An old Confederate army Captain, Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) finds a young girl cowering in the bush, she speaks in the Kiowa tongue, a Native American language, she is the only one to survive an ambush. Continue reading News of the World
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The Way Back
These are the movies Ben Affleck should be making. Playing characters beset by internal angst lands right over the plate for him, if only he’d take a swing. He plays Jack, a high school basketball star whose life never panned out. He lives a mundane existence working construction by day and drinking by night.
Joker
I’m hesitant to guarantee that Joker is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, but I will, this movie is unforgettable, for all the right reasons. It’s at times horrifying and might make you look away but you can’t deny is brilliance. Continue reading Joker
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
This is essentially a buddy movie, actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a chain smoking fragile TV actor whose Western series has not long been cancelled, he is finding his way into movies, mostly as a villain, his seemingly only friend is his stunt double mate Cliff (Brad Pitt), who drives him around, looks after his house and motivates him when needed. Continue reading Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Sicario – Day of the Soldado
Domestic terrorism has penetrated America’s borders, the jihad is causing havoc in the Midwest and it doesn’t play well politically, the hammer is about to be dropped but everything needs to be ‘off the books’ or if you like under the cloak of ‘plausible deniability’. You know, in case an elected official ends up in some closed door hearing before Congress. What did Schultz say in Hogan’s Heroes ‘I know nothing’. Continue reading Sicario – Day of the Soldado
Hereditary
Many things can be passed down in one family through the generations, , traditions, jewelry, illnesses or even old records. But what if it’s something that no one in the family knows about it, something that’s so insidious its wrecks havoc once the matriarch of the family dies, something that is passed down that nobody would ever dare want? Continue reading Hereditary
Darkest Hour
The United Kingdom is in the crosshairs of Hitler’s murderous Nazi juggernaut as it marches it way through mainland Europe, the year is 1940 and British politics is in ‘transition’ as current Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is taking fire from the Opposition Party who are demanding his resignation. Continue reading Darkest Hour
All the money in the world
Greed is good so said Gordon Gecko. Take that to another level with J.Paul Getty, (Christopher Plummer) once the richest man who had ever lived. Now add in a level of frugal, which defies belief of someone that rich, a man who cares more about his artwork than paying the ransom for his own Grandson who in July 1973 in a Rome Piazza has been by kidnapped by an Italian crime mob. Continue reading All the money in the world
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mildred (Frances McDormand) is fed up, her daughters murder has gone unsolved and she takes a somewhat unusual step to get the attention of the local Police Chief (Woody Harrelson). She rents out three billboards on a practically deserted road with slogans that certainly will get the Police Department riled up. Continue reading Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Murder on the Orient Express
Kenneth Branagh has taken the reigns on this latest adaption of Agatha Christie’s famous book, first published in 1934. The Irish actor directing and starring as Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective with a knack for solving the unsolvable crime. Continue reading Murder on the Orient Express