FILMS FIT FOR A QUEEN
Theh MMule l (2018, 15) NOWTV/SKY
Director and star Clint Eastwood plays a man in his 90s who turns to drug-running after losing his flower farm livelihood. Bradley Cooper is the DEA officer on his tail.
The Old Man And The Gun (2018, 12) NOWTV/SKY
Inspired by the life of career criminal and prison escape artist Forrest Tucker, this stars Robert Redford as a charming wanted man who, at 61, has no intention of going straight. Sissy Spacek is the woman he falls for.
Marriage Story (2019, 15) NETFLIX
The breakdown of the relationship between a self-absorbed theatre director (Adam Driver) and his actress wife (Scarlett Johansson) in close-up. Laura Dern won an Oscar for her portrayal of a divorce lawyer.
The Two Popes (2019, 12) NETFLIX
Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce engage in lively conversation as Pope Benedict XVI and his successor, Cardinal
Jorge J B Bergoglio, li i in a series i of f fictionalised face-to-face meetings.
The Laundromat (2019, 15) NETFLIX
Steven Soderbergh’s fact-based black comedy stars Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas as the shameless lawyers at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal.
The Irishman (2019, 15) NETFLIX
Martin Scorsese’s gangster drama follows Robert De Niro’s ageing hitman as he recalls his dealings with gangsters and Al Pacino’s union boss Jimmy Hoffa. A thrilling three-and-a-half hour epic.
Stan & Ollie (2019, PG) AMAZON PRIME
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are convincing as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in this biographical drama charting the comedy duo’s comeback tour of the UK in 1953. Stan’s had enough and Ollie’s health is poor, but their close bond remains. Special mention to Nina Arianda and Shirley Henderson as their long-suffering wives.
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2018, 15) NETFLIX
An anthology western from the Coen brothers that strings together a series of short stories, some funny, most tinged with violence. Liam Neeson and Tom Waits star.
Beasts Of No Nation (2015, 15) NETFLIX
Disturbing drama about child soldiers in a fictional West African state in the grip of civil war. Idris Elba is the sinister warlord who recruits nine-year-old Agu (Abraham Attah) after the young boy flees his village when his family are slaughtered.
Troop Zero (2020, PG) AMAZON PRIME
Uplifting comedy drama about school misfits who, in 1977, band together in order to win a talent show. Christmas Flint (McKenna Grace) wants her voice recorded on the Golden Record that will be sent up with the Voyager shuttle in the hope her dead mother will hear her sing.
The Professor And The Madman (2020, 15) AMAZON PRIME
More than two decades after Braveheart, Mel Gibson is back in Scottish brogue, but dials it down for a subtle performance as James Murray, the Scottish professor who compiled the Oxford English Dictionary in 1879. Sean Penn is the madman and murderer who assisted.