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
It is 10pm on October 11th, 1975. Precisely ninety minutes before the first ever episode of Saturday Night Live. Watch as Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) wrangles some of the greatest comedians to ever perform in amongst a cavalcade of back stage chaos to birth a show that this year celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. Saturday Night … Continue reading Saturday Night
A remake of the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu, which was an unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. It is 1838 in the fictional port town of Wisborg, Germany. Young couple Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) and his new wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) find themselves separated when Thomas is sent to complete a business deal in Transylvania … Continue reading Nosferatu
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
Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) still finds herself haunted by the bio-exorcist demon Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton) despite the years that have passed since she encountered him. So when a family tragedy brings her back to the home where she met him she is understandably nervous about what might happen. Lydia is now a mother to her … Continue reading Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
A triptych of short stories all featuring a controlling, abusive relationship. Writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos delivers three incredibly peculiar short stories featuring the same actors playing different characters with only two connecting threads. Firstly they all feature the mysterious character of R. M. F. and secondly they are all about characters trying desperately to stay in … Continue reading Kinds of Kindness
Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) is a genius whose skills as a surgeon allow him to bring back to life the dead body of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone). Bella, reanimated without any of her memories or learned skills is effectively a child in a woman’s body. In order to study her personal growth better Godwin … Continue reading Poor Things
Last year I went on record with what films I was most looking forward to seeing this year. It turned out to be a very popular article and I did quite well at predicting my preferences in my end of year lists. You can see quite how well on New Year's Eve when I post … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2024
Opening in a television studio we are invited to watch the story of the creation of acclaimed play Asteroid City by our host (Bryan Cranston). Here he introduces us to playwright Conrad Earp (Edward Norton) and as the story of the creation and production of the first performance of the play unfolds we find ourselves … Continue reading Asteroid City
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