Sinners is a new genre film from Creed and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, starring his go-to guy Michael B. Jordan.
When twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Jordan) return to their Southern US hometown after years away, they hope they can leave their troubled past behind them.
Their homecoming is soured when they discover their town has become host to a horde of the undead.
Set in the 1930s – the “Jim Crow-era” of racial segregation – this film offers a great mix of supernatural-horror, tinged with real social issues.
Warfare comes from the creative team of Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, based on Mendoza’s experiences as a Navy SEAL in the Iraq war.
The action unfolds in “real time” and follows a SEAL team on an insurgency mission during the Battle of Ramadi in 2006.
The film evokes some of the disorienting combat of Black Hawk Down combined with the intensity and perspective of the opening sequence from Saving Private Ryan.
Needless to say the film is powerful and engaging, but it’s likely not for the faint of heart.
Drop is a thriller from noted modern horror director Christopher Landon (Freaky) and may just cause you to rethink your mobile phone of choice.
Single Mum Violet (Meghann Fahy) leaves her son in the care of a babysitter to enjoy her first date in some time with the charming Henry (Brandon Sklenar).
At a fancy restaurant, someone begins to pester Violet using the “AirDrop” feature on her iPhone, revealing gradually that someone has invaded her home and demands that she follow their instructions or else they will kill her son.
Truly a modern concept, this tightly wound thriller will have you gripping your seat and gritting your teeth with tension.
The Penguin Lessons is based on a 2015 memoir by Tom Michell about his unique experience teaching at an English boarding school in Argentina.
A disillusioned Michell (Steve Coogan) struggles to engage his students and find meaning in his own life.
When he rescues a Magellanic Penguin out of an oil slick in Uruguay, he finds that the adorable bird has attached itself to him and rejects his efforts to release it to the wild.
When he introduces the penguin to his class it completely transforms his students’ attitudes along with his fellow teachers.
Directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) the film weaves humour throughout the drama of its plot, which includes some confronting moments of abuse at the hands of 1970s Argentinian authorities.
