It is May 2020, the height of the Covid Pandemic and in the small town of Eddington, New Mexico a feud between the town’s Mayor and Sheriff threatens to destabilise the entire town and its citizens' way of life. I will start my review by simply stating that Eddington is a superb movie. One that … Continue reading Eddington
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
The Thursday Murder Club is a group of four pensioners who live at Cooper’s Chase Retirement home that get together in their spare time to solve cold cases. But when the owner of Cooper’s Chase is struck down at his home they have a real life case to solve. The Thursday Murder Club is based … Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club
Three acts in the life of Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) told in reverse order. Beginning with the apocalypse and ending with a childhood beset by setbacks. All framed in a reassuringly life affirming manner. The three acts in the Life of Chuck initially feel somewhat disconnected, but it is in the explanation of how they come … Continue reading The Life of Chuck
After thirty years performing in the same show on the Las Vegas Strip, fifty-seven year old showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) has to come to terms with it being cancelled. The Last Showgirl is a small intimate film about the sacrifices women make for their careers and focuses closely on what dancing means to Shelly and … Continue reading The Last Showgirl
CIA spy Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) has one day until retirement when he finds out that his protégé Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) has been arrested in China for espionage. Aware that the American government might sacrifice Bishop as collateral damage in favour of a trade negotiation Muir sets out to use all of his learned … Continue reading Spy Game
It is 1984 and aspiring filmmaker Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) lives in a Knightsbridge flat with another student as she navigates film school. When she meets Anthony (Tom Burke) at a party, an older man who works for the foreign office, she is taken by his mysterious nature and begins a relationship with him. The … Continue reading The Souvenir & The Souvenir: Part II
Five years on from the events of Jurassic World Dominion an expedition is put together to head to an island once used to cross breed dinosaurs for the Jurassic World park. Their goal is to extract DNA from the three largest living dinosaurs with the goal of making a medical breakthrough that could save or … Continue reading Jurassic World: Rebirth
When a man brings his son to the idyllic beach that he once surfed on as a child he finds himself in an altercation with the resident surfers. They insist that surfing is for locals only and the man finds himself locked in a conflict that constantly increases in severity. The Surfer is a film … Continue reading The Surfer
The boss of struggling Formula 1 team APX GP (Javier Bardem) recruits old friend and maverick racer Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) in a last ditch effort to turn things around and save the team. Sonny was once an exciting young driver in Formula 1 with the world at his feet, but an horrific crash left … Continue reading F1
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