Director Oren Moverman takes the theme of family conflicts and serves it up on a grim platter. Food is how we experience and share our culture, however, in The Dinner, it’s not specifically what people eat that matters. That’s superfluous to the real stuff. Everything families seek, or want to avoid, or suppress, is laid out on the table here. 

​Check out Steve Coogan,  Richard Gere & Laura Linney in this excellent drama that deals with family politics and even promotes awareness about mental illness. As Cream Magazine's Publisher and Editor says, it's 'A film about family politics and the politics of dinner conversation.' To read the review online, head over to:
​ www.creammagazine.com/2017/09/dinner-is-served

there is something to be said for young actor Tom Taylor who plays Jake Chambers in the 2017 adaptation of The Dark Tower. You have to ask yourself how this newbie is able to out-act every cast member. Taylor puts a solid effort into the role about a boy plagued by dreams of a Man in Black and his dark agenda that involves the torturing of children. Soon he is to learn that these occurrences are real and are happening in another parallel place known as Mid World. 

​With the slew of Sci Fi hits and misses of late, including Valerian, Alien: Covenant, Guardians Vol 2 & War of the Planet of the Apes, Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, is a decent film with good action. Tom Taylor surprises with his solid effort (not many could carry a film's plot by themselves) and favourite Idris Elba brings the stunning Gunslinger's skills to life. Check out the review here: www.creammagazine.com/2017/08/how-one-kid-manages-to-carry-most-of-the-dark-tower/

Whoever said action movies with simple plots aren’t worth watching failed to understand one thing: in some films, action is the story. This can definitely be applied to John Wick: Chapter 2, the first 20 minutes is a blaze of fury, hard-hitting pain and hardcore martial arts, all, albeit, creating some form of narrative.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeve’s titular character could also enter into its own cult status, so far loved by action movie lovers worldwide. Now he returns as the lethal hitman, known to his enemies as Baba Yaga, aka ‘The Bogeyman.’ One staged fight after another, the second chapter of this hitman’s fight for freedom and survival superbly escalates the conflict to near impossible ends. Reeves demonstrates the edgier moves he has refined since his Matrix days as he performs his own stunts. This film once again shows off his skill in judo and jujitsu in a hybrid style that combines the fictional gunfighting and close-quarters combat called ‘gun fu.’
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Check out my review of John Wick Chapter 2. Every frame of this picture delivers! 
​www.creammagazine.com/2017/05/action-packed-cinema-but-with-a-decent-enough-plot/