Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) is asked on her deathbed by her sister Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling) how she was able to write Wuthering Heights resulting in us seeing the stories of heart break and happiness that resulted in the inspiration for the literary classic. Emily Brontë is portrayed here as a fiercely intelligent woman keen on … Continue reading Emily
Inspired by an evening watching Shakespeare’s Richard III, Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins) begins an almost obsessive interest in who he was and where he was laid to rest. Fighting against established historians unprepared to listen to an amateur she is able to find the remains of a king that were buried over five-hundred years earlier. … Continue reading The Lost King
1957, London and Ada Harris (Lesley Manville) is a cleaning lady who still hangs on to the possibility that her husband may one day return from the war. When she spies a Christian Dior dress at one of her customers homes she falls in love and decides to raise the funds for a trip to … Continue reading Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack (Harry Styles) live an idyllic life in a desert town named Victory. The town is founded and built around a secretive business run by Frank (Chris Pine) and the only rules are that none of the women go near the office and none of the men talk about their work. … Continue reading Don’t Worry Darling
A documentary about David Bowie using archive footage of live performances, interviews, Bowie’s various artistic endeavours and clips of other film and art that coincides with the tone and feel of the particular era of Bowie the film is currently representing. The only conventional choice made in this film by documentarian Brett Morgen is that … Continue reading Moonage Daydream
Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) witnesses the violent suicide of a patient (Caitlin Stasey) who claims to be seeing an entity that others can not. Most disturbingly as the patient takes her life she smiles malevolently at Rose. Then it is Rose’s turn to start seeing the entity. Written and directed by feature film debutant … Continue reading Smile
A divorced couple (George Clooney and Julia Roberts) who have not seen eye to eye for just over a decade band together to try to prevent their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) marrying the seaweed farmer (Maxime Bouttier) she has met on holiday in Bali. Ticket To Paradise is the sort of romantic comedy we used … Continue reading Ticket To Paradise
Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) believes that he can be a stuntman just like his deceased father whom he never met. So when his step father Frank (Ian McShane) falls ill Rod believes that he can earn his respect by fundraising the money needed for his operation by clearing fifteen buses in the stunt of a … Continue reading Hot Rod (2007)
In 1823 The Kingdom Of Dahomey in Western Africa is under threat from slave traders and the Oyo Kingdom to the east. Dahomey is protected though by the fearsome all female Agojie warriors who are led by General Nanisca (Viola Davis) who will fight for their way of life. After an opening battle that leaves … Continue reading The Woman King
1953, London’s West End and Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is celebrating its hundredth performance. However the whodunnit play is about to have a real life whodunnit within it when the Hollywood director tasked with adapting it into a film is murdered in the theatre. The cast of characters are led by world weary Inspector Stoppard … Continue reading See How They Run
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