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Kong: Skull Island
Meet the new Kong! It’s 1973 and the Vietnam War is coming to an end. Facing redundancy, army scientist Bill Randa (John Goodman) convinces his superiors to let him lead a geology expedition to an uncharted island in the South Pacific. He gets his crew together: soldiers led by Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson), […]
Alone in Berlin
With Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson heading up the cast, I had high hopes for Alone in Berlin. It’s based on the highly praised 1947 novel by Hans Fallada, which has only recently been translated into English, apparently based on the story of a real life couple.
Hell Or High Water Dir: David Makenzie
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham Just in time for Oscar season, Hell Or High Water has been released on DVD/Blu-Ray. If you missed this little gem on its cinematic release, make sure you take this opportunity to see it now.
T2 Trainspotting – Dir: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle T2 Trainspotting, the sequel to the ground-breaking 1996 film, got a preview screening last night at Auckland’s Broadway Newmarket Cinema. Along with a bevy of local “celebrities”, director Danny Boyle was on hand to say a few words before the film rolled.
Patriots Day
Director: Peter Berg 15th of April 2013 was a perfect spring day in Boston, Massachusetts – Patriots Day – honouring the first battles of the American Revolution and the day of the annual Boston Marathon. And the day chosen by the Chechen-refugee Tsarnaev brothers, Tamerlan (Themo Melikidze) and Dzhokar (Alex Wolff) as the date of […]
Split
Director M Night Shayamalan M Night Shyamalan has returned, sending shudders down the spines of those who have been subjected to the bulk of his previous outings like The Last Airbender (2010,) The Village (2004) and Signs (2002.) Astonishingly, he has redeemed himself with Split. Split is the story of Kevin (James McAvoy,) a man […]
Live by Night
Director: Ben Affleck 2 Stars Ben Affleck wrote, directed and stars in this unrestrained, out of control mess of a movie set in prohibition era Boston and Florida. An ambitious effort – it takes on both Irish and Italian gangster cultures, racism and the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacy, southern ignorance, immigration, drugs and alcohol, […]
Manchester By the Sea
Most mistakes can be fixed, apologised for or forgotten. Some change our lives completely and forever. Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a thirty-something janitor living in a tiny basement flat in Boston. He works hard and seems capable, but can’t get along with anyone. He drinks alone and is prone to throwing a fist if […]
Hidden Figures
Based on the true story of a team of African American women working for NASA in the early 1960s, Hidden Figures focuses on three women who individually and collectively broke down the racial divide and were some of the key players in getting the US manned space programme literally off the ground. Back before there […]