If you’ve seen the trailer for Willy’s Wonderland, you were no doubt wondering what on earth your eyes had just been witness to, and I’m afraid the full film doesn’t get any less demented. Willy’s Wonderland is a 2021 horror-comedy from director Kevin Lewis that is every bit a modern-day B-movie, complete with cheesy script […]
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I’m Not in Love is a 2021 rom-com from director Col Spector that follows a thirty-something whose love life flounders when his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum about marriage and children. Despite the rather relevant subject matter, I’m afraid I couldn’t fall in love with I’m Not in Love. Al Weaver stars as Rob, a
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Set in the summer of 1994 as they prepare to leave for various colleges, Gene and his group of theatre-loving friends gather for one more sleepover party. Whilst Gene, played by Nick Pugliese, is our lead and we see the evening through his eyes, it’s a true ensemble piece that works because of the pure
Have you ever watched the Britain’s Got Talent auditions, seen somebody who simply cannot sing or dance and wondered to yourself exactly how did that person seriously come to the conclusion they had what it takes to make it big? And did you ever wonder what would happen if the actions of a number of
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Film #16 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Monty Python’s Life of Brian Life of Brian (1979) is an old school comedy classic, and alongside Python’s take on the Holy Grail, were fairly revered comedies when I was growing up and I doubt there are many people over a certain age that haven’t seen these
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The Witches is a 2020 retelling of the Roald Dahl children’s story, from director Robert Zemeckis. Remakes and reboots have been commonplace in the movies for quite some time, so it’s no surprise that The Witches has been given a Hollywood makeover, especially as it has been 30 years since the original film adaptation was
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WandaVision is the latest Marvel series to hit the small screen, arriving in a flood of hype as the first official series to tie in with the rest of the MCU. Initially, I hadn’t been interested in this after struggling to enjoy previous Marvel series, however after discovering that everyone I know was watching this,
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I was so excited for the release of Moxie on Netflix, having read, and loved, the 2015 novel by Jennifer Mathieu just two weeks prior. Moxie tells the story of Vivian Carter and what happens when she starts Moxie, an anonymous zine intended to unite the girls at her sexist, unequal school: Rockport High. All
Where to begin? When I set out to review the new Netflix teen show Ginny and Georgia, I was optimistic, unsure of what I would be watching. The trailer didn’t give too much away, which intrigued me, and I wondered what would be so interesting about the life of a mother and daughter. What was
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I’ve been thinking about death a lot recently. I don’t think I’m the only one. Through the last 12 months, we’ve been confronted by our mortality more than ever before, as well as being trapped in a constant groundhog day style loop of self-reflection. For myself, I’ve also recently been dealing with my own grieving
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It’s A Sin is the latest drama from the mind of Russell T Davies, the man behind Queer as Folk, Cucumber and the revival of Doctor Who back in 2005. It follows a group of gay men and their friends in London from 1981 to 1991, depicting how the developing HIV and AIDS crisis impacted
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In a world filled with YouTubers and social media influencers, it was inevitable that eventually we’d get a film shot in the style of a social media stream. We’ve seen similar with films like Unfriended and Searching, taking on the likes of social media whilst shot entirely from a webcam. However Spree is the first
On Friday, the long awaited return of the MCU arrived. But for this viewer, it was never about the return of the MCU, it was always about Wanda. First teased well over a year ago, every plot detail given WandaVision sounded more and more like a fever dream pulled from my mind. As you may have seen from our Sitcoms Top
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Misbehaviour is a 2020 drama directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and based on a true story that follows a group of women from the Women’s Liberation Movement as they attempt to disrupt the 1970 Miss World pageant being held in London. Misbehaviour made a decision to follow four separate stories as they eventually intersect at the
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Film #9 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Toy Story When Toy Story was first released in 1995, it was groundbreaking. The first-ever fully computer-animated film and the first released by Disney Pixar, this was also one of the first films I saw at the cinema as an 8-year-old child. Admittedly at that age, I
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The Prom is the latest film from Glee creator Ryan Murphy, adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name. It follows Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman) who inadvertently causes her high school prom to be cancelled from wanting to attend with her girlfriend Alyssa (Ariana DeBose), in a school governed by a PTA that is very much against inclusion. Meanwhile on Broadway, four
