This is my third year of doing a most anticipated list and I have to say it is a lot of fun. It always gets me excited about what is to come and lets me reflect on how expectation lived up to reality. Of my Top 10 films last year two have been postponed into … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025
Airport security agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) finds himself being blackmailed on Christmas Eve to let a carry-on case through the security scanner that he is manning. His girlfriend, whom he just discovered is expecting their first child, will die if he does not comply. Can Ethan foil the criminals and save the day? Carry-On … Continue reading Carry-On
Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) are missionaries from the Mormon Church who find themselves at the door of the religiously curious Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). But it seems that Mr. Reed’s motivations for requesting further information about the Church are not entirely altruistic. The concept of Heretic is that it is … Continue reading Heretic
Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot to research his next book just as the residents of the town start to mysteriously disappear. Aided by a group of locals including schoolteacher Matt Burke (Bill Camp), Dr. Cody (Alfre Woodard), real estate agent Susan Norton (Makenzie Leigh) and school kid Mark Petrie … Continue reading Salem’s Lot
Alice (Jessica Chastain) and Celine (Anne Hathaway) are living the perfect suburban 1960’s life. Neighbours in a beautiful residential street, successful husbands providing for them and both with seven-year-old sons who are best friends. But when tragedy strikes and an accident takes Celine’s child from her, everything is upended. Is it hatred or suspicion that … Continue reading Mothers’ Instinct
A mother and her two children living in the woods are protected from the evil destroying the world as long as they stay tethered to their home. Momma (Halle Berry) has explained to her twin children Nolan (Percy Daggs IV) and Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins) since birth that the world has been destroyed by an … Continue reading Never Let Go
1913, Texas. A gang of outlaws known as “The Wild Bunch” led by Pike (William Holden) and Dutch (Ernest Borgnine) seek one final job that will see them into retirement. Bookended by two violent gunfights The Wild Bunch focuses on the death of the old west as the modern times of the 20th century slowly … Continue reading The Wild Bunch (1969)
In the city of New Rome visionary architect Cesar Catalina (Adam Driver) vies for creative control over the direction of the city’s architecture with the greedy Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito). Making their feud even more bitter is the fact that Cesar’s new love and muse is the mayor’s daughter Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel). Other complications arise … Continue reading Megalopolis
Two rival fixers (George Clooney & Brad Pitt) are sent to the same New York Penthouse Hotel room to resolve a prominent New York officials error in judgement. As they both consider themselves a lone wolf, working together might be a problem. Wolfs is writer/director Jon Watts first film since his incredibly successful Spider-Man trilogy … Continue reading Wolfs
Six guests with no knowledge of each other or their host are invited to a mansion for a dinner party. When their host is murdered they must work with the staff and each other to establish the murderer amongst them. This 1985 farce based on the Hasbro board game Clue/Cluedo is a cult classic and … Continue reading Clue (1985)
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