The Fifth Estate, 2013. Directed by Bill Condon.Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Stanley Tucci, and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated […]

Her, 2013. Written and Directed by Spike Jonze.Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need. I’ve seen Her twice now. The first time I watched it […]

The Monuments Men, 2014. Directed by George Clooney.Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. SYNOPSIS: An unlikely World War II platoon are tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners. The Monuments Men is a textbook example of […]

The LEGO Movie, 2014. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.Featuring the voice talents of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and Cobie Smulders. SYNOPSIS: A regular LEGO man is mistaken for ‘The Special’ of prophecy and goes on […]

RoboCop, 2014. Directed by José Padilha. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS:  Police officer Alex Murphy suffers horrific injuries in an explosion and is rebuilt and part-robot, part-man in a bid to combat growing levels of crime in Detroit. But RoboCop […]

8 Minutes Idle, 2012. Directed by Mark Simon Hewis.Starring Tom Hughes, Ophelia Lovibond, Montserrat Lombard, Antonia Thomas, Jack Ashton, Pippa Haywood and Paul Kaye. SYNOPSIS: Dan loves the ‘easy life’ of a call-centre operator in Bristol, but unwelcome changes are forced upon him when his mother kicks him out of the family home. He also […]

Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeve and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. […]

Filth, 2013. Directed by Jon S. Baird.Starring James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, and Iain De Caestecker. SYNOPSIS: A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter. Straight off the bat […]

Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeve and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. […]

The Invisible Woman, 2013. Directed by Ralph Fiennes.Starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Joanna Scanlan and Michelle Fairley. SYNOPSIS: At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death. The Invisible Woman is a subtle and incredibly quiet affair, almost too […]