17 September
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BLACKBIRD Director: Roger MichellStarring: Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Sam Neill, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Anson Boon Susan Sarandon gives another moving performance with the emotional film Blackbird. Her character, Lily, has been living with ALS. Knowing it’s a terminal diagnosis, she has decided to carry out her final days with dignity on her own terms instead of letting the disease take control of the rest of her life. Her family arrives at their countryside estate for one final family gathering, but Lily’s decision doesn’t sit well with her daughters, Jennifer (Winslet) and Anna (Wasikowska). Their sibling rivalry comes to head ignoringRead More →

08 January
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DUMPLIN’ Director: Anne FletcherStarring:  Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush, Maddie Baillio, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Harold Perrineau, Ginger Minj, Luke Benward In the new Netflix movie Dumplin‘, Danielle Macdonald plays Willowdean, the daughter of a former beauty queen. She’s played by Jennifer Aniston and now runs the Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant. Willowdean was raised by her aunt and has never felt welcome in her mother’s world of pageants. She feels a bit dejected but signs up for the pageant to spite her mother and show the injustices that come with beauty pageants. Here’s my reviewRead More →