Orchid Moon follows the life of Harry (Jake Waring), a troubled individual with a burden he must suppress by any means necessary, taking us on a voyage through his troubled mindset.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Beau Is Afraid’ (2023)
Ari Aster’s (Hereditary & Midsommar) no two movies have been the same and although Beau Is Afraid has Aster written all over it, this is the furthest removed from anything he’s done yet.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘The Five Stages of Wardrobe Assembly’ (2023)
A story of suppression, isolated from the outside world, we follow a young man (Kieran Mcmillan) as he begins assembling a wardrobe – signifying his battle with the five stages of grief.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Christopher.’ (2023)
We begin following the aftermath of multiple murders committed by the sociopathic salesman, Christopher. Then, through a mix of police interview footage and flashbacks, we’re able to journey into Christopher’s sinister acts of brutality.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Perspective’ (2023)
Perspective chucks you straight into the deep end as we follow the story of Mike (Velton J Lishke) – an unfortunate individual trapped in a warehouse at the ransom of some unknown assailant.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Blue Jean’ (2023)
Little did I know, when swinging my limbs on the dance floor to Melodies of Love, in March 2022 – complete with 80s attire, shades and a cigarette in hand – I’d be on the film set for a groundbreaking piece of cinema.
Almost a year later, this week, I was honoured to attend the prescreening for Georgia Oakley’s, Blue Jean. Given that the feature takes place during the dreaded enforcement of Section 28, what better time to watch than LGBT+ month? And given its North East setting, what better place, than Tyneside Cinema?
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Babylon’ (2023)
With a trailer that promises quite the spectacle whilst simultaneously giving nothing away, it was hard to tell what awaited audience members when going to see Babylon.
Suffice to say, when the first ten minutes hits you with projectile diarrhoea from an elephant, a mass orgy and a grand (although, perhaps grand is too small a word) house party, from that point on, director Damien Chazelle has you in the palm of his hand.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘The Whale’ (2022)
After a long hiatus, audiences at Tyneside Cinema welcome the beautiful soul that is Brendan Fraser back to the big screen for Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ (2022)
Bungalow homes, cars that look like electric shavers and a round of Gibson’s for everyone. The ’50s immediately come alive in the opening for Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Crimes of the Future’ (2022)
After more than a twenty-year hiatus from body horror, the legendary David Cronenberg makes his long-awaited return to the genre with Crimes of the Future (which is completely unrelated to his previous 1970 feature of the same name).
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Jacked In Recommends ‘One Hour Photo’ (2002)
One Hour Photo follows the story of SavMart photo technician, Sy, The Photo Guy (Robin Willaims). However, although this employee initially seems to have a pleasant demeanour, he has developed (pun definitely intended) a rather unhealthy infatuation with two of his customers, Nina (Connie Nielsen) and her son, Jakob.
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Jacked In Recommends ‘The Butterfly Effect’ (2004)
Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) has reached his adult years being a constant sufferer of blackouts which have caused him to forget some of the scarring events from his childhood. However, after stumbling across his old journals and reading some of the haunting goings on from when he was young, he is able to travel back to those particular points in time. Not only that but he also has the power to change the course of events and alter the future. The only question is… whether this will change things for the better.
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Jacked In Recommends ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ (2017)
After the local authorities fail to catch the people responsible for committing unthinkable crimes against her daughter, Mildred (Frances McDormand) takes matters into her own hands and uses three billboards to create a bold message directed at the town’s chief of police (Woody Harrelson). Not only does this cause waves with the chief himself, but also his second-in-command, Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), a hot-headed cop that abuses his position a little too often.
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Jacked In Recommends ‘Calibre’ (2018)
Calibre follows the story of two friends, Marcus (Martin McCann) and Vaughn (Jack Lowden) on a weekend hunting trip in the Scottish Highlands.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Men’ (2022)
Following the passing of her husband, a young woman by the name of Harper (Jessie Buckley) decides to take a bit of time to herself and forks out for a plush getaway in the country. However, something is definitely a bit off about this countryside setting…
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