I walked away from the cinema in love with the BlacKkKlansman because it’s a film that managed to be emotionally charged, funny and make a point all at the same time.
Category: Film
The Fast & Furious Franchise Ranked
Despite starting life as a small-time street racing movie, the Fast and Furious Franchise has grown into a blockbuster juggernaut, with eight films under its belt and another two in the works. So, how do the films stack up when ranked against one another. Who comes home with the chequered flag and who's trailing in … Continue reading The Fast & Furious Franchise Ranked
La La Land review
Over the last decade the trend for Hollywood musicals has been to shoe-horn romantic plots around the songs of famous bands…think Mamma Mia, Sunshine on Leith and Walking on Sunshine. Refreshingly La La Land is something different, a film where the music and the story blend together to create a cinematic masterpiece. After his loud, … Continue reading La La Land review
My Favourite Christmas Films
Take a look at the ten festive films that I look forward to watching with the family every Christmas!
Doctor Strange review
While DC continue to pick up the pieces from their Batman Vs Superman disaster, Marvel have worked their cinematic magic once again, this time on Doctor Strange. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and directed by Scott Derrickson (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sinister) Doctor Strange follows the journey of brilliant neurosurgeon Stephen Strange as he heads … Continue reading Doctor Strange review
The Light Between Oceans review
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.” This is the message at the heart of The Light Between Oceans, a film that shows just how hard it is to forgive others and, significantly, ourselves. Based on M.L. Steadman’s bestselling novel of the same name, The … Continue reading The Light Between Oceans review
War on Everyone review
Buddy cop films are back in fashion and this time around they have an edge. After The Nice Guys starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling surprised audiences earlier this year, John Micheal McDonagh (Cavalry, The Guard) decided to add the grit with his take on the genre. Moving away from his traditionally favoured setting of … Continue reading War on Everyone review
Deepwater Horizon review
If you had asked me at the beginning of the year if I thought a film about a 2010 oil rig disaster would be one 2016’s best films I would have laughed. Ten months later and it’s a very different story.
Suicide Squad review
Spoiler Alert! With a marketing campaign that kicked off over a year ago the hype surrounding Suicide Squad, DC's villainous team-up, had reached boiling point ahead of its release last week. Having promised so much the film had a lot to deliver! Unfortunately the problems start early on... Introducing all these new characters was always going … Continue reading Suicide Squad review
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice review
Before we begin let's make one thing clear...I don't hate this film! It certainly isn't the worst film I've seen, that dubious honour goes to Ted 2. The problem is...I don't love it either. Why? Because this is a film beset with problems including tone, lighting and character development. The biggest problem is the lack … Continue reading Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice review
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