When world-famous author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) is incapacitated by a car accident, her husband and publishers decide to keep the incident a secret and hire the unknown author Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) to complete her book series. Initially, Lowen baulks at the idea of writing someone else’s novels, but the pleas from her husband, … Continue reading Verity
Dan (Jason Segel) and his wife Lisa (Samara Weaving) are suffering marital strife and plan to spend a romantic weekend in Dan’s father’s cabin. Neither realizes it, but both are secretly plotting to kill the other and cash in on the insurance payout. Over Your Dead Body begins as a rather acerbic black comedy, with … Continue reading Over Your Dead Body
When the evil Skeletor (Jared Leto) conquers Eternia, the young Prince Adam is sent through a portal to Earth to keep him safe. Fifteen years later, Adam is an HR employee on the verge of reclaiming his birthright. Back on Eternia, Adam (Nicholas Galitzine) teams up with Teela (Camila Mendes), her father Duncan (Idris Elba), … Continue reading Masters of the Universe
My gut take on the TV shows that I watched this year is that there just was not as many shows that I loved unconditionally... but I still have a top fifteen worth sharing! 1. Mr. Scorsese (Apple) Is it a little too obvious for my favourite TV show of the year to be a … Continue reading 2025 – Year in Review – Television
Expert thief Parker (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself forced to work with the woman who double crossed him and his crew in order to take down the score of a lifetime. Play Dirty has all of the credentials to be an exceptional action comedy. It is based on the Parker book series by Donald E. Westlake … Continue reading Play Dirty
The UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) are forced to work together when they survive an assassination attempt by an unknown adversary. But these Heads of State despise each other and bicker and argue through their odd couple action heroics. Heads of State really epitomises the "straight to streaming" action … Continue reading Heads of State
Three improv comedians are hired by the police to perform some low level stings for the cool sum of £200 per job. But when the first job escalates from buying some dodgy cigarettes into becoming embroiled in a cocaine war between the locals and an Albanian gang things start to get out of hand. Acting … Continue reading Deep Cover
Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) are reunited on the beautiful island of Capri where they find themselves embroiled in murder and double crosses. Five years on from the events of the last movie, Stephanie is now a famous true crime vLogger and has written a book about her relationship with real … Continue reading Another Simple Favour
When a U.S. Army special forces extraction mission goes wrong they are reliant on rookie Air Force Sergeant JJ Kinney (Liam Hemsworth) and drone operator Captain E. Grimm (Russell Crowe) to try and guide them home. Land of Bad is a peculiar film. Its highs are pretty high whilst its lows are very low. It … Continue reading Land of Bad
It’s 1999 and when a Halloween prank goes badly wrong for Dean, JT and Wes they make up a friend called Ricky Stanicky who they can place the blame on. Fast forward twenty-five years and Ricky Stanicky has a whole life that is entirely devised around Dean (Zac Efron), JT (Andrew Santino) and Wes (Jermaine … Continue reading Ricky Stanicky
