Originally due to be released back in July 2020, Jungle Cruise is yet another blockbuster movie that should have been and gone a long time ago. But, thanks to Covid, it now finds itself being released simultaneously both in cinemas and on Disney+ via premier access. Based on the Disneyland theme park ride of the […]
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Earlier this year, Netflix released The Mitchells vs The Machines (still my number one movie of the year so far!) after acquiring it from Sony Pictures Animation. Now, after opting to forgo a cinematic release, Sony have licensed their latest movie Vivo to Netflix, where it will be streaming from August 6th. Directed by “The
The Suicide Squad is not quite a reboot but a kind of sequel to David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad. The original had a lacklustre reception, to say the least, so this sequel had a lot of negativity to overcome. But with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn at the helm, any concerns were clearly
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You wait an age for a Don Quixote film and then two come along almost all at once. Following closely behind Terry Gilliam’s rather bizarre fantasy comes The True Don Quixote, a more grounded, low budget effort that brings a lot of heart even if it is sadly lacking in other areas. Directed by Chris
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Arriving almost eight months after its release in the US, Freaky comes from director Christopher Landon, who also directed the hugely entertaining Happy Death Day movies. It manages to take the tired old body swap genre and add a fresh horror spin, while still keeping things fun. It’s Wednesday the 11th. Vince Vaughn is the
Werewolves Within is a whodunnit horror-comedy from director Josh Ruben (Scare Me) and from a screenplay by Mishna Wolff. It is based on a video game of the same name and kicks off with a vicious attack on a man out in the snowy wilderness, which we assume is being carried out by a werewolf…
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Luca is the latest straight to Disney+ release from Pixar, and if you’ve been missing your summer holidays abroad over this past year due to the pandemic, immersing yourself in this beautiful Italian-set animation could be just what you need. Directed by Pixar artist and first-time director Enrico Casarosa, Luca follows a young sea monster
Full disclosure, I absolutely loved the first Peter Rabbit film. I found it completely hilarious and cackled numerous times. The sequel did not make me laugh. I typically don’t watch straight-up kid movies anymore, because they’re not funny, and they are as annoying as the kids in the audience. This movie completely reminded me of
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The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard picks up relatively soon after The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Ryan Reynolds’ Michael Bryce attempts to take a sabbatical after the events of the first film. His sabbatical doesn’t last long, when Sonia, played by Salma Hayek, crashes his vacation to ask for his help to save her husband from the mob. After they
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As I browsed my Regal app on Thursday evening, I saw a film that I hadn’t heard of before, Bo Gia, a Vietnamese film. I was intrigued that it was placed into the megaplex theater, rather than the indie theater, and there were also multiple showtimes. I figured that there must be something about this
Cruella is the newest live-action adaptation of a cartoon character that Disney decided to give us. I only went to see the movie because there was nothing else out in the theater this weekend. At an overly long, bloated run time of 2 hours and 12 minutes, we get the entire life story of Cruella,
Since graduating four years ago, Michael (Charlie Tahan) hasn’t really done very much with his degree. His girlfriend Amy (Sarah Mezzanotte) left and moved to New York nine months ago and Michael now spends his nights driving the college campus bus, known as the “drunk bus”. The bus drives in a loop around Kent, Ohio,
Love and Monsters is a 2020 monster apocalypse adventure film that hit the UK screens on Netflix in mid-April. With a low key, non-A list cast, it was released to fairly little fanfare or advertisement, which is a shame as many might miss what is in fact a hugely fun and entertaining watch. Directed by
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Back in March 2020, we featured the trailer for an animated movie called Connected in one of our TrailerChat posts, an action-comedy about an ordinary family tasked with the job of saving the world from a robot apocalypse. Scheduled for an October release, team CineChat were all well and truly sold on the trailer… well,
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Arriving on Netflix today, Thunder Force is a superhero comedy about two childhood friends who reunite as adults to become a superhero team. It stars real-life friends of more than 20 years, Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer and is written, directed and produced by McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone. Taking us back to 1983, much of
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Film #17 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine is a quirky gem of an indie film from 2006 that whilst a favourite of mine and Oscar-nominated, has likely flown below the radar for many mainstream viewers. Which is a huge shame as this is such a fun, heartwarming and
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