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…
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The Sheep Detectives
Never judge a book by its cover. When you hear of a title like The Sheep Detectives, you may think that it is going to be dire, another kids’ movie that adults will have to endure to keep their little ones quiet. Well, think again. The Sheep Detectives is one of the big surprises this…
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Some films don’t have sequels for a reason. The original works as a standalone, and it doesn’t need another film. In most cases, the sequel brings nothing to the table and thus causes a small backlash to the film that first captured everyone’s imagination. I can safely say that The Devil Wears Prada, a mid-budget…
Michael
There have been many biopics about musicians over the years. Some have worked, others haven’t. The likes of Rocketman, the story of Elton John, worked because, although it was part fantasy, it wasn’t afraid to go to the darker places in John’s life. The same can be said of Better Man, the Robbie Williams story,…
The Drama
Could film-makers please stop making anxiety-ridden, packed movies, as my nerves cannot cope anymore. With films like Marty Supreme and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You out in the world, I often leave the cinema frazzled. Now we can add The Drama to the collection. It was certainly the worst of the group, starting…
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…
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come
Ready or Not was a surprise hit in 2019 and took a very simple premise: a woman forced into playing a deadly game of hide and seek, and it was a blast as we watched the lead character, Grace, fight for her life against an overprivileged family who are hunting her down in a gothic…
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…
Mother’s Pride
If there is a sub-genre that we have become very good at, it’s the feel-good comedy/drama. A film that takes a traditionally British story, throws in a bunch of likeable characters, a sprinkle of issues and incidents, then stirs them up in a pot and sees what sticks. It started, I guess, with films like…
How To Make A Killing
The Coen Brothers made one massive misstep in their career: remaking the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers. Trying to capture the warmth and the darkness of the classic 1952 movie was impossible, even for experienced filmmakers. Which is why going into How To Make a Killing was done with trepidation, because even though this is not…
The Bride!
It seems that the story of Frankenstein has had a bit of a resurgence of late. With Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated version currently available on Netflix, now we have The Bride! An imaginative version of the 1935 Universal horror, The Bride of Frankenstein. Only this time, we don’t have to wait till the end to…
Hoppers
Pixar has had a troubled time over the past few years. Where they were once the masters of pitch-perfect animations, with hit after hit, they have fallen to the side. Not saying the quality hasn’t been there, but the storytelling has been lacking. Movies like Elemental and Elio just haven’t connected with audiences, and so…
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