Pixie (Olivia Cooke) has a plan to avenge her mother’s death and escape her gangster family by leaving West Ireland for San Francisco. Of course it all goes wrong and she ends up improvising with Frank (Ben Hardy) and Harland (Daryl McCormick) tagging along. Halfway through watching Pixie it struck me that this film reminded … Continue reading Pixie

Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) learns that he has an illegitimate son in America who is the true heir to his throne. Bringing him home to Zamunda he sets out to train him to be a prince.  There is a scene in Coming 2 America where two characters discuss the state of the Hollywood film industry. … Continue reading Coming 2 America

Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) is now a county sheriff having been runout of Los Angeles Police homicide department five years ago. When he is asked to make an evidence run to LA it should have been a quick errand but he is drawn into a serial killer case that might offer him redemption on the … Continue reading The Little Things

February 2049, three weeks after the “event” and Doctor Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney) watches as the last people living at their Arctic outpost evacuate. He plans to stay in an attempt to warn the last remaining space mission sent to look for alternative homes not to return.  We are never told what event has caused … Continue reading The Midnight Sky

On February 25th, 1964 Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) has just claimed the world heavyweight title at the Miami Beach Convention Centre. To celebrate he spends the evening with three friends; Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adair), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.)  One Night In Miami is a fictional account of a real … Continue reading One Night In Miami

Raya (Kelly Marie Tran) is on a mission to find the last dragon in the belief that it will help save the splintered kingdom of Kumandra. On her journey she will find ally’s that will join her pursuit to reunite the kingdom.  Disney’s world of Kumandra is fantastic. In a flashback we get to see … Continue reading Raya And The Last Dragon

One hit wonder pop star Christian Winter (Will Forte) is preparing to sacrifice a virgin to the dark Lord in exchange for stardom. Can timid driving instructor Rose Dooley (Maeve Higgins) use her extraordinary (“it’s one word Rose”) talents to stop him?  Extra Ordinary is the sort of lovingly crafted comedy film that will slip … Continue reading Extra Ordinary

Douglas “Arm” Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis) is a feared enforcer for the Devers crime family whilst struggling to be a good father to his son Jack (Kiljan Moroney). When he is asked to kill for the first time his loyalties between those two roles are tested.  There are two key statements about loyalty made during this … Continue reading Calm With Horses

When a drifter’s (Nicolas Cage) car is stricken due to a forgotten police spike trap he finds himself accepting an overnight janitor job to pay off his debt. The job is at the now derelict children’s party restaurant Willy’s Wonderland. Unfortunately the creepy animatronic animals have a mind of their own and a battle for … Continue reading Willy’s Wonderland

Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan) are two best friends working as paramedics in New Orleans. When they start to encounter a series of peculiar and horrific deaths and injuries they all seem to have a common denominator, the designer drug Synchronic. A drug that will impact them in ways they could not possibly … Continue reading Synchronic