Short sharp reviews to help you quickly answer the big question - Should I see this movie? if you love movies, you’ll love Movies First with well-known and respected reviewer Alex First.
Episode 1013 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Spoiler Alert (Comedy, Drama) As the title suggests, the outcome is writ large at the start of the film, which is based on a best-selling memoir by Michael Ossiello. Spoiler …
Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Women Talking (Drama) Even though this is a work of fiction, termed an act of female imagination, the starting point for women talking is what happened in the recent past. I refer …
Episode 1011 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? What’s Love Got to Do with It (Comedy, Romance) Jemima Khan, the former wife of Pakistani cricket captain and politician Imran, has written a cross-cultural romantic comedy. Zoe,...
Episode 1010 Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Babylon (Comedy, Drama, History) Sodom and Gomorrah might be a more appropriate title for a film all about excess and depravity. Babylon charts Hollywood's golden age and the...
Answering the big question...should I see this movie? My Old School (Documentary, Animation, Comedy) The true tale of 16-year-old Scott Brandon Lee, not the actor son of Bruce Lee, is remarkable. Directed by Lee's former classmate John O. McLeod, the...
Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Tar (Drama, Music) Tense throughout, Emily is a fictitious account of lauded 19th century writer and poet Emily Bronte. She was responsible for Wuthering Heights. It's a role filled by Emma Mackey....
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