After moving from San Francisco to a small Northern California town, Elaine (Robinson), a practicing witch, uses potions and rituals in her search for an idealised love, but as the bodies pile up, her attention turns to chiselled cop Griff (Keys), who is investigating the deaths.
Category: Review
REVIEW: Kong: Skull Island (2017)
As the Vietnam war comes to an end, a secretive organisation known as Monarch - led by Bill Randa (Goodman) – is granted government funding to embark on an expedition to an uncharted island in the South Pacific in the hope of finding new species. With the aid of ex-SAS captain James Conrad (Hiddleston), photojournalist Mason Weaver (Larson), and a squad of American troops led by Lt. Packard (Jackson), the team discover that the island is home to creatures they couldn’t have imagined in their wildest dreams…or nightmares.
REVIEW: Logan (2017)
The year is 2029, and with mutants on the edge of extinction, Logan follows a visibly ageing Wolverine (Jackman) now residing at an abandoned smelting plant on the Mexican border; spending his days chauffeuring the wealthy while caring for the now neurodegenerative Professor Charles Xavier (Stewart). But trouble soon finds its way back to the former X-man when he is tasked with transporting a mysterious young refugee named Laura (Keen) across the Canadian border; someone who a group of government supervillains have an unhealthy interest in.
REVIEW: Christine (2017)
Based on the true story of 1970’s Sarasota news reporter, Christine Chubbuck (Hall), Campos’ film follows the life of the 29-year old titular character as she struggles with disagreements at work, career progression, health issues, and unrequited love, before killing herself live on television.
REVIEW: Moonlight (2017)
Following the life of Chiron as boy (Hibbert), teen (Sanders), and man (Rhodes), Moonlight depicts the trials, tribulations and truths of a troubled existence and the struggles of identity.
REVIEW: Fences (2017)
Set in 1950’s Pittsburgh, garbage collector Troy Maxson (Washington) struggles with a stagnating marriage to Rose (Davis), as his past shortcomings and regrets also begin to strain his relationship with his talented teenage son (Adepo).
REVIEW: Toni Erdmann (2017)
Following the death of his dog, divorced Piano teacher and full-time practical joker, Winfried Conradi (Simonischek), ventures to Bucharest under the guise of alter-ego Toni Erdmann in the hope of reconnecting with his estranged daughter (Hüller), who is struggling with the demands of her hectic work life.
REVIEW: Gold (2017)
After running his father’s mining business into the ground, Kenny Wells (McConaughey) teams up with struggling geologist Michael Acosta (Ramírez) in the hope of striking gold in the dense jungles of Indonesia. But it soon becomes apparent that this true rags to riches story might just have more rags than riches.
REVIEW: T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Having lived in Amsterdam since the events of the first film, Mark Renton (McGregor) finally returns to Edinburgh to reconnect with old friends Sick Boy (Miller) and Spud (Bremner). In an attempt to patch things up, he and Sick Boy embark on a joint business venture with the latter's girlfriend (Anjela Nedyalkova); all the while, the psychotic Begbie (Carlyle) escapes from prison and seeks revenge.
REVIEW: Split (2017)
After being abducted in a car park, teenagers Casey (Taylor-Joy), Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) soon realise that their kidnapper, Kevin (McAvoy) is far from ordinary. He is in fact, 23 different personalities in one, and with the imminent arrival of feared personality number 24, Casey must play the egos off against one another in a bid for survival.