Review – Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
As we say farewell to the tale of the ‘Skywalker saga’, Episode 9 offers an enjoyable wrapping up of the story, even if not meeting everyone’s hopes.
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Review – Coco
Directed by Lee Unkrich (who also directed Toy Story 3), Pixar’s latest release is the animation ‘Coco’. Set in modern day Mexico, the film centres around Miguel, a young boy with dreams of becoming a musician. The problem is though that his family, especially his grandmother, have different plans for him. Ever since his great grandfather, abandoned his family to
Read moreReview – Paddington 2
Paddington Bear (now fully going by Paddington Brown) is back. Now, well settled in life in London, the bear from deepest, darkest Peru, finds himself taking on a number of jobs in an attempt to raise money to buy Aunt Lucy a present for her 100th birthday. The item he has his eye on is an antique pop-up book of
Read moreReview – Lego Batman
We’re back off to the Lego Universe now for the review of the Lego Batman film that is currently out in the cinema. The second Lego film to have come out after 2014’s The Lego Movie, Chris McKay (who was an animation director on the 2014 film) now takes on his full directorial debut. The screenplay is by a number
Read moreReview – Captain Fantastic
2016’s Captain Fantastic is a relatively low budget yet incredible ‘comedy drama’ film starring Viggo Mortenson in the lead role as a father of a large family, who having abandoned ‘modern life’ a number of years ago, find themselves taking a road trip to attend their mother’s funeral in New Mexico. The film is both written and directed by Matt
Read moreReview – Daddy’s Home
The team of Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg return from their 2010 comedy hit The Other Guys, with the new offering from director Sean Anders (We’re The Millers, Horrible Bosses 2, That’s My Boy), Daddy’s Home. Ferrell plays Brad Whitaker, an executive on the Panda smooth Jazz radio station, and married stepfather to his wife’s two children Megan and Dylan.
Read moreReview – Uncle Buck
Alphabet Challenge – Day ‘U’. Today sees us shift back to 1989 and the world of writer / director John Hughes for the family comedy ‘Uncle Buck’. In this film the late, great John Candy plays Buck Russell brother to Bob and uncle to Bob’s three children. Upon the news that Bob’s wife Cindy’s father has had a heart attack,
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