The Platt family live in what seems like a perfect slice of 1982 American suburbia, when they find their entire street transported millions of years into the past during a stormy night. The outcome is that the secretly fractious family have to pull together and fight for their lives against an array of fearsome dinosaurs. … Continue reading The End Of Oak Street
After the Trojan War, Odysseus (Matt Damon) faces a perilous journey home to Ithaca, where his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) are desperately holding off suitors to his throne. Christopher Nolan is known for epic scale and scope in his movies, so perhaps he is best equipped of all people to … Continue reading The Odyssey
Welcome to my annual look ahead to my most anticipated upcoming films of the year. All but one of my Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025 were released this year and in most cases my anticipation was rewarded with an excellent film. In fact I am fairly confident you will spot a few in my … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2026
Alice (Jessica Chastain) and Celine (Anne Hathaway) are living the perfect suburban 1960’s life. Neighbours in a beautiful residential street, successful husbands providing for them and both with seven-year-old sons who are best friends. But when tragedy strikes and an accident takes Celine’s child from her, everything is upended. Is it hatred or suspicion that … Continue reading Mothers’ Instinct
Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) works as a secretary at the local boy’s prison in Massachusetts. At the age of twenty-four she is trapped at home with her alcoholic father out of a sense of duty having returned to nurse her mother during a terminal illness. Brow beaten and sleep walking through life until a new psychiatrist … Continue reading Eileen
Queens, New York 1980. Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) has just started sixth grade and befriends Johnny Davis (Jaylin Webb), the only black kid in his class. As they find themselves regularly getting into trouble Paul discovers that life is not a level playing field. Armageddon Time is a semi autobiographical film for writer/director James Gray … Continue reading Armageddon Time
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