Director: Sarah Gavron Starring: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep Please note, this review contains minor spoilers. The Overview Suffragette is the dramatised true story of the women who took drastic, militant actions to try and get Votes for Women in the early 20th Century. The focus is on the hard-working Maud... Continue Reading →
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Léa Seydoux The Overview With the demons of his past still haunting him, Bond is on the trail of a sinister organisation known as “SPECTRE”; a group thought to be behind worldwide attacks. MI6 are considered archaic and facing closure, so Bond must work alone... Continue Reading →
Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro The Overview At the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the war on drugs is escalating, and violent murders are on the increase. FBI agent Kate Macer (Blunt) is enlisted by a government task force to eradicate a drug cartel. The details of her... Continue Reading →
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor Please note, this review contains minor spoilers. The Overview After a mission to Mars has to be cut short due to adverse weather conditions, astronaut/botanist Mark Watney (Damon) is left isolated on the red planet with only his wits and his... Continue Reading →
Director: Baltasar Kormákur Starring: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Josh Brolin, Emily Watson Please note, this review contains minor spoilers. The Overview Based on the true story of the 1996 Mount Everest Disaster, Everest tells the tale of the ill-fated expedition to the summit of the Earth’s highest mountain. Guided treks up the mountain... Continue Reading →
Director: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston The Overview Tom Hardy stars in a double role as twin gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history. In the 1960s, the Krays ruled the East End of London with their organised crime empire. Legend tells... Continue Reading →
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Starring: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke Please note, this review contains minor spoilers. The Overview High school student Greg (Mann) is coerced by his mother to take a break from making terrible films with his co-worker (and sort of friend) Earl (Cyler) and befriend a girl from his school who has... Continue Reading →
Director: F. Gary Gray Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti The music biopic is a difficult one to get right, as it needs to be accessible to both fans of the artist it is about and complete newcomers. There is also a fine line between having too much music and being... Continue Reading →
Director: Jake Schreier Starring: Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith After the overwhelming success of The Fault in Our Stars, it was only a matter of time before another film adaptation of John Green’s popular ‘young adult’ books appeared on the big screen. Just over a year after The Fault in Our Stars... Continue Reading →
Director: Guy Ritchie Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant Please note, this review contains minor spoilers. The Overview Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Cavill) and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin (Hammer) must work together in order to stop a mysterious criminal organisation from using nuclear weapons... Continue Reading →
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