The global film industry and world’s media converged on the French riviera on the 17th of May to kick-off twelve days of celebration of the cinematic arts—not to mention all the glitzy pomp and premieres—as the 70th edition of the world’s most prestigious film festival opened in style. Once again filmmakers & shakers from across […]

Review 116min Genre:       Action, Comedy Director:    Seth Gordon Cast:         Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra…and more Writers:     Jay Scherick, Damian Shannon, Mark Swift… and more -Synopsis- A group of eager new recruits—including a talented but reckless maverick—compete to join the ranks of the implausibly beautiful lifeguards who patrol the beaches of sunny Florida, helping to […]

Review 109min Genre:       Drama, Fantasy Director:    Nacho Vigalondo Cast:         Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell…and more Writer:      Nacho Vigalondo -Synopsis- A young American woman—whose life is on an alcohol-fuelled downward spiral—discovers that she’s somehow linked to a series of attacks on Seoul South Korea by a giant monster, in this unique and metaphorical character drama/fantasy […]

Review 126min Genre:      Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:   Guy Ritchie Cast:        Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey …and more Writers:    Joby Harold, Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram -Synopsis- In a fictional and fantastical medieval England, an orphan street urchin turned talented hustler uncovers the truth about his noble family and the mystical sword which will shape […]

Review 132min Genre:       Drama Director:    John Madden Cast:         Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw…and more Writer:      Jonathan Perera -Synopsis- A tenacious and talented young Washington lobbyist takes on the powerful and influential gun lobby in a battle to pass gun control legislation, a dirty fight destined to produce casualties, but one which she is determined […]

Review 122min Genre:       Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller Director:    Ridley Scott Cast:         Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup…more Writers:     Jack Paglen, Michael Green, John Logan… and more -Synopsis- When the crew of the colonial ship ‘Covenant’ land on a an uncharted planet which seems ripe for the picking, they soon discover its unlikely and fearsome inhabitants […]

Review 113min Genre:      Drama, War Director:   François Ozon Cast:        Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Anton von Lucke…and more Writers:    François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo and Ernst Lubitsch -Synopsis- Set in 1919 during the aftermath of World War I, a grieving young German woman develops a complex relationship with a young Frenchman who mysteriously lays flowers at the […]

Review 89min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Sean Foley Cast:         Julian Barratt, Essie Davis, Andrea Riseborough…and more Writers:     Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby -Synopsis- A washed-up, self-unaware actor takes up a chance for redemption by reprising his popular 1980s TV detective role to help catch a real-life deranged murderer, with hilarious consequences in this British comedy from […]

Review 94min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Nick Hamm Cast:         Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore…and more Writer:      Colin Bateman -Synopsis- A road trip drama account of the historical 2006 meeting between the two intractable figures who came to define the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland; Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin politico […]