The Kitchen

Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the film stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss as three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish Mafia's matters into their own hands – proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition – literally.

Critic Reviews:

• " The drama, storytelling, and performances are top-notch. " – Mike Massie

• " In a different film the tension between the demands of the gangster genre and the female empowerment genre would be electric. Here it just means a lot of stock standard gangster movie scenes delivered with a modicum of competence " – Anthony Morris

• " Dramatic moments can and do work within dark comedies, and vice-versa – but by being both at once, The Kitchen ends up giving its audience cinematic whiplash. " – Laura Di Girolamo