My usual round-up of film recommendations for this coming month.
The Critic: Film Review
Feared theatre critic Jimmy Erskine hatches a blackmail plot with an actress when he risks losing his job.
Widow Clicquot: Film Review
Haley Bennett plays the brains behind the Veuve Clicquot Champagne house in this biopic.
Road House (2024): Film Review
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a former UFC fighter who is hired to be the bouncer of a rowdy Florida bar.
Oppenheimer: Film Review
Cillian Murphy portrays the “father of the atomic bomb”, J. Robert Oppenheimer, in Christopher Nolan’s latest.
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie – Film Review
This moving and inspiring documentary charts the highs and lows in Michael J. Fox’s career and private life.
Succession S4 floors everybody with shocking episode 3 reveal
Succession just dropped the best TV episode of 2023 and I’m still processing the shocking reveal.
You: Please let season four be the last
I am fed up that Joe Goldberg keeps getting away with his behaviour for four seasons now.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody: Film Review
Naomie Ackie plays iconic singer Whitney Houston in Kasi Lemmons’ celebratory biopic.
Violent Night: Film Review
Santa Claus unlocks John Wick mode when a heist goes down at the mansion he’s visiting.
Minions: The Rise of Gru – Film Review
The small yellow creatures try to help wannabe villain Gru become a member of the Vicious 6.
The Souvenir: Part II – Film Review
Julie channels her grief over Anthony’s death by making her graduation film about their troubled relationship.