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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…
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My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026) Review – Three’s a Crowd
In one sentence: A lifelong friendship descends into chaos when a new girlfriend threatens two best friends’ plans to travel the world together. They say laughter is the best medicine and sometimes it really can be. There is something wonderfully cathartic about unexpectedly laughing out loud at a film, particularly when humour is so subjective.…
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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…
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Voicemails for Isabelle (2026) Review – When Fate Picks Up the Phone
In one sentence: A grieving woman continues leaving voicemails for her late sister, unknowingly forging a connection with the man who now receives them. Rom-coms are often built around missed connections, chance encounters and fate. Voicemails for Isabelle takes this familiar formula but adds a poignant twist by placing grief at its centre. While the…
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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) Review – Connection Beneath the Surface
In one sentence: A lonely widow working at an aquarium forms an unlikely bond with a grieving young drifter and an octopus who quietly changes both of their lives. There is something uniquely affecting about films centred around animals. They often tap into emotion in ways human-led stories sometimes cannot. What makes Remarkably Bright Creatures…
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Eat Pray Bark (2026) Review – A Comfort Watch That Earns Its Treats
In one sentence: Eat Pray Bark follows a group of struggling dog owners who head to the Austrian mountains for training, only to discover that it is not just their dogs in need of discipline. There are times when a film is best enjoyed for pure entertainment and Eat Pray Bark perfectly fits the brief.…
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I Used to Be Famous (2022) Review – Lost Fame, Found Connection
In one sentence: I Used to Be Famous follows a former boy band star struggling to reclaim his place in the world who finds an unexpected creative partnership with a young autistic drummer, changing both of their lives. We live in a world where fame feels more accessible than ever, largely thanks to social media.…
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Train Dreams (2025) Review – A Quiet Portrait of Loss and Endurance
In one sentence: Train Dreams follows a solitary labourer in the early twentieth-century American West who endures profound personal tragedies while witnessing a rapidly changing world that seems to move on without him. Netflix’s Oscar nominated entry is far removed from its usual output, offering instead a quiet, meditative character study set against the transformation…
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