Premiering on Amazon Prime tomorrow (July 2nd), The Tomorrow War is an epic action packed time travel and alien invasion story starring Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski. It has all the elements I love from blockbusters such as Independence Day and Edge of Tomorrow, while still managing to remain unique, and hugely enjoyable. I just […]
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Witch Hunt is a 2021 supernatural drama within an alternate modern-day America, where witches are real, witchcraft is illegal and being burnt at the stake by witch hunters is a feared punishment. While the concept is good and had heaps of potential, the poor lacklustre execution does not make for a bewitching watch. The film
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In The Earth is the latest film from director Ben Wheatley, a hallucinogenic trip into the woods that you definitely want to forget the next morning. Despite an intriguing opening act, the film descends into utter confusion which had me leaving the cinema scratching my head in despair. Known for unusual and/or cult films like
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Godzilla vs. Kong is the fourth entry in Legendary Picture’s MonsterVerse, and promises a monster showdown that many have been waiting for (or in my case, vaguely interested in). While it definitely delivers on its promise of a monster brawl, unfortunately, we have to wait far too long and sit through a pointless story before
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It’s no secret that The Conjuring is one of my favourite scary movies, I think I’ve probably mentioned it when reviewing the many inferior entries that have arrived in The Conjuring universe since (see The Nun or some of the Annabelle movies). The Devil Made Me Do It is now the eighth movie set in
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The synopsis for Vanquish describes it as a “dynamic action thriller” about a former drug runner who’s forced into carrying out five very dangerous pickups in one night. Written and directed by George Gallo (Bad Boys, Midnight Run), Vanquish stars Morgan Freeman and Ruby Rose, so you would hope that it would at least be
Guy Ritchie’s newest film, Wrath of Man, is based upon a French film called le Convoyeur, or ‘Cash Truck’. It’s one of the first ‘big’ films that’s only been released in theaters here in the US. The film was broken into chapters, with different timelines. The opening scene is a violent armoured truck robbery, which
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Profile is based upon the true story of a French journalist who went undercover online to report on how ISIS recruits young, recently converted, European women to the jihadi cause. This film uses the same narrative style as Searching, everything is witnessed via screens, and it really works for this story. In Profile, the journalist
Movies taking place entirely on a laptop or mobile screen are nothing new. Probably the most impressive and effective example, in my opinion anyway, is the 2018 movie Searching starring John Cho. But then last year saw filmmakers embracing the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, resulting in the brilliant Zoom based movie Host. Safer at
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Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse is, unsurprisingly, the latest film adaptation of a Tom Clancy novel, telling the origin story of a popular character, John Clark, from the Jack Ryan universe. While the popularity of Clancy’s novels is undeniable, Without Remorse is sadly one adaptation too far and offers us nothing but a dull, unoriginal take
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Fear of Rain is a 2021 psychological thriller written and directed by Castille Brandon, which follows a young woman with schizophrenia struggling to deal with her hallucinations. While this tries very hard to make you as a viewer question what’s real and what isn’t, ultimately it comes off as a little too predictable. Madison Iseman
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“FEAR has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run. Or, Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours” A sickness has spread, restricting travel and resulting in the introduction of curfews and checkpoints. The military had to get involved, building walls through the mountains before leaving, cutting people off from the outside world. As more people
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I feel like I have been waiting a really long time to write this review. But nowhere near as long as us poor Brits have been waiting for the release of this film. Promising Young Woman finally arrives in the UK today via Sky. If you managed to avoid any and all spoilers over this
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In Planes Trains and Automobiles, there’s a moment when Neil Page (Steve Martin) finally snaps, ripping into his annoying travel companion Dell Griffith, (John Candy). He tells him the way people usually approach telling stories, saying “You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting”, before hitting him with the line “you’re a
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The wait is finally over, after what feels like eons since the US release, Run finally arrived on UK shores via Netflix on the 2nd April. Was it worth the wait? Teenager Chloe (Kiera Allen) lives at home with caring mother Diane (Sarah Paulson). Chloe is driven and independent, but due to a myriad of
The Mauritanian is a slow procedural drama that at times can be incredibly slow, but this pace feels earned when the shocking developments in the film arrive. A defense attorney and her associate (Jodie Foster and Shailene Woodley respectively) investigate the case of a suspected 9/11 terrorist imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Throughout their investigation,
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