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6 days ago |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
When Li Fong (Ben Wang), student of kung fu master Mr Han (Jackie Chan), moves from China to New York City, he promises his mother that he will no longer practise martial arts due to the violent death of his older brother. Initially, he settles into his new life, helped by his new friend Mia (Sadie Stanley), and her ex-boxer father Victor (Joshua Jackson).
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3 weeks ago |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
Psychiatrist Dr Man (Terrance Lau) is tormented by nightmares that he immediately forgets about upon waking. When he encounters and beings to treat troubled taxi driver Choi (Cheung), who also suffers from nightmares that affect his sleep and mental health, Man finds that he must not only delve into his patient’s past, but his own as well.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
Shot from the perspective of a ghostly presence, we see a family move into a new house. The daughter, Chloe (Callina Liang), is suffering from the loss of her two friends, who died mysteriously, with only her father Chris (Chris Sullivan) appearing sympathetic. In contrast, her mother Rebekah (Lucy Liu) is more concerned with the sporting achievements of Chloe’s brother Tyler (Eddy Maday).
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Nov 23, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
Sixteen years after the death of Maximus, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is captured and enslaved by an invading Roman army.
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Nov 6, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
Young stripper Anora, or ‘Ani’ for short (Mikey Madison), is asked by her boss to entertain Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the young son of a Russian oligarch. The two find a connection in their shared Russian heritage, and begin a relationship after a period where Ani is paid by Vanya to pose as his girlfriend.
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Sep 30, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
In the city of New Rome, architect Cesar Catalina (Adam Driver) has invented Megalon, a new bio-adaptive building material that he plans to use to build a utopian city he calls ‘Megalopolis’. However, the mayor of New Rome, Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), opposes Cesar’s ambitions despite his daughter Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel) falling in love with Cesar.
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Aug 28, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
Sinead O’Brien takes the audience on a journey, not only of her relationship with her parents, but also of the great Irish mythological figures ranging from King Brian Boru to the legendary warrior Finn McCool. McCool is directly paralleled with O’Brien’s own father, a dreamer whose struggles with alcohol and drug addiction existed alongside his vivid imagination and strong relationship with his daughter.
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Aug 26, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
This dark comedy, which deals with five old school friends reuniting unexpectedly, benefits from the chemistry between the ensemble cast who all bounce off each other throughout the various exchanges. The script adeptly covers a wide tonal range, from hashing out old rivalries to darkly comic jokes whilst also allowing for more philosophical musings on the disappointments of growing older and death.
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Aug 26, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
When struggling actress Helena returns to Britain from America to meet her old boarding school friend Bex, now a successful photographer, their discussions and shared memories reveal more darker elements beneath the surface. The play begins seemingly innocently, with a broken Helena meeting Bex at her apartment with the former traumatised by her years in America with an abusive and controlling boyfriend and the latter appearing much more well-adjusted in all areas.
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Aug 25, 2024 |
theweereview.com | Adam Thornton
When Bonnie wakes up from a hangover, she can’t remember anything from the night before, and her two friends Rachel and Gen appear to be keeping something from her. What Bonnie discovers will threaten not only her friendship with the other two girls, but also her freedom. The revelation of the play’s true nature is unfolded gradually, with Bonnie’s continual questioning about what happened being frantically deflected by her friends until her discovery of bloodstained sheets reveal the ugly truth.