The Light Between Oceans is heart-breaking in its depiction of love, family and loss. It opens with the blissful encounter between the war-wearied Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) and the sparkling beauty Isabel Graysmark (Alicia Vikander), who saves Tom from his slow retreat into isolation and obscurity. Portraying an idealistic life on the secluded Janus Rock, Tom […]
Starfish is the story of a man ripped apart inside and out who, like a starfish, grows back that which he has lost. The film begins, with a stay at home father Tom Ray (Tom Riley) doting on his young first-born Grace (Ellie Copping); telling her about how magical starfishes are and their ability to […]
Queen of Katwe is a film that slowly reels in your heart, if not simply for the innocence and integrity of its heroine Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga). On the surface it is a story of an underdog chess prodigy, however the story soon evolves, foregrounding the fierce love of a mother in Nakku Harriet (Lupita […]
American Honey is a tale in which its ironically sweet, innocent title haunts its tragic lead in Star (Sasha Lane), however it is through these contradictions that the film flourishes. We meet our heroine in a Walmart car park whereupon she stumbles upon the clan of misfits selling door to door magazines. Jake (Shia LaBeouf) […]