New York, 1957. Rudolph Abel (Mark Rylance) is arrested and charged with being a Soviet agent. To ensure he receives a fair trial, career attorney James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is persuaded to represent Abel in court. When an American … Continue reading REVIEW: Bridge of Spies (2015)
In the year 2045, the global economy and environment have headed into collapse. Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) lives in Columbus, Ohio, and spends much of his life inside the virtual reality game the OASIS. Wade is a ‘gunter’, a player … Continue reading REVIEW: Ready Player One (2018)
A military analyst, disgusted by a government cover-up of the Vietnam War, deliberately leaks classified reports to the New York Times. Beaten to the story, Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) is forced to wait and watch – until … Continue reading REVIEW: The Post (2017)
American businessman Peter Banning (Robin Williams) travels to London to help honour “Grannie” Wendy (Maggie Smith), whose orphanage housed him as a child. Once there, however, his children are kidnapped by Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) and taken to the Neverland … Continue reading REVIEW: Hook (1991)
An orphaned girl named Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is kidnapped by a mysterious giant (Mark Rylance) and transported to ‘giant country’, where he plans to keep her captive to prevent the human world from learning of his existence. When Sophie sees … Continue reading REVIEW: The BFG (2016)
