Review – Ad Astra
In the grandest transitions of big scale sci fi films of the past, Ad Astra is an ambitious, spectacular cinematic experience.
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Review : Woodstock or Bust (2019)
For the next review from FilmGeeky, we turn to the directorial debut by Leslie Bloom. Set in the summer of 1969, ‘Woodstock or Bust’ offers a charming idea that doesn’t quite deliver. Woodstock in 1969 was a cultural crescendo in the United States, a defining moment for counterculture crystallising ‘flower power’ and popular music at the time when the Vietnam
Read moreReview – Avengers : Endgame
Avengers : Endgame represents one of the biggest moments in modern day cinema, with the film bringing the first 3 phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a rip roaring, victory lap of a crescendo. “We’re in the end game now” Doctor Strange, Avengers : Infinity War The film finds the remaining members of the avengers years after the climax
Read moreReview – Avengers : Infinity War
*Firstly – a disclaimer. I try to avoid any spoilers, and I have here. But please, if you are worried, then don’t read this until you’ve seen the film incase I’ve inferred a plot point inadvertanlty* 10 years on from the initial launch of the MCU with 2008’s Iron Man, the gigantic event movie of Avengers : Infinity War has
Read moreReview – Catwoman (2004)
This review contains spoilers. So if you want to watch it, then don’t read on. But if you’re planning on watching it, me ruining some plot points is the lesser of the evils facing you… I don’t know why I even bothered to watch this. Well, that’s not true. At a time where superhero films are a huge business, I
Read moreReview – Good Time
Good Time is a 2017 gritty crime drama starring Robert Pattison, and directed by Ben and Josh Safdie . It was written by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein. The Safdie brothers have worked on a number of other independent films such as Heaven Knows What, Lenny Cooke, and Daddy Longlegs. The film follows Connie Nikas’ one evening after he and
Read moreReview – Once Upon a Time in Venice
Directed and written by debut filmmaker brothers Michael and Rob Cullen, who had previously penned the script for Cop Out the 2010 Kevin Smith cop crime action comedy. In the same vein, is the 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice. Steve Ford is an ageing private detective, with the only local real family being a sister in law (Famke
Read moreReview – Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit is the 2018 live action / cgi adventure comedy adaptation of a classic story by British author Beatrix Potter directed by Will Gluck, and adapted by Gluck and Rob Lieber. Set in Windermere, in the Lake District, the – an adventurous, cheeky rabbit and his family and friends as they go into battle with Thomas McGregor. Thomas,
Read moreReview – Ready Player One
The new film by director Steven Spielberg, is based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Cline – Ready Player One. Cline additionally co-wrote the screenplay with Zak Penn. Set in a dystopian future, specifically 2045, where ‘post the corn syrup drought, and the bandwidth riots’ the world has taken to ‘living with problems rather than trying to
Read moreReview – Date Night
We head back to 2010 for this review of the Shaun Levy directed Date Night. Written by Josh Klausner, the film was also produced by Levy and Tom McNulty. Phil and Claire Foster are a married couple, with two children, and the very definition of suburban living. Phil is a tax accountant and Claire is a real estate agent. They
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