Horror writer Shirley Jackson (Elizabeth Moss) is suffering from writer's block, but when her husband Stanley (Michael Stuhlbarg) invites his new teaching assistant Fred (Logan Lerman) and his wife Rose (Odessa Young) to stay it reinvigorates her. Shirley is one of the more unconventional biopics I have ever watched. Based on the 2014 novel by … Continue reading Shirley
When Kay (Emily Mortimer) gets a call to say that her mother has not been seen in days she drives to her home with her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote). They arrive to a cluttered but empty home. After days searching Edina (Robyn Nevin) appears without recollection of where she was. Ever since Jennifer Kent’s brilliant … Continue reading Relic
The year is 2036 and the U.S. are involved in a peacekeeping exercise in eastern Europe where the Ukraine is fighting to keep it's independence from Russia. Mechanized soldiers are deployed to assist with the war effort and drones controlled by pilots thousands of miles away provide over watch. One such pilot, Harp (Damson Idris) … Continue reading Outside The Wire
British Pakistani rapper Zed (Riz Ahmed) has just been offered the support slot in a major world tour and believes he is on the cusp of success when he is struck down by an illness that forces him to consider his identity. Co-written by Bassam Tariq and Riz Ahmed who take on the directing and … Continue reading Mogul Mowgli
Kurt Kunkle (Joe Keery) has been a content creator online for years, but he has never had viewing figures of double digits before. Now he has a plan though, can he go viral if he live streams a killing spree as a car sharing driver for the aptly named Spree? Spree brilliantly captures 21st century … Continue reading Spree
Mara (Katherine Langford) is in senior year of High School looking forward to prom and graduation when one day during class one of her fellow students spontaneously combusts. Driven by the possibility that any moment could be his last, Dylan (Charlie Plummer) lets Mara know that he has a crush on her. But how do … Continue reading Spontaneous
When I was working at a cinema in 1999 a Magnolia trailer started playing over our television screens in the foyer on a regular basis. It caught my attention because the main bulk of it was a series of whip pans to characters who say their names direct to camera and otherwise it left the … Continue reading Paul Thomas Anderson Retrospective
In the small mountain town of Snow Hollow women are being brutally murdered under the light of a full moon. Officer John Marshall (Jim Cummings), a recovering alcoholic has the task of tracking down the man or monster responsible. The wolf of snow hollow walks the line between many genres expertly. It’s a werewolf movie … Continue reading The Wolf Of Snow Hollow
Crime novelist Charles Condomine (Dan Stevens) is suffering a bout of writers block whilst trying to adapt one of his books into a screenplay. When he hires spiritualist Madame Arcati (Judi Dench) to conduct a seance at his home to help with his research she unexpectedly summons the spirit of his dead wife Elvira (Leslie … Continue reading Blithe Spirit (2020)
Daniel Bagnold (Earl Cave) is all set to spend his six week summer holiday with his father in Florida when he gets the call to say he can not come this year. Instead he has to spend the summer with his librarian mother Sue (Monica Dolan). The most interesting thing about this dry, witty comedy … Continue reading Days Of The Bagnold Summer
