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Warfare - 95 minutes
Intense, traumatising and authentic, Warfare continues co-writer and co-director Alex Garland’s (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Civil War)...
Alex First
6 days ago3 min read


A Minecraft Movie (PG) – 101 minutes
A fantasy, adventure, comedy based on the highly successful 2011 videogame, it centres on good and evil, and a portal to other worlds. Â ...
Alex First
Apr 73 min read


Small Things Like These (M) - 98 minutes
Cloaked in mystery, Small Things Like These is an atmospheric, heartfelt elegy, featuring a phenomenal leading performance from Cillian...
Alex First
Apr 53 min read


Oh, Canada (M) - 91 minutes
Oh, Canada is a confessional … a reckoning for a dying man.  Writer and director Paul Schrader collaborated with actor Richard Gere 45...
Alex First
Mar 303 min read


A Working Man (MA) - 117 minutes
I cringe when I say this, but here is another one man against the world movie. Think quiet assassin. Â Action heroes like Sylvester...
Alex First
Mar 283 min read


Snow White (PG) - 109 minutes
With charming characters and impressive special effects, the reimagined Snow White is delightful. Â The original 1937 animated film Snow...
Alex First
Mar 233 min read


The Alto Knights (MA) - 123 minutes
The Alto Knights has a Goodfellas feel about it and for good reason. Â It is written by Nicholas Pileggi who co-wrote that highly lauded...
Alex First
Mar 222 min read


Black Bag (M) - 93 minutes
British intelligence is under the microscope in Black Bag.  George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) is an elite operative at Britain’s...
Alex First
Mar 153 min read


Spit (M) - 102 minutes
The filmmakers have dipped back into the well and reprised an iconic Australian character. Â I speak of Johnny Spitieri (aka Johnny...
Alex First
Mar 122 min read


Inside (MA) – 104 minutes
Tough, gritty and unrelenting comes this hard knuckle prison story involving some seriously bad offenders. Â At the tender age of 12, Mel...
Alex First
Mar 72 min read


Mickey 17 (M) - 137 minutes
It is 2054 and Earth is in trouble, so droves of people are taking up the opportunity for interplanetary relocation. Â A man who has...
Alex First
Mar 62 min read


I'm Still Here (M) - 137 minutes
A military dictatorship overthrew a democratically elected regime in Brazil in 1964 and stayed in power for 21 years. Â During that time,...
Alex First
Feb 262 min read


The Last Showgirl (M) - 89 minutes
A gritty piece about the travails of an ageing Las Vegas showgirl and those around her, The Last Showgirl feels real. Â Back in the day,...
Alex First
Feb 213 min read


The Monkey (MA) - 98 minutes
This is a film with heaps of dastardly monkeying about. Â Over the top. You betcha. It revels in beheadings, spearing, disembowelment...
Alex First
Feb 213 min read


A Little Something Extra - 99 minutes
This feel-good comedy was the number one hit at the French box office last year. Â Surpassing more than 10 million admissions, it became...
Alex First
Feb 162 min read


Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (M) - 125 minutes
What a joy laden movie. This could just be the best of the four Bridget Jones films, that date back to 2001 and we have had to wait nine...
Alex First
Feb 133 min read


Presence (MA) - 84 minutes
A supernatural force is present in the house Rebekah (Lucy Liu), her husband Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their teenage children Tyler...
Alex First
Feb 82 min read


September 5 (M) – 95 minutes
It was the day live sports coverage became live news coverage of the most heinous kind. Â That was September 5, 1972. The setting: the...
Alex First
Feb 82 min read


Babygirl (MA) - 114 minutes
To the outside world she has the perfect life. She is CEO of her own company that is going places. Â She has a doting theatre director...
Alex First
Feb 23 min read


Maria (M) - 123 minutes
Lauded American born Greek opera singer Maria Callas’ (2nd December 1923 – 16th September 1977) final days are captured in Maria.  By...
Alex First
Feb 22 min read
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