Someone recently said that the superhero movie was done and dusted, that public fatigue had grown, which is why films like Supergirl had failed miserably. Well, looking at the box office takings of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it seems that there is still a hunger for the web-slinger. This fourth outing for the current incarnation…
Tag: Adventure
The Odyssey
It used to be the case that a film star’s name attached to a project would open a movie, making it a guaranteed box-office winner. Occasionally, a director would have that same effect. Christopher Nolan has become one of those directors. His films tend to open big. Not saying that they aren’t always great. For…
Moana
When Disney released Moana ten years ago, I raved about it. I thought it was the best animated feature they had produced in years, a colourful, diverse and different tale that didn’t follow the usual path of the female-led adventures, but had an independently minded young woman taking on the dangers of gods, demigods and…
Minions & Monsters
The Minions have always been the best thing about the Despicable Me movies and the introduction to the Illumination studios. For some reason, their standalone films have always struggled and were never as funny as the short bursts of Minion action in the Gru movies. Now we have their third film, Minions & Monsters, and…
Supergirl
When it was announced that Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was becoming co-head of DC Studios, after the mixed reaction to Zack Snyder’s Batman/Superman movies, there was hope that having a man who obviously has a love for comic books and superhero characters would bring a fresh and exciting new realm that could…
Toy Story 5
About half way through watching Toy Story 5, my thoughts went to what made Toy Story 3 such a classic, and in particular, that moment when the floodgates were open and tears streamed down my face, and I wondered how a simple scene in which a group of toys, facing their ultimate doom and just…
Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg is, without a doubt, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His CV is littered with great movies, and he’s been at the top of his game ever since his debut feature, Duel, back in 1971. What gets people excited is his sci-fi films, after such monster smashes as Close Encounters of…
Masters Of The Universe
Toy company Mattel have done pretty well out of their He-Man toys. First, they became a huge success with their figurines, which led to the popular cartoon series in the 80s. Then, Cannon Films produced the cult-favourite live-action version back in 1987, with Dolph Lundgren as He-Man. Now, just when you thought the characters were…
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
The last time there was a Star Wars movie in cinemas was in 2019, with The Rise of Skywalker. Since then, the franchise has taken over Disney+ with countless series, to the point of almost saturation. Now, one of the first series to appear on the channel has made it to the big screen. The…
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
You know that a film is in trouble when the most entertaining thing about it is the company ident at the beginning, where the Minions are playing a version of Super Mario Bros. to tell us this is an Illumination production. Yes, we are back with a sequel to the Super Mario Bros. Movie from…
The Magic Faraway Tree
Can we say all hail, Simon Farnaby? The performer and writer who started life in Horrible Histories and went on to co-write the BBC comedy Ghosts has taken the family film and breathed no life into it. Having co-written Paddington 2 and Wonka, he has now taken a beloved series of books by Enid Blyton,…
Project Hail Mary
Sci-fi is a hard genre to crack. They can be just silly, as proven with this year’s Mercy, or far too cerebral, as with Interstellar. Thankfully, writer Andy Weir has found that balance of science and fun. His previous film outing for one of his novels, The Martian, turned out to be Ridley Scott’s lightest…
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