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Ladder 49

Plot Jack Morrison (Phoenix) is a seasoned firefighter in the heart of Baltimore. In a horrendous fire, he is severely injured, and flashes back to moments in his career, and life; from starting as a firefighter, meeting his wife and having children, and several devastating events during his career. Direction Some great action sequences, as…
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The Guilty

Plot Joe Baylor (Gyllenhaal) is a desk bound former street cop, now a 911 dispatcher. On an evening in LA when a bushfire is raging, a woman (Keough) calls through. She has been abducted, and Joe must talk her though her ordeal – meanwhile navigating with his in-house co-workers, those on the road trying to…
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Drive

Dir Nicolas Winding Refn Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks. Plot A young man (Gosling) works as a stunt driver, as well as for a mechanic Shannon (Cranston). He also moonlights as a getaway driver for goons. He befriends a new neighbour, Irene (Mulligan) and her son…
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Jurassic World Dominion

Dir Colin Trevorrow Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, BD Wong, Campbell Scott. Plot Four years since the events of the previous film; Owen and Claire now live in isolation with Maise to keep her safe, but both still work trying to protect dinosaurs. A business ceo (Scott) wants Maise…
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Erin Brockovich

Dir Steven Soderberg Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart. Plot Erin (Roberts) decides to start working for Ed (Finney) the lawyer who lost her a court case. When she asks to research one of his pro bono cases, a real estate case, she uncovers the fact that the local energy company have been dumping toxic…
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Unbreakable

Dir M Night Shyamalan Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright, Spenser Treat Clark Plot David Dunn (Willis) is the sole survivor of a horrifying train crash, with nary a scratch on him. It brings his family which is on the brink of collapse closer; and introduces him to Elijah Price (Jackson) – a man…
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Hacksaw Ridge

Dir Mel Gibson Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, Rachel Griffiths. Desmond Doss (Garfield) is a kind hearted farmers son living in the early 1940’s. Following the attack on Pearl Harbour, he signs up for the army to become a medic – despite his Seventh day Adventist faith for which he…
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The Martian

Dir Ridley Scott Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels. On a six team manned mission to Mars, the crew must abandon the planet immediately, and while escaping, one of them – Mark Whatney (Damon) is seemingly killed. However he was not, and now with no manned missions to Mars for four years – he must…
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Dir J.A. Bayona Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, James Cromwell, Ted Levine, Toby Jones, Jeff Goldblum, BD Wong. Several years have passed since the devastating events at Jurassic World – and the park is now closed, with Claire now working as a dinosaur activist. When a volcano threatens to kill all the dinosaurs,…
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Legend

Dir Brian Helgeland Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson, Christopher Eccleston, David Thewlis In 1960s London, lived the Kray twins. Reggie, and Ronnie (Hardy), who are part of the dark underworld of gangsters. Reggie, is the more mature of the two – a club owner, and seeking out the love of Frances (Browning).…
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Red Dragon

Dir Brett Ratner Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary Louise Parker, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris. The psychopathic cannibal Hannibal Lector is finally captured by Will Graham. Years after they are both mortally wounded during the arrest, a new serial killer – The Tooth Fairy…
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The Founder

Dir John Lee Hancock Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, BJ Novak, Laura Dern. Ray Kroc (Keaton), is a travelling salesman in 1954, who visits the popular ‘drive in’ restaurants across America, currently trying to sell milkshake machines. A serial entrepreneur, he is struggling to make ends meet. He discovers a well-run…
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Michael Clayton

Dir Tony Gilroy George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O’Keefe. Michael Clayton (Clooney) is a ‘fixer’ for a top tier law firm, who are currently in the middle of a $3billion dollar lawsuit against an agricultural conglomerate called U-North. The lead lawyer for the lawsuit is Arthur Edens (Wilkinson), has just had…

