Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is many things; An accountant who works for unscrupulous clients unravelling impossibly complex financial books in incredibly quick times, a trained killer, and a highly functioning autistic person with specific routines to manage his condition. Nine years on from The Accountant’s original release it is time to reassess my thoughts, especially … Continue reading The Accountant
A cat lives a solitary life in a forest that has remnants of some long gone human life. But when a devastating flood encompasses all that he knows he has to learn to cooperate with other species in order to survive. Flow is a rather beautiful animated movie that I have found quite hard to … Continue reading Flow
1957, New York City. Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) has run organised crime in the city since his childhood friend Vito Genevese (also played by Robert De Niro) had to flee to Italy. With everything running smoothly he is almost considered a legitimate member of the community. So when Genevese returns expecting his territory to … Continue reading The Alto Knights
George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) has one week to establish a traitor from a list of five British Intelligence Operatives. The added complexity being that his wife Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett), is one of the names on the list. Opening with a controlled tracking shot that follows our protagonist into and back out of a … Continue reading Black Bag
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is not afraid to speak her mind. Regularly flying into tirades at anyone she comes into contact with. Her husband Curtley (David Webber) and son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett) have been brow beaten into submission by her. And even her usually upbeat sister Chantelle (Michele Austin) is finding it hard to keep positive. … Continue reading Hard Truths
1978, Los Angeles. Aspiring actress Sheryl Bradshaw (Anna Kendrick) has been in Tinseltown for two years and has not yet made her breakthrough. So her agent puts her on the hit TV show “The Dating Game” in order to get her face out there. Unbeknownst to anyone though, Batchelor Number Three is serial killer Rodney … Continue reading Woman Of The Hour
Based on a true story, Last Breath tells us about saturation diver Chris Lemons (Finn Cole) who finds himself trapped at the bottom of the North Sea without oxygen or heat. Trying to save him are experienced Bellman Duncan Allcock (Woody Harelson) and Diver Dave ‘The Vulcan’ Yuasa (Simu Liu) and the crew aboard his … Continue reading Last Breath (2025)
This year we saw the return of Renee Zellweger as the incredibly British Bridget Jones and of course that meant that I would have to refresh my memory on the previous films before I could watch the new one. The result... another ranking! All four of the Bridget Jones movies are based on books by … Continue reading Bridget Jones Ranked
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is now a widow facing the challenge of being a single mother of two, returning to work and heading back out into the world of dating. It may be twenty-four years since Bridget Jones first graced our screens but she is still facing the same challenges. The pressures on women to … Continue reading Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
In my opinion Ryan Gosling is one of the best actors of his generation. Which just so happens to be my generation, which for some peculiar reason makes me follow his career with great intrigue. My goal here will be to tell you what I think his ten best movies are. And you may ask, … Continue reading Ten Of The Best… Ryan Gosling
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