Richard Jewell has been through the meat grinder of law enforcement but can’t keep his job, Sheriff’s deputy, College campus cop. One night at the beginning of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics whilst ‘patrolling’ a grassy area at his new job, as a security guard, concertgoers are doing the Macarena when Jewell discovers a suspicious unattended backpack under a bench. It has a bomb in it. Continue reading Richard Jewell
I can’t decide if this is an artistic masterpiece or the worst movie I’ve ever seen. Filmed in black and white it’s an old school gothic tale of two Lighthouse keepers in the 1890’s sent to a remote island off the coast of New England to care for a Lighthouse amongst the fog and stormy seas. Continue reading The Lighthouse
The Kim family live in a below street level dingy apartment, with no Wi-Fi and a barely payable job folding pizza boxes, they are straddling the poverty line. A chance meeting sets them on a course to insert themselves into the lives of the Park family, who are uber wealthy and live in a mansion on top of a hill. Continue reading Parasite
Novak Djokovic has won seven Australian Opens; every time the Serbian has made the final he’s won the event. He’ll be playing against a opponent he knows well, the Austrian with the sledgehammer backhand, Dominic Thiem. Novak leads the head to head 6-4 but Thiem has won the last four out of five, this will be an intriguing match up. Continue reading Australian Open Mens Final Preview 2020
This isn’t the final Australia wanted but it’s the final on tap. Sofia Kenin kept her nerve in a plucky display in winning two tight sets over Barty, this will be the American’s first Grand Slam final, she’s done well considering the 21 year old had never been beyond a 4thround at any Slam. Continue reading Australian Open Women’s Final Preview 2020
In the heat of occupied France during World War 1 Private Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) is sent on a seemingly impossible mission, cross no-mans land into German territory to give an urgent message to Colonel Mackenzie (Cumberbatch), who is about to attack the enemy troops thinking they’re in retreat. Continue reading 1917
It’s the start of a new decade, I’ve just turned 50, my Yacht rock playlist is great, and the draw is out for the Australian Open, none of those things seem related but let’s go with it. Continue reading Australian Open Preview 2020
This is Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to 60’s Hollywood, as we follow TV actor Rick Dalton (Di Caprio) and his stunt double mate Cliff (Pitt) through the hazards of Dalton’s career as a potentially washed up actor, its vintage cars, neon signs and smoke filled meetings in bars. Continue reading The Top 5 Movies of 2019
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What started as an American comic book series in 1986 has ended up on HBO with show creator Damon Lindelof essentially extending the storyline beyond the comics, or as he put it, giving it a ‘remix’. Continue reading The Top 5 TV Shows of 2019
This is how movies should be made, a perfect mix of raw emotion and heart pounding thrills, the premise might seem like it’s a battle between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari for dominance at the 24hr Le Mans race in the mid 1960’s, but this movie is so much more than that. Continue reading Ford v Ferrari