The Divided Brain
This documentary (with the brilliant strapline ‘The film that half your brain doesn’t want you to see’) takes a look at the arguments articulated by Dr Iain McGilchrist in his […]
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The Campaign
When incumbent congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major gaffe on the campaign trail, wealthy donors the Motch Brothers (Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow) back a new horse in the […]
Liar Liar
Jim Carrey plays a hotshot lawyer who’s always disappointing his young son and estranged wife (Justin Cooper and Maura Tierney) by failing to show up to things. But when he […]
I’ve Never Seen…When Harry Met Sally
This 1989 romcom stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as Harry and Sally who, after a chance encounter, seek to remain friends in spite of Harry’s insistence that a (heterosexual) […]
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
As Spanish invasion looms, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) does her best to avoid being known forever as ‘the Virgin Queen’. Elizabeth: The Golden Age is an altogether more lively affair […]
The Dark Tower
A boy, Jake (Tom Taylor) has strange visions of another world, where a dark tower keeps darkness at bay (…except its own). When he finds his way there he meets […]
Pavarotti
Ron Howard takes a whistle stop tourandot of the most iconic opera singer of the 20th century (apart from Florence Foster Jenkins, obviously), examining his voice, relationships and career, and […]
