A former revolutionary, who has spent the last 16 years vegetating in hiding, is forced to get off his couch in order to find his missing daughter, while also avoiding the government forces that are hunting them both. Following his very separate desires to adapt Thomas Pynchon's Vineland , and to make an action movie, Paul Thomas Anderson has somehow combined the two, and in the process created something quite brilliant. One Battle After Another  is, for the most part, exactly what the title suggests; with many of the movie's main characters battling their way through a series of obstacles and challenges. And yet it is so much more. The movie has a lot to say about immigration policy in present day USA, and battling oppression. But at its heart it is the story of two peoples' fight for survival, and a father's desperate attempts - no matter how comical - to find his daughter. The whole thing is set in this crazy alternate world, but one not too different from our own. I...

Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters), the grandson of the man who once stole the work of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has found a way to bring that which he creates on the Grid into the real world. This includes his Main Control security program; Ares (Jared Leto). The only problem is, he can only keep them here for 29 minutes. Legend has it that Flynn once discovered the key to "permanence", and now it's a race between Dillinger and Eve Kim (Greta Lee), new CEO of Encom, to find it. In many ways TRON: Ares  is exactly what you'd expect of a sequel to the 1982 cult classic. A story about big tech, light cycles, and life within the computer world of 'The Grid', that loosely links to what has come before. This seems to be the tradition that all must adhere to when carrying on the story of Flynn. There are, of course, many call-backs and references to both TRON and TRON: Legacy . But TRON: Ares  is not a direct sequel to either, although some of those not so subtle cal...

Nick Davies (David Tennant), a freelance journalist for The Guardian , investigates the use of phone hacking by the News of the World and The Sun  newspapers. While Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook (Robert Carlyle) re-investigates the 1987 murder of Daniel Morgan, one of the Metropolitan Police Service's more troublesome unsolved cases, and one with links to the hacking scandal. The hacking scandal is one of those stories that gripped all of the UK, with equal parts fascination and outrage. Not only were the practices outrageous, so were the lengths that a certain few went to in order to cover them up. That is what Nick Davies found himself up against when he received a tip from an anonymous source as to the scale of the illicit operation being run by the News of the World . He was the first to report on the story, and The Hack  captures what an uphill struggle it was for him to force it into the light. All of which makes him the perfect person - through David Tennant...

A bunch of mercenaries - and one civilian - find themselves working together after they are all betrayed by the same person. It’s a journey that forces them to examine their own misdeeds as much as those of the people they’re going after. They just have to stay alive long enough to expose this major conspiracy, and convince the powers that be that, on this occasion, they’re not the bad guys. On the face of it, Thunderbolts*  is a typical Marvel  team-up movie. A bunch of super people, who don't get along, are forced to team up in order to save the world, or at least New York. Only this time the super people aren't exactly the cream of the crop. They're not even the B team. In fact, they're probably the last people you'd want to call, unless you're planning something illegal, that is. And even then you wouldn't want them working together. These lone wolves certainly don't play well with others. Which makes it all the more hilarious to watch them try. Yes,...

The tale of two mob bosses; Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) and Vito Genovese (Robert De Niro). Childhood friends, they rose through the ranks of New York organised crime together. But their differing views led to an intense rivalry. One that exploded into violence in 1957, when Vito tried to have Frank killed. Over 25 years ago, Robert De Niro starred in Analyze This , a gangster comedy that referenced the infamous 'Apalachin Meeting'. This was a gathering of mafia bosses from across the US and beyond, famously stumbled upon by New York State Troopers. Now he's back to tell the real story. For the most part it is a fairly standard gangster tale of friendships, rivalries, extreme violence, big cars, and whisperings between some rather animated men in clubs ranging from the somewhat dingy - the movie is named for one such club - to the incredibly fancy. Only this story is told in much the same way your grandfather reminisces about his life... that is, if your grandfather was...

During an epidemic in which people high on bath salts are turning into zombie-like creatures, eating the legs off of any unsuspecting victim, the residents of one apartment complex face their own private hell. It's not safe outside, and it's not much better inside, thanks to the world's most tyrannical landlady. Liz Topham-Myrtle (Brian Patrick Butler) lords it over her tenants, and if any should step out of line she is quick to lash out with extreme punishment. But how long can her reign of terror go on before someone decides it might just be easier to get rid of her? Have you ever watched a movie only to be left wondering what it is that you've just watched? That is the essence of Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea . It is a gross and extreme horror comedy that seems to have something to say about our society. With memories of the pandemic, and lockdown still fairly fresh, there is something strangely familiar about this sordid escapade. You might even find yo...

In the last few years dinosaurs have found it increasingly difficult to survive in the modern day environment. Most of those still with us exist in parts of the world close to the equator. Areas that are now highly restricted. But when it's discovered that the DNA of some species could hold the key to some serious medical advancements, a pharmaceutical executive hires a team of mercenaries to retrieve the necessary samples. This involves travelling to a remote island that was once home to an InGen facility responsible for developing some of their hybrid species. I'm not going to lie, when I first heard they were developing yet another Jurassic World  movie, my initial reaction may not have been all that positive. Which is probably not a surprise given the general reaction to Jurassic World: Dominion . However, it seems this dino franchise still has a few surprises left up its sleeve. Rebirth  may not be able to raise things back to Jurassic Park  levels, but it's def...

Sixty-five million years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Then in 1993 Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton, along with a few others, brought them back to life. With Jurassic Park , Spielberg did for dinosaurs, what he did for sharks back in 1975. In so doing, the master director added yet another blockbuster hit to his incredible filmography, and created a franchise as giant as the ancient creatures that inspired it. Ever since it arrived in cinemas, Jurassic Park has held the coveted title of OG dinosaur movie. Many have tried to nock it off the top spot - including all the JP / JW sequels that followed it - but none have succeeded. And it's easy to see why. The perfect blend of wonder, humour and horror, it is both an awe-inspiring monster/disaster movie and the perfect metaphor for man's destructive ambitions - our tendency to leap without looking, or even thinking. Which is why Spielberg is able to keep us waiting for the big dinosaur sequences, as he unravels this tragi...