Wild Horse Nine is Martin McDonagh’s fifth feature film. This time he makes a historical spy comedy with two American acting legends. Chris Carlisle (John Malkovich) and Lee Chesterfield (Sam Rockwell) are CIA agents stationed in Santiago, Chile, in 1973. As the Americans orchestrate a coup against the Marxist president of Chile, Chris and Lee […]
Tag: comedy-drama
Bad Apples Review
Bad Apples is a dark comedy based on the Swedish novel, De Oönskade and transferred the setting from Southern Sweden to the South West of England. Maria Spencer (Saoirse Ronan) is a primary school teacher struggling to control her class because of one disruptive pupil, Danny (Eddie Waller). After Danny gets suspended from school because […]
Sunny Dancer Review
Sunny Dancer is a British coming-of-age comedy-drama that tells the story of a group of teenage cancer survivors bonding over the course of one summer. Ivy Pritchard (Bella Ramsey) is a 17-year-old girl who has been in remission for 10 months. Ivy has become more closed off, leading her parents (James Norton and Jessica Gunning) […]
The Invite Review
The Invite is a remake of the Spanish film The People Upstairs and acts as Olivia Wilde’s third film as a director. Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Wilde) are a couple whose marriage is on the rocks and about to be tested to the limit due to a visit from their upstairs neighbours, Pína (Penélope […]
The Christophers Review
Legendary director Steven Soderbergh and veteran writer Ed Solomon team up for a second feature film. This time, they make a London-set comedy-drama. Lori Butler (Michaela Coel) is an art restorer who receives an unexpected offer from an old friend at art school. Sallie Sklar (Jessica Gunning) and her brother, Barnaby (James Corden), want Lori […]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Review
20th Century Studios has returned to the world of Runway with a sequel set 20 years after the first. Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) and Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) are both at a low ebb. Andy has become unemployed after her newspaper gets shut down, and Miranda suffers a PR disaster after endorsing a brand that […]
Glenrothan Review
Glenrothan serves as Brian Cox’s directorial debut at the young age of 79. He aims to make a love letter to his homeland. Sandy (Cox) is the owner of a family distillery that’s about to celebrate its 200th anniversary. He writes to his estranged brother, Donal (Alan Cumming), about his poor health and asks him […]
California Schemin’ Review
James McAvoy makes his directorial debut with a biopic about Silibil N’ Brains, a rap duo that fooled the British music industry into thinking they were an emerging American hip-hop act. Billy “Silibil” Boyd (Samuel Bottomley) and Gavin “Brains” Bain (Séamus McLean Ross) are best friends and rap partners in Dundee. When they travel to […]
The Drama Review
The Drama is a dark comedy from the writer/director of Dream Scenario, which sees a relationship getting tested after a dark secret is revealed. Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya) are an engaged couple with their wedding fast approaching. Their relationship bliss is shattered after they play a drunken game with their friends, where they […]
Mother’s Pride Review
The team that made the Fisherman’s Friends films has moved up from Cornwall to Somerset for their recent comedy-drama inspired by true events. The Drover Arms is a struggling pub in the village of Birchbury. The landlord, Mick Harley (Martin Clunes), is on the verge of losing his family business. Tensions within the family erupt […]










