The Old Guard 

When a Marine (KiKi Layne) survives having her throat slit by an enemy fighter in Afghanistan, she’s extracted by a group of warriors led by Andy (Charlize Theron) who tell…

Bound 

Ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) starts a passionate affair with Violet (Jennifer Tilly), the girlfriend of a mobster (Joe Pantoliano); together they come up with a plan of how to steal…

The Full Monty: Desperate Measures

Photo: Channel Four Films Robert Carlyle had two huge hits coming out in 1996 and 1997, films that really launched his international career. Trainspotting was celebrated right from the start,…

And Then We Danced

Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani) has been training Georgian dance together with his girlfriend (Ana Javakishvili) for years when a new dancer (Bachi Valishvili) makes an appearance…  The love story may be…

A Very English Scandal

In 1961, Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) has a romantic affair with a troubled young man, Norman (Ben Whishaw); as Thorpe’s political career takes off, Norman gets back in…

Bohemian Rhapsody 

This biopic of the legendary rock band Queen and its singer Freddie Mercury was long in the making and suffered from a troubled production. The final results aren’t exactly bad,…

Moonlight: Three Shades of Blue

Alex Hibbert and Mahershala Ali. Photo: A24 I love the poster for this film. The colors are deep shades of blue, purple and cyan and the three faces of the…

Looking 

One of the most explicit TV series ever made about gay men followed a group of friends in San Francisco, with focus on the 29-year-old game designer Patrick (Jonathan Groff)…

Imitation Game: Another Beautiful Mind

Benedict Cumberbatch. Photo: The Weinstein Company The title refers to a paper that the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing wrote in 1950 where he introduced his now-famous test of a machine’s…