Ash (Riz Ahmed) offers a highly specialised, highly illegal and highly lucrative service to whistleblowers who have lost their nerve and want to give back the information they have stolen from their employers. For a fee he will engage with the company and broker a deal that secures a copy of the documents to ensure … Continue reading Relay
Which action movie franchise has been the most influential in the 21st Century? The answer is surely Bourne. When the Bourne Identity released in 2002 it changed the landscape of action movies and its impacts are still felt today. During the 1980's and 1990's action movies were led by huge marquee stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, … Continue reading Bourne Ranked
When Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) hacks the CIA and downloads documents on all of their black ops programs she makes both herself and Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) a target again. Twelve years have passed since Bourne exposed the CIA’s Treadstone and Blackbriar operations and whilst he is free he is still tormented by flashbacks and … Continue reading Jason Bourne
Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) is about to complete the most impossible business scheme ever conceived: The Phoenician Scheme. But he has to survive the many assassination attempts against him, the governments trying to cripple his business empire and the moral lessons of his daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton). The Phoenician Scheme is another Wes Anderson … Continue reading The Phoenician Scheme
This is my third year of doing a most anticipated list and I have to say it is a lot of fun. It always gets me excited about what is to come and lets me reflect on how expectation lived up to reality. Of my Top 10 films last year two have been postponed into … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025
Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) share true love. And thanks to modern technology that love has been scientifically proven thanks to a rather painful test. The only issue is that Anna is having some doubts and in an effort to understand more she starts a job at a love clinic where she … Continue reading Fingernails
When the queen of the realm is murdered at the knighthood ceremony for Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), it is Boldheart himself who is held accountable. Whilst running from the authorities and trying to find out who is the true killer he is befriended by a young woman named Nimona (Chloe Grace Moretz) who has a … Continue reading Nimona
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