The Aeronauts, 2019. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Himesh Patel, Phoebe Fox, Tom Courtenay, Tim McInnery, and Anne Reid. SYNOPSIS: A scientist theorising weather prediction teams up with a recently bereaved balloon pilot, embarking on an adventure to fly higher than ever previously flown by any human in history. “One must […]
Movie Review – It Chapter Two (2019)
It Chapter Two, 2019. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Skargard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Teach Grant, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, and Nicholas Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the […]
Movie Review – Playmobil: The Movie (2019)
Playmobil: The Movie, 2019. Directed by Lino DiSalvo. Featuring the voice talents of Anya Taylor Joy, Jim Gaffigan, Gabriel Bateman, Adam Lambert, Meghan Trainor, Kenan Thompson and Daniel Radcliffe. SYNOPSIS: When her younger brother Charlie (Gabriel Bateman) unexpectedly disappears into the magical, animated universe of PLAYMOBIL, unprepared Marla (Anya Taylor-Joy) must go on a quest […]
Movie Review – Stuber (2019)
Stuber, 2019. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Mira Sorvino, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpen, Jimmy Tatro, Karen Gillen, and Iko Uwais. SYNOPSIS: Short on time and heavily visually impaired, a police detective recruits an Uber driver to escort him across town on the hottest day of the year, following clues to lead […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – The Death of Dick Long
The Death of Dick Long, 2019. Directed by Daniel Scheinert. Starring Michael Abbott Jr, Andre Hyland, Virginia Newcomb, Sarah Baker, Jess Weixler, Poppy Cunningham and Roy Wood Jr. SYNOPSIS: Two friends scramble to hide the truth from their families and the authorities after a raucous night together leads to the hospitalisation of their fellow band […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – After the Wedding
After the Wedding, 2019. Directed by Bart Freundlich Starring Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn and Will Chase. SYNOPSIS: When a woman is invited to New York to meet with a company offering to sponsor the orphanage she runs in India, she is forced to confront decisions she made 20 years ago, and […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Late Night
Late Night, 2019. Directed by Nisha Ganatra. Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Dennis O’Hare, John Lithgow, Hugh Darcy, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan and Paul Walter Hauser. SYNOPSIS: When informed that she is being replaced as host of her long running chat show, Katherine Newberry fights to remain relevant and necessary, relying on the inspiration of […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Animals
Animals, 2019. Directed by Sophie Hyde Starring Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy and Amy Molloy. SYNOPSIS: Resisting the building urge to grow up, 30 year old Laura rockets between her old party animal lifestyle and her newly found, more mature, love affair. Laura and her flatmate Tyler live from one night out […]
Movie Review – Lucid (2018)
Lucid, 2018. Directed by Adam Morse. Starring Laurie Calvert, Billy Zane, Sadie Frost, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Felicity Gilbert and Cristian Solimeno. SYNOPSIS: A young man named Zel gets the opportunity to drastically change his life when his neighbour introduces him to the concept of lucid dreaming. Have you ever felt like you wanted to conduct […]
Movie Review – Greta (2019)
Greta, 2019. Directed by Neil Jordan Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, and Stephen Rea. SYNOPSIS: After finding a handbag left in a Subway car, a young woman befriends the bag’s older owner, but finds it increasingly difficult to end the relationship when Greta gets a little too close for comfort. […]
