Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is an ambitious matchmaker in New York City. Whilst at the wedding of her latest success story she meets a dating unicorn in Harry (Pedro Pascal). He is 6 feet tall, rich, charming, physically fit and intelligent. Lucy asks if she could sign him up as a client but he gives her … Continue reading Materialists
Expert thief Parker (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself forced to work with the woman who double crossed him and his crew in order to take down the score of a lifetime. Play Dirty has all of the credentials to be an exceptional action comedy. It is based on the Parker book series by Donald E. Westlake … Continue reading Play Dirty
Investigative journalist Laura Blacklock (Keira Knightley) has just filed the copy for one of her most harrowing articles yet. Can she recharge with a simple human interest story that also involves spending three days on a luxury yacht? Not when she witnesses the woman in cabin 10 fall overboard only to be told there was … Continue reading The Woman In Cabin 10
Downtrodden janitor Winston (Peter Dinklage) finds himself thrown into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into the horrifically deformed superhero The Toxic Avenger. The Toxic Avenger is a rather hilarious and fun homage/reboot of the 1984 low budget horror movie of the same name. It is a B-movie, splatterfest with an awful lot of … Continue reading The Toxic Avenger: Unrated
A highly sophisticated AI Program known as Ares (Jared Leto) is sent into the real world to capture the “permanence code”. The next step in the digital technology war being played out by giant technology corporations ENCOM and Dillinger. Tron is a rather odd franchise for Disney in that it is a series only loosely … Continue reading Tron: Ares
Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) is the next up and coming American Football Quarterback. A glittering College career looks set to make him the number one draft pick, until someone dressed as a mascot gives him a career threatening brain injury with a mighty thwack on the head. But as hope is fading, legendary player Isaiah … Continue reading HIM
Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) return for one final terrifying case of paranormal possession. Last Rites opens in 1964 to show us the Warrens in one of their first ever cases. A case that is interrupted by Lorraine going into labour earlier than anticipated and their daughter Judy being stillborn, before … Continue reading The Conjuring: Last Rites
The story of mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) between 1997-2000 as he competes in the Pride fighting championships in Japan. Opening in 1997 we see Kerr demolish an opponent as we hear a voiceover of him being interviewed by a journalist. He is explaining how winning in the ring is a high … Continue reading The Smashing Machine
After spending his youth as a revolutionary demolitions expert “Bob” (Leonardo DiCaprio) has been living under the radar with his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti). That is until old adversary Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn) tracks them down. One Battle After Another is true to its title and careers from one tense showdown to another. … Continue reading One Battle After Another
When David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) meet at a wedding they find themselves thrust on a Big Bold Beautiful Journey together by the magical GPS provided by their rental cars. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is a magical realist adventure that is equal parts introspective therapy session and hopelessly romantic love story. Both … Continue reading A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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