Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame is the last in this series and what an exit! You may remember the Avengers: Infinity War massacre – Thanos destroyed the planet, wiped out half the superheroes and its inhabitants. Endgame’s aftermath is sombre indeed. The surviving heroes are in mourning and at their weakest. And Thanos is returning to finish the job. If this sounds… View Post
Robert Pattinson’s four years into a space mission in High Life. He cares for his baby daughter, tries to wipe earth form his mind and oversees a crew of ex-death row inmates; they’re on a face-saving mission to lasso energy from black holes out there. Auteur Claire Denis’ nightmarish tale of this cursed undertaking begins innocently enough as Pattinson’s captain… View Post
The young adult fiction novel series After has a fascinating genesis and a built-in audience of superfans. Anna Todd’s decision to write a teen romance and bypass regular publishing houses via the Canadian social media app Wattpad resulted in sweet success. Her reworking of the traditional teen romdram to be more authentic is a major hit, four books, 1.5 billion… View Post
Acorn TV’s fem-tastic New Series Queens of Mystery is a treat. The Stone sisters, three fifty-plus renowned murder mystery authors live in the seemingly charming English village of Wildemarsh. Its gardens, smiling citizens and peace is suddenly dashed by the murder of a famous author – and an agent. The Stones’ 28-year-old niece has just moved to Wildemarsh to join… View Post
Hungarian director László Nemes follows his Oscar-winning debut feature Son of Saul with a challenging pre-WWI story set in Budapest and Vienna, Sunset takes place at the height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s prominence, in a prestigious women’s hat store with connections to royalty. Irisz (Juli Jakab) the legal heir to the Leiter fortune and store which thrives again following a… View Post
There are few things we purchase in life that hold more meaning to us than travel. When we purchase a vacation we are buying memories, connection, and experience. Those feelings simply don’t appear when you’re buying toilet paper at a local box store. It’s only natural then, that if things go wrong on our vacation, we seek to hold someone… View Post