Tag: Drama

  • Sense and Sensibility (2026) Review – Of Head and Heart

    Sense and Sensibility (2026) Review – Of Head and Heart

    In one sentence: Two very different sisters navigate love, loss and social expectation while learning that happiness may require finding a balance between sense and sensibility. Jane Austen has been adapted for the screen so many times that each new version inevitably faces the question of what it can possibly add. Yet the continued appetite…

  • Bad Apples (2026) Review – A Bad Decision Bears Fruit

    Bad Apples (2026) Review – A Bad Decision Bears Fruit

    In one sentence: An overwhelmed primary school teacher makes one disastrous decision while dealing with a disruptive pupil, setting off a chain of events that becomes increasingly impossible to undo. Sometimes one bad decision is all it takes. A choice made in panic creates another problem, the solution to that problem demands another questionable decision…

  • Pressure (2026) Review – Forecasting History

    Pressure (2026) Review – Forecasting History

    In one sentence: In the days before D-Day, Meteorologist, James Stagg, faces the challenging task of predicting the weather that could determine the success or failure of the Allied invasion. There have been countless films about the Second World War, telling stories of extraordinary bravery, sacrifice, intellect and collaboration. With so many already, it would…

  • The Dog Stars (2026) Review – When Survival Isn’t Enough

    The Dog Stars (2026) Review – When Survival Isn’t Enough

    In one sentence: In a world devastated by a deadly flu, a grieving man risks the safety of the life he has built in search of something more than survival. Sometimes a film turns out to be very different from the one its trailer promised and sometimes it can be a pleasant surprise. Ridley Scott’s…

  • Don’t Say Good Luck (2026) Review – When Life Changes the Script

    Don’t Say Good Luck (2026) Review – When Life Changes the Script

    In one sentence: A teenager preparing for the biggest moment of her young life struggles to balance growing up with the devastating news that her mother’s cancer has returned. Movies have an extraordinary ability to make us care deeply about people we have known for such little time. Making an audience cry is relatively easy…

  • Tony (2026) Review – A Taste of What’s to Come

    Tony (2026) Review – A Taste of What’s to Come

    In one sentence: After a major disappointment derails his plans, a young Anthony Bourdain follows a crush to Provincetown and unexpectedly discovers a world that will change the course of his life. Biopics can sometimes feel overly familiar, following extraordinary lives through a predictable collection of successes, failures and defining moments. The best ones, however,…

  • The Last House (2026) Review – No Way Out

    The Last House (2026) Review – No Way Out

    In one sentence: A family wakes to find every door and window of their home mysteriously sealed, leaving them trapped inside as an unknown danger waits beyond the walls. In many ways, the COVID lockdowns feel like a lifetime ago, yet certain memories can make them feel like yesterday. For most of us, being confined…

  • Effi O Blaenau (2026) Review – The Geography of Inequality

    Effi O Blaenau (2026) Review – The Geography of Inequality

    In one sentence: A troubled young woman begins to imagine a different future as she struggles against the poverty and isolation of life in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Where we are born can shape our lives in ways we rarely choose. Opportunity, education and even hope are often determined as much by postcode as personal ambition. Towards…

  • Tuner (2026) Review – When Life Changes Key

    Tuner (2026) Review – When Life Changes Key

    In one sentence: A former piano prodigy finds himself drawn into a dangerous criminal world after an ordinary day’s work takes an extraordinary turn. Sometimes the smallest decisions can alter the course of a life forever. Tuner explores this idea through an unlikely blend of music, crime and human drama, creating a thriller that is…

  • The Odyssey (2026) Review – An Epic Reimagined

    The Odyssey (2026) Review – An Epic Reimagined

    In one sentence: Following the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on a perilous journey home, battling monsters, Gods and his own humanity along the way. Few stories have shaped literature quite like Homer’s The Odyssey. More than 2,500 years after it was first told, Christopher Nolan brings one of history’s greatest adventures to the big screen,…