Kajillionaire had its UK premiere earlier this week as part of London Film Festival 2020 and is now in cinemas around the country. The newest film from Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know) follows an oddball family of grifters who live their life off the grid. When their paths cross with free spirit Melanie (Gina […]
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This latest take on the character of Sherlock Holmes doesn’t focus on the man himself, but on younger sister, Enola (Millie Bobby Brown). With older brothers, Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin) having left home, and her father deceased, Enola (“alone” spelt backwards) is now being raised single-handedly by her mother Eudoria (Helena Bonham-Carter),
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Christopher Nolan’s first feature, Following – a small “no-budget” experiment – is a fitting introduction to all of the trademark tropes that have appeared throughout his career ever since. About as noir as they come, complete with gritty black-and-white film and a femme fatale, it centres around an unemployed, aspiring writer (referred to as ‘Bill’
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As the opening credits roll, we see glimpses of the mutually widowed “Brian” (Ian McKellen) and “Estelle” (Helen Mirren), each tailoring online profiles for a mature matchmaking service. While he, taking a drag on his cigarette, ticks a box indicating he is a non-smoker and she declares herself not a drinker as she pours and
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Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn is the latest offering from DC Films and a partial sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad. Margot Robbie returns in the lead role of Harley Quinn, striking out on her own after a breakup with her beloved Mr J. Out on a bender, she makes
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Don’t let the fact that Parasite is a subtitled movie put you off and believe all the hype you come across, as this is a must see movie and I was gripped, on the edge of my seat and thoroughly entertained for the most part.
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Living in a cramped sub-basement apartment, the Kim family dream of a better life. When a friend of their son’s brings a scholar’s rock and sets up son Ki-woo with a tuition job for a rich family, it seems like things might be turning around. Within one day in the house Ki-woo sees opportunity and
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The first Bad Boys movie came out in 1995, with the second arriving in 2003. So, 17 years on and these Miami bad boys are sure to be showing signs of age, following a career of fast cars and extreme action. Thankfully, Bad Boys for Life acknowledges that fact, even if we do get to
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Richard Jewell tells the true story of a security guard, hailed a hero for spotting a suspicious package at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, before going on to be accused of masterminding the whole thing and having his life turned upside down by the media and the FBI. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell
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Uncut Gems is an aggressive and stressful film that you should make sure to spend time with. Adam Sandler plays Howard Ratner, a classic wheeler and dealer with a dangerous gambling streak. He spends his time making trades, begging and borrowing, and avoiding the heavies who are coming to claim his owner debt. His personal
After the big budget train wreck that was King Arthur: Legend of the Sword in 2017, and the big budget Disney remake of Aladdin last year, Guy Ritchie has returned to the comedy gangster roots where he made his name more than two decades ago. It’s the kind of movie that I’m not really a
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Knives Out is written, produced and directed by Rian Johnson. Described as a modern take on the whodunit murder mystery genre, the film follows a family gathering gone horribly wrong, after the family patriarch’s death leads a master detective Benoit Blanc to investigate. There’s no messing around, within 5 minutes, straight after the opening credits,
Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a down on his luck loner, currently taking seven different kinds of medication and living with his frail old mother (Frances Conroe). Arthur fantasises about living a ‘normal’ life, with hopes of becoming a stand up comedian and dating his next door neighbour, and the lines between reality and fantasy
Hustlers is ‘inspired by a true story’ and is based on a New York Magazine article written by Jessica Pressler in 2015 titled “The Hustlers at Scores”. The tagline for that article was “Here’s a modern Robin Hood story for you: a few strippers who stole from (mostly) rich, (usually) disgusting, (in their minds) pathetic
Lee Israel made her living in the 70s and 80s profiling the likes of Katherine Hepburn and Estée Lauder. When Lee is no longer able to get published after falling out of step with current taste, she turns to deception to make ends meet all with a little help of her only friend Jack. “Can
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It appears there’s just no stopping Clint Eastwood. Not only does he star in The Mule, a movie ‘inspired by a true story’, but he’s also on producing and directing duties too. Just when you think you’ve seen him in his last ever role, he’s back, 88 years old and still going strong! Eastwood is
