A CALL TO SPY Review: It is the beginning of WWII and Winston Churchill orders his new spy agency called Special Operations Executive to recruit and train women… Read more “A Call to Spy”
Category: Biography
Vita and Virginia
VITA AND VIRGINIA Review: A true story about the love affair between writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Director: Chanya Button Actors: Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini,… Read more “Vita and Virginia”
The Dig
THE DIG Review: Basil Brown, an archaeologist, sets out to excavate the Sutton Hoo in 1938. Director: Simon Stone Actors: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Danny… Read more “The Dig”
BlacKkKlansman
BLACKKKLANSMAN Review: Based on a true story, Ron Stallworth is the first African American police officer from Colorado Springs who runs an undercover investigation into the Ku… Read more “BlacKkKlansman”
Mank
MANK Review: A biopic drama in which screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941). Director: David Fincher Actors: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried,… Read more “Mank”
Sergio
SERGIO Review: A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, where a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,… Read more “Sergio”
A Hidden Life
A HIDDEN LIFE Review: Based on real events, Austrian peasant farmer Franz Jagerstatter, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Director: Terrence Malick Actors: August… Read more “A Hidden Life”
Just Mercy
JUST MERCY Review: A world-renowned civil rights defence lawyer Bryan Stevenson works to free death row inmates, and campaigns for a wrongfully convicted man to be granted… Read more “Just Mercy”
Tolkien
TOLKIEN Review: A British biopic drama which explores the formative years of the author J.R.R. Tolkien in which he finds friendship, love and also artistic inspiration among a… Read more “Tolkien”
Judy
JUDY Review: Thirty years after starring in “The Wizard of Oz” the actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London in 1968 to perform a series of… Read more “Judy”