A single nuclear missile from an unknown source is detected heading towards the United States of America, triggering a race against time to determine who is responsible and how to respond. A House of Dynamite portrays the same twenty minutes of tension from three different perspectives, essentially creating three overlaying short films. “Inclination is Flattening” … Continue reading A House Of Dynamite
The UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) are forced to work together when they survive an assassination attempt by an unknown adversary. But these Heads of State despise each other and bicker and argue through their odd couple action heroics. Heads of State really epitomises the "straight to streaming" action … Continue reading Heads of State
Almost six months after the 'rage' virus decimated the UK it is believed that starvation has resulted in the majority of the infected dying out. The U.S. Army have moved in and created a safe zone called District 1 on the Isle of Dogs and has slowly begun to move in displaced refugees as it … Continue reading 28 Weeks Later
Vengeful Shadow The Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves) escapes from a prison that has held him for fifty years and joins forces with Gerald Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to wreak havoc on those that have wronged him. So Sonic (Ben Schwarz), Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) and Knuckles (Idris Elba) enter the fray and have to join forces with their … Continue reading Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) was not as gravely injured as you might think at the end of his first outing and is back for another mission. This time he is tasked with rescuing the wife of a Georgian crime lord and her two children from the bowels of a prison. After watching Extraction II and … Continue reading Extraction II
Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is a narratologist on a business trip to Istanbul when she discovers an ornate bottle that contains a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes for his freedom. Of course being someone who studies the structure and function of narrative she is well aware of stories involving wishes being cautionary … Continue reading Three Thousand Years Of Longing
Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) takes his two daughters to South Africa following their mother’s death in order to visit the village she grew up in. Their “uncle” Martin (Sharlto Copley) is a game warden and takes them out on a private safari where they find themselves hunted by a crazed lion whose pride was killed … Continue reading Beast (2022)
Ridley Scott released his debut film The Duellists at the age of 40 in 1977. Since then he has worked at quite a fast pace, averaging more than 1 film every 2 years in his 40 year career. Interestingly only making 1 sequel (to a film he did not make) and 2 prequels, something worth … Continue reading Ridley Scott Retrospective
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