Billionaire oil tycoon Digger Rockwell (Tom Cruise) attempts to save the world from an ecological disaster of his own making. Digger wakes one morning to a furore of urgent calls and visits about a methane gas pocket where his company is drilling in Alaska and Greenland. An issue he has been ignoring in pursuit of … Continue reading Digger
Welcome to my annual look ahead to my most anticipated upcoming films of the year. All but one of my Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025 were released this year and in most cases my anticipation was rewarded with an excellent film. In fact I am fairly confident you will spot a few in my … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2026
Teddy (Jesse Plemons) is a conspiracy theorist and is convinced that the CEO of the company that he works for is an alien. Coercing his simple cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) into being his accomplice they kidnap Michelle (Emma Stone) and set out to get the truth from her. As we watch Michelle trying to establish … Continue reading Bugonia
A triptych of short stories all featuring a controlling, abusive relationship. Writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos delivers three incredibly peculiar short stories featuring the same actors playing different characters with only two connecting threads. Firstly they all feature the mysterious character of R. M. F. and secondly they are all about characters trying desperately to stay in … Continue reading Kinds of Kindness
America is in the violent throes of a civil war. As the Western Forces of Texas and California make a final push into Washington D.C. to depose the President (Nick Offerman) a group of journalists race against time to travel from New York to the capital to get the only interview that matters right now. … Continue reading Civil War
Last year I went on record with what films I was most looking forward to seeing this year. It turned out to be a very popular article and I did quite well at predicting my preferences in my end of year lists. You can see quite how well on New Year's Eve when I post … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2024
Telling the story of the Osage Indian murders of the 1920’s Martin Scorsese’s latest epic is a revisionist western that delves into the deep rooted racism of white supremacist America. A prologue briefly explains that the Osage Nation have become the richest per capita people in the world following the discovery of oil on the … Continue reading Killers Of The Flower Moon
