A Hologram for the King
A movie about cultures colliding, midlife crises, flailing careers, fear, hope, and love with Tom Hanks heading the cast - sounds like a winner. Unfortunately the major themes get burried deep under the Arabian sand
Elle
How would you expect a woman to deal with being brutally raped? Undoubtedly there are many feasible scenarios - some more predictable than others. The one that Elle presents probably isn't one you would have
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Ricky Baker gets sent off to live on a farm as his last chance before being sent to juvie prison. New Zealand Child Services take him to live with new foster parents - 'aunty' Bella
The Girl With All The Gifts
Ever since George Romero made “Night of the Living Dead” there have been films about zombies, but few manage to be worth watching. Directors have tried applying comedy (“Shaun of the Dead”) and even Jane
Florence Foster Jenkins
If you can't sing, don't let that stop you from pursuing your dream to be a singer; if you have enough money, you will get to sing wherever you want. Florence Foster Jenkins aims to
Imperium
Yes that skinhead on the movie poster was once Harry Potter. In Imperium Daniel Radcliffe finds himself amongst an altogether different kind of Grand Wizards. Seeing him giving nazi salutes in White Power gear is
Money Monster
If you put George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell together, directed by Jodie Foster, you'd be right to be expecting a pretty decent film. And indeed, Money Monster is just that: a pretty decent
Cafe Society (7/10)
Woody Allen has now made 51 movies, and so by now we have a rough idea what to expect. In his twilight years his recent movies continue to attract top notch actors, and his ear
The Jungle Book (7/10)
Remaking a classic is always risky. It's inevitable that people will compare the new version with the original, and often find the original better: if the original wasn't any good it probably wouldn't have been
The Shallows (5/10)
Who would have thought that surfing on your own on a strange beach in a foreign land in shark infested waters could possibly go wrong? A medical student (Blake Lively) thinking of giving up