Six (Ryan Gosling) was plucked from a lifetime prison sentence to be trained by CIA handler Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) as a ‘gray man’. Someone who works in between black and white and can do things that others cannot. When his latest assassination target gives him some top secret information the agency turn against him … Continue reading The Gray Man
Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones) was abandoned as a young girl in her family home hidden away in the marshlands of North Carolina. Fending for herself her whole life she is known to the local residents as ‘the marsh girl’ and shunned. So when the body of local man Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson) is found dead … Continue reading Where The Crawdads Sing
It’s the summer of 1978 and a small town’s children are being abducted never to be seen again. When “The Grabber’s” (Ethan Hawke) latest victim Finney (Mason Thames) starts to receive phone calls from the disconnected black phone in the basement he is being held, he hears the voices of his abductor's previous victims. The … Continue reading The Black Phone
After Gorr (Christian Bale) suffers a great loss he stumbles upon his civilisation’s God and is met with disdain at his pleas asking why he allowed his people to suffer so much. Gorr slays his God as an act of vengeance and vows that all Gods must die. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) sets out to stop … Continue reading Thor: Love And Thunder
Set in 1976, an eleven year old Gru (Steve Carell) dreams of joining the Vicious Six, the greatest supervillain team of all time. The team once led by Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin) is now seeking new members with Belle Bottom (Taraji P. Henson) at the helm. But when Gru’s interview goes badly he steals an … Continue reading Minions: The Rise Of Gru
Nitram tells the story of the events leading up to the Port Arthur massacre in 1996. A mass shooting that led to Australia overhauling its gun laws. It is an incredibly difficult watch featuring some very powerful performances. As to whether it gives insight into why such a thing could happen is up to you … Continue reading Nitram
The life and times of Elvis Aaron Presley (Austin Butler) as seen through the lens of his manager Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). Elvis is a sprawling biopic covering thirty plus years of the King of Rock n Roll’s life. As a result there are significant portions that are covered via montages such as his entire … Continue reading Elvis
Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans) and his fellow space travellers get marooned on an inhospitable planet when their fuel source is destroyed. Lightyear taking on the role of test pilot loses years each time he undertakes an unsuccessful hyperspace flight but even whilst his friends age around him he is determined to finish the mission. Just … Continue reading Lightyear
Spiderhead penitentiary run by Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth) conducts drug tests on prisoners in exchange for shorter sentences and the most comfortable open prison imaginable. Jeff (Miles Teller) haunted by the actions that resulted in him being incarcerated starts to question the legitimacy of the tests being conducted on him. Set on the sort of … Continue reading Spiderhead
Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) is a widow who has decided that she wants to explore the sort of sex that she never had in her married life. She hires Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack) and has a series of meetings with him in a hotel. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is the sort of film … Continue reading Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
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