The Handmaiden
Probably not a movie I would typically add to my watchlist just from the description - but it being directed by Chan-wook Park of Oldboy fame, I thought I'd give it a go. And if
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Never Go Back has very little going for it. With an utterly unremarkable script at the core, and not helped by the directing, cinematography, music or acting, this is a disappointing fail for Cruise, who
Sing Street
Oh to be young and in love, in 1980s Ireland... How do you win over the girl of your dreams? Impress her! The fact that you're the lead singer in a band is surely a
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
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