The Good Lie
This is the story of a group of children whose tribe in Sudan is torn apart by war. With the village adults murdered by soldiers, the children are forced to walk […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Force Majeure
Ski resorts are ripe screen territory, having set the scene for Swiss drama Sister by Ursula Meier (no relation – probably), British rom-com Chalet Girl (never seen it) and the […]
It Follows
After the tedious stupidity of John Wick, here’s another piece of trash that’s inexplicably impressed critics; new(ish) horror film It Follows – not to be mixed up with In Fear, as I did, […]
John Wick
In the latest straight-to-DVD action movie to somehow wind up in cinemas, Keanu Reeves plays John Wick – a retired hitman with a classic car, a cute puppy and a […]
Wild Tales
Argentina’s entry for 2014’s foreign language Oscar was portmanteau movie Wild Tales, or Relatos salvajes if you’re Spanish or pretentious. Wild Tales comprises six short stories, featuring a disgruntled explosives […]
Focus
Veteran con artist Nicky (Will Smith) takes small-time hustler Jess (Margot Robbie) under his wing, in this crime caper with a twist (that Will Smith left his kids at home this […]
Inherent Vice
Chinatown meets China White in Paul Thomas Anderson’s druggy detective mystery – a stonoir, if you will. Inherent Vice is set in 1970s Los Angeles, with the Vietnam War, the Manson Family murders […]
Chappie
As big brains like Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk warn of the threat of artificial intelligence, it’s no surprise that it’s as popular- a subject as ever in the film […]
Still Alice
Julianne Moore delivers an Oscar-winning performance as the eponymous Alice, a 50-year-old linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. This well-judged drama explores how the disease affects Alice and her husband John, sensitively played by […]
Ex Machina
Best known for writing such films as 28 Days Later…, Sunshine and Dredd 3D, Alex Garland delivers his directorial debut Ex Machina; a sci-fi thriller starring Oscar Isaac (bearded), Domhnall Gleeson (American) and Alicia Vikander […]
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