DEPARTMENT Q

This Scottish thriller centres on detective chief inspector Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) and his partner James Hardy (Jamie Sives) who are ambushed and shot at a murder crime scene. Upon returning to work, Morck is assigned to a new cold case unit and begins investigating the disappearance of prosecutor Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie), who disappeared […]

REUNION

When deaf father Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney) is released from prison, he’s initially set on seeking revenge for abuses he suffered as a young boy at an all deaf boarding school. With no care for the possible consequences, he sets about tracking down the man who ruined his life. Along the way he reconnects with […]

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

After surviving multiple assassination attempts, businessman Zsa-zsa Korda (Benito Del Toro) names his nun daughter (Mia Threapleton) as sole heir to his entire fortune on a trial basis. They set off to negotiate trade terms with several foreign tycoons and find themselves dodging death and misadventure along the way. In true Wes Anderson fashion (he […]

THE SURFER

When an unnamed protagonist(Nicholas Cage) returns to his childhood surf beach with his teenage son, he is denied access by a group of aggressive local surfers (led by Julian MacMahon). This initial confrontation sets off a chain of harassing events that escalate into a turf war fueled by toxic masculinity. Unwilling to give up on […]

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in the eighth installment of the ‘Mission Impossible’ franchise, which also serves as the second part of the final film. Once again Hunt is the only person who can save the planet, this time from an AI program called The Entity who had gone rogue and intends to detonate […]

HOLLAND

Home economic teacher Nancy (Nicole Kidman) lives what looks like a charmed life with her optometrist husband Fred (Matthew Macfadyen) and son Harry (Jude Hill) in the Midwest town of Holland, Michigan. She gradually becomes suspicious of Fred’s frequent work trips and enlists the help of her colleague Dave (Gael García Bernal) to spy on […]

SUSPECT: THE SHO*TING OF JEAN CHARLES MENEZES

The British have a reputation for producing compelling crime dramas, and this four-part series is no exception. It is inspired by the real-life events surrounding the de*th of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistakenly identified as a suspect in the aftermath of the failed July 2005 London b*mbings. Incorporating actual footage of […]

ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOUR

This toxic friendship murd*r mystery is a sequel that never should have been made. Some films should end after their initial installment. I’m not even going to go into the plot – I don’t want to relive the trauma. While Anna Kendrick excels at comedy, Blake Lively does not. The location of Capri, Italy is […]

FLIGHT RISK

Mark Wahlberg leads as creepy pilot Daryl in this action thitller. He is transporting an essential witness in an embezzlement trial, Winston (Topher Grace) and his escort air marshall Madolyn (Michell Dockery) in a small plane above the Alaskan wilderness. Daryl’s villainous intentions are soon exposed as he attacks his two passengers and reveals he’s […]

GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY

This eight-part drama is inspired by the story of Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace (Imogen Faith Reid), who was born with dwarfism and adopted by American couple Michael and Kristine Barnett (Mark Duplass and Ellen Pompeo) at the age of seven. The Barnetts falsely believed that Natalia was an adult and alleged that she was a […]