Cinema Goggles – June 27

Locke

Genre: Thriller

Starring: Tom Hardy, Andrew Scott, Bill Milner, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson,Tom Holland.

This adrenaline-fuelled thriller from Dirty Pretty things director Steven Knight centres on Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), a man who has worked hard to craft a good life for himself and his family.

However, a single phone call causes Locke’s world to suddenly collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, the call in motion a series of events that threaten to unravel his family, his job, and even his soul.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi

Starring: Han Geng, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Li Bingbing, Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Stanley Tucci, TJ Miller

The fourth film in director Michael Bay’s fans Transformers franchise is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and stars Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor.

In the film, an automobile mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that promises to bring down the Autobots and Decepticons, but first they have to avoid a paranoid government official who is hell-bent on stopping them.

Belle

Genre: Drama

Starring: Emily Watson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Tom Felton, Tom Wilkinson

This period drama is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the 18th century illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.

Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the colour of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.

Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.