Ali & Ava is the third feature film by Clio Barnard. This time she looks at a new relationship between two people who have troubled pasts. Ali (Adeel Akhtar) is a landlord and former DJ who is separated from his wife. However, they still live together so they can keep up appearances for Ali’s family. Ava […]
The Dropout Review
If you aren’t already at your streaming service presents a miniseries about a horrible person who duped many people limit after slogging through Netflix’s Inventing Anna, might I interest you in the story of Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes? The Dropout, an eight-episode miniseries from Hulu, is significantly better than Inventing Anna, but still feels about three […]
Parallel Mothers Review
Parallel Mothers is a Spanish drama that sees the acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz team up for the seventh time. This time Almodóvar creates a personal drama and an examination of issues affecting Spain. Janis Martínez (Cruz) is a middle-aged photographer who becomes pregnant after having an affair with Arturo (Israel Elejalde). Ana Ferreras (Milena […]
Belle Review
Having premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival which has garnered Belle a lot of buzz, Belle is a virtual reality set anime film which has surprising and shocking turns. Suzu (Kaho Nakamura) is a quiet and reserved high school student from rural Japan. She’s distant with her dad, grieves over her mother who she lost when she was […]
Uncharted Review
Action movies based on video games have had a mixed reputation to put it nicely. Many are lucky to reach the level of average. Uncharted is the latest franchise that harbours cinematic ambitions. Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is a New York bartender who has a knowledge of history and a skill for pickpocketing. He gets recruited by […]
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Four Review
After a long, Covid-induced, hiatus, Amazon’s flagship series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is back for its fourth season. Unfortunately for us, it’s also back with the same issues that plagued the series in its previous three seasons. When the show is focused on Midge or Susie (the great Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein, respectively), the […]
Death on the Nile (2022) Review
Following the success of 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express Kenneth Branagh has returned to Agatha Christine’s popular Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In 1938 Poirot (Branagh) is on holiday in Egypt when he runs into his old friend Bouc (Tom Bateman) at the Pyramids. This chance meeting leads Poirot to become a part of a wedding party for […]
Screw Episode Six Review
Screw has reached it finale with the series entering into dark territory due to Episode Five’s cliffhanger. Toby has been shot, forcing C-Wing into lockdown and the police have come in to investigate. Leigh’s a suspect because Toby had discovered her secret, and Rose suffers from guilt because she was the one who had smuggled in […]
Severance Spoiler-Free Review
Do you ever feel like there are two of you – the professional you at work and the more “real” you in your home life? That’s the central crux of Severance, the smart new thriller from AppleTV+ – only in this case, there really are two versions of several main characters. You see, Lumon Industries […]
Jackass Forever Review
After a decade’s long break the Jackass crew is back for a fourth cinematic outing where they perform stunts, pranks and acts of self-harm. When I review a film I normally give a brief plot synopsis. With Jackass Forever that isn’t possible since it’s a film with no plot or story, it’s about a group of men […]