The Godfather Part II
To follow one of the most acclaimed films of all time is a near-impossible challenge, especially when its iconic main character is dead. Here the Godfather goes farther via a […]
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Amazing Grace
In 1972, at the height of her fame, Aretha Franklin decided to take it back to church by recording a Gospel album in an actual church, the New Temple Missionary […]
Waltzes from Vienna
In early 19th century Vienna, Johann Strauss II (Esmond Knight) plays second fiddle, both metaphorically and literally, in his father’s (Edmund Gwenn) orchestra, where he’s constantly denigrated by his elder […]
Snowpiercer
Chris Evans stars in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi set on a train that never stops running. Told you it was sci-fi. This 2013 tracktion movie follows the revolutionary lower-class tail-section passengers […]
Tolkien
This follows the famous author (Nicholas Hoult), taking us through his life before Lord of the Rings, covering as much ground as possible without risking copyright infringement, in this unauthorised […]
The Curse of La Llorona
Everyone’s favourite extended universe is back! But enough about Avengers: Endgame, here’s the new instalment in the Conjuring franchise. Producer James Wan has spent the last 6 years making monsters […]
Memoirs of a Geisha
A young girl, Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), is sold to a Kyoto geisha school by her struggling parents where she’s kept as a slave, eventually becoming a top geisha, threatening the […]
Unicorn Store
Netflix might downplay the role of artificial intelligence in commissioning its content, but knowing that AI played even the slightest part in greenlighting Brie Larson’s Unicorn Store is reason enough […]
Three Colours: White
The second part in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours trilogy (where each film represents a principle of the French Revolution) stands for equality, and follows a divorced man (Zbigniew Zamachowski) who […]
Walk the Line
Released two years after his death, this 2005 biopic of the Man in Black (Joaquin Phoenix) is more than just a Johnny Cash-in or answer to a pub quiz question […]
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