The Holdovers (2023) Review

History teacher Paul Hunham must remain on campus over the Christmas holidays at a remote prep school with the holdover students, with just Angus Tully remaining after a few days and Mary Lamb the grieving cook for company, they are about to all find out that sometimes you just get thrown together with the people you really need in those moments.

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American Fiction (2023) Review

Thelonious Ellison also known as Monk, is a novelist and professor who is sick of the establishment profiting from “black” entertainment and decides to write a book under a pen name that will put him into the madness that he does not feel is appropriate.

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The Zone of Interest (2023) Review

We follow the life of Rudolf Höss the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife Hedwig living in a house next to the wall of the camp, bringing up their five children and living what looks like a happy life.

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Umma (2022) Review

Amanda and her daughter Chrissy live a very quiet life on an American farm but everything is about to be turned upside down when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea.

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2023 Emmy Awards – Nominations

After a four month delay the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on 15th January 2024, here are the nominations.

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Poor Things (2023) Review

A dark and twisted tale of the evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman who was brought back to life by scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter and uses her as an experiment who he cannot keep trapped away when her nature to explore the world becomes too much.

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*This post contains possible spoilers*

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Finding Forrester (2000) Review

When Jamal Wallace is awarded an incredible opportunity at a presigious prep school he must be prepared that people won’t believe someone from the Bronx can be as gifted as he was with writing and playing basketball. The old man he meets as a mentor will help him realise his potential.

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Genius (2016) Review

Max Perkins was a book editor at Scibner and he oversaw some incredible authors with Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but this focuses on him being the first to truly believe in Thomas Wolfe and the relationship they would have until his early death.

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My New York Year (2020) Review

When college graduate Joanna decides to take a clerical job working in a literary agency, she puts her own ambitions on hold of becoming a writer. The agency she works for just happens to represent reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.

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*Original Title – My Salinger Year*

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The Object of My Affection (1998) Review

When George Hanson is broken up with by his long term boyfriend, he moves in with Nina Borowiski who just happens to get pregnant and then starts to fall in love with him.

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