Seventeen-year-old Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) lives with mum Jackie (Marlee Matlin), dad Frank (Troy Kotsur) and brother Leo (Daniel Durant). Ruby is the only hearing person among them and from a young age she has had the responsibility of acting as translator for her family. Whilst juggling school she helps them with their fishing business … Continue reading CODA

A veteran jockey is starting to come to terms with the fact that his body will soon force him to retire. That is until two new arrivals enter his life to complicate his decision.  Jackson Silva (Clifton Collins Jr.) has been riding for quite some time. Having broken his back at least three times that … Continue reading Jockey

Georges (Jean Dujardin) has left his wife and blown all of his savings on a deerskin jacket. Driving out into the middle of nowhere to be alone his unhealthily obsession with the ‘killer’ style the jacket gives him leads him to murder.  Deerskin is the sort of film that has you wondering if you have … Continue reading Deerskin

Twenty-five years after the original Woodsboro murders Ghostface re-emerges to terrorise the residents once again.  As is now traditional with Scream movies it opens with a young woman being terrorised by an anonymous caller. Tara (Jenna Ortega) initially ignores the call from an unknown number but is forced by circumstance to answer the call and … Continue reading Scream (2022)

It’s 1969 and young Buddy (Jude Hill) lives in Belfast on a road populated by Catholics and Protestants without a care in the world. That is until social unrest arises and riots and the army interrupt his happy life.  Belfast appears to be a special semi-autobiographical film for writer/director Kenneth Branagh. Buddy is enthralled by … Continue reading Belfast

When Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) drifts through a carnival he meets its owner Clem Hoatley (Willem Defoe) who takes a shine to him and offers him a job. Initially just keen to have something to eat and a mattress to sleep on Stanton takes up the opportunity but as he meets other performers at the … Continue reading Nightmare Alley

Two women meet in a maternity ward during labour and develop a bond.  Janis (Penelope Cruz) is a photographer approaching middle age delighted with her unplanned pregnancy whilst Ana (Milena Smit) is a young woman mortified with hers. They exchange numbers and later forge a friendship.  Pedro Almodovar’s latest is a little peculiar even by … Continue reading Parallel Mothers

The true story of Dana Canedy (Chante Adams) who wrote a book dedicated to the journal her partner 1st Sgt. Charles King (Michael B. Jordan) wrote for their son before he died.  Cutting back and forth between Dana as a single mother and Dana and Charles meeting and developing their relationship the film tells the … Continue reading A Journal For Jordan

CIA agent Mason Browne (Jessica Chastain) is tasked with recovering a devastating cyber weapon. But when her operation goes wrong she gathers a team of women each from a different agency to help capture and destroy the weapon.  Mason’s CIA agent will enlist Marie Schmidt (Diane Kruger) from Germany’s BND, Khadijah Adiyeme (Lupita Nyong’o) from … Continue reading The 355