Review – Jumanji : The Next Level
We’re back to the computer game world of Jumanji for the sequel to 2017’s smash hit – and it’s a thoroughly enjoyable return
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Trailer – Ghostbusters : Afterlife
Only 3 years after the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot (review is here), a trailer for a new Ghostbusters film has arrived. The film is written and directed by Jason Reitman (son of Ivan Reitman – who directed and produced the original 2 films). Anyway – here is the trailer and in honesty, it looks wonderful…
Read moreTrailer – Doctor Sleep
Although it may sound like a new addition superhero, Doctor Sleep is the upcoming sequel to The Shining. Based on Stephen King’s 2013 novel of the same name, we will see Ewan McGregor as the adult version of Danny Torrance, the young boy from the original film (originally played by Danny Lloyd)
Read moreReview – Independence Day : Resurgence
I genuinely thought it was a joke when someone told me that they were actually working on a sequel for 1996’s Independence Day. A film that I wasn’t a big fan of at the time, but I could appreciate its commercial successes and did enjoy the charismatic performance of Will Smith punching an alien (“Welcome to Earth!”). It was of a
Read moreTrailer – Transformers – The Last Knight
Amongst the 2017 blockbusters will be the latest in the Transformer’s franchise – Transformers : The Last Knight. Again directed by Michael Bay, this will be the sequel to the Age of Extinction reboot that saw Mark Wahlberg take the ‘human’ lead in the 2014 film from Shia LeBouef in the prior 3. Tonight, Paramount released the first teaser trailer for
Read moreReview – Jack Reacher : Never Go Back
Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher (from the series of novels by Lee Child) in a rare sequel for the biggest movie star on the planet. In ‘Jack Reacher : Never Go Back’ Reacher is drawn into a conspiracy within his former battalion when he returns to meet Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders). Ultimately for the promise offered by Cruise’s
Read moreReview : Transformers – Age Of Extinction
No director symbolises the era of the multiplex blockbuster movie more than Michael Bay. By the way, that’s not a compliment. 2014’s ‘Transformers : Age of Extinction’ sees him directing the 4th Transformers movie, a form of a reboot from the first three in the sense that the story moves away Shia LaBeouf and Josh Duhamel. Instead we find Mark
Read moreReview – Captain America : Civil War
Bursting onto the screens across the planet is the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Captain America : Civil War – A film that is in many ways a mix of Captain America 3, Iron Man 4 and The Avengers 3. Its screenplay is by the combination of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (who have penned the previous
Read moreReview – Thor : The Dark World
Continuing on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we return to the intergalactic Space opera of Thor, in the 2013 sequel Thor : The Dark World. For the follow up, Alan Taylor took on the role of director (Kenneth Branagh having directing the first film), having previously directed Palookaville and Kill The Poor. The screenplay by Christopher Yost and the pairing
Read moreReview – Iron Man 3
For the first MCU film post The Avengers, Tony Stark returns in his third solo standalone film in 2013’s Iron Man 3. This is the first of the Stark films not directed by Jon Favreau, with Shane Black who had previously directed Robert Downey Jnr in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Much like that film, Black also wrote the screenplay, this
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