reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is an evolutionary biologist who is yet to publish and a family man who feels unimportant to his children. So when the general public start to see him in their dreams he feels seen and wonders if he can use the notoriety to finally publish the book he has dreamed of. … Continue reading Dream Scenario
The rise and fall of Napoleon (Joaquin Phoenix) from artilleryman to emperor to exile. Opening in 1793 at the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette and closing in 1821 at his death on St. Helena this historical epic covers a multitude of historical events whilst depicting the greatest military strategist of his time as a petulant … Continue reading Napoleon
Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and his fellow elite students from the Capitol are asked to mentor a participant in the 10th Annual Hunger Games. Snow is assigned Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) from District 12 and begins to develop feelings for her. Between 2012-2015 we were treated to a film a year in the world … Continue reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
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