May December

May December

The arrival of an actress researching for a role reignites the trauma of a scandalous love affair in May December. Elizabeth Berry (Natalie Portman) is a famous actress who has just arrived in a small island community in Savannah, Georgia. Elizabeth is researching to play Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore) in an upcoming film project. 25…

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

The God of Thunder is reunited with his ex-girlfriend to face off against a new threat in Thor: Love and Thunder. After spending some time travelling with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns to Earth to protect New Asgard from an attack by Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who ends up…

Annihilation

Annihilation

A team of scientists investigate an environmental phenomena know as “The Shimmer” in Annihilation. After being MIA for nearly a year, biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) is shocked by the sudden return of her soldier husband Kane (Oscar Isaac), who quickly falls gravely ill. Lena is taken to a government facility where psychologist Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason…

Brothers

Brothers

The childhood of two siblings are documented by their filmmaker mother in Brothers. Aslaug Holm has been filming the lives of her sons Marcus and Lukas since birth. Events such as Lukas’ first day at school and Marcus’ soccer aspirations are captured over the course of around eight years. As the boys progressively get older, Holm…

Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

A writer searches for love and self in Los Angeles and Las Vegas in Knight of Cups. Rick (Christian Bale) is a screenwriter, who feels an emptiness in his life and has a rough relationships with his brother Barry (Wes Bentley) and father Joseph (Brian Dennehy). Rick has encounters with various women, including ex-wife Nancy (Cate Blanchett)…

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

The God of Thunder returns in Thor: The Dark World.  While investigating on anomaly in London, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) comes in contact with an ancient weapon, known as the Aether, which absorbs into her body.  Thor (Chris Hemsworth) arrives and takes Jane with him back to Asgard, in the hopes that his father Odin…

Thor

Thor

Ever since the release of Iron Man in 2008, most of the Marvel comics films have been building up to the release of The Avengers next year.  It’s a pretty unprecedented move, since, by the time it’s released, The Avengers would have been built up by five films over a four year period. The latest of these lead-up films is…

No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached

Ivan Reitman returns with his first film in five years with No Strings Attached. I usually don’t like or see romantic comedies, but I decided to see this film due to Reitman’s involvement, the somewhat adult premise, and the fact that the film stars Natalie Portman, who doesn’t usually star in these types of films….

Black Swan

Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky is known for being a bit of a visionary, so it would have been obvious that a film about ballet would turn out to be more than meets the eye. It would be hard to talk about this film without going into spoiler-territory, however I can say that the film is about a…