Alcoholic loner Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) lives an itinerant life, still haunted by the ghosts that killed his father and traumatised him as a child. Even after settling into a sense of normality Dan is dragged back into danger when … Continue reading REVIEW: Doctor Sleep (2019)
After surviving a deadly school shooting at the age of 13, Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) strikes up a successful career as a pop star. More than a decade-and-a-half later, the adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) struggles with her fame, her family, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Vox Lux (2018)
After making a suicide attempt, Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) – whose husband (Channing Tatum) has just returned home from a four-year prison term – falls under the care of psychiatrist Jon Banks (Jude Law). Banks prescribes a new type of … Continue reading REVIEW: Side Effects (2013)
FBI computer analyst J.J. Shaft (Jessie T. Usher) re-unites with a lifelong friend – an army veteran and recovering addict named Karim (Avan Jogia) – only for Karim to turn up dead in Harlem from a drug overdose. Suspecting foul … Continue reading REVIEW: Shaft (2019)
In the town of Cheesebridge, rich and powerful “white hats” lounge and eat expensive cheeses from their rich mansions above the general “red hat” population. The locals live in fear of the baby-snatching boxtrolls, who maraud the city streets at … Continue reading REVIEW: The Boxtrolls (2014)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: four men board a New York subway train before revealing automatic weapons and taking the passengers hostage. Their leader (John Travolta) demands a ten million dollar ransom, to be delivered within one … Continue reading REVIEW: The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
A man named Fred (Bill Pullman) is approached at a party by a stranger in a black suit and eerie white make-up (Robert Blake). The stranger insists they have met before, in Fred’s house – something that Fred denies. ‘As … Continue reading REVIEW: Lost Highway (1997)
Four men board a New York subway train before revealing automatic rifles and taking the passengers hostage. Their leader (Robert Shaw) demands a one million dollar ransom, to be delivered within one hour. At the other end of the radio … Continue reading REVIEW: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
A New York investment bank undertakes a massive series of unexpected lay-offs. One of those forced into redundancy is risk assessment manager Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci), who leaves behind research that points to a previously-unknown risk in the bank’s portfolio. … Continue reading REVIEW: Margin Call (2011)
I have always been fascinated by Disney’s ‘dark’ period, which commenced with The Black Hole in 1979 and wound up with the catastrophic failure of The Black Cauldron in 1985. Disney has always leavened its family films with elements of … Continue reading REVIEW: Night Crossing (1982)
