Movies

A “masterpiece” historic drama with a 99% Rotten Tomatoes score will only be streaming on the BBC for another month. Centred around the Mangrove restaurant, a community hub run by Frank Crichlow, the two-hour film explores how a local safe space became the focus of racial tension, police brutality, and …

As a newly found thriller lover, I have found myself trolling through various horrors in the lead up to Halloween. But there is one film I believe to be the greatest thriller of them all, and it might surprise you. The film in question was released in 2009 and features …

It’s been a great year for film, but it is by no means over yet. There have been many incredible releases from the likes of Steve to Celine Song’s Materialists. Alongside new releases, I have been working my way through an ever-growing watchlist and have discovered some hidden gems, such as …

An Oscar-winning movie musical with a star-studded cast is coming to Netflix this month. Moulin Rouge!, a jukebox musical set in Paris, France, came out to great fanfare in 2001. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the romantic drama tells the story of an English poet, Christian, who falls in love with …

The best World War 2 movie has been named and it’s not a famous title like Saving Private Ryan. Instead, it’s a flick from decades ago that apparently puts other war movies to shame. War movies have remained a popular genre for film buffs, enjoyed in cinemas and at home …

Back in 1949, Ealing Studios released their comedy classic Whisky Galore! starring Basil Redford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. Scottish islanders off the coast of the Outer Hebrides have run out of whisky due to wartime rationing. However, they are overjoyed to discover that the SS Politician has …

A mind-bending sci-fi thriller is hailed by fans as an “underrated masterpiece” that will have you “second guessing” throughout. Coherence (2013) tells the story of four couples who are having a dinner party the night that a passing comet coincides with unsettling distortions of time and space. It features an …

A thriller starring Tom Cruise hailed by one fan as “the best movie ever” has returned to Netflix. Jack Reacher (2012) follows the adventures of the titular US Army Major Military Police investigator (Cruise) who has walked away from the service, becoming a drifter. But he’s drawn back into the …

The suave Sir Sean Connery often tops polls of the greatest James Bond stars, while Sir Roger Moore isn’t taken as seriously because of his camp, tongue-in-cheek adventures. Yet a new study by the Freeview channel Great Action surveying 2000 UK fans has found that young Brits prefer Moore’s 007 …

One film fan who has seen 3400 films says there’s one that’s a must-watch. The man, who posts on an account under the name of @sethsfilmreviews, says out of the thousands of films he has watched, there’s only a select few which get a perfect 10 out of 10 rating. …