“Tin Star” (2017) Drama 10 Episodes Produced & Created by: Rowan Joffe Featuring: Tim Roth, Christina Hendricks, Leanne Best, Christopher Heyerdahl, Roark Critchlow Episodes: Fun and (S)Laughter Directed by: Rowan Joffe; Cinematographer: Dale McCready The Kid Directed by: Marc Jobst; Cinematographer: Paul Sarossy Comfort of Strangers Directed by: Alice Troughton; Cinematographer: Dale McCready Jack Directed by: Marc Jobst; Cinematographer: …
“Transformers: The Last Knight" (2017) Sci-Fi/Action Running Time: 149 minutes Written by: Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan Directed by: Michael Bay Featuring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins and John Turturro Sir Edmund Burton: “It started as a legend, one of the greatest of all... For a thousand years, we’ve kept it …
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“Gerald’s Game" (2017) Horror/Thriller Running Time: 103 minutes Written and Directed by: Mike Flanagan Featuring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood. Henry Thomas Gerald: “Isn't this why we came up here? To spice things up and try and push the boundaries.” Mike Flanagan the writer/director of “Gerald’s Game” (2017) the latest Stephen King adaptation to hit screens this …
“Delicious” (2017) TV Series Episodes: Four Created by: Dan Sefton Featuring: Dawn French, Emilia Fox, Iain Glen, Sheila Hancock Dawn French: “This is Cornwall – there are no secrets.” These days cooking and comedy go together so well that it’s easy to forget when shows about cooking were relegated to Saturday and Sunday afternoons with …
"A Ghost Story" (2017) Drama Written and Directed by: David Lowery Featuring: Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara Houseguest: “We build our legacy piece by piece and maybe the whole world will remember you or maybe just a couple of people, but you do what you can to make sure you're still around after you're gone.” It can …
"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" (2017) Action/Comedy/Thriller Written by: Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn Directed by: Matthew Vaughn Featuring: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Edward Holcroft, Sophie Cookson, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal, Elton John, Channing Tatum and Jeff Bridges Whiskey: “Manners... maketh... man. Want me to translate that for ya?” Unsurprisingly after the hit that was “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2015) comes a …
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"Adult Life Skills" (2016) Comedy/Drama Written & Directed by: Rachel Tunnard Featuring: Jodie Whittaker, Ozzy Myers, Brett Goldstein, Alice Lowe, Lorraine Ashbourne, Eileen Davies, Edward Hogg, Rachael Deering Brendan: “I am not Gay. Why does eberyone think I am Gay?” It’s remarkable the seeming ease that the British Film Industry is able to produce great …
“The Frozen Dead” (2017) TV Series/Drama/Thriller Episodes: Six Created by: Gérard Carré , Pascal Chaumeil and Caroline Van Ruymbeke Featuring: Charles Berling, Julia Piaton, Pascal Greggory It is fair to say that television crime dramas, in particular foreign language crime dramas are now a dime a dozen, they exist in almost every language covering a variety of normally brutal and …
“Personal Shopper” (2016) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert Maureen: “My twin brother, Louis, died here. It's been 95 days. We made this oath. Whoever died first would send the …
“Spookers” (2017) Documentary Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: Veronica Gleeson, Peter O'Donoghue and Florian Habicht Directed by: Florian Habicht Florian Habicht: “...I held a workshop with some of the actors and asked them to write down their dreams and nightmares on bits of paper. We ended up scripting these dreams which they acted out as dramatic …
“The Mummy” (2017) Thriller/Action Running Time: 107 minutes Written by: Ben David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie, and Dylan Kussman Directed by: Alex Kurtzman Featuring: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Marwan Kenzari, and Russell Crowe Jenny Halsey: You are a good man. Nick Morton: You don't know that. Jenny Halsey: Yes, I do. There's good man inside of you …
Stephen King created characters who believe everything that children believe, yet not. They don’t believe in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, but when the lights are out, they still think something’s under the bed. Through their fears and individual experiences, they come together to form the Losers’ Club. This film is not your standard …
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“It” (2017) Horror Running Time: 135 minutes Written by: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman Directed by: Andy Muschietti Featuring: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton and Jackson Robert Scott Ben Hanscom: “Derry is not like any town I've been in before. People die or disappear, six …
“Baywatch” (2017) Action/Comedy Running Time: 116 minutes Written by: Mark Swift & Damian Shannon Directed by: Seth Gordon Featuring: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass and Ilfenesh Hadera Mitch Buchannon: “Welcome to Baywatch. Our team is the elite of the elite. We’re the heart and soul of this very beach. We protect when other people don’t want …
“Narcos – Season Two” (2015-) Drama, Television Series, Action, Thriller Episodes: 10 Created by: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Chris Brancato Featuring: Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Paulina Gaitan, Juan Murcia Pablo Escobar: “Geniuses are always branded as crazy.” Yet another excellent Netflix show makes it ways onto Blu-ray and DVD this month and like …
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“Defenders” (2017) TV Series/Drama/Action Episodes: 8 Created by: Douglas Petrie & Marco Ramirez Featuring: Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Eka Darville, Elden Henson, Jessica Henwick, Simone Missick, Ramon Rodriguez, Rachael Taylor, Deborah Ann Woll, Élodie Yung, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn and Sigourney Weaver Danny Rand: “I'm the immortal Iron Fist.” Luke Cage: “You're what?” Claire …
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“Free Fire” (2017) Comedy/Thriller/Action Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump Directed by: Ben Wheatley Featuring: Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley and Noah Taylor Harry: “Hey, I like your cardboard armor.“ Vernon: “It's protection from infection.” It has been eight years since Ben Wheatley made his debut as …
“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” (2017) Action Running Time: 126 minutes Written & Directed by: Guy Ritchie Featuring: Charlie Hunnam, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Jude Law and Eric Bana King Arthur: “I'm not getting drawn into this mess! There's an army of you, there's only one of me! I'll talk, I'm happy to talk. But there is …
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“Icarus” (2017) Documentary Running Time: 121 minutes Directed by: Bryan Fogel Featuring: Bryan Fogel Tagline: “Truth is the new banned substance.” Since the advent of reality television there have been more documentaries made about people’s lives than ever before, but it was not until the 2004 documentary “Super Size Me” (2004) directed by Morgan Spurlock …
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ” (2017) Science Fiction/Fantasy Running Time: 137 minutes Written & Directed by: Luc Besson Featuring: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, and Rutger Hauer Doghan-Dagui: “We know how humans work. They are all so predictable.” Sergeant Laureline: “Clearly, you have never met a woman.” There are very few …
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