Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren) is recently widowed and sets about looking for companionship online where she meets career fraudster Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellan) who believes he is on to a huge payday. But when Roy starts to develop a fondness for Betty things become trickier than he would like. The Good Liar features top tier … Continue reading The Good Liar
A sequel to The Shining that follows a now adult Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) as he fights to save young Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran) from an evil group of people called The True Knot. Writer/Director Mike Flanagan, responsible for the exceptional Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House had a huge task on his hands … Continue reading Doctor Sleep
Isobel (Michelle Williams) is seeking funding for the Indian orphanage that she helps run and when a possible benefactor insists upon her presence in New York to rubber stamp a huge donation she is compelled to leave. Theresa (Julianne Moore) has ulterior motives for her offer of funding though and insists that Isobel stay till … Continue reading After The Wedding
Luce (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) was adopted as a child by Amy and Peter Edgar (Naomi Watts and Tim Roth). Despite his origins in war torn Eritrea he has grown to be an outstanding student with a bright future. That is until his teacher Harriet Wilson (Octavia Spencer) raises concerns over a controversial assignment that Luce … Continue reading Luce
Bruce Springsteen’s latest album Western Stars is a work of art and one of his most personal achievements. This film is a concert movie with a difference. With music featuring a 30 piece orchestra Springsteen decided that he would be unlikely to tour the album and chose to film a live performance in a huge … Continue reading Western Stars
Shaun the Sheep returns for his second movie from Aardman animation. This time alien Lu-La arrives on earth and the plot is a little like E.T. as Shaun tries to return her home. Lu-La is an instantly adorable character in the Shaun the Sheep world with the ability to mimic any sound she hears and … Continue reading A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
An animated take on The Addams Family sees Gomez and Morticia find a new home in an abandoned New Jersey asylum when they are run out of town during their wedding by angry villagers. Thirteen years later and their offspring Wednesday and Pugsley have never left the grounds of the mansion. Until that is a … Continue reading The Addams Family (2019)
Grace (Mackenzie Davis) is sent to the past to protect Dani (Natalia Reyes) from a new line of terminators called a Rev-9 and finds help from some familiar faces. Dark Fate is a return to form for the Terminator franchise and this in part feels due to the return of two of the key creative … Continue reading Terminator: Dark Fate
In 2003 the US and Britain were seeking approval for a war on Iraq from the U.N. At this time a memo was circulated at GCHQ requesting an intensification on surveillance of U.N. Delegates that Katherine Gunn (Keira Knightley), a translator within the agency considered to be a request for blackmail information. After leaking the … Continue reading Official Secrets
Returning to Zombieland ten years on from the original film we find some old friends who have found that just moving from place to place isn’t enough. Wichita (Emma Stone) has commitment issues, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) wants to find a home, Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) wants to find love and people her own age and … Continue reading Zombieland: Double Tap
