Elemental is the latest animated offering from Pixar, delivering a familiar story but with a twist. It’s a love story involving two very different cultures, in this case, fire and water, and how their love helps eventually bring people together to live in harmony. The result though is entertaining but average. Before we get to […]
On June 3, 2017, former US Air Force translator Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney) returned to her home in Augusta, Georgia to find two FBI agents waiting for her with a warrant to search her house. What played out over the next couple of hours was recorded and documented by the FBI and in 2019 that
The original screenplay for Hypnotic was written by Robert Rodriguez way back in 2002. Had it been released shortly after that time, I’m sure it would have felt a lot fresher and more interesting than it does now. However, aside from the occasional glimmer of something decent, it now feels instead like it borrows from
After a few months delay, Missing finally arrives in UK cinemas this week, from the team behind one of my favourite movies of 2018, Searching. In Searching we followed a single dad, played by John Cho, as he desperately searched online for his missing daughter. In Missing those roles are reversed as a daughter uses
The character of Renfield has already been portrayed countless times on stage and screen, adapted from Bram Stoker’s novel where R. M. Renfield is introduced as the devoted servant and familiar of Dracula. This latest portrayal sees Nicholas Hoult taking on the role, with the focus more on his character than that of Dracula, played
Directed by Ben Affleck, Air is one of those true stories where you already know how its all going to work out in the end, unless of course you’re one of the few people in the world who has never heard of Air Jordans, but it still manages to deliver an enjoyable ride in telling
When the Tetris movie was first announced I had visions of Pixels, the 2015 movie starring Adam Sandler, and I couldn’t help but imagine it being some kind of cheesy sci-fi action movie with Tetris blocks falling from the sky. Thankfully, we have Taron Egerton instead, in an entertaining, if not somewhat convoluted at times,
It’s only been just over a year since “requel” movie Scream brilliantly reinvigorated the series after a decade in hibernation. Now we’re back to having numbers (or roman numerals) after the title and we’re leaving Woodsboro behind as we follow the four survivors of the last movie; Sam (Melissa Barrera), Tara (Jenna Ortega), Mindy (Jasmin
It’s hard to believe but we are now in phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With this, the third Ant-Man movie kicking things off, it’s also the chance to properly introduce us to the next big bad of the MCU, Kang (Jonathan Majors) before we see him go on to tackle the Avengers in
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M. Night Shyamalan is back with Knock at the Cabin, based on Paul Tremblay’s book The Cabin at the End of the World. It’s a story with a simple but effective hook that asks ‘what would you sacrifice to save the world?’, and is best enjoyed having not seen the latest trailer. But I’ll save
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If you’ve spent any time on social media in recent months, you’ll surely be aware of the creepy dance scene that went viral following the release of the first trailer for M3GAN and the subsequent marketing of the movie has been spot-on too. However, a consequence of that success was that the final movie turned
Coming to Netflix on January 20th, JUNG_E is a futuristic Korean sci-fi action drama, directed by Train to Busan and Hellbound director Sang-ho Yeon. After a messy start, it does take a little while to settle in, eventually finding its feet and slowly building to a very impressive, action-packed and emotional finish. In the near
Coming to Disney+ on January 25th, Extraordinary is a new 8-part British series from debut writer Emma Moran and the producers of Killing Eve. Extraordinary follows 25-year-old Jen (Máiréad Tyers), who lives in a world where everyone over the age of 18 develops a superpower… except for her. What follows is a hilarious and beautifully
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My top 5 Movies Looking back on my review of 2021 I note that I’d distinctly promised to continue watching a lot more lesser-known films in order to end up with a top 5 that wasn’t dominated by superhero movies. Well, although I did succeed in broadening my viewing habits further this year, I seem
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For me, the trailer for Violent Night has got to be one of the best of the year. Presenting us with a Die Hard style story, featuring David Harbour as Santa Claus having to take out a bunch of bad guys in gloriously violent fashion on Christmas night, it just had me jumping for joy.
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Wednesday is an eight-part series which focuses on The Addams Family daughter as she moves away to attend a boarding school for the gifted. Created and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, the series is also directed and executive produced by Tim Burton, so you’ll have a pretty good idea upfront of what to expect from the style and tone of the show.
