A Film and Screenwriting Graduate who will provide in depth and entertaining looks at the Film and TV industry through reviews, box office reports, predictions/forecasts, and much more.
An Amazon Studios Picture, Written by Malcolm Campbell, Clare Dunne, Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Young mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive husband and fights back against broken housing and justice systems. She sets out to build her own home so that she can have somewhere to raise her two children safely, and in the …
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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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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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A BFI Picture, Written by Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Directed by Bassam Tariq. On the brink of his first international tour, Zed (Riz Ahmed), a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family he has not seen in two years. In the midst of trying to reconnect with his …
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Written and Directed By Christian Petzold. ‘Undine (Paula Beer) works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.’ This is the basic premise of Undine, the …
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A Netflix Original Picture, Written by Jack Thorne, Directed by Harry Bradbeer. There have been many twists on the famous Sherlock Holmes legend, and it is one of the most adapted page-to-screen properties of all time. However, this is something that is genuinely different, with the story being told from the perspective of a third …
A Signature Entertainment Picture, Written and Directed by Thomas Robert Lee. The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020) details the story of protestant villagers, who suspect a mother and daughter of witchcraft as a deadly plague decimates crops and livestock. Audrey Earnshaw (Jessica Reynolds) is the daughter of a single woman who has kept her existence …
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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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A 20th Century Fox Picture, Written by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Directed by David Silverman. After 18 seasons on TV and firmly positioning itself as one of the most defining pieces of culture in history, it …
A Universal Picture, Written and Directed By Miranda July. Two con artists, Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Theresa (Debra Winger), have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger, Melanie (Gina Rodriguez) into …
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