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Nuremberg [2025 Movie] A WWII psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials, growing increasingly obsessed with understanding evil as he forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring. Captivating performances in a well made historical drama well worth seeing.

Bugonia [2025 Movie] Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Wildly creative dark comedy thriller and absolutely bonkers movie, with two masterful lead performances. If you want something different, this works.

Slow Horses [2022 TV] Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes under a leader with a penchant for living like a slob and breaking wind. Entertaining spy action drama series, now with five seasons complete and a sixth on the way, based on the Slough House novels, top acting, witty dialogue, Oldman steals every scene. Possibly peaked with previous seasons as season five seems frivolous, just going thro the motions, albeit watchable.

Dead of Winter [2025 Movie] A woman, traveling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope. Fargo style thriller albeit mediocre at best where the snow and scenery are more interesting than the characters.

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol [2025 Movie] A founding Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, reveals the band's chaotic rise, from London's grim 1970s streets to global notoriety, sharing untold stories of punk's birth, band-mate dynamics, and his overlooked role in creating their legendary album. Based on the book of the same name, its all been said before but nevertheless a very watchable documentary trip down memory lane featuring many characters from the era.

Completely disagree. Its one of the great movies, after nearly 3 hours sitting thro it I wanted to see it all again, and did so the next day.

One Battle After Another [2025 Movie] When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. One of the years best movies, exhilarating, chaotic, entertaining with wonderfully layered performances. Not to be missed.

The Smashing Machine [2025 Movie] The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion, Mark Kerr. The movie focuses on the period 1997-2000 when Kerr aspired to become the greatest fighter in the world whilst in a battle over his opioid dependence and volatile relationship with his girlfriend. Most surprising of all is the lead, who we are more familiar with in exhibitionist roles, here is a lead in a magnificent sports drama giving an impeccable understated performance.

Frankenstein [2025 Movie] Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. Yet another movie based on English literature works by Mary Shelley, this time we see a gothic masterpiece by one of cinema's most prominent directors of this genre. Well worth seeing for those into gothic escapism.

A House of Dynamite [2025 Movie] When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. From the same director of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, this movie about a nuclear war catastrophe is packed with the inner workings and acronyms of Washington, some fine performances done in a tense repetitive drama style without any special effects that may frustrate some with its ending.

The History of Sound [2025 Movie] Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen using wax cylinders. Strong lead performances in an effective if restrained drama about illicit friendships and deceit from the era. The sounds are incidental and more of a melancholic echo.

The Long Walk [2025 Movie] A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. Based on a Stephen King dystopian story, this simple premise is highly effective spread over two hours, following a long walk filled with occasional blood splattered graphics to maintain the pace. Parallels with today's modern day society don't go unnoticed. Worth seeing.

Anemone [2025 Movie] In Northern England, a man heads out on a journey into the woods to reconnect with the estranged hermit brother with whom he shared a complicated past that was altered by life-changing events decades ago. Of interest as it features Daniel Day Lewis coming out of acting retirement in a film directed by his son. Some very strong performances in an otherwise slow psychological drama, surreal at times, worth seeing for the acting alone.