Review – Night School
2018’s Night School is a hollow, unfunny, and frustrating comedy with very few laughs. Avoid it.
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Trailer – The Gentleman
Guy Ritchie is heading back to his cockney gangster film roots after a foray into bigger Hollywood blockbusters (King Arthur and Aladdin to name but two). The Gentleman will be his new film, hitting the screens in 2020, featuring Hugh Grant, Matthew McConaughey and Charlie Hunnam. It looks a lot like his previous work, and the trailer is here…
Read moreReview – Unbreakable
M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable from 2000, is a powerful example of both an auteur at the top of his game, and a contemporary approach to a genre that is now running amuck in cinema
Read moreReview – Hellboy (2019)
Hellboy’s third big screen offering, lacks everything Del Toro brought to the franchise and offers virtually nothing in return for that loss
Read moreReview – The Old Man and the Gun
‘The Old Man and the Gun’, which may be the last Robert Redford lead role before retirement, delivers a thoroughly enjoyable and suprisingly nostalgic crime story
Read moreReview – American Woman
Sienna Miller is outstanding in this gritty drama about the disappearance of her daughter, and the impacts that play out
Read moreTrailer – The Banker
With an upcoming, but limited release – and then launch on the new Apple TV+ service, The Banker is the new film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie (or Nick Fury and Falcon in the world of super hero cinema). The film also stars Nicholas Hoult (or Beast in the world of X-Men) and sees the 3 attempting to
Read moreReview – Shazam!
2019’s Shazam! may not be perfect, but it’s an absolute ton of fun, and may well signal the future approach for the DC Universe.
Read moreTrailer – Bad Boys for Life
Will Smith continues his quest for a return to the days of his box office successes, and after the disappointment of Gemini Man, his next attempt will be a return to the Bad Boys franchise. Having made 2 films (Bad Boys – 1995, Bad Boys II – 2003) with Martin Lawrence as the pair of loose cannon cops, the 3rd
Read moreReview – Cold Pursuit
Liam Neeson stars in mis-toned remake of a Norwegian black comedy that feels off the mark ultimately disappointing
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