A group of misfits band together and form bonds of friendship when they find themselves pitted against each other in a deadly trap. Led by former Black Widow Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) they find themselves tackling a new threat spreading across Manhattan. Thunderbolts* takes a gaggle of B and C list heroes and villains and … Continue reading Thunderbolts*
When CIA analyst Charles Heller’s (Rami Malek) wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) is killed in a terrorist attack he asks his supervisors if he can be trained to go after them himself. After he is denied he decides to blackmail them into gaining his opportunity. But can a man with zero killer instinct really take down … Continue reading The Amateur
Single mother and widow Violet (Meghann Fahy) is about to step out on her first date in years with a handsome photographer named Henry (Brandon Sklenar). But on arrival at the fine dining restaurant she starts to receive air drop messages on her phone threatening her that her son will be killed if she does not … Continue reading Drop
Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is many things; An accountant who works for unscrupulous clients unravelling impossibly complex financial books in incredibly quick times, a trained killer, and a highly functioning autistic person with specific routines to manage his condition. Nine years on from The Accountant’s original release it is time to reassess my thoughts, especially … Continue reading The Accountant
A cat lives a solitary life in a forest that has remnants of some long gone human life. But when a devastating flood encompasses all that he knows he has to learn to cooperate with other species in order to survive. Flow is a rather beautiful animated movie that I have found quite hard to … Continue reading Flow
A prolific serial killer may have finally met their match as The Lady (Willa Fitzgerald) and The Demon (Kyle Gallner) fight for their own survival after a date/trap does not go to plan. If there is some justice in the world, something seemingly missing from the world of Strange Darling, this movie will find its … Continue reading Strange Darling
1957, New York City. Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) has run organised crime in the city since his childhood friend Vito Genevese (also played by Robert De Niro) had to flee to Italy. With everything running smoothly he is almost considered a legitimate member of the community. So when Genevese returns expecting his territory to … Continue reading The Alto Knights
George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) has one week to establish a traitor from a list of five British Intelligence Operatives. The added complexity being that his wife Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett), is one of the names on the list. Opening with a controlled tracking shot that follows our protagonist into and back out of a … Continue reading Black Bag
Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) is a man unable to feel pain of any sort. He lives a sheltered life designed to keep him safe from the simple everyday things that we all take for granted that can unintentionally kill him. That is until he gets asked on a date by Sherry (Amber Midthunder). A woman … Continue reading Novocaine
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is not afraid to speak her mind. Regularly flying into tirades at anyone she comes into contact with. Her husband Curtley (David Webber) and son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett) have been brow beaten into submission by her. And even her usually upbeat sister Chantelle (Michele Austin) is finding it hard to keep positive. … Continue reading Hard Truths
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