"Aquaman" (2018) Action Running Time: 143 minutes Written by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall Directed by: James Wan Featuring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman Arthur Curry:"My father was a lighthouse keeper. My mother was a queen. But life has a way of bringing people together. They made me what I am." Critical Commentary: …
"Bumblebee" (2018) Sci-Fi/Action Running Time: 113 minutes Written by: Christina Hodson Directed by: Travis Knight Featuring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Dylan O'Brien, Peter Cullen, Angela Bassett and Justin Theroux Optimus Prime: "Bumblebee, our war rages on. You must protect Earth, and its people." Critical Commentary: This week sees the release of the latest entry into the "Transformers" (2007-present) franchise …
"Mortal Engines" (2018) Fantasy/Young Adult Running Time: 128 minutes Written by: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson Directed by: Christian Rivers Featuring: Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide and Stephen Lang Chudleigh Pomeroy:"Sixty minutes is all it took to bring humanity to the very brink of extinction. Mankind mobilized, a new age arose. The Age of …
"Climax" (2018) Drama/Horror/Thriller Running Time: 96 minutes Written and Directed by: Gaspar Noé Featuring: Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile,Roman Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Claude Gajan Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle,Thea Carla Schøtt Title Card:"Death is an extraordinary experience." The latest film from Argentinian (somewhat surrealist) director Gaspar Noé is released on DVD this month, that being the …
"Destination Wedding" (2018) Comedy Running Time: 85 minutes Written and Directed by: Victor Levin Featuring: Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves Lindsay:"Why didn't we meet seven years ago?" Frank:"Just lucky I guess." "Destination Wedding" (2018) released this month on DVD is an unusual movie, a romantic comedy featuring two stars of the past reunited onscreen after twenty years, last …
"Born Racer" (2018) Documentary Running Time: 88 minutes Directed by: Bryn Evans Featuring: Scott Dixon, Emma Davies-Dixon and Kenny Szymanski Emma Davies-Dixon:"...unless he's going really fast, he doesn't feel alive." Released this month on DVD is the documentary "Born Racer" (2018) based mostly around New Zealand born car racer Scott Dixon who now makes his …
"Unbroken: Path to Redemption" (2018) Drama Running Time: 98 minutes Written by: Richard Friedenberg and Ken Hixon Directed by: Harold Cronk Featuring: Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Vincenzo Amato, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Bobby Campo, Bob Gunton, Maddalena Ischiale, David Sakurai and Gary Cole Released this month on DVD is a movie, "Unbroken: Path to Redemption" (2018) that is, at first glance an oddity as …
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"Bad Times at the El Royale" (2018) Thriller/Action Running Time: 141 minutes Written & directed by: Drew Goddard Featuring: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman and Chris Hemsworth Miles Miller:[to Father Flynn] "This is not a place for a priest, Father. You shouldn't be here." Laramie Seymour Sullivan:"We might need to work on your sales pitch, …
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"Doctor Who - Season 11 Television/Sci-Fi Ten Episodes Produced by: Chris Chibnall Featuring: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, and Mandip Gill Tim Shaw: "Who are you?" The Doctor: "I'm glad you asked that again. Bit of adrenaline, dash of outrage, and a hint of panic knitted my brain back together. I know exactly who I am! …
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"Widows" (2018) Drama/Thriller Running Time: 129 minutes Written by: Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen Directed by: Steve McQueen Featuring: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson Veronica:[to her gang] "Now the best thing we have going for us, is being who we are." Alice: "Why?" Veronica: "Because no-one thinks we have …
"Billionaire Boys Club" (2018) Drama/Thriller Running Time: 108 minutes Written by: James Cox and Captain Mauzner Directed by: James Cox Featuring: Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Kevin Spacey, Emma Roberts, Jeremy Irvine, Thomas Cocquerel, Rosanna Arquette, Cary Elwes and Judd Nelson Ron Levin:"There are only 17 Bullas on the entire planet, and every single one of them... is locked in a museum." "There are only 17 …
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"The Professionals" (1977-1983) Television/Drama Five Seasons / Fifty-Seven Episodes Created by: Brian Clemens Featuring: Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson George Cowley: "Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the army, the police, from every service - these are The Professionals." Released this month on DVD is …
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“The Cloverfield Paradox” (2018) Sci-Fi/Horror Running Time: 102 minutes Written by: Oren Uziel and Doug Jung Directed by: Julius Onah Featuring: Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, and Zhang Ziyi Mundy: "That's my fucking arm!" In this modern age can a movie still be surprising, when there is twenty four hour coverage of behind the …
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"Studio 54: The Documentary" (2018) Documentary Running Time: 98 minutes Directed by: Matt Tyrnauer Featuring: Ian Schragerand Steve Rubell Andy Warhol:"The key of the success of Studio 54 is that it’s a dictatorship at the door and a democracy on the dance floor." This week sees the release of yet another documentary on DVD, the rather unimaginatively titled, …
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"Old Man & the Gun" (2018) Drama Running Time: 93 minutes Written & Directed by: David Lowery Featuring: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Tom Waits and Sissy Spacek Forrest Tucker:"Let's take this place. Say it was a bank and say that counter up there was really a tellers window and you just walk in, look calm and so you just …
"A Discovery of Witches – Season One" (2018) Television/Drama/Fantasy Eight Episodes Created by: Deborah Harkness Featuring: Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford Matthew Clairmont: "Once the world was full of wonders, but it belongs to the humans now. We, creatures, have all but disappeared. Daemons... vampires... witches... hiding in plain sight. …
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"Hunter Killer" (2018) Drama/Thriller Running Time: 121 minutes Written by: Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss Directed by: Donovan Marsh Featuring: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Michael Nyqvist, Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens Captain Joe Glass: "I would like to take one last breath before we go under. You never know what it's gonna be like when you come up." This month sees the …
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“Dark Crimes" (2018) Thriller Running Time: 92 minutes Written by: Jeremy Brock Directed by: Alexandros Avranas Featuring: Jim Carrey, Agata Kulesza, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kati Outinen, Zbigniew Zamachowski and Marton Csokas Kozlow: “The river has an end and a beginning.” There is undoubtedly a dark side to Jim Carrey's professional and personal persona, which has never been fully explored on film, although he …
"First Man" (2018) Drama Running Time: 141 minutes Written by: Josh Singer Directed by: Damien Chazelle Featuring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, and Lukas Haas Neil Armstrong: "I don't know what space exploration will uncover, but I don't think it'll be exploration just for the sake of exploration. I think it'll be more the fact that …
"The House with a Clock in Its Walls" (2018) Fantasy/Young Adult Running Time: 105 minutes Written by: Eric Kripke based on the book by John Bellairs Directed by: Eli Roth Featuring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett and Owen Vaccaro Jonathan Barnavelt:"There's a clock in the walls. We don't know what it does, except... something horrible." The new fantasy young adult …
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