The Bone Collector (1999) Review

Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme (Washington) gets involved in a police investigation after people are being abducted in taxi’s and left in sadistic ways to die. He enlists reluctant cop Amelia Donaghy (Jolie) to be his eyes on the crime scene after impressing him with the photos she took of the first victim and vital evidence she found.

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Scrooged (1988) Review

A selfish TV executive who is in charge of a live version of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve is visited himself by three ghosts, all wanting to show him the errors in his ways.

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Old Boy (2013) Review

Joe Doucett was kidnapped one night when drunk and woke up alone in a room, with no doors or windows. He was in solitary confinement for 20 years without knowing the reason why. When’s he’s released vengeance is on his mind.

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Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Review

The story (or inspired by the story) behind Disney’s much-loved film Mary Poppins and how difficult it was to get from the page to screen, with author P.L. Travers holding onto her beloved character and wanting her true meaning to shine through.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Review

Daydreamer Walter Mitty must make some tough decisions in his rather mundane life, which will change everything forever. He has spent the past 16 years working for Life magazine developing negatives for the photos.

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Struck by Lightning (2012) Review

Carson Phillips is a young man who was in High School when he suddenly died, so we are seeing his final weeks in flashback form as he narrates on how unhappy he was in his rather mixed up life.

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The Butler (2013) Review

The story of Cecil Gaines and how he went on from a child in a cotton farm seeing his father being shot dead to then learning how to serve. This sees him ending up in the biggest house of them all, the White House and serving eight presidents.

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The Counsellor (2013) Review

A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.

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Philomena (2013) Review

Journalist Martin Sixsmith ends up picking up a story about an old Irish woman who after 50 years has broken her silence on the son who was taken away from her by nuns.

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Gravity (2013) Review

Dr Ryan Stone is a medial engineer who is on her first mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, who is set to retire after what was supposed to be a routine spacewalk. But disaster strikes when the shuttle is destroyed and they only have each other in order to survive.

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