Death Wish, 2018. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, and Kimberly Elise. SYNOPSIS: Trauma surgeon Paul Kelsey (Bruce Willis) has devoted his life to saving others. His happy family life is torn apart when his home is burgled, his wife murdered and his teenage daughter severely […]
Movie Review – Blockers (2018)
Blockers, 2018. Directed by Kay Cannon Starring John Cena, Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Gideon Adlon. SYNOPSIS: Close friends Julie, Kayla and Sam have grown up together, gone to school together and now Prom Night has arrived. They make a secret pact to lose their virginity but then their parents find […]
Movie Review – The Square (2017)
The Square, 2017. Directed by Ruben Ostlund. Starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, and Christopher Laesso. SYNOPSIS: A museum curator is preparing to launch a major art exhibition. He sees himself as having a social conscience, but when his wallet and phone are stolen, the other side of his character emerges and […]
Second Opinion – Mom and Dad (2017)
Mom and Dad, 2017. Directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, and Zackary Arthur. SYNOPSIS: When the adults in a small American town start turning against the children for no apparent reason, a teenage girl and her younger brother find they have to protect themselves from the last people they would have […]
Movie Review – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joely Richardson, Charlotte Rampling and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: After a career-ending injury, a budding prima ballerina finds herself unable to pay for her mother’s life saving medical treatment. Her uncle, a high-ranking government official, recruits her to Russian intelligence as a […]
Exclusive Interviews – Clio Barnard, Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley talk Dark River
One of the most distinctive and uncompromising voices in British film returns to cinemas this week. Often described as the natural successor to Ken Loach, Clio Barnard moves from the urban setting of her much-praised The Selfish Giant (2013) to the windswept farming country of the Yorkshire Moors in Dark River. Based on Rose […]
Movie Review – Finding Your Feet (2018)
Finding Your Feet, 2018. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Starring Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley, David Hayman, John Sessions and Josie Lawrence. SYNOPSIS: Sandra’s upper middle class world falls apart when she discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend. With nowhere else to go, she turns up at her […]
Exclusive Interview – Asa Butterfield talks Journey’s End
Asa Butterfield admits he’s been an actor “for a long time”. By that, he means the best part of 13 years, during which time he’s worked with big names like Harrison Ford and Martin Scorsese. This week, he’s part of a top drawer British cast in the latest film version of the R C Sherriff […]
Movie Review – Journey’s End (2017)
Journey’s End, 2017. Directed by Saul Dibb. Starring Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Asa Butterfield, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge, Robert Glenister and Miles Jupp. SYNOPSIS: In France in 1918, a group of soldiers under the command of a disintegrating officer, are given a mission by their Colonel which they’re told will help bring about the […]
Movie Review – Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Roman J. Israel, Esq, 2017. Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Amanda Warren, Tony Plana, and Sam Gilroy. SYNOPSIS: After more than 30 years as the backroom brains of a small law firm, Roman J. Israel’s life is turned upside down. The company’s front man is in a coma and […]
