Plot: Told as a farcical comedy, the aftermath of the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ignites a race for new leadership. The only reason I wanted to see this was because of who was part of the writing team, as it is the same lot that wrote the TV series 'The Thick Of It' and the brilliant...

Plot: What starts as seven people attending a party turns into a night of disturbing truths being unearthed. About once a year, there is a film that I have no idea was coming out until a week before its release, that I decide to go and see. This looks to be this years. I first knew about this...

Plot: The first fully painted film sees a man investigate the death of Vincent Van Gogh. Films that get a buzz from a showing at a major film festival, is always worth noting down for a possible appointment of checking out a screening of it in the future. This particular one had my interest...

Plot: A troubled detective investigates the disappearance of a woman that leads to more similar cases being discovered. Tomas Alfredsson is certainly a director that I keep an eye on for any future projects. While I haven't seen his earlier work, I have certainly seen his most popular and well...

Plot: Whilst being shunned by everyone in town for being the son of an evil warlord, a teenager along with his fellow ninjas must defeat him. It still amazes at how Lego has transformed into the digital age so beautifully. After being a clever but simple activity involving blocks has now become...

Plot: When a young girl comes of age from a dysfunctional family, her past returns as she is about to get married. The 2013 indie hit 'Short Term 12' is a big reason why this new release is being made. It pretty much ignited the careers of director Destin Daniel Cretton and actor Brie Larson...

Plot: After surviving a plane crash in the snowy Colorado mountains, two strangers must embark on a journey by helping each other return to civilisation. I'm struggling how to introduce this film. So I'm just going to go straight into it. While there was nothing exceptional about the film, it...

Plot: A young blade runner discovers a secret that had been previously buried that could change the fate of the world for both humans and replicants. When this was announced, I instantly hated the idea. Ridley Scott created something so different and ground-breaking to the sci-fi genre, that it...

Plot: A look at the life of author A.A Milne during his creation of the Winnie The Pooh book series. When you think of films about the creation of famous books, you instantly think of films like Finding Neverland and Saving Mr. Banks which are both fantastic. Also, when you read about what...

Plot: The story of the rivalry between Tennis players Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe before and during Wimbledon of 1980. Tennis has not had a deep history within the film industry. To be honest, there is barely a handful or famous ones, let alone genuinely great Tennis films. Probably the most...

Plot: When their headquarters gets destroyed, the Kingsman must unite with an allied American spy organisation to defeat a common enemy. Another Matthew Vaughn film, means fun, sweet sweet fun. But now, he's in new territory with his first sequel. Three years ago, we saw the first Kingsman and...

Plot: When uninvited guests arrive, a couples relationship is disrupted tested to its limits. A new film by Darren Aronofsky that is being heavily talked about in the past usually indicates controversial themes and ideas presented on screen. Previous examples have been Requiem For A Dream and...

Plot: A group of bullied kids befriend each other after a terrifying clown begins hunting children around town. As many of my regular followers will know, Horror is a genre that I struggle to consistently find really good films from. Most of my favourites are from the late 70's and 80's. ...

Plot: A veteran hunter in Wyoming helps the FBI investigate a murder in a Native American reservation. Hearing the success it got at the Sundance Film Festival and the writer of Sicaro and Hell Or High Water returning as writer as well as director, this sounded like something I and many others...

Plot: Aspiring rapper Patricia Dabrowski fights for glory and stardom in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey. Here comes a release of another hit from the Sundance Film Festival at the start of this year. The general consensus coming from the screenings, was that it was a rap version of La La...

Plot: The true story of how a pilot landed work with the CIA as a drug smuggler during the 1980's. Films about drugs usually don't get me going nuts for it, before or after seeing the film. I'm not sure why. It might be because the people we're supposed to pull for are doing illegal stuff. ...

Plot: Based on the events of the Detroit Race Riots of 1967, centering on the incident at the Algiers Motel. Kathryn Bigelow has somewhat being creating a true story loose trilogy of sorts with The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty and now Detroit. I don't love The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark...

Plot: A boy sees visions of a world beyond Earth that he must save from a dark force looking to destroy it with a help from a protector, the last of his kind. Movies adapted from a Stephen King have a rich history with successes like The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining, Carrie,...

Plot: After dieing in a car crash, a man must watch his wife grieve and explore the reasoning of existence. When any film does well at the Sundance Film Festival, it is only natural for me to be interested on what its UK release date is. The title does suggest a horror film. But if you see...

Plot: An MI6 agent is sent undercover to Berlinto investigate a murder of a colleague and recover a list of double agents. Despite not wanting to see any of the trailers, the images and the description of this film gave me enough of a feeling of a female version of John Wick. That is pretty...

Plot: A couple of special operatives are given a mission to save a vast metropolis from a dark force. Luc Besson is a director that Iam pleased is still around making films today. Like The Wachowski's, these are blockbuster directors that regularly go outside of the regular formula of summer...

Plot: Two American soldiers are in trapped by a lethal sniper in the Iraqi desert with an unstable wall between them. Director Doug Liman has had his moments with me in terms of high-quality film-making. Most of them being in the action genre in the form of The Bourne Identity and the brilliant...

Plot: A inter-racial couple deal with cultural differences as their relationship takes the next step. When I decide to go and see a romantic comedy on the big screen, then it must be good. This sub-genre is certainly one I have found tough to find films that I highly enjoy, would happily see...

Plot: The true events on the Dunkirk evacuation during World War II told over land, sea and air. Another Christopher Nolan film is like getting another chance to re-live the best day of your life. Since his breakthrough in 2000 with Memento, Nolan has quickly been billed as the best director...

Plot: An unexpected arrival of a wounded Yankee soldier during the Civil War leads to a house of girls become jealous of each other. I have only seen two previous films from Sofia Coppola, and they're quite polarizing. While I really liked her most critically acclaimed film in Lost In...

Plot: Ape leader Caesar wrestles with his growing dark instincts of revenge and helping his species survive against the last surviving humans. The Planet Of The Apes franchise has been in many guises. Everyone knows the iconic original version from 1968. Then its four sequels were interesting on...

Plot: With a new generation of racers making an impact, Lightning McQueen sets out to prove that he is still best race car in the world. I think it is safe to say that while the merchandise sales within this Pixar franchise is doing rather well, the film themselves just can't compete with the...

Plot: While secure within a desolate home from an unnatural threat, the arrival of a desperate young family tests the domestic order of the father of the house. A film where the critics are praising it highly, and the audience is almost the complete opposite, means that it will lead to a lot...

Plot: Whilst trying to live a normal high-school life, Peter Parker is also trying to find the balance when fighting crime as Spider-Man as a new threat emerges. I have had mixed feeling with Spider-Man films in the past. I remember the first one coming out in 2002. This was when superhero films...