Captain Marvel 2019 Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, a couple (in real life as well as behind the camera) who have collaborated together many times in the past either writing or directing films such as Half Nelson, Sugar, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Mississippi Grind and episodes of the TV shows The … Continue reading Captain Marvel →

A Clockwork Orange 1971 Directed by the iconic and often divisive Stanley Kubrick who produced and wrote the screenplay as well as being the director for 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Dr Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut Taking place in futuristic Britain, the specific year is not mentioned, but it is … Continue reading A Clockwork Orange →

Alita: Battle Angel 2019 Robert Rodriguez who has brought us (along with a host of many other titles) From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City 1 and 2 and The Mexico trilogy. He now directs and co-writes this action film that is based on Yukito Kishiro's 1990 manga series of the same name. James Cameron had … Continue reading Alita: Battle Angel →

If Beale Street Could Talk 2018 Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, this is his third feature film. The first was "Medicine for Melancholy" (2008) which received reasonable praise and had a tiny $13,000 budget. His second was one of the best movies of 2016 "Moonlight", which was nominated for eight Oscars, taking home three … Continue reading If Beale Street Could Talk →

Mary, Queen of Scots  2018 Directed by Josie Rourke. Since 2012, Rourke has been the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre company in London, this is her directorial debut. The film is based on John Guy's biography "Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart". The widowed Mary Queen Of Scots (Saoirse Ronan) … Continue reading Mary, Queen of Scots →

The Favourite 2018 Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos who directed Dogtooth, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Lobster. Now he brings us this period comedy-drama that has a lot of Oscar hype surrounding it. Set in 18th century England during the court of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman). Rachel Weisz plays Sarah Churchill, Duchess of … Continue reading The Favourite →

Glass 2019 Written and directed by M Night Shyamalan who has had a hit and miss career. He's directed amongst others The Visit, Unbreakable, The 6th Sense (hit, big hit, monster hit) but also The Happening, The last Airbender and After Earth (miss, huge miss and so far off the mark he couldn't actually have … Continue reading Glass →

Vice 2019 Written and directed by Adam McKay. In a 15 year career this guy has been busy. He has 29 and 34 writing and directing credits on IMDB respectively including Anchorman 1 and 2, The Other Guys and The Big Short, along with over 100 production credits. That's a serious amount of work. There … Continue reading Vice →

Stan and Ollie 2019 Directed by Jon S Baird. This is only his third feature film; the other two were Cass in 2008 and Filth in 2013 which although did poorly in the cinemas I thought was a great small budget film and worth checking out if you've not seen it. Once the world’s favourite … Continue reading Stan and Ollie →

Green Book 2019 Directed by Peter Farrelly, one half of the bother duo that for around 2 decades brought us comedies such as Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal and Stuck on You, along with many others. This is his debut as a solo director and a far cry from those films. Based on a true … Continue reading Green Book →