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When I was first made aware of Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven’s latest film, earlier this year, it was pitched to me as a psychosexual story about two nuns in the 17th century. And while sure, that’s definitely an element of the story – there is absolutely a lesbian love story (and yes, it is a love […]
Pirates is a coming-of-age comedy where a group of teenagers celebrate New Year’s Eve during the Millennium and serves the Reggie Yates’ directional feature debut. Two Tonne (Jordan Peters), Cappo (Elliot Edusah), and Kidda (Reda Elazouar) are friends who meet up for the first time since Cappo has gone to uni. Their plans for the Millennium get cemented […]
Diana, Princess of Wales was a woman who has had a lasting impact on the UK and the rest of the world. She has served as the subject matter of films and TV shows like The Queen and The Crown. Spencer offers an intimidate look at the tragic public figure. It’s Christmas in 1991. Princess Diana’s (Kristen Stewart) marriage with Prince Charles […]
Lapwing is the debut feature film for director Philip Stevens and writer Laura Turner. They delivered one of the bleakest films of 2021. The year is 1555. Queen Mary has expelled all Gypsies from England. Any Gypsies found in England and anyone who supports them will be executed. David (Emmett J Scanlan), the leader of a […]
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a Romanian comedy-drama that examines the issues affecting Romania through the prism of a sex tape scandal. Emi Cilibiu (Katia Pascarlu) is a teacher at a prestigious school. Her reputation is put into disrepute after a sex tape with her husband gets leaked online. Emi must fight to save her […]
The Ghostbusters have returned for a double passing of the torch with Jason Reitman, son of the original film’s director getting to helm the 2021 film, and a new set of characters becoming Ghostbusters. Callie Spengler (Carrie Coon) is a struggling single mother who gets evicted from her apartment. Her only option is to move to her […]
Petite Maman is the latest film from the celebrated writer/director Céline Sciamma. Her most recent offering was a touching family drama. Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) is an 8-year-old girl whose grandmother has just passed away. Her family goes to her grandmother’s house to out sort her things. During their stay in the countryside Nelly befriends, Marion (Gabrielle […]
Venus and Serena Williams are some of the most famous and successful women to ever play tennis. The biopic King Richard looks at how their father helped drive their success. Richard Williams (Will Smith) lives in Compton with his wife, Brandy (Aunjanue Ellis), three stepdaughters, and two daughters. He plans to make Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena […]
The new Netflix movie Tick, Tick… Boom! is a very unusual biopic. Typically biographical dramas focus on the successes of their subjects. This movie… not so much. In the winter of 1990, struggling composer Jonathan Larson suffered an existential crisis on the eve of his 30th birthday. Having spent years crafting his first full-length musical, […]
Belfast, writer-director Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical story about a snippet of his childhood in the capital city of Northern Ireland is, for my money, his best film since Much Ado About Nothing all the way back in the early ‘90s. For a filmmaker who has a tendency to get a bit too wrapped up in the […]