Two Jewish cousins travel to Poland to take a tour in honour of their beloved grandmother who recently died. A Real Pain is the sort of film that appears to be rather slight, but has hidden volumes. At surface level it is an odd couple comedy. David Kaplan, played by Jesse Eisenberg who also wrote … Continue reading A Real Pain
Roy Chutney (Ryan Gosling) finds himself spiralling when two personally devastating events happen back to back. First, his emotionally distant father commits suicide. Second, he is cut from the football team that gives him direction. His path to get back on track may come from local eccentric Gideon Ferguson (David Morse) who approaches him to … Continue reading The Slaughter Rule
When FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) moves to Idaho it is with the intention of slowing down. A veteran of cases involving organised crime and the Ku Klux Klan has made him estranged from his wife and daughters and this step is planned to ease those tensions. But then he finds himself investigating a … Continue reading The Order
Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling) is a violent Neo-Nazi associated with skin head gangs and a movement to try to promote fascism in America. He is also Jewish and under the glare of a journalist who smells a story about this conflict. Cross cutting between Balint as a youth where he studied in the Jewish faith … Continue reading The Believer
When Almut (Florence Pugh) accidentally runs over recently divorced Tobias (Andrew Garfield) with her car they begin a relationship and fall in love. But then a cancer diagnosis for Almut will force them to make some decisions about how to get the most from their time together and what to focus on. We Live In … Continue reading We Live In Time
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
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