In 1938, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, Landowner Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires self-taught archeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to excavate large burial mounds on her rural estate. The Dig is a rather superb film with two genuinely interesting plot lines. The first is a race against time that is placed straight in front of us. Edith … Continue reading The Dig
Eccentric lottery winner Charles Heath (Tim Key) is the world's biggest fan of disbanded folk duo McGwyer (Tom Basden) and Mortimer (Carey Mulligan) and decides to try and make his dreams come true by hiring them for a reunion gig on the remote island he calls home. In order to make it happen he neglects … Continue reading The Ballad Of Wallis Island
A Driver (Ryan Gosling) who acts as both a criminal wheelman, a film stuntman and a mechanic finds himself embroiled in a heist gone wrong with mob connections. The opening thirteen minutes of Drive are perfect. We see the distinctive pink lettering of the opening credits, we hear the Driver's speech to his current customer … Continue reading Drive
Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler) is halfway through a one year solo mission to explore an anomaly near Jupiter that has turned the night sky purple. However the only thing keeping him sane is slipping away as his wife Lenka (Carey Mulligan) decides to leave him as he has left her. As Jakub’s ground support try … Continue reading Spaceman
Oxford University 2006. Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) is a sharply intelligent student from a poor background with a lack of friends. After a chance act of kindness where he assists Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) he finds himself integrated into the rich kid circle. As the school year wraps up Felix invites him to his family … Continue reading Saltburn
The life of Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) from his breakthrough in 1943 through to the late 1980’s. Aside from Bernstein’s musical career and homosexual love affairs the film's main focus is on his relationship and deep love for his wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). Maestro is the type of film that pushes the many buttons … Continue reading Maestro
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