MotherFatherSon is a BBC miniseries about the struggles of a powerful family during a British general election. Max Finch (Richard Gere) is a media tycoon who has the power to sway elections in the UK. His son, Caleb (Billy Howle) is the editor of one of his papers and lives in his father’s shadow. Their […]
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Parasite Review
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite was the big awards’ winner of the 2019/2020 season, earning awards like Best Picture at the Academy Awards and the Palme d’Or at Cannes. But was it worthy of the accolades? The Kims are a poor, under-employed family. They live in a basement, leach off others for wifi, and make pizza boxes for a living. The […]
Cold Call Review
Cold Call is an original drama that takes a fear that many of us have and turns it into a revenge story. June Clarke (Sally Lindsay) is a care home worker from Manchester whose life is ruined when she gets tricked by a cold caller to give them her bank information. This action ruins June’s life: […]
Cheat Review
Cheat is a thriller miniseries set within a prestigious university that shows an escalating rivalry between a lecturer and her student. Leah Dale (Katherine Kelly) is a sociology lecturer who accuses one of her students, Rose Vaughn (Molly Windsor) of cheating for final year’s dissertation. When Rose is unable to prove the works she sets out […]
Cold Pursuit Review
Liam Neeson has become synonymous with the thriller genre and his 2019 offering is a remake of a Norwegian dark-comedy. Nelson “Nels” Coxman (Neeson) is a snowplow driver for the ski resort town of Kehoe. His life is shattered when his son (Micheál Richardson) dies of a heroin overdose. Refusing to believe his son was a […]
A Simple Favor Review
Based on a novel by Darcey Bell A Simple Favor is the latest film to capitalise on the rise of psychological thrillers as another small American town suffers another missing persons case. Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) is a single mum and a vlogger, a nerd who wears clothing with cats on them, overly eager to volunteer for […]