When Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes from her abusive husband she is thrown into a broken housing system. After struggling to find a suitable home for her two young children she decides to build her own and in the process finds a new lease of life and a supportive community.  Herself features a great deal of … Continue reading Herself

In the near future the ocean has risen flooding coastal cities, wars have raged and society is downtrodden. As a respite people turn to the technology of reminiscence that allows them to relive their most special moments. Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman) and his partner Watts (Thandiwe Newton) specialise in taking people on those journeys but … Continue reading Reminiscence

The origin story of G.I. Joe’s Snake Eyes gives us insight into how he became mortal enemies with Storm Shadow and how he came to know of the battle between the evil Cobra and the heroic Joe’s.  Opening twenty years ago we see a young boy witness the assassination of his father by a man … Continue reading Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

When Beth’s (Rebecca Hall) husband of fourteen years commits suicide and leaves her a cryptic note she fears that she never really knew him. Will she find solace in searching through his personal belongings or just more pain?  Opening with Beth returning home from Owen’s (Evan Jongikeit) funeral we learn that she has no family … Continue reading The Night House

Beckett (John David Washington) and his girlfriend April (Alicia Vikander) are holidaying in Greece when they hear news of a political protest scheduled to take place right outside their rented apartment. Deciding to flee to the mountains to avoid the noise and commotion they are met with a tragic car accident that embroils Beckett in … Continue reading Beckett

In 1960, MI5 and the CIA recruit salesman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) to act as a courier of secret information between Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), a high ranking Russian official and the west.  The Courier is the sort of old fashioned spy drama that relies on excellent performances in a slow burn film that packs … Continue reading The Courier

Shrapnel City is home to an illegal internet death match competition run by Skizm. The current champion Nix (Samara Weaving) has been promised her freedom if she manages just one more kill. Her next challenger however is the mild mannered Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) who has had guns bolted to his hands by Riktor (Ned Dennehy), … Continue reading Guns Akimbo

The paw patrol head to Adventure City to stop the nefarious Mayor Humdinger from destroying the city through his ineptitude.  I have heard it be said that the likes of the He-Man and Transformers cartoons were cynical cash grabs to simply provide feature length advertisements for children’s toys. If that is true they have nothing … Continue reading Paw Patrol: The Movie

Ex-special forces operative Roy Pulver (Frank Grillo) is stuck in a time loop on the day that he dies. Can he work out why a disparate group of elite assassins keep killing him and get out of the loop? Boss Level wears its computer game inspiration on its sleeves and opens with 8 bit graphics … Continue reading Boss Level

Guy (Ryan Reynolds) lives in Free City and works as a bank clerk. But he will soon discover he is an NPC in a video game when Millie (Jodie Comer) enters the game and turns his head.  It has taken me some time to decide how to tackle putting my thoughts on this film into … Continue reading Free Guy