Ingrid (Aubrey Plaza) is obsessed with social media. So much so that she has just been released from a psychiatric ward following an incident where she pepper sprayed an Instagram influencer at her wedding. Failing to learn her lesson she immediately begins to obsess over another influencer called Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen) and heads west to … Continue reading Ingrid Goes West
Arj (Aziz Ansari) is just about making ends meet in the gig economy by doing odd jobs and deliveries. When he meets the incredibly rich Venture Capitalist Jeff (Seth Rogen) via one of those jobs he lands himself what he believes to be a slightly more stable job as an assistant. But when things do … Continue reading Good Fortune
A group of partygoers at a High School Reunion find themselves snowed in and their host murdered. Can they find the killer who is undoubtedly in their midst before they strike again? Reunion is an out and out dire movie. The plot is as follows… the now rich and largely hated Mathew Danbury (Chace Crawford) … Continue reading Reunion
In the near future, Los Angeles will employ an AI as judge, jury and executioner to speed up justice and instil fear into anyone planning on breaking the law. They will name this AI, Mercy. Then one day one of its biggest advocates, Detective Chris Raven (Chris Pratt), will wake up hung over with no … Continue reading Mercy
When you die you get exactly one week to decide how you want to spend the rest of eternity, so you can imagine the quandary that Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) finds herself in when she dies and finds both her first husband Luke (Callum Turner) and her second husband Larry (Miles Teller) waiting for her. Eternity’s … Continue reading Eternity
Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) has it all. A perfect wife, two children, two dogs and the perfect home. He has worked at a paper company his entire life and is a respected senior manager. That is until his company is taken over by an American competitor and he finds himself made redundant along with many of … Continue reading No Other Choice
After Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) and his gang of ‘fingers’ save Spike (Alfie Williams) they induct him into their fold and make his life a nightmare. Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) meanwhile continues his research into the alpha Samson (Chi Lewis-Parry) and his findings could change things for everyone. When we left Spike in … Continue reading 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) attempt to process the intense grief of their eleven year old son Hamnet dying. Opening with the moment Agnes and William meet this film plots their courtship, marriage and life together until everything comes crashing down for them with the death of their son. For me, the … Continue reading Hamnet
Famous actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) has just wrapped on his latest film when he hears the news that the director who began his illustrious career has died. At the funeral he is given some unvarnished home truths from an old friend he studied acting with triggering a journey of introspection on what he has … Continue reading Jay Kelly
Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) are young and in love. When Jackson is left a house in his home town of Montana they move in with Grace expecting their first child. But then Grace begins to spiral, left alone with a child, suffering from post-partum depression and slowly going insane. Die My Love … Continue reading Die My Love
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