Hollywood, 1969. Fading television actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are making a living whilst rising star Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) moves in next door. The ninth film by Quentin Tarantino blends real life people and events with the fictional. Tate was only 26 years old and 8 … Continue reading Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Film director and writer Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) has reached a point in his career where his physical ailments prevent him from working. Back pain, migraines, asthma, anxiety and depression are just a few of the afflictions that prevent him from being able to shoot films. Unable to do that he is unable to write … Continue reading Pain and Glory
Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) are called in to save the world when super villain Brixton (Idris Elba) tries to steal a virus from M.I.6 Agent Hattie (Vanessa Kirby). Hobbs and Shaw is the first spin off for the huge money spinning Fast & Furious franchise and the ninth film overall. … Continue reading Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
Across nearly two decades Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) battled to bring their version of electricity to America. The current war of the title being that of Direct Current supply championed by Edison and Alternating Current supply championed by Westinghouse. The film also features Nikola Tesla’s (Nicholas Hoult) involvement in these … Continue reading The Current War
With a hurricane moving towards Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) goes in search of her father Dave (Barry Pepper) at their old home. Finding him in the crawlspace of the house they are trapped by deadly alligators as the flood waters come in. Crawl is the sort of high concept creature feature that will have horror … Continue reading Crawl
It is the summer of 1969 and struggling singer-songwriters and best friends Lorian (Willow Shields) and Meryl (Meg DeLacy) are floundering playing gigs for poorly attended birthday parties. When they stumble upon a poster for the Woodstock music festival they start planning fundraising ideas and a road trip that will take them to their dreams. … Continue reading Woodstock or Bust
An almost exact remake of the 1994 animated classic featuring ground breaking special effects and a stellar voice cast. The story is inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet where Scar, jealous of his brothers rule, conspires to kill the king and oust his son. It is becoming difficult to review Disney’s “live action” remakes without repeating myself. … Continue reading The Lion King (2019)
Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) have been best friends for a decade. Working minimum wage jobs to live for the nightlife of wine, drugs and the freedom to do whatever they please. But when Laura meets someone and decides to get married the complicated nature of their friendship and the feeling that the … Continue reading Animals
Spider-Man Far From Home is a huge spoiler for Avengers Endgame, so stop reading now if you haven’t seen that film! Opening with a very enjoyable light hearted explanation of the five year”blip” half the Earth experienced following the “snap”, Peter Parker’s class are going on a European vacation. Unfortunately for him, Nick Fury (Samuel … Continue reading Spider-Man: Far From Home
It’s 1987, Thatcher is the longest serving prime minister in the UK under austerity and massive unemployment. In Luton, 17-year-old British-Pakistani Muslim Javed (Viveik Kalra) is an aspiring writer trying to find himself whilst right wing racist hatred grows and the pressures of his father’s version of being a Pakistani man weighs heavily on him. … Continue reading Blinded By The Light
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