I saw The Post earlier this week and it’s taken me quite a while to think about how to review it. To be honest, it didn’t really do much for me at all. It’s clearly a very important part of recent history, an interesting story with huge relevance in these current times, but the first […]
A constant stream of powerful, catchy songs all accompanied by fantastic choreography and eye popping visuals. Hugh Jackman is brilliant as showman P T Barnum, as is Zac Efron and everyone else. I really couldn’t find fault with this as far as entertainment value goes. My daughter has been playing the soundtrack and singing the
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Every so often I head into a movie knowing very little about it. I don’t see the trailer, I don’t read any detailed reviews. What I do see are a lot of positive headlines in my movie related news feeds and I decide to just go for it. Last year I did the exact same
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My local cinema held a secret screening last night, and Molly’s Game was the surprise movie they showed. Beforehand, I’d probably only seen the name of the movie along with the accompanying poster and I had literally no idea what it was about. If I’d seen the trailer, and knew a bit more about the
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Only the Brave is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots – the first ever municipal fire crew to be certified as Hotshots, which is the name given to the brave firefighters that tackle wildfires on the ground. It’s another true story I wasn’t aware of, and as with many of the
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This review is possibly a little unfair, as I actually managed to fall asleep watching Murder On The Orient Express. In a busy cinema, early evening on a Sunday. I’ve only ever managed to do this a couple of times previously – once, while watching a midnight screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (I’m
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If you’re of a certain age you’ll probably remember the ‘It’ TV mini series of 1990, based on Stephen Kings classic novel. And you’ll also have lasting memories of Tim Curry as Pennywise, the demonic clown who terrorises the town of Derry, Maine. His was the definitive evil clown, the benchmark for all scary movie
It’s 1940 and the Nazis are overpowering the British army, forcing them to retreat to Dunkirk in an effort to return home to England. The English channel is all that stands in the way of the 400,000 soldiers that are stranded on the beach. The story begins with Tommy (Fionn Whitehead), making his way through
Finally, after a recent lengthy spell of average or just plain disappointing blockbusters, along comes War for the Planet of the Apes to show them how it’s done. The first two movies in this new trilogy have been consistently strong and enjoyable and War continues to deliver on that high quality, proving itself to be
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Okja created a fair bit of buzz at Cannes recently, when it was revealed that it had been picked up by Netflix, resulting in boos from some of the snobby traditionalists that were present for its screening. Okja was written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, a Korean filmmaker who also wrote and directed one
Mumbai Sky Tower So, Cassidy wonders if The Saint Of Killers is some kind of Terminator… Well, after yet another impressive opening scene, you’d be forgiven for thinking as much. The motel that Jesse and Co are staying in just happens to be full of gun enthusiasts, so when The Saint Of Killers shows up
I just read through my review of the episodes for season one of Preacher. Similar to American Gods this year, there were plenty of times when Preacher confused and annoyed me too. Starting off strong, then struggling for far too many episodes before finally building up to a glorious finale.
OK, here’s the deal. Despite being a male in his late teens when it originally aired, I don’t think I ever watched an episode of Baywatch all the way through.
Colossal is written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, who also wrote and directed 2007’s Timecrimes. One of my favourite movies and probably the best movie about time travel that isn’t Back to the Future! So, I’d been looking forward to catching this, his latest movie, for a while now. Luckily, it didn’t disappoint. Anne Hathaway
Over the last day or so I don’t think I’ve seen a review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword which didn’t give it anything higher than two stars. Heading into this I was worried… The movie opens strong, with some pretty impressive visuals. We’re in Camelot, the last place you’d expect to see a
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Spoiler Warning… When Mike spends most of the night tracking the guy that’s been tracking him and the camera pans up to reveal that his search has led him to Los Pollos Hermanos, I got goosebumps. When Jimmy heads inside the next morning to try and find out what’s going on, it’s edge of seat
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