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The Seasoning House is a grim and depressing horror-thriller that was the directional debut of Paul Hyett. In a war-torn Eastern European nation a group of young women are forced into sex slavery. One of these girls is Angel (Rosie Day) who escapes the regular raping due to her deafness and facial birthmark. But Angel has […]
Aardman Animations is a studio that flies the flag for British animation. One of the most famous and popular characters is Shaun the Sheep and the woolly creature gets a second feature film. This time his adventure has an extra-terrestrial twist. There are strange events happening in the small English town of Mossy Bottom. A […]
Tom Hooper has two upcoming projects due to come out in the near future: the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials and an adaptation of Cats. This means it is a great time to revisit his adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) was a man who was released on parole after serving a 19-year sentence for stealing […]
Gemini Man was a high-concept action-thriller that has been in development since 1997. Directors like Tony Scott and Curtis Hanson were attached as well as actors like Nicolas Cage, Mel Gibson, and Clint Eastwood before Ang Lee and Will Smith took it on. Henry Brogan (Smith) is the best assassin the American government has. He’s able […]
What does it take for someone to become a villain? Does it take a lifetime of abuse or simply one bad day for them to snap? This is the question Todd Phillips attempts to answer in his foray into the superhero genre. Gotham is a crime-ridden, rat-infested hellhole. There’s a huge divide between the rich […]
Chris Morris made a real splash with his directional debut Four Lions, a dark comedy about four idiots who want to become suicide bombers. After nine years he returns to filmmaking with his follow-up film The Day Shall Come. Moses Al Shabz (Marchant Davis) is the founder of the Star of Six mission in Miami. He preaches […]
Judy Garland was known as one of the greatest Hollywood starlets of her generation but died at the age of 47. The biopic, based on the play End of the Rainbow, looks at her final months. The year is 1968 and Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) has fallen on hard times. She’s broke, homeless, and forced to perform […]
The horror genre has been going through a renaissance period. Many of these films received critical acclaimed and bigger name actors have been attached to these term films. The second part of It was a big scale entry for the genre. 27 years after The Losers defeated Pennywise (Bill Skargård) the spirit of “It” returns to the […]
In recent years there has been a trend to release a sci-fi film that combines big effects and big ideas in the September/October window. Interstellar, Arrival and Blade Runner 2047 have all done this and 2019 sees the release of the Brad Pitt produced Ad Astra. In the near future humanity has started to travel beyond Earth’s orbit. They have colonised […]
Downton Abbey is back for one last hurray with a feature film to close the series. The year is 1927 and the King and Queen of the Empire are planning a visit to Yorkshire. A part of the tour includes a stay at Downton Abbey, a parade of the Yorkshire Hussars, and a ball. The visit […]