Leaving Neverland (2019)
At the height of his stardom, the world’s biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two boys, aged seven and ten, and their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.
Category Archives: Reviews
Captain Marvel (2019)
Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
The Favourite (2018)
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Roma (2018)
A year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Cold Pursuit (2019)
A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Based on the 2014 Norwegian film ‘In Order of Disappearance’.
How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (2019)
When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury, he must seek “The Hidden World”, a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.
Overlord (2018)
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Escape Room (2019)
Six strangers find themselves in a maze of deadly mystery rooms, and must use their wits to survive.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
A deactivated female cyborg is revived, but cannot remember anything of her past life and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
The story of the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Vice (2018)
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Sex Education (2019-) – Season 1
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
The Punisher (2017-) Season 1-2
After the murder of his family, Marine veteran Frank Castle becomes the vigilante known as “The Punisher,” with only one goal in mind: to avenge them.
BEWARE FOR POTENTIAL SPOILERS!
Bird Box (2018)
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Six years after the events of “Wreck-It Ralph,” Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives.
BumbleBee (2018)
On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Green Book (2018)
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his reality and crosses paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.
Aquaman (2018)
Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.
Woman at War (2018)
Halla, a woman in her fifties, declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland-but the situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a small orphan in her life.
Beautiful Boy (2018)
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Mortal Engines (2018)
A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw joins forces with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head, and Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, to lead a rebellion against a giant predator city on wheels.
Spoiler Alert!
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
The second installment of the “Fantastic Beasts” series featuring the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander.
The Front Runner (2018)
American Senator Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he’s caught in a scandalous love affair.
SIFF 18: Thunder Road (2018)
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
The Grinch (2018)
A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.
SIFF 18: Love, Gilda (2018)
In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career.
Halloween (2018)
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
King of Thieves (2018)
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London’s jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
A Star is Born (2018)
A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Bad Times at El Royale (2018)
Circa 1968, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one night, everyone will show their true colors – before everything goes to hell.
Lyrro (2018)
Lyrro is a feature film in skits-format. Several of these actors plays different parts during the runtime. Lyrro is a follow up on the Tv-series and the feature film during the 1990s, with the same concept.
Night School (2018)
A group of troublemakers are forced to attend night school in hope that they’ll pass the GED exam to finish high school.
Christopher Robin (2018)
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
First Man (2018)
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
BlackKklansman (2018)
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch.
Venom (2018)
When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego “Venom” to save his life.
Searching (2018)
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop find her.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
A Simple Favor (2018)
A woman seeks to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend.
Papillon (2017)
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island.
Maniac (2018-): Season 1
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they’re assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Mystiska seriemord drabbar distriktet Silver Lake i Los Angeles. När en man blir personligt involverad bestämmer han sig för att klara upp mysteriet kring vem som utför morden. Spåren leder honom till en mörk underjordisk värld där en förmögen sekt sätter upp spelreglerna.
Mile 22 (2018)
An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country.
The Nun (2018)
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Bergman: A Year in A Life (2018)
During a six-year period, in the mid-twentieth century, something unsurpassed happens. A lanky Swede, about to turn forty, enters a period of film production without precedent.
The Commuter (2018)
An Insurance Salesman/Ex-Cop is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Tag (2018)
Fem extremt tävlingsinriktade vänner träffas för en årlig omgång av kull – en tradition som hållit i sig sedan lågstadiet. Genom att riskera sina egna liv, jobb och relationer gör de allt i sin makt för att vinna leken. I år sammanfaller traditionen med den dag som deras enda icke-besegrade kamrat ska gå och gifta sig. Men vad de trodde skulle bli en enkel match visar sig bli raka motsatsen – för han är mer än redo! Den som ger sig in i leken, får leken tåla…
Hereditary (2018)
En kvinna som försöker komma över sin moders död börjar sakta misstänka att det något ondskefullt håller på att hända med hennes dotter. Eller hennes son. Eller i henne själv…
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Berättelsen om hur författaren A.A. Milne inspirerades till att skriva böckerna om Nalle Puh.
Dark Tourist (2018-)
From a nuclear lake to a haunted forest, New Zealand filmmaker and journalist David Farrier (‘Tickled’) visits unusual — and often macabre — tourism spots around the world.
Skyscraper (2018)
FBI-agenten och krigsveteranen Will Sawyer jobbar med säkerheten för skyskrapor. När han är i Kina på jobb fattar helt plötsligt världens högsta och mest säkra byggnad eld och Will misstänks skyldig till händelsen. Efterlyst måste han hitta den skyldige, rentvå sitt namn och rädda sin familj som är instängd i byggnaden… på andra sidan elden.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
CIA-agenten Matt Graver och den oberoende “konsulten” Alejandro anlitas åter igen för att ta sig an en knarkkung som finansierar terrorister. Den fristående uppföljaren till kritikerhyllade filmen “Sicario” från 2015 (regisserad av Denis Villeneuve) kretsar kring det eskalerande kriget mot droger längs gränsen mellan USA och Mexiko.
Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)
Ett nytt kapitel med hjältarna, som har en häpnadsväckande förmåga att krympa, tar sin början. I efterdyningarna av Captain America: Civil War tampas Scott Lang med konsekvenserna av sina val, både som superhjälte och som pappa. Han kämpar för att få balans mellan sitt familjeliv och sina plikter som Ant-Man. Hope van Dyne och Dr Hank Pym kontaktar honom gällande ett nytt, brådskande uppdrag. Scott måste återigen sätta på sig dräkten och lära sig att slåss sida vid sida med the Wasp för att nysta upp det förflutnas hemligheter.
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Stig ombord på the Millenium Falcon och res med till en galax långt, långt borta i “Solo: A Star Wars Story”, ett helt nytt äventyr med galaxens mest älskade smugglare. Genom en serie händelser i den mörka och kriminella undre världen möter Han Solo sin blivande andrepilot Chewbacca och träffar också på den ökände storspelaren Lando Calrissian. Det blir en resa som visar sig bli helt avgörande för en av Star Wars-sagans mest osannolika hjältar.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Det har gått tre år sedan den extravaganta nöjesparken Jurassic World förstördes av okontrollerade dinosaurier. Ön Nublar ligger nu övergiven av människor medan de överlevande dinosaurierna slåss för sin överlevnad i djungeln. När öns slumrande vulkan väcks till liv tar Owen och Claire på sig att rädda de dinosaurier som finns kvar från utrotning. Owen letar efter sin ledarraptor Blue som fortfarande saknas i djungeln och Claire tar uppdraget att hitta djuren efter att ha fyllts av respekt för dem. När de kommer till ön möts de av flödande lava och deras expedition avslöjar en konspiration som kan utsätta jorden för det mest riskfyllda människan skådat sedan urminnes tider.
Adrift (2018)
När Tami Oldham och Richard Sharp beger sig ut på en långsegling över havet kunde de inte ana att de skulle hamna i en av de värsta orkanerna i historien. När Tami vaknar i efterdyningarna av stormen finner hon Richard svårt skadad och deras båt i spillror. Utan något hopp om räddning måste hon finna styrka och beslutsamhet att rädda sig och den enda man hon någonsin älskat. Från regissören till Everest kommer den inspirerande och sanna berättelsen om hur två frisinnade själar möts i vad som börjar som en kärlekshistoria och senare kom att bli deras livs största äventyr.