Tom Hanks once again teams up with Captain Phillips director Paul Greengass in one of Netflix’s latest potential Oscar properties, having recently scooped a number of Critics Choice nominations. Hanks, who can once again add another captainancy to his impressive repertoire, swaps…
Marking its world premiere at the virtual Sundance Film Festival 2021, Eight For Silver proved an exciting genre offering amongst the bevy of heavy dramatic entries. Featuring an unashamed blend of fantastical horror and creature feature elements with a splice of historical…
Ed Helms is Daddy? Not something you hear every day, but in Nicole Beckwith's second film, Together Together, Helms stars as Matt, a single father-to-be through the surrogacy system. Anna (Patti Harrison), who is twenty years his junior, applies for the role…
Just in case you need an escape from pandemic life, Amazon Prime Video have you covered with the latest big budget disaster flick Greenland. The long delayed apocalyptic instalment, which was originally set for release back in August 2020, is finally hitting…
Premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2021 and scooping the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award is the bold but raw feature debut from comedian Jerrod Carmichael, who's previous stand-up and TV specials have been met with critical acclaim. The dark comedy come buddy road…
Simulation theory, the belief that our lives could actually be artificial and part of a computer simulation, is a concept that has long been explored in science fiction. The Wachowski’s most famously delved into the concept in The Matrix, and most recently…
Premiering at the virtual Sundance Film Festival 2021, the latest thrilling historical biopic to hit our screens once again shines a light on the US Civil Rights Movement, documenting the ongoing clash between the FBI and the Black Panther Party (BPP). Following…
Marking the first solo Studio Ghibli production since 2014 When Marnie Was There, there’s a lot of anticipation for Earwig and the Witch. Iconic director Hayao Miyazak has passed the baton to his son, who’s opted to break from the usual hand-drawn…
Kicking off the virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival is the heartwarming and hugely enjoyable crowd pleaser CODA, a heartfelt drama based off the 2014 French film La Famille Belier. Whilst feeling like one of the most mainstream festival openers yet with familiar…
In the lead up to awards season, films featuring predominant chamber pieces with powerful and intense monologues appear to be making a real stride, take One Night in Miami or Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for example. These sequences typically involve a small…
Initially premiering at Toronto International Film Festival back in 2019, thinky sci-fi Synchronic is the fourth (and most accessible) instalment from acclaimed Indie auteurs Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson. Initially playing out as a drug-fuelled horror positioned as a cautionary addiction tale,…
Set in the not too distant future of 2036, where civil war has broken out in Eastern Europe and the US have been stationed there to keep the peace, Outside The Wire is a futuristic, sci-fi movie packed with action and twists and turns.…
Kidnap horror from Shudder is more of a shrugger
A young Belgian retail estate agent, Eve, is picked up at a bar by a man who saves her from the unwanted attention of another. The night soon turns sinister when this man…
Fresh off of The Mandalorian season 2 high, director Robert Rodriguez once again teams up with Pedro Pascal for his (sort-of) sequel to 2005's The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Premiering Christmas day on Netflix, We Can Be Heroes gives the superhero…
The Midnight Sky marks George Clooney’s seventh film on directorial duties, as he adapts Lily Brooks-Dalton’s acclaimed 2016 post-apocalyptic novel, Good Morning, Midnight. His previous projects, The Monuments Men and Suburbicon, are both considered critical misfires, so will this star studded Netflix…