Rated M

By Clare Boyd-Macrae
Writer

If quirky heart-warming romantic comedy is what you’re after, go no further than Waitress.

Set in the deep south of the US, it tells the story of three unpretentious waitresses at a ‘pie diner’ as they support each other through the various heartaches that life dishes up.

Jenna has an abusive husband, Earl, who she plans to leave until she discovers she is pregnant. Dawn can’t find a man. Becky’s husband is a ‘senile fruitcake’. Their boss at the pie diner treats them with contempt and the owner of the establishment is a grumpy old tartar. (Not much good press for men in this movie.) (more…)

Rated M 15+

By Clare Boyd-Macrae
Writer

Winner of several César awards, Tell no one (Ne le dis a personne) is a classy, beautifully acted and subtle thriller. It’s reassuring to know, in a world of special effects and gratuitous violence, that such a thing exists.

Based on a novel by American Harlan Coben, the film is set in Paris with a French script and English subtitles.

Francios Cluzet acts as Alex Beck, a pediatrician still deep in grief eight years after his young wife was murdered. New evidence causes the police to reopen the case and Alex is once again under suspicion. (more…)