Let’s face it: Michael Bay’s live-action versions of the popular toys of the 80s were a mess. Loud, incoherent and most of the time confusing, especially for those who are not familiar with the mythology of the series. The series picked up when he walked away from behind the camera to just producing. Bumblebee was…
Tag: Adventure
The Wild Robot
When Dreamworks entered the animation world with Antz in 1998, they were considered a competitor to Disney. Over the years, they have had various degrees of success with movies like Shrek, How To Train Your Dragon, and Kung Fu Panda, but they have never managed to capture the same magic that the mighty animation giants…
Borderlands
Going into Borderlands, I knew very little. I knew it was based on a video game, but that was about it. I have never played the game or even seen the game. I knew it was directed by Eli Roth, who is usually associated with very gory horrors and was responsible for the torture porn…
Deadpool & Wolverine
It almost seems a miracle that Deadpool 3 got to the screen. Originally announced when the Marvel character was still at 20th Century Fox, it was shelved during the deal with Disney and questions were thrown up as to whether the House of Mouse would allow such a sweary character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe….
Twisters
Let’s go back to 1996. The year that Twister hit the screens. A big, loud, visually impressive blockbuster that could easily be placed in the disaster movie category but seemed more to be out to amaze the audience with its effects, including the flying cow. Now we have Twisters, a stand-alone sequel that takes moments…
Despicable Me 4
Animated franchises are a bit of a hit-or-miss affair. Some, like Toy Story, get it absolutely right, even if they should have stopped at number 3, whereas Ice Age started off well but became overcrowded with far too many characters and lost that original charm. Despicable Me started with a massive boom, a hilarious, inventive…
A Quiet Place: Day One
John Krasinski’s sci-fi horror A Quiet Place is possibly one of the best films of the 21st Century. A gripping, relentlessly tense terror that left audiences leaving the cinema with full pots of popcorn for fear of making a noise. He then gave us the decent sequel, A Quiet Place Part II. Now, with Kransinski…
Inside Out 2
Things haven’t been great for Pixar in recent years. Three of their best films (Soul, Luca, and Turning Red) were sent straight to Disney+ due to the pandemic, while their recent cinema releases, Lightyear and Elemental, failed to ignite that flame they used to have. Now, they have turned to one of their best films,…
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
It was 1996 when we were first introduced to Mike Lawrey and Marcus Burnett, the two Miami cops who consider themselves Bad Boys, even though they are just ordinary buddy cops that appear in most action thrillers like this. Except the dynamics were slightly more interesting: Mike, the single womanizer who drives around in a…
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
When you think of great directors, you may think of Hitchcock, Spielberg, Scorsese, and David Lean, to name a few. Not many mention the name George Miller on that list. Maybe it’s time we did because with his latest film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, he has definitely cemented his name as one of the…
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
When Charlton Heston uttered those immortal words, “Keep your stinking paws off me, you filthy apes!” back in 1968, who would have known that over 50 years later, those apes would still be famous with the audience enough to allow them a new movie, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. After Any Serkis’s Caesar…
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy was a throw-away TV series that filled the schedules in the 80s, with Lee Majors as a stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter. It followed the same vein as The A-Team when you could turn your television on a Saturday evening and watch without thinking. Now we get the feature reboot…
Stu Loves Film 