Five reasons to watch ‘Hail, Caesar!’

Hollywood masterminds Joel and Ethan Coen are back for another brilliant and original tale in Hail, Caesar!. The film chronicles the madness that follows studio fixer Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), as he tries to find an over-the-top movie star (George Clooney) who disappears from the set of the studio’s biggest tentpole, and now threatens completion of […]

‘The Lady in the Van’ – Review

The ultimate odd-couple come to life in this charming tale of how celebrated playwright Alan Bennett (The History Boys) became the ‘guardian’, caregiver and friend to eccentric homeless women, Ms Shepard (Dame Maggie Smith). If praise is to be lauded over The Lady in the Van then it must be given to Dame Maggie Smith, […]

Five reasons to watch ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – SPOILER FREE

The power and passion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens explodes onto cinema screens with magic, adventure and wonder, firming establishing the highly anticipated film as 2015’s crowning cinematic achievement. Here’s the synopsis: Set thirty years after the events of Return of the Jedi, the last remnants of The Empire have morphed into the dreaded First Order, while […]

Five reasons to watch ‘The Revenant’

In The Revenant, director Alejandro González Iñárritu takes audiences into the darkest depths of the savagery, telling the story of one man’s rollercoaster ride of survival and his quest for revenge. In an 1823 expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, explorer and fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear and left for dead by […]