Lisa Frankenstein is the feature film directorial debut of Zelda Williams, daughter of Robin Williams. This, along with a screenplay by Juno writer Diablo Cody and an entertaining trailer, gave Lisa Frankenstein a lot of potential that sadly didn’t quite shine through. After a quirky animated title sequence featuring a young man unlucky in love […]
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Poor Things sees Emma Stone reunite with Yorgos Lanthimos for a sexual awakening odyssey story, as a Frankenstein’s monster-like creature crafted from a grown woman and the brain of an infant. Stone shows her range effortlessly, gliding through the film from baby brain to fully formed adult as she matures. Her partnership with Lanthimos appears
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Celine Song’s Past Lives follows the relationship between two childhood friends, Na Young/Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo). As classmates, they compete for top marks in school and walk home together every day. This changes when Na Young’s family immigrates to Canada. Twelve years later, Na Young, now Nora, hunts Facebook for former
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After losing her car and about to lose her childhood home, Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) comes across an ad on Craigslist that could help solve her money issues. Rich, helicopter parents (Allison Becker & Matthew Broderick) want someone to date their 19-year-old son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) before college, and as payment they’re offering a Buick.
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After serving as a faithful employee to the Jin family for years, Yoon Hyun Woo (Song Joong Ki) is framed for embezzlement and executed by someone in the family. When he dies, he is reborn in the past as the youngest grandchild in the Jin family, Jin Do Joon. When Yoon realizes he was betrayed,
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Belly (Isabel) Conklin is fifteen – nearly sixteen – and she goes to Cousins beach with her brother and mum every single summer. Days upon end were spent on the beach and by the pool at Susannah Fisher’s beach house. Susannah is the best friend of Belly’s mum Laurel, they’ve known each other since they
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Pam & Tommy is the 8-episode mini-series telling the true story behind the release of the infamous sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in the 90s, now streaming in the UK on Disney+. While the story itself is genuinely interesting, after watching the full 8-episode run I’m not convinced that we really need
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The Power of the Dog is the Oscar-nominated western from Jane Campion, based on the book by Thomas Savage. With a total of 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Motion Picture, expectations for this were incredibly high. And while there are a lot of aspects that are very good, the overall story seems
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And Just Like That… is the long-awaited revival of the smash hit Sex and the City, hitting our screens 18 years after the finale of the original series (the less said about the films, the better). With the full series now available on Sky and Now TV, I couldn’t wait to jump back in with
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Spencer: Intoxicating Study Of A Fragile Royal Lady Diana Frances Windsor née Spencer ponders her legacy in Pablo Larraìn’s hazily sweet psychological dive into “the people’s princess”, as she grapples with her mental health in the wake of husband Charles’ infidelity and impending divorce. ‘Spencer’ sets itself across three days in 1991, opening as the Windsor
The Last Letter From Your Lover is the story of a doomed love affair, recounted over two different periods in time. It is an adaptation of the bestselling book by Jojo Moyes, who also wrote Me Before You, another novel that made it to the big screen and starred Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. Not
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After sharing a kiss on the floor of a Berlin nightclub, Harry finds himself spending his final day in Berlin with Johannes, who kindly offers to help him print a boarding pass. As they count down the hours until Harry’s flight, it’s a romantic but realistic tale of chance encounters that hold real impact. Set
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I’ve been thinking about death a lot recently. I don’t think I’m the only one. Through the last 12 months, we’ve been confronted by our mortality more than ever before, as well as being trapped in a constant groundhog day style loop of self-reflection. For myself, I’ve also recently been dealing with my own grieving
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Film #13 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Titanic Titanic is a rather divisive film. There are many that absolutely love it, the creators of this list among them I don’t doubt. And then there are those that can’t stand it, despite it’s 11 Oscar wins. When it was first released, Titanic’s popularity was immense
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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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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