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 […]
Tag: comedy-drama
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 […]
Song Sung Blue (2025) Review
Song Sung Blue is a dramatisation of the 2008 documentary of the same name, with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson playing Milwaukee’s most popular Neil Diamond tribute act. Mike Sardina (Jackman) is a musician who finds a like-minded woman, Claire (Kate Hudson), and they quickly become musical and romantic partners. They became a popular act […]
Rental Family Review
Rental Family is Hikari’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, 37 Seconds, and it shows the Japanese filmmaker can make something that can appeal to both Japanese and Western audiences. Philip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) is an American actor who has lived in Japan for ten years. Philip gets offered an unusual job when he meets […]
Ella McCay Review
Octogenarian James L. Brooks returns to filmmaking for the first time in 15 years. This time, the director of Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets makes an ensemble comedy-drama set during the 2008 recession. Ella McCay (Emma Mackey) is the 34-year-old lieutenant governor who succeeds her boss, Bill Moore (Albert […]
I Swear Review
I Swear is a biopic about John Davidson, a Tourette’s campaigner and activist in Scotland. In 1983, John Davidson (Scott Ellis Watson) is a 13-year-old boy about to start secondary school, and is a promising goalkeeper. It’s at this age that he begins to show signs of Tourette’s Syndrome, leading him to be dismissed as a […]
Materialists Review
Materialists is Celine Song’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, Past Lives. This time, she looks at the pitfalls of modern dating in New York City. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a successful matchmaker for a high-end matchmaking service. During the wedding of one of her successful matches, Lucy meets two men: Harry (Pedro Pascal), a […]
The Phoenician Scheme Review
The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson’s 13th film as a writer-director. This time, he takes his trademark style to the espionage genre. Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) is an industrialist, arms dealer, and the richest man in Europe. He had also made many enemies, and after a sixth attempt on his life, Korda sets out […]










