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*
Let's talk Oscars! The ceremony will be live (on ITV if you are in the UK like me) tonight and is set to be one of the more unpredictable years for some time. Just for some context here is who has won the big awards so far this year: Cannes - Palme d'Or - Anora … Continue reading Oscars 2025 Predictions
Captain America (Anthony Mackie) has to discover who is pulling the strings behind a nefarious plot to put America at war with Japan over the discovery of Adamantium on the Celestial body in the Indian Ocean. General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford stepping into the shoes of William Hurt who died in 2022) is now … Continue reading Captain America: Brave New World
The story of how Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) made his name in the 1970’s and 1980’s with the assistance of lawyer Roy M. Cohn (Jeremy Strong). The film opens with Nixon’s “I’m not a crook” speech which makes you initially believe that this might be a one sided viewpoint of the only American President to … Continue reading The Apprentice
In 2020 an amateur YouTuber who went by the name of Roaring Kitty presented a thesis for why he liked GameStop stock. By 2021 GameStop stock was headline news and Roaring Kitty, otherwise known as Keith Gill (Paul Dano) was requested to give evidence at a congressional hearing. The true story of the GameStop short … Continue reading Dumb Money
Sharper tells an interweaving story of grifters and billionaires in Manhattan and opens by telling us that a “Sharper” is a person who lives by their wits. Tom (Justice Smith) is an unsuspecting book shop owner who meets the love of his life Sandra (Briana Middleton) when she stops by his store. Whilst Max (Sebastian … Continue reading Sharper
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