Review – Star Wars : The Phantom Menace
George Lucas’ first of the prequel trilogy still has a lot to offer, however could have been so much more
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Review – Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an enjoyable enough entrance, but the number of moving parts and identity themes make it tricky to completely engage with
Read moreReview – Godzilla
2014’s Godzilla kicked off Legendary’s MonsterVerse series and is its best offering so far with its well negotiated balance of character drama and monster fighting inducing destruction chaos. Hollywood’s last run at the famous Japanese character of Godzilla was Roland Emmerich’s 1998 Godzilla film which never really got anywhere and quickly saw off any ideas of a cinematic series for
Read moreReview – Terminator : Dark Fate
The Terminator is back, and whilst Linda Hamilton’s return adds a lot compared to other films in the franchise since Terminator 2, by the 1st two films legacy, it still feels lacking.
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 – 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
Read moreReview – Tomb Raider
Lara Croft is back on the big screen. 15 years since Angelina Jolie made her second, and final, appearance as the heroine of the computer game series Tomb Raider, Lara Croft returns – this time in the form of Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, Jason Bourne), directed by Roar Uthaug. The film serves as somewhat of a prequel
Read moreReview – Concussion
Will Smith stars in the 2015 sports drama Concussion, based on the true to life events that saw Dr. Bennet Omalu complete ground breaking analysis that would lead to better understanding of the impacts of tackling within the NFL. Smith stars as Omalu, an African immigrant into America, who we meet in Pennsylvania, working as a coroner. Following the death of
Read moreReview : Murder on the Orient Express
Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective with the ‘little grey cells’ is back on the Big Screen! This time in the form of actor / director Kenneth Branagh, the 2017 film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express is a sold enough version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Originally written in 1934, Christie’s novel takes to the screen with an all
Read moreReview – The Founder
The latest film by director John Lee Hancock (previously directed Saving Mr Banks and The Blind Side) is the 2016 biopic drama The Founder. The film is written by Robert D. Siegel whose most known work was 2008’s The Wrestler. The tells the story of Ray Kroc played by Michael Keaton, a middle aged milkshake machine salesman in 1950’s USA,
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