movie monday

Ahhh, Scotland. Home to rolling hills, colourful cities and stunning landscapes, it’s a fine example of what it means to be privileged with the great outdoors. But not for everyone. Meet Renton (Ewan McGregor), SickBoy (Jonny Lee…

Considered to be Quentin Tarintino’s finest film to date, Pulp Fiction has since become an international cult favourite that still dominates the cinematic landscape to this day.  Deliciously noir and darkly entertaining, the film chronicles…

A deliciously British comedy-drama is the perfect recipe for a feel-good film. Mix in eight hopeful Oxbridge adolescents, three teachers and one school that is determined to see their history department become famous for admitting some of…

Withnail and I, stunningly British in every way and an iconic representation of the lives of two struggling actors, desperate for their big break. Set in Camden Town in 1969, Withnail (Richard E Grant) and ‘I’ (Paul McGann), a pair of…

Starring:  Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt Synopsis: After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious life-form,…

Starring: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette Summary: After a group of teenage thieves found out an old blind man is sitting on a pot of gold, they decide to break into his house for an easy reward. However, the tables turn and this…

Starring: Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Samuel L.Jackson, Scarlett Johansson Synopsis: After the events in New York with his fellow Avengers, Steve Rogers/Captain America lives in the nation's capital as he tries to adjust…

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson and Amy Adams. Synopsis: Set in a futuristic Los Angeles, Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) a lonely card writer, is reluctant to face the final stages of his divorce, and as a result, finds…

Revolutionary Road wasn't a film that I would have typically watched at the age of 13 when it was released. However, I had an undying love for Leonardo DiCaprio at the time and profusely pleaded with my mother to allow me to go see it. Of…

Starring: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried Summary: Josh (Stiller) and Cornelia (Watts) are a married couple who both seem to have hit a mid life crisis, unable to find fun or even meaning to their lives they…

Starring: Ben Schnetzer, Joseph Gilgun, Faye Marsay, George MacKay, Bill Nighy, Imelda Stauton, Paddy Considine Summary: It’s 1984, and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), led by Arthur Scargill, has called a strike against the…

Starring: Jason Momoa, Lisa Bonet, Timothy V.Murphy Synopsis: After avenging his mother by brutally murdering her rapist, Robert Wolf (mostly known as just 'Wolf') is on the run from the FBI lead by a stone hard agent called Williams,…

Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker and Lisanne Falk Synopsis: This 1988 black comedy follows the maniacal plot of two teenage lovers, as they try to rid themselves of their most popular and ostentatious…

Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Synopsis: Unbreakable is the most epic indie film you will ever see, after David Dunn (Willis) survives a horrendous accident he is told repeatedly by Elijah Price (Jackson) to…

Starring: Orlando Bloom, Michael Peña, Riley Keough Synopsis: Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is a young doctor, who desperately seeks the respect and admiration that he wrongly assumed came with the job. When Diane Nixon (Riley Keough)…