Schindler’s List (1993) Review

During World War II in German occupied Poland, Oskar Schindler is an industrialist who becomes increasingly concerned about his Jewish workforce after witnessing the horrific treatment by the Nazis. His efforts to save them puts his own life very much at risk, managing to save around 1110 jews based on a very true story.

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Shirley (2020) Review

Shirley Jackson is a horror writer who finds inspiration for a novel when she takes in a young couple with her husband Stanley Hyman, a literacy critic and professor. Fred and Rose not fully understanding what they have let themselves in for.

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Ammonite (2020) Review

In England in the 1840s Mary Anning a rather reclusive fossil hunter is about to have her world turned upside when Charlotte Murchison arrives to recover a trauma, with an intense and passionate relationship developing between the pair.

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Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Review

Three men who are want to be bank robbers decided on a plan to hold up a bank, which would be nice and simple. Walk in, take the money and run. It didn’t go to that plan and well into the night they are still negotiating with the pressure mounting.

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The Great Debaters (2007) Review

Based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson who was a professor at Wiley College in Texas. He inspired his students to set up the schools first debate team and really challenge not only themselves but others and leading to challenging Harvard in 1935.

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Safety (2020) Review

Based on the true story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey a freshman football player for Clemson University who was on a full scholarship and attempted to hide the fact that his brother was living on campus with him after their mother was in rehab.

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Awakenings (1990) Review

Awakenings is an in-depth look into the victims of an encephalitis epidemic which occurred many years before have been unresponsive ever since. With no hope for them until Dr. Malcolm Sayer began to notice responses or reflexes and campaigns to trial a new drug.

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42 (2013) Review

In 1947 Jackie Robinson would become the first African-American player in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. It wasn’t going to be easy for him with the constant racism he would constantly face.

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True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) Review

The story of Ned Kelly an Australian outlaw who was forced to hide from the authorities with his gang in the 1870s. Based on Peter Carey’s novel of the same name.

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Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Review

Based on the very true story of Brandon Teena who when moving to a new town in Nebraska became very popular with a new group of friends. Hiding your past will never work out as he failed to mention that he was actually born as a woman named Teena Brandon.

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