Seventy-two hours before D-Day, Group Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is summoned to Southwick House to provide General Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) with perhaps the most important weather forecast of all time. Will conditions be suitable for the largest seaborne invasion ever assembled? Pressure is a well staged, taut drama that never really escapes its roots … Continue reading Pressure
The life of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) plays out to the background of the rapidly changing times of the 20th Century. A simple man who works as a logger and railroad builder whilst trying to find his purpose in this world. Train Dreams is a film that I have now watched twice and have continually … Continue reading Train Dreams
The boss of struggling Formula 1 team APX GP (Javier Bardem) recruits old friend and maverick racer Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) in a last ditch effort to turn things around and save the team. Sonny was once an exciting young driver in Formula 1 with the world at his feet, but an horrific crash left … Continue reading F1
Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) is a Major League Baseball player not quite ready to give up on the game despite his recent diagnosis of MS. So when the new home he purchases with his wife and children has a pool built on a natural water source he sees it as an opportunity to engage in … Continue reading Night Swim
Welcome to my review of film in 2022. If you want to see my top 30 films of the year you can quickly scroll down, otherwise I was just going to share a few thoughts first. Personally I have found the year to be rather middling in quality. The opening and closing months included the … Continue reading 2022 – Year In Review – Film
Colm Doherty (Brendan Gleeson) and Padraic Suilleabhain (Colin Farrell) are lifelong friends. That is until Colm announces that he has decided he no longer wants to be friends with Padraic. In fact he no longer wants to talk to him at all. So much so that when Padraic continues to try and understand what has … Continue reading The Banshees Of Inisherin
