Nocturnal Animals
A successful Los-Angeles-based artist Susan Morrow (played by Amy Adams) is sent a manuscript of a novel by her ex-husband Tony Hastings (Jake Gyllenhaal). The story is one of violent abduction and grips her, causing
Passengers
A giant starship is on a century-long journey to a recently colonised planet, carrying five thousand colonists plus crew in suspended animation. The ship is highly advanced and is self-repairing and self navigating, so no
Green Room
A punk-rock band, The Ain't Rights, aren't particularly successful, and if they can even get a gig, they still don't get much of an audience it seems... So when they get a last minute booking
Our Kind of Traitor
Perry (played by Ewan McGregor) is a teacher on holiday in Marrakech with his barrister wife Gail (Naomie Harris). They are dining in a restaurant opposite a boisterous group of Russians, and when Gail has
Morgan
Lee Weathers (played by Kate Mara) is a corporate risk assessment analyst, which doesn’t sound a promising job for an action thriller until you realise that this is Hollywood, where considerable latitude to is given
Don’t Breathe
Three teenage kids break into a house in a desolate part of Detroit, where they believe they will find a safe full of money. Rocky (Jane Levy) hopes this money will give her a way
In My Father’s Den
When you watch a movie like this, you cannot help but think that New Zealand must be full of small towns with frustrated people with limited experience of the world beyond - and they don't
Equity
The financial crisis of the late 2000s has reinvigorated the 'financial thriller' genre, and Equity brings a new perspective to this: it is an all-female film - from actresses to director to producers. Yet it
Arrival
Arrival is a thoughtful science fiction film, about as far from “Independence Day” as it is possible to get, though the special effects are impressive in their own way. The basic premise is that aliens
Hell or High Water
Two brothers rob banks together. But they don't go for the big vault - they just take the petty cash in the tills. Then they move on to the next bank, and do the same