Divine G (Colman Domingo) is incarcerated at Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York. Whilst there he tries to make the best of his time by being an active member of the Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) program that allows inmates to take part in Drama productions. Sing Sing is a film that feels … Continue reading Sing Sing
A biopic of British pop superstar Robbie Williams with a twist. Using CGI to portray the Popstar as a chimpanzee whilst everyone around him is human. Let’s start this review with a disclaimer. Take That became a phenomenon whilst I was in my school years and their music was about as far removed from my … Continue reading Better Man
The true story of the 2007-2008 financial crisis as told through three different groups of investors betting against the housing market. Michael Burry M.D. (Christian Bale) is a socially awkward, incredibly smart man with total autonomy over a billion dollar hedge fund. Whilst listening to heavy metal, dressed in shorts and wearing nothing on his … Continue reading The Big Short
On September 5th 1972 the Palestinian Militant Group Black September infiltrated the Munich Olympics and attacked the Israeli Olympic Team in their apartments in the Olympic Village. Murdering two and holding a further nine hostage. As all of this was happening the ABC sports broadcasting team were able to capture live coverage of the event. … Continue reading September 5
Los Angeles, 1949. Jewish crime boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) has a vice like grip on the city and its corrupt police force. That is until Police Chief William Parker (Nick Nolte) asks Sergeant John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) to form the Gangster Squad. An off the books unit whose task is to dismantle Cohen’s empire … Continue reading Gangster Squad
When David Marks’ (Ryan Gosling) wife Katie (Kirsten Dunst) goes missing in 1982 the prime suspect is Marks himself. Set across the years of 1971 to 2003 All Good Things is based on the true story of real estate tycoon Robert Durst. Even more sensational than the content of this film is that it would … Continue reading All Good Things
When FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) moves to Idaho it is with the intention of slowing down. A veteran of cases involving organised crime and the Ku Klux Klan has made him estranged from his wife and daughters and this step is planned to ease those tensions. But then he finds himself investigating a … Continue reading The Order
Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling) is a violent Neo-Nazi associated with skin head gangs and a movement to try to promote fascism in America. He is also Jewish and under the glare of a journalist who smells a story about this conflict. Cross cutting between Balint as a youth where he studied in the Jewish faith … Continue reading The Believer
1971, Virginia. The school board of Alexandria are forced to merge Black and White schools and in doing so hand the job of Head Coach of the Titans to Coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington). Can the team and the town come together to look past race divides? Remember The Titans was released in 2000 and … Continue reading Remember The Titans
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