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Black Widow (M) - 134 minutes
Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow’s familial bonds are the subject of the film that bears her name. It is 1995 in Ohio and a mother, Melina...
Alex First
Jul 8, 20212 min read


The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - 112 minutes
A compelling spiritual horror thriller, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It continues the Warrens’ journey into the occult, with...
Alex First
Jun 14, 20212 min read


In the Heights (PG) - 143 minutes
Making a go of it against the odds. That, in short, is the essence of In the Heights, a feel good musical based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s...
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Jun 12, 20212 min read


Spirit Untamed (G) - 88 minutes
A charming and colourful animation, DreamWorks’ Spirit Untamed is about a feisty 13-year-old girl and an equally uppity wild horse. The...
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Jun 4, 20212 min read


Breaking News in Yuba County (MA) - 96 minutes
A low-rent comedy, Breaking News in Yuba County fails to ignite. Married for 30 years and working in a menial job, the awkward Sue...
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Jun 3, 20212 min read


Cruella (PG) - 134 minutes
Wow! What a ripping good, most entertaining, magnificently realised origin story. It is clever, funny and sassy. A family comedy turned...
Alex First
May 30, 20213 min read


A Quiet Place Part II (M) - 98 minutes
The wait has been well and truly worth it. The outbreak of COIVD-19 significantly delayed the release of A Quiet Place Part II and it is...
Alex First
May 27, 20213 min read


King Otto (G) - 81 minutes
A scorned laughing stock and rank underdogs become European champions thanks in significant part to an outsider. This documentary is...
Alex First
May 25, 20212 min read


Land (M) - 89 minutes
Coping with extreme loss when there is no relief or solace is at the heart of a sensitive new film starring Robin Wright (in her first...
Alex First
Apr 29, 20212 min read


Six Minutes to Midnight (M) - 100 minutes
Who would have thought that on the cusp of WWII there was an English finishing school whose primary focus was teaching German students?...
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Apr 27, 20213 min read


Voyagers (MA) - 108 minutes
Lord of the Flies set in the not too distant future, but without the impact. That, in a nutshell, is Voyagers. The concept is not new. It...
Alex First
Apr 9, 20212 min read


Antoinette in the Cévennes (M) - 96 minutes
Passionate, Antoinette Lapouge (Laure Calamy) is a bundle of energy. She teaches grade five and is having an affair with Vladimir Loubier...
Alex First
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Collective (MA) - 109 minutes
Graft and corruption of a magnitude the likes of which I haven’t seen. That is the subject of an astounding Romanian documentary. The...
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Apr 2, 20212 min read


The Father (M) - 97 minutes
Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) is an elderly man – formerly an engineer – living in his daughter Anne’s (Olivia Colman) London apartment. Only...
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Apr 2, 20212 min read


Tom & Jerry (G) - 101 minutes
One of the most ostentatious weddings in the long and storied history of arguably New York’s finest hotel ... and Tom and Jerry at each...
Alex First
Apr 2, 20212 min read


Nobody (MA) - 92 minutes
Vengeance. Hyper-violent action. Tongue-in-cheek humour. The unexpected. And a ripping soundtrack. That is what awaits those that venture...
Alex First
Apr 2, 20213 min read


The Courier (M) - 111 minutes
The Cold War is alive and well and the Cuban Missile Crisis is about to happen in the tense thriller The Courier. Based upon fact, it...
Alex First
Apr 2, 20212 min read


French Exit (M) - 113 minutes
Michelle Pfeiffer – a love story. That is, I love seeing her dominate on the big screen. And that she does in a decidedly quirky tale,...
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Mar 20, 20213 min read


Then Came You (M) - 98 minutes
A steady stream of mum and dad jokes lay the foundations for this predictable rom com, written and starring Kathie Lee Gifford. Depending...
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Mar 13, 20212 min read


Judas and the Black Messiah (MA) - 125 minutes
The incendiary story of the charismatic head of the revolutionary Illinois Black Panther movement and the snitch who trailed him is...
Alex First
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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