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Melodrama

Not really a big fan but sometimes I can be surprised.

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The following melodramas I have found to be a 5 out of 5…

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Cruella Directed by Craig Gillespie thumbnail Telling the back story of “Cruella de Vil” the villain from “101 Dalmatians” we learn that teenage Estella had a dream of becoming a fashion designer. Her mother Catherine (Emily Beecham) supports her… 2024-06-30
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Ferrari Directed by Michael Mann thumbnail Ten years after forming Ferrari the famous, stylish Italian entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari's (Adam Driver) marriage is facing collapse as he spends more and more time with mistress Lina Lardi (Shailene Woodley)… 2024-06-30
Film Review The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Directed by Will Sharpe thumbnail In Victorian England, Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) is an eccentric and erratic sole son of a family of sisters who has tried his hands unsuccessfully at many things including composing music and playwrighting… 2024-01-28
Film Review Haunted Mansion Directed by Justin Simien thumbnail Based on the Disney theme park ride of the same name, “Haunted Mansion” sees widowed doctor Gabbie (Rosario Dawson) and her son Travis (Chase Dillon) move from New York in an attempt to convert an abandoned… 2024-01-14
Film Review Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Directed by Rob Letterman thumbnail In the alternative Pokémon universe Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) has given up on being a Pokémon trainer following the death of his mother and moving away from his father, Harry. He is told his detective… 2023-12-26
Film Review A Haunting in Venice Directed by Kenneth Branagh thumbnail I must have blinked and missed this in the cinema so I have watched it on Disney+… The famous detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) has put aside detective work, living a quiet life of solitude… 2023-11-27
Film Review Call Me Chihuro Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi thumbnail Chihiro (Kasumi Arimura) is a former sex worker now working in a bento shop in a small village. Chiro is charmingly outspoken and honest but loved by the community as she goes out of her way to be friends… 2023-11-19
Film Review The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar Directed by Wes Anderson thumbnail Henry Sugar (Benedict Cumberbatch), not his real name, has a gambling habit that discovers a book, ZZ Chatterjee's (Dev Patel) 1935 report telling the story of Imdad Khan (Ben Kingsley), a man who can… 2023-10-21
Film Review A Star is Born Directed by Bradley Cooper thumbnail After a concert musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) visits a local drag bar where he finds himself spellbound at the natural talent of singer Ally (Lady Gaga). He coaxes her into singing on stage… 2023-08-06
Film Review Oppenheimer Directed by Christopher Nolan thumbnail Brilliant and passionate physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) works his way through university, completing his Ph. D. Teaching at the University of California, Berkeley he becomes involved… 2023-07-23
Film Review Luther: The Fallen Sun Directed by Jamie Payne thumbnail Luther has been an on-again, off-again television series for a number of years with it's gritty, slightly seedy, run-down, put-upon but well meaning and effective cop played by Idris Elba. Things never… 2023-04-15
Film Review Enola Holmes 2 Directed by Harry Bradbeer thumbnail We quite enjoyed the first outing of Enola Holmes and hoped for more of the same. Though 2 had some aspects of the first film this was a bit more, dare I say it, serious… 2022-12-11
Film Review Pleasantville Directed by Gary Ross thumbnail Introvert David (Tobey Maguire) is obsessed with the black and white 50s television sitcom “Pleasantville”. Determined to win a trivia contest during a television marathon of the show David fights with… 2022-12-11
Film Review Death on the Nile Directed by Kenneth Branagh thumbnail Following on from Kenneth Branagh's first adaption of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot story “Murder on the Orient Express” in 2017, “Death on the Nile” features another ensemble cast including Branagh… 2022-12-10
Film Review Amsterdam Directed by David O. Russell thumbnail In the first world war, two soldiers, Burt Berendsen (Christian Bale) and Harold Woodsman (John David Washington) become friends. After sustaining injuries in battle they are nursed to health by eccentric… 2022-11-13
Film Review Don't Worry Darling Directed by Olivia Wilde thumbnail Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack Chambers (Harry Styles) are a young, happy couple living in a 1950s-style community in the middle of the desert as part of something called the “Victory Experiment” lead… 2022-09-25
Film Review Elvis Directed by Baz Luhrmann thumbnail When Baz Luhnmann turns his hand to any film you know you are going to see a full-on explosion of riotous colour and sound on the screen. “Elvis” is no exception with the trademark (tacky) “Elvis” glitz… 2022-09-04
Film Review Tolkien Directed by Dome Karukoski thumbnail “Tolkien” tells the story of the early years of the famous Lord of the Rings author, J.R.R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult as an adult, Harry Gilby as a child). In the horrors of the first world war Tolkien… 2022-08-07
Film Review Being the Ricardos Directed by Aaron Sorkin thumbnail “Being the Ricardos” tells the story of a traumatic week for comedian Lucille “Lucy” Ball (Nicole Kidman) and her musical partner Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) as they film an episode of the classic “I Love… 2022-07-24
Film Review Spiderhead Directed by Joseph Kosinski thumbnail On a remote island the modern “Spiderhead” drug experimentation facility offers convicts relative freedom and a reduction in their sentence for participating. The facility is run by the likeable but slightly… 2022-07-24