Director: Jodie Foster Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Brenna Harding, Owen Teague, Aniya Hodge, Nicholas Campbell, Sarah Abbott The Overview After nearly losing her daughter, a mother invests in a new technology that allows her to keep track of her. (Source: IMDb) The Review Just getting this out the way upfront; parents, Arkangel will be the most terrifying hour you'll... Continue Reading →
Director: Toby Haynes Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Michaela Coel, Billy Magnussen, Milanka Brooks, Osy Ikhile, Paul G. Raymond The Overview A woman wakes up on a Star Trek-esque ship where the crew praise their all knowing and fearless captain. (Source: IMDb) The Review Anthology series Black Mirror from the brain of Charlie Brooker has always... Continue Reading →
Director: Rian Johnson Starring: Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Kelly Marie Tran, Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis The Overview Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks... Continue Reading →
Director: Stephen Chbosky Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts, Izabela Vidovic, Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin The Overview Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August "Auggie" Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the... Continue Reading →
Director: Aaron Sorkin Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd The Overview The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. (Source: IMDb) The Review After much speculation, including the always hilarious blind-optimism that it might be... Continue Reading →
The trailer for the first Paddington (2014), looked like everything wrong with modern family films. Taking a beloved literary character and turning him into nothing more than a bumbling buffoon in an unnecessarily slapstick comedy, entirely played for laughs, whilst losing all the charm and warmth of the character. Oh how wrong this initial assessment was! Paddington turned out... Continue Reading →
Director: Taika Waititi Starring: James Rolleston, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Rachel House With Thor: Ragnarok being quite rightly an overwhelming success, and refreshingly different from a lot of the other superhero films, attention is turning to New Zealand indie director Taika Waititi, whose previous film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, was also an unexpected success and one... Continue Reading →
Director(s): Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman The Overview The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. (Source: IMDb) The Verdict Fresh off her Oscar success, Emma Stone continues to be a... Continue Reading →
Director: Martin McDonagh Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Lucas Hedges, Peter Dinklage, Caleb Landry Jones The Overview In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder, when they fail to catch the culprit. (Source: IMDb) The Verdict More so than ever, a film about protest,... Continue Reading →
Director: Noah Baumbach Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Elizabeth Marvel Overview An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father. (Source: IMDb) The words Adam Sandler and Netflix, are enough to instil fear in even the most hardened of... Continue Reading →
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