Napoleon
Charting the meteoric rise of one of the most influential figures in European history, from his humble beginnings in Corsica to conquering Italy for the French, this 1927 epic breaks […]
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Rosanna Arquette plays Roberta Glass, a young woman who’s hung up on Susan (Madonna), a beautiful stranger who organises romantic liaisons through the personals section of a New York newspaper. […]
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Matthew Broderick plays Ferris Bueller, an ageing Roger the Dodger who manages to convince his entire community that he’s seriously ill while he actually spends the day out and about […]
Stephen King’s It (1990)
Originally written in January 2014 No, this isn’t a film about the famous author losing a game of tag, it’s actually a horror film about a clown with non-specific motives […]
The Return of Spinal Tap
Almost a decade on from their infamous North American tour, Spinal Tap are back at the top of their game playing a sellout gig to London’s Royal Albert Hall. The […]
Seven Samurai
The tale of the Seven Samurai is one that’s been told many times in different forms, to the point that the essence of the story; a poor village hires seven […]
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Samuel L Jackson plays Darius Kincaid, an incarcerated hitman who’s a witness in a war crimes trial in The Hague. When the convoy transporting him is intercepted, Interpol Agent Rousell […]
Aftermath
When Roman’s daughter and unborn grandchild are killed in a plane crash, he seeks revenge against those responsible, leading him to the air traffic controller who oversaw the disaster. It’s […]
Dunkirk
In Christopher Nolan’s latest film he trades big ideas for historical realism in this reconstruction of the evacuation of Dunkirk. It dives straight in from the start with an atmosphere […]
All Eyez on Me
After appearing in Notorious and Straight Outta Compton, it’s about time that Tupac got his own film. All Eyez on Me is a whistlestop tour of his entire life, from […]
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