Eden (2025) - Review

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Eden (2025) - Review

Directed by: Ron Howard

Written by: Noah Pink

Starring: Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Brühl, Felix Kammerer, Toby Wallace, Richard Roxburgh

Runtime: 129 min

Synopsis: The shocking true story of a group of disillusioned outsiders who abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn't the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other. What follows is a chilling descent into chaos where tensions spiral, desperation takes hold, and a twisted power struggle leads to betrayal, violence, and the deaths of half the colony.

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Night Always Comes (2025) - Review

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Night Always Comes (2025) - Review

Directed by: Benjamin Caron

Written by: Sarah Conradt

Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, Stephen James, Randall Park, Julia Fox, Michael Kelly, Eli Roth

Runtime: 108 min

Synopsis: Lynette risks everything to secure the house that represents a future for her family. On a dangerous odyssey through a single night, she is forced to confront her dark past in order to finally break free.

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - Review

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - Review

Directed by: Matt Shakman

Written by: Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Niles

Runtime: 115 min

Synopsis: Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family - Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) - face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus' plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren't bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

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Napoleon (2023) - Review

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Napoleon (2023) - Review

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Written by: David Scarpa

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Mark Bonnar, Rupert Everett, Youssef Kerkour

Runtime: 157 min

Synopsis: An action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix). The film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine (Vanessa Kirby), showcasing his visionary military and political tactics.

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) - Review

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) - Review

Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie

Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen

Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny

Runtime: 163 min

Synopsis: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most.

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The Son - SPOILER-FREE Review | LFF 2022

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The Son - SPOILER-FREE Review | LFF 2022

Directed by: Florian Zeller

Written by: Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins

Runtime: 123 min

Synopsis: Peter (Hugh Jackman) has a busy life with new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) arrives with their troubled and distant teenage son, setting the family on a dangerous collision course.

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The World to Come - SPOILER-FREE Review | Sundance 2021

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The World to Come - SPOILER-FREE Review | Sundance 2021

Directed by: Mona Fastvold

Written by: Ron Hansen, Jim Shepard

Starring: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott

Runtime: 98 min

Synopsis: In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail (Katherine Waterston), a farmer's wife, and her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) as free-spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney (Christopher Abbott), when together their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other's lives they never knew existed.

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Pieces of a Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Pieces of a Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Kornél Mundruczó

Written by: Kata Wéber

Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Fails, Ellen Burstyn

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with Sean and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court.

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Hobbs & Shaw (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Hobbs & Shaw (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Leitch

Written by: Chris Morgan, Drew Pearce

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren

Runtime: 138 min

Synopsis: Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Jason Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015's Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they've tried to take each other down. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever - and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (Vanessa Kirby) - these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves.

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