Review 120min Genre:       Drama, Thriller, War Director:     Steve McQueen Cast:         Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller…and more Writers:     Steve McQueen -Synopsis- In the midst of the Nazi bombings of the British capital, a young East End mother struggles to track down the son she sent to the country for safety, but who decided to return […]

Review 111min Genre:       Drama Director:    Sean Baker Cast:         Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe…and more Writers:     Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch -Synopsis- A gritty yet comical tale of brazen behaviour and childlike innocence, set the in the seedy live-in motels in the shadow of the Disney Empire and seen through the eyes of an adorably […]

Review 127min Genre:       Drama Director:    Andrey Zvyagintsev Cast:         Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Aleksey Fateev…and more Writers:     Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin -Synopsis- A feuding self-centred couple—intent on moving on with their individual lives after their imminent divorce—are confronted by their own loveless upbringing and the neglectful treatment of their young son after he mysteriously disappears, […]

Review 101min Genre:      Drama Director:   Marc Webb Cast:        Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Jenny Slate… and more Writer:     Tom Flynn -Synopsis- A single man’s custody of his seven-year-old maths prodigy niece is threatened by her estranged grandmother, as he struggles to balance the immense potential of the girl with his late sister’s wish that she be […]

Review 97min Genre:       Animation, Comedy, Family Director:    Tom McGrath Cast:         Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow…and more Writers:     Michael McCullers and Marla Frazee -Synopsis- Seven-year-old Tim’s idyllic life with his parents is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a bossy baby brother who commands the attention of the household—but there’s more than meets the […]

97min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Mystery Director:   Philippa Lowthorpe Cast:        Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Rafe Spall…and more Writers:    Andrea Gibb and Arthur Ransome -Synopsis- In wartime Britain, four young siblings turn a rural English vacation into a “pirate” adventure on the local lake island; but their fantasy meets a dose of reality when they’re caught up […]

Review 102min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Director:   David Lowery Cast:        Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford…more Writers:    David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, Malcolm Marmorstein…more -Synopsis- Disney’s 21st century re-imagining of its own classic family film recounting the story of “Pete”; a young orphan boy who’s thrown back into civilisation after living wild in a […]

Review 99min Genre:      Comedy Director:   Ben Falcone Cast:        Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage…and more Writers:    Ben Falcone, Steve Mallory & Melissa McCarthy -Synopsis- A troubled orphan girl turned self-made, ruthless and relentless business titan loses everything after being convicted of insider trading; but the beast cannot be tamed as she recruits a former long-suffering […]

Review 118min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:    Garry Marshall Cast:         Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Julia Roberts…and more Writers:     Anya Kochoff, Matthew Walker, Tom Hines… and more -Synopsis- Director and master of the romantic “dramedy” Garry Marshall brings us his heart-warming tribute to motherhood, with the help of an ensemble cast, in this tale of […]

An English orphan girl forms an unlikely friendship with a friendly outcast giant who refuses to eat children like the rest of his kind, together they embark on a perilous adventure across distant lands and dreams in this lavish Disney adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel, directed by the great Steven Spielberg. Directed by […]

Review 88min USA/UAE Genre:    Documentary, Animation Director: Davis Guggenheim Cast:      Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai… -Synopsis- Director Davis Guggenheim’s chronicle of the life, so far, of Nobel Prize-winning Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, from being shot by the Taliban for suggesting girls should be educated to moving to Britain and becoming a global […]

In an ongoing effort to help aspiring filmmakers and promote independent films, particularly those struggling with distribution and releases, we periodically feature films in our “Indie Spotlight” series for your consideration. A Dozen Summers (2015) (English Language) 82min (UK) Genre:     Comedy, Drama, Family Director:  Kenton Hall Cast:       Scarlet Hall, Hero Hall, Kenton Hall…and more Writer:    […]