Meet the Fabelmans - a slightly sanitised, rose-tinted-glasses version of director Steven Spielberg's family and young life. We start with young Sammy encountering the spectacle of the cinema for the first time, and watch it develop into an obsession - largely sparked by a need for control over nightmares. The movie will show young Stev- … Continue reading The Fabelmans (2022)
It's not enough to just make really good food these days, there has to be a grand theatre to it - at least, for the 'hardcore foodies', critics, and incredibly rich types. Samples of each of these groups are about to travel to the incredibly exclusive, upmarket island restaurant, Hawthornes, where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) … Continue reading The Menu (2022)
Life could be a dream... and is, for Alice (Florence Pugh), a 1950s housewife living in a remote, close-knit community purpose-built for the families of her husband's (Harry Styles) new employer. Every morning she and the other wives wave off their spouses as they drive (in a fleet of glamorous 50s cars) across the surrounding … Continue reading Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
Imagine if you could arrive at work each morning, get into the elevator, and blink - it's home time and you're stepping back out of the elevator ready to go back to life. Aside from the missing hours, as far as you're concerned, work takes up only 2 commutes a day and nothing else of … Continue reading Severance (season 1)
Elvis Presley. The 'King' of rock and roll. A very deserved soubriquet, he had talent and looks - and a tragic story. Definitely ripe for a huge blockbuster movie! My interest in this film was admittedly a little more Baz Luhrmann than the King himself; Elvis was before my time, really. But you can't argue … Continue reading Elvis (2022)
Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) is a grifter who'll pull any con if it puts him on the path to riches. Given the Depression of the 1930s, work is hard to come by and so he ends up working with a travelling carnival. All the fun of the fair this is not, by modern standards, with … Continue reading Nightmare Alley (2021)
Tranquillum House is an exclusive and upmarket wellness retreat, run by the mysterious and ethereal Masha (Nicole Kidman with a dodgy Russian accent). Attendance is by invitation only, so when nine highly stressed guests arrive, it's a guessing game as to what might connect a family reeling from suicide, a formerly successful romance novelist, a … Continue reading Nine Perfect Strangers (season 1)
There's nothing like a studio/company cancelling a new show when you're halfway through watching it - cheers for that, Netflix. But, was it deserved or should it be offered a reprieve? Jupiter's Legacy is split between two timelines. In the 'now', we have a modern world where superheroes are real and have been for 90 … Continue reading Jupiter’s Legacy (season 1)
A bit on the late side, but here we are! Following the climax of the Infinity Saga and 'Phase 3', the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) decided to take over the small screen. Sure we've had forays with Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter, but both of those - the former in particular - suffered by … Continue reading WandaVision (season 1)
When an alien crash lands on Earth, he takes the form of Dr Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk) to blend in while searching for the device he lost in the crash. At first everything is going fine as he hides away in Harry's isolated cabin on the outskirts of small Colorado town, Patience. But then the … Continue reading Resident Alien (season 1)
LittleFrogScribbles 