A filmmaker and his girlfriend return home following his latest movie premiere. High on his success and awaiting reviews, he notices his girlfriend may not be feeling the same way. As he probes her to open up, the night takes a turn as tension and revelations run high. Written and directed by Sam Levinson (creator […]
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A reimagining of the Italian cartoon, Fate: the Winx Saga is a coming-of-age story set in a magical boarding school where fairies learn to use and control their powers. Assigned the same dormroom, a group of 5 young girls form unlikely friendships and navigate everyday emotional traumas like love and heartbreak whilst also battling some foes along the way. We
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Originally shown back at film festivals in 2019 under the name of The Friend, newly renamed Our Friend is finally getting a full release in the US, and hopefully a UK one soon to follow. I was lucky enough to catch it back at London Film Festival in 2019 and see it again this week
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Film(s) #11 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Film 11 is actually the three films that make up the Lord of the Rings trilogy: Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and Return of the King. Whilst I can entirely understand featuring the trilogy as a whole, especially as
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A Teacher is a 2020 limited series that you can now stream on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Created by Hannah Fidell who wrote and directed the 2013 film of the same name, it stars Kate Mara and Nick Robinson, focussing on an affair between a female teacher and her male student, spanning multiple years
Misbehaviour is a 2020 drama directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and based on a true story that follows a group of women from the Women’s Liberation Movement as they attempt to disrupt the 1970 Miss World pageant being held in London. Misbehaviour made a decision to follow four separate stories as they eventually intersect at the
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Film #10 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: The Prestige The Prestige is one of 3 Christopher Nolan films on this bucket list (the others being Memento and The Dark Knight), and probably the one that has least recognition out of the three. In fact, I’d say it’s criminally underrated. It focuses on two rival
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Ava is a 2020 spy action thriller directed by Tate Taylor and starring Jessica Chastain. It follows Ava (Chastain), an assassin working for a shadowy organisation who soon becomes hunted by her own, led by the mysterious Simon (Colin Farrell). Between missions and death threats, Ava is aided by her handler Duke (John Malkovich) while
The Prom is the latest film from Glee creator Ryan Murphy, adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name. It follows Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman) who inadvertently causes her high school prom to be cancelled from wanting to attend with her girlfriend Alyssa (Ariana DeBose), in a school governed by a PTA that is very much against inclusion. Meanwhile on Broadway, four
Pieces of a Woman stars Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf as Martha and Sean, a married couple preparing for the imminent arrival of their first child. But a heartbreaking home birth leaves Martha struggling with grief and becoming increasingly isolated from Sean and her family. If you’ve heard anything about Pieces of a Woman recently,
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The Midnight Sky is a science fiction film directed by George Clooney, the latest in a long line of Netflix originals to hit our screens, based on the 2016 book ‘Good Morning, Midnight’ by Lily Brooks-Dalton. George Clooney plays Augustine, who encounters young girl Iris (the adorable Caoilinn Springall) after remaining on earth following a global apocalypse. Together they must travel across
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Like many film fans, in the run-up to the end of the year, I’m taking stock of the films I’ve seen and compiling a best of – which should be on the site by the end of the week. Being extra diligent this year, I’ve been trying to catch up on as many UK 2020
Immigrant stories have been told numerous times on screens big and small, even just this year with Little America (AppleTV+) and His House (Netflix), but Farewell Amor is a worthy entry into this pantheon. Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi, she tells not the story of the struggle to get to the States, or the
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Mulan (2020) is a live-action adaptation of the 1998 Disney animation of the same name, the latest in the live-action remakes of Disney classics based on a young woman who disguises herself as a male soldier to save her father. I’ll start with an admission: I’ve never seen the original animated Mulan. Despite being an
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The Untouchables is a film that has garnered a great deal of acclaim over the years, and yet if I’ve ever seen it, I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t remember it. The Untouchables (1987) was directed by Brian De Palma and stars Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness, a treasury agent who recruits a group
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White Lie originally debuted at Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 but will be getting a digital streaming release in January 2021. Starring TIFF rising star Kacey Rohl, she plays Katie Arneson, a young dance student raising money for her cancer treatment whilst also hiding a lie – she’s not really sick. When we meet
