Molly’s Game is a refreshingly told, in your face biopic of Molly. The success of this is down to a central character and powerful portrayal by Jessica Chastain, it is also its' Achilles heel as all the supporting characters are well, flat. If you fail to engage with Molly then
Russian fur thief Subienkow watches as a fellow comrade is brutally tortured by a native American tribe he and his group had previously enslaved. Eager to avoid the same treatment, Subienkow enters into negotiations with the tribe’s leader, Makamuk: his life in exchange for a recipe for a powerful medicine. Adapted
Gambling is a perennially popular pastime, and one which has maintained that status during into the digital era thanks to the development of online casinos and that central status in the popular imagination has frequently been reflected in cinema. To put it simply some of the greatest and most iconic
As a person I am always up for learning new things. Most of these are fairly trivial, but something that has fascinated me is culture. More accurately, different cultures to my own. I mention this because the culture shown in In Between is one that is very different from my
By Jake Skudder. 'Rise of a Star' is the directorial debut from James Bort, this short is based around aspiring ballerina Emma Gauthier (played by Dorothee Gilbert) and her "secret capable of undermining the achievement of her lifelong dream". Now, I am no ballet expert and I am unable to interpret
