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
Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) finds himself pulled back into the CIA to assist his mentor James Greer (Wendell Pierce) in resolving a ghost from the past that threatens to destabilise Greer's position as Assistant Director of the CIA. With the plot split primarily between Dubai and London, Jack joins forces with MI6 agent Emma Marlow … Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Niki (Leo Woodall) works as a piano tuner for his mentor and friend Harry (Dustin Hoffman), so when Harry suffers a health crisis that he cannot pay for, Niki uses his hearing disorder for nefarious means as a safe cracker to fund his treatment. I want to say upfront that Tuner is a cracking film … Continue reading Tuner
A furniture store owner named Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers an invisible door in the basement of his shop that leads to an infinite expanse of rooms. Clark is a lonely man who pushes everyone away. Secretly living in his furniture store because he is unable to make ends meet, he relies on alcohol as a … Continue reading Backrooms
Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) has stolen a vast quantity of data from the employer who paid him to keep it safe. As he races to escape the operatives of his former employers who seek to prevent him from leaking the data, his path begins to converge with Kansas weather reporter Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt). If … Continue reading Disclosure Day
Art restorer Lori (Michaela Coel) is hired by the children of a famous artist to forge “The Christophers”, a series of incomplete canvases that would form their inheritance. The artist in question is Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen). At his height, his paintings changed hands for millions of dollars, before he was rewarded with a reality … Continue reading The Christophers
Following the murder of their Captain, a team of Miami cops are thrown further into turmoil when they discover millions of dollars of cartel money in a house. Can they trust each other? Is one of their number accountable for their leader’s murder? And should they just take the money for themselves? I had high … Continue reading The Rip
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein (Christian Bale) tracks down Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening) and requests that she make him a companion. The outcome is The Bride (Jessie Buckley), who is an amalgamation of the murdered woman that she once was, the spirit of Mary Shelley, who wrote the original story, and the new creature that she … Continue reading The Bride!
Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson) have an idyllic relationship and are eagerly organising their wedding. That is until some friends suggest sharing the worst thing that they have ever done in their lives, whilst having a few too many drinks. Emma’s revelatory answer puts their lives into a huge spin that questions whether they … Continue reading The Drama
Music mogul David King (Denzel Washington) is horrified when his son is kidnapped and subjected to ransom. Faced with business and moral quandaries, he has to navigate his way through to the best possible outcome based on his moral compass. Highest 2 Lowest is the latest “Spike Lee Joint” and his second high-profile remake of … Continue reading Highest 2 Lowest
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