A Most Violent Year (2014) ★★☆☆☆

A Most Violent Year revels in it’s own self importance.  Set in New York City in 1981, Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is on the verge of closing a huge expansion deal for his fuel business. With only 30 days to close the deal, he strives to hold fast to his ideals but is forced by reason of…

The Beach (2000) ★★☆☆☆

A ‘love it or hate it’ film; it’s as simple as that.  Based on Alex Garland’s novel, a young traveller named Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), while at a hotel in Bangkok, finds a map left by his neighbour, Daffy (Robert Carlyle) who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where other souls have settled. Richard persuades…

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) ★★★★★

Once you’ve checked in, you won’t want this remarkable journey to end. Can you believe that three years have passed since the release of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a wonderful film which resulted in being a great hit, and not just for the older audiences. The film is about five pensioners who continue their Indian journey of…

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) ★☆☆☆☆

First it tied the record of the fastest selling R-rated film in history, then it beat it. If you have been living under a rock over the past few years since its ‘novel’ was published, Fifty Shades of Grey is about a literature student, Anastasia Steele, whose life ‘changes forever’ when she meets the questionably handsome, yet tormented, billionaire…