I admit that I didn’t know what to expect from Stan & Ollie, although familiar with the name Laurel and Hardy, I am ashamed to say I had never previously encountered their work… and being more familiar with the work of stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, I knew that the film could go … Continue reading Stan & Ollie review
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.
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
Take a look at the ten festive films that I look forward to watching with the family every Christmas!
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
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
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.
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
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
It's great news for film fans when a franchise's fifth installment is it's strongest. Some Mission Impossible purists might disagree with me, but I am convinced that Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation is the best outing yet. Not bad for a franchise that started in 1996. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, putting to bed the rumours … Continue reading Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation review
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