After the first season dropped back in 2019 to fairly decent reviews, season 2 of The Witcher has now been released on Netflix. As a fantasy drama spanning decades, races and wars, it looked like it could be a suitable successor to Game of Thrones. While it doesn’t quite hit the heights that GoT did, […]
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Encanto is Disney’s 60th animated motion picture; released in UK cinemas at the end of November to very little publicity, it’s now available to stream on Disney+. With a soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda and focusing on a magical family, it’s a surprise then that the film is surprisingly lacking in the usual Disney magic. The
Don’t Look Up is Netflix’s latest much-heralded big release, starring some very big names. A new take on the asteroid headed towards earth disaster movie, this tongue in cheek, satirical romp has some great ideas and funny moments but ultimately becomes a little too tiresome and ridiculous. Directed by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman),
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Last year while writing my review for the abysmal year we had all round for 2020, I had high hopes that 2021 could only get better. On writing this recap in December 2021, with the Omicron variant of coronavirus gaining steam, I can at least say (for now) that 2021 did get much better as
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The latest release in the MCU TV line-up on Disney+ is Hawkeye. As the last original Avenger to get his own starring role, it’s about time we get to see him take centre stage in a rather festive, low-key series that is a great watch just before Christmas. The series is set not long after
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third Spider-Man movie to star Tom Holland, and the latest release in Phase 4 of the MCU. With a trailer that left many fans unable to contain their excitement at the return of a number of familiar faces from Spider-Man past, expectations have been sky high, and the end
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is the latest adaptation of the Resident Evil games, taking the mantel from the previous series of 6 films starring Milla Jovovich. With a trailer that promised a much more faithful adaptation than the original film series, which had a passing resemblance to the games at best, hopes were
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Tick, tick… BOOM! is the directorial debut of musical maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda, now showing on Netflix. It follows the true-life story of theatre composer Jonathan Larson, the man behind the hit musical Rent, in his early days as a struggling artist in New York City. Featuring some fantastic songs and a star turn from Andrew
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Chucky is the latest incarnation of the red-headed murderous doll, this time in the form of an 8 episode TV series. Unlike the previous ill-advised Child’s Play reboot from 2019, this version sticks a lot more closely to the original films and aesthetics (the look of the Doll from the 2019 film is laughably bad)
Cowboy Bebop is Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series of the same name. I went into this having never heard of it, going solely off the recommendation of a friend who had high expectations for it. Sadly, I don’t think it quite met up to anticipations, but overall it was still a fun
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Red Notice is the latest star-studded release from Netflix, whose main aim appears to be throwing together the talents of three well-known stars and hoping for a win. However, no matter how much talent and charisma is on offer here, it can’t hide the incredibly lacklustre story. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Skyscraper, Dodgeball), Red
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Originally scheduled for an April 2020 release, supernatural horror Antlers has finally hit our screens 18 months later. With Guillermo Del Toro acting as producer and a trailer that looked quirky and, frankly, a little terrifying, expectations were high. And for once I wasn’t disappointed. The film is set in a small town in Oregon
What We Do in the Shadows has returned for a third season, something I never thought I’d see. Based on the 2014 mockumentary film of the same name, the show has surpassed all expectations with two incredibly brilliant seasons. Coming back for a third was always going to be tough and while this season is
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Eternals is Marvel’s latest superhero offering in the MCU to hit our screens. Directed by award-winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), expectations were high, and as an ensemble, the Eternals have big shoes to fill. However, despite a trailer that showed some promise, Eternals is lacking in everything that has made the MCU what it is
Hot on the heels of Squid Game is Netflix’s latest binge-worthy Asian tv series, the Japanese Alice in Borderland. With similar themes, it’s hard not to draw comparisons between this and the aforementioned smash hit South Korean series, Squid Game. But with a frustratingly intriguing plot, Alice in Borderland definitely has the edge. Based on
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After being delayed by nearly a year thanks to the pandemic, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, the long-awaited adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel, has finally hit the big screen. While it might come across a little confusing to those that haven’t read the original story, fans of the book will rejoice at finally having an adaptation
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