Karate Kid: Legends

Since the 80s, there has been one franchise that won’t lie down: The Karate Kid. We’ve had four original movies (including the dire The Next Karate Kid, which could have been the death knell of the series); the 2010 reboot, and, more recently, Cobra Kai (not forgetting the animated TV series). Now we have Karate…

Polite Society

Polite Society is a unique new film you may never have heard of. A British film from first-time feature director Nida Manzoor, a film brimming with more ideas than most mainstream movies, that breaks the mould of stereotypes and manages to skillfully jump from one genre to another in the blink of an eye. You…

Everything Everywhere All at Once

It seems that this year’s trend is the multiverse. We’ve already had Spider-Man: No Way Home; last week, Doctor Strange entered the Multiverse of Madness and later this year, we have another Spider-Man movie with the second in the Spider-verse saga. This week, however, we have a film with no connection to Marvel, with a…

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Directors: Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan Starring: Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen. Michael Pena, Kumail Nanjiani, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods Written by: Jared Stern, John Whittington, (also story) Bob Logan, Paul Fisher, William Wheeler, Tom Wheeler, (story) Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman Running Time: 101 mins Cert: U Release date: 13th…

Kung Fu Panda 3

Directors: Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh Starring: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, David Cross, Kate Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu, James Hong Written by:  Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 11th March 2016 As I sat watching the third installment of the tale of a…