I’ve said it before, The Conjuring is my all time favourite scary movie. However, since the success of that first movie, there have been a number of spin off movies, in an bid to build what’s now known as the ‘Conjuring Universe’. These movies have all varied in quality, ranging from the not too bad […]
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Eighth Grade had its US release back in July last year and since then, I’ve seen nothing but praise and high ratings for it online. Only now is it heading to UK cinemas and, for some reason, the powers that be have decided to go and release it at the same time as Avengers: Endgame
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Shazam is the latest DC superhero to land himself a standalone movie and continues to highlight the fact that these self contained DC offerings really do seem to be a lot better than their rushed ensemble movie output. It also shows how much better they can be when straying from the traditional dark DC gloom
Here we have the second movie adaptation of the classic novel by my favourite author Stephen King, with the first being released way back in 1989! Being a massive fan of the book, it definitely sparked my interest when I heard news of a new movie version. I haven’t read the book in years, nor
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It’s set to be a busy year for live action Disney remakes, with Aladdin and The Lion King already lined up for release this year. Kicking things off though, is this reimagining of the 1941 classic Dumbo, with Tim Burton directing. It’s 1919 and Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) has returned from World War I, arriving by
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I came away from ‘Us’ with a number of very different feelings. It kept me seriously on edge for the majority of it, making me feel uncomfortable and at times confused. It’s taken me a while to try and digest it all and to decide whether or not I actually even enjoyed it. The movie
WILD ROSE tells the complicated story of Rose-Lynn, a woman on a quest to become a country music star, while also grappling with the responsibilities of being recently released from prison and a young mother of two children. We meet our main character Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) packing up a stack of country music CDs,
Hot on the heels of Fighting with my Family comes yet another true story that I feel as though I should have known more about beforehand, but didn’t. Fisherman’s Friends tells the story of a group of singing Cornish fishermen who, in 2010, managed to not only land themselves a top 10 album but an
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Following the traumatic and devastating events of last years Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel finally arrives on our screens with huge expectation, anticipation and excitement. As Nick Fury was reduced to dust in the final moments of Infinity War, along with half of all living things in the universe, we saw that he’d just managed
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FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, based on the true story of WWE star Paige. Born into a wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are amazed when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her family and face
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This films starts off well. Before the opening credits we’re treated to a lovely cameo by Jennifer Saunders playing the drunken mother of 10 year old Natalie. Natalie is transfixed by her tiny living room TV, watching the iconic Pretty Woman. Daydreaming of the romantic future her life has in store. Her Mum soon puts
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The original Happy Death Day was a real pleasant surprise. A cross between Groundhog Day and Scream, with our heroine being killed by a baby face mask wearing killer every day, only to wake up again at the start of the same day. With a long list of potential suspects, and slowly feeling the effects
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We’ve had plenty of spins on the legend of King Arthur over the years. Probably the most enjoyable for me was BBC show ‘Merlin’, which ran for 5 seasons between 2008 and 2012, focusing on the early life of the famous sorcerer and King Arthur. Probably the worst take on it all was Guy Ritchie’s
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So many times I have had to defend myself when heading off to see the latest “kids movie” without a little one in tow. Don’t get me wrong, there is something special about taking a child to the cinema and if Mark and I were fortunate enough to have our own, they would definitely be
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James Cameron has spent more than a decade trying to bring Alita: Battle Angel to the big screen. Based on a popular cyberpunk manga series by Yukito Kishiro, published between 1990-1995, he has spent that time refining the script and developing the world that Alita inhabits. And that’s pretty much what he now spends most
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Lee Israel made her living in the 70s and 80s profiling the likes of Katherine Hepburn and Estée Lauder. When Lee is no longer able to get published after falling out of step with current taste, she turns to deception to make ends meet all with a little help of her only friend Jack. “Can
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