ALL HER FAULT

In every parents worst nightmare, uber rich mother Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook) arrives to pick up her six year old son Milo (Duke McLeod) from a supposed playdate and discovers that the woman at the house has never heard of him. He’s meant to be with Jenny Kaminski (Dakota Fanning) but when she confirms she […]

NOW YOU SEE ME : NOW YOU DON’T

After nearly a decade out of the limelight, the ‘Four Horsemen’ magicians (Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas, Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney, Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, and Isla Fischer as Henley Reeves) reunite for a new challenge. They are joined by a trio of Gen Z magicians (Justice Smith as Charlie, Dominic Sessa […]

LAST BREATH

In 2012, saturation diver Chris Lemons (Finn Fole) was working on undersea gas lines at the bottom of the North Sea. When the support ship’s dynamic positioning system failed, it caused the vessel to drift off course, away from the Lemon who was tethered below. This put immense stress on his umbilical cable (lifeline), which […]

RUNNING MAN

Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is a man pushed to the brink when he’s unable to afford medicine for his sick baby daughter. Desperate for some quick cash, he signs up for a brutal television show called ‘Running Man’ where he must survive for 30 days while being tracked by professional hunters, mercenaries, and the general […]

I SWEAR

In 1984, thirteen year old John Davidson (Scott Ellis Watson and Robert Aramayo) was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, which caused involuntary movements, loud verbal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behaviours. Initially his family members and teachers thought he was “playing the fool”, and he faced punishment both at home and at school as a result. He […]

MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN – SEASON TWO

Taking place six months after season one, Detective Jay Swan (Mark Coles Smith) and his pregnant partner Mary Allen (Tuuli Narkle) have recently arrived in Loch Iris, the town where Mary grew up. Their new life is disrupted when Jay investigates two missing children, a murder and the town’s dark connection to the stolen generation. […]

DIE, MY LOVE

*CONTAINS SPOILERS* This intense drama is set in rural America, in an area that has an ‘American Gothic’ feel. It follows the journey of first-time mother Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) as she struggles with mental instability and paranoia. She’s frequently consumed by primal rage and mania, while her patient husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) tries to keep […]

BUGONIA

I have a very black and white response to films by director Yorgos Lanthimos. If someone else writes the screenplay, I tend to like them, but if Lanthimos is the writer, I’m usually not a fan. Case in point, I loved ‘Poor things’ but despised ‘Kinds of kindness’. Since ‘Bugonia’ is based on the 2003 […]

EDEN

Directed by Ron Howard, this dramatisation is inspired by the true story of European settlers on Floreana Island in the Galapagos during the 1920s. It follows narcissistic doctor Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law), his partner Dore (Vanessa Kirby), married couple Heinz and Margaret Wittmer (Daniel Brühl and Sydney Sweeney) and the manipulative, self-appointed “Baroness” (Ana de […]

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

This frenetic political thriller follows the moments after a nuclear missile is launched at the United States by an unidentified source. Director Kathryn Bigelow (‘Point Break’, ‘The Hurt Locker’, ‘Zero Dark Thirty’) focuses on the procedural pressures of modern nuclear warfare and decision-making, rather than a heroic “save the day” plot. The story is told in […]