Celebrated British filmmaker Ken Loach returns to the screen for what he’s called his swan song feature in The Old Oak, and the arthouse director brings clarity and compassion to a story of the power of connection and compassion. Pub landlord TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner), living in a previously thriving mining community in County Durham, […]
Movie Reviews
‘Napoleon’ – Review
Celebrated cinema craftsman Sir Ridley Scott returns to the cinema screen with his most colossal work yet with an epic and lavish presentation of the life and conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte, who, from humble beginnings, rose to the extraordinary heights of power and an empire that spanned all of continental Europe. Now, his story arrives […]
‘Thanksgiving’ – Review
Family, togetherness, and blood-curdling horror await with Eli Roth’s intentionally over-the-top slasher fest in Thanksgiving! And this holiday season…ALL WILL BE CARVED! An axe-wielding maniac terrorizes residents of Plymouth, Mass., after a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy. Picking off victims one by one, the seemingly random revenge killings soon become part of a larger, […]
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ – Review
Get ready to go back to the beginning where it all began as a tale of power and ambition rises to the surface in the dystopian thriller The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and the result is a crafty and intense character study that results in a gripping watch for audiences. Years […]
‘Saltburn’ – Review
Writer-director Emerald Fennell invites audiences into a lavish experience of debauchery and excess with her pristine psycho drama Saltburn. And whatever you think this movie is, well, you’ll be in for a surprise because Fennell dials the hedonism up to eleven, and audiences will fall into the unbridled fantasia of Saltburn. Struggling to find his […]
‘EO’ – Review
Sometimes a film comes along that’s so unexpected and emotionally affecting that you simply can’t look away from it. In 2023, that film is EO, a haunting, surreal, beautiful, cruel, dreamlike, sobering watch. And it’s a film you won’t forget. Taken away forcibly from his owner, EO, a bereaved donkey, treads a rough path attempting […]
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ – Review
Leonardo DiCaprio. Robert DeNiro. Martin Scorsese. Three immense powerhouses of the American film industry who together have shaped cinema storytelling with a diverse range of incredible narratives, and now they all come together for the haunting historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon. And this story needed to be told. In the 1920s, members of […]
‘The Exorcist: Believer’ – Review
The scary season has arrived, and with Halloween fast approaching, there’s no better time to sink your teeth into the horror genre, because things get freaky with The Exorcist: Believer. When his daughter, Angela, and her friend Katherine, show signs of demonic possession, it unleashes a chain of events that forces single father Victor Fielding […]
‘Uproar’ – Review
Ever since he burst onto the screen with his spirited and hilarious performance in 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Kiwi sensation Julian Dennison has charmed audiences with his easy-going character and spot-on comedic timing. But now in Hamish Bennett and Paul Middleditch’s Uproar, the young actor finds a deeply dramatic role that tests his limits […]
‘Stylebender’ – Review
There’s no more intriguing figure in the modern-day fight game right now than Israel ‘The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya, and he finally reveals his story in the deeply reflective and emotional documentary Stylebender. An intimate look at Israel Adesanya, the Nigerian-born New Zealand-based MMA champion, which goes beyond the ring and delves deep into an unlikely […]