A Netflix Original Picture, Written and Directed by J Blakeson. Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), along with her girlfriend Fran (Eiza Gonzalez), is a con woman who makes her living by persuading a judge to appoint her to guardianship over elders living on their own, under the guise that they cannot take care of themselves. When …
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Golden Globes 2021 Predictions
This years Golden Globes feel unlike any other, mostly due to the Covid-19 pandemic but also due to the huge scandals breaking about the lack of diversity and dishonesty within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. However, despite all of this, these awards hold a lot of weight in the industry and here I will break …
Malcolm & Marie (2021) – Review
A Netflix Original Picture, Written and Directed by Sam Levinson. A filmmaker on the brink of Hollywood glory and his girlfriend, whose story made his career, find themselves pushed towards a reckoning as a single tumultuous night decides the fate of their relationship. Shot in one location during the Covid-19 pandemic, the film is written …
The Dig (2021) – Review
A Netflix Original Picture, Written by Moira Buffini, Directed by Simon Stone. With a country on the brink of war in the late 1930s, wealthy landowner Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires amateur archaeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to investigate the mounds on her property in England. He and his team discover a ship from the …
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) – Review
A Lionsgate Picture, Written by Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Directed by Josh Greenbaum. Lifelong friends Barb (Annie Mumolo) and Star (Kristen Wiig) embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time ever. When they are in Vista Del Mar, the friends are swept up …
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) – Review
A Warner Bros Picture, Written by Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas, Directed by Shaka King. “You can murder a liberator, but you can’t murder liberation. You can murder a revolutionary, but you can’t murder revolution. And you can murder a freedom fighter, but you can’t murder freedom!” Judas and the Black Messiah …
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Wolfwalkers (2020) – London Film Festival Review
An Apple TV Picture, Written by Will Collins, Directed by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart. In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn (Honor Kneafsey), comes to Ireland with her father (Sean Bean) to wipe out the last pack. …
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Supernova (2021) – London Film Festival Review
A StudioCanal Picture, Written and Directed by Harry Macqueen. Supernova (2021) tells the story of Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), partners for 20 years, as they travel across England to the Lake District, reuniting with friends and family. Tusker has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, so the pair plan to spend as …
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Another Round (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A Nordisk Picture, Written by Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Another Round (2020) revolves around four high school teachers, all at different impasses in their lives, as they consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. It is written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg …
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Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020) – London Film Festival Review
In the second entry of Steve McQueen’s made for TV series of films titled Small Axe, Lovers Rock (2020) follows a single evening at a house party in 1980s West London, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music. McQueen’s Small Axe series focuses on the lives of Black immigrants in London …
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