After losing both parents in a car accident, Lewis travels by coach to New Zebedee, Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) in his large, creepy house. Jonathan’s neighbour, Florence Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) seems to spend most of her time there too. They’re old friends, with a kind of love-hate relationship. The house […]
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As David Kim (John Cho) searches for his missing daughter, the investigation and discussions he has with others all unfolds before our eyes. Taking place entirely on computer and mobile phone screens, pulling together clues and information from social media, messaging services and CCTV. While there have been a couple of fairly decent horror movies
So, another week, another disappointment at the cinema. This week, it’s the turn of The Predator. For the first 40 minutes or so though, I actually really enjoyed this latest installment of a franchise that has always struggled to match the original. Some interesting ideas and characters are introduced and there’s a healthy dose of
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I’m a big fan of The Conjuring movies. The original is one of my favourite scary movies, and while I enjoyed the sequel, for me it just didn’t live up to the very high bar set by the first. Creepy doll Annabelle from the first movie landed her own disappointing outing, followed by a surprisingly
OK. I don’t do books, so wasn’t aware of the best selling book that Crazy Rich Asians the movie is based on. I don’t usually do rom coms either, but that only tends to be the ones where they’re the typical ‘boy and girl hate each other and are thrown together until they love each
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The Festival is directed by Iain Morris, who co-created and wrote The Inbetweeners show and subsequent movies. It feels just like another Inbetweeners movie too, especially as star Joe Thomas plays what appears to be an exact copy of his Inbetweeners character Simon, pining for his girlfriend and obsessing over her throughout the movie. The
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In recent years, whenever I go to watch a comedy at the cinema, I come away totally disappointed, and end up going off on a rant about the state of movie comedies these days when I review them afterwards. Mostly, these movies have a very simple plot premise, which they then just try and plaster
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Final Space flashed up a few times as a recommended for me show on Netflix. As the trailer automatically played, it came across as some kind of Futurama/Rick and Morty wannabee, with annoying characters. So I ignored it, until one day I just decided to give it a go. And, it was slightly annoying for
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After recently reading a fair few uncomplimentary critic reviews for Christopher Robin, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this. But, I was actually pleasantly surprised. And my wife absolutely loved it! The movie begins with Christopher Robin as the child we all know from the stories. He’s having a farewell tea party with Pooh
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If you’ve seen any of the posters or trailers for The Meg, you know exactly what you’re in for. It’s basically Jason Statham versus a big ass prehistoric shark, and that’s pretty much all you need to know. If you’re expecting a decent script, without any clichés, or any kind of decent acting for that
While I’m a massive fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I never really seem to get on so well with the Marvel TV shows. I get bored, frustrated or just run out of patience with the TV format, with Luke Cage being my longest run so far at 8 episodes. I decided to give Cloak
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It’s Tom Cruise, it’s Mission Impossible… Before heading in to watch the latest in what has now become the most consistently good movie franchise, I was already at Infinity War levels of excitement. The positive buzz and reaction online was outstanding. I knew I was in for a treat. And I wasn’t disappointed. Fallout is
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This review is probably a little unfair in that I actually managed to fall asleep for the last 20 minutes of the movie! It was a very hot cinema, comfortable seating and the end of a very long week for me, so not my fault. Who am I kidding, I’m obviously just an old, aged
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Sandra Bullock stars as Debbie Ocean, sister of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) from the previous Oceans movies. She begins the movie in jail, being released on parole and promising to go straight. She has 45 dollars in her pocket and manages to get to New York, scam herself some free makeup and a hotel room,
It’s hard to believe that the original Incredibles movie is now 14 years old. It was, and still is, a fun, original and highly enjoyable superhero movie that was always deserving of a sequel. I re-watched it recently with my daughter who had never seen it, and despite it’s age, and the fact that we’ve
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As I headed into Skyscraper at my local cinema, I tweeted something about disengaging my brain for a couple of hours, fully open to the prospect of some completely ridiculous action, courtesy of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. That’s exactly what I ended up with, and I actually really enjoyed it all too. The movie opens
