Usually Star Trek: Enterprise is cited as the moment when Trek “lost it.” I think it was a little earlier, with Star Trek: Voyager. Which is painful to say; I grew up watching Voyager almost as much as the previous two. I clearly remember going and buying VHS tapes (each containing two whole episodes!) which…
Review: Captain America: Brave New World
An MCU paint-by-numbers. It is perfectly serviceable, but doesn’t have any real punch. Sam Wilson, aka Captain America, finds an old friend being tried for attempted assassination of the American President. But upon investigating this, he finds a darker secret underneath. It isn’t uncommon knowledge that Captain America: Brave New World was in development hell…
Review: Companion
Yep, this is very much my frequency of movie. Five friends take a trip to a countryside house. But for Josh, Iris, Kat, Eli, and Patrick, not everything is as it seems… Companion is arguably a career first feature film by writer/director Drew Hancock. Previously having worked on television, shorts, and Tenacious D videos, his…
Review: Wolf Man
It does have heart and conviction, but is a little too shallow. When husband and father Blake learns of his own father’s death, he takes his family to his woodland home to settle affairs. However, things quickly go wrong as something in the woods is hunting them. Wolf Man comes to us as the second…
Review: A Complete Unknown
Another musician biopic. This one about beginnings and endings. A young man arrives in New York City in the 1960s to meet his musical heroes. His journey is influenced and moulded by them, but this prodigy cannot be contained for long. A quick recovery from director James Mangold (Ford Vs Ferrari, Logan) since the disastrous…
Review: Better Man
Intentionally, the film is far more affecting that appearances might suggest. A dramatization following the personal story of British pop singer Robbie Williams, his meteoric highs and crashing lows. Directed by Michael Gracey (2017’s The Greatest Showman) and starring Kate Mulvany, Raechelle Banno, Steve Pemberton, and of course… Robbie Williams, the film turned heads for…
Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
In a rare turn of fate, the third in a film series is the best one? Sonic, a high speed creature from another world, has a new adversary: Shadow. But even with his friends, he might need to make an unlikely alliance to thwart this new foe. Director Jeff Fowler has had exclusivity of the…
Review: Nosferatu
Remakes of classic movies never looked this good before. In 1800s Germany, a woman is haunted by visions, while her husband travels to distant lands to settle a housing transaction. However, these events will bring a terrible plague upon them and the country… The boom of horror movies continues. Director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, VVitch,…
Review: Star Trek – Deep Space Nine
The world-building continues from The Next Generation‘s template. But Deep Space Nine changes the beat and the rhythm before its done. With the liberation of the planet Bajor from Cardassian occupation, The Federation establish an outpost nearby. But before they even settle in on the old Cardassian station, a wormhole is discovered. Not only does…
Review: Star Trek – The Next Generation
The gold standard for Star Trek. Immutable and forever. First airing on television in 1987 and running for seven full seasons, Star Trek: The Next Generation is the powerhouse sequel the likes of which many movie franchises enjoy. Set 100 years after the Original Series featuring Captain Kirk and Spock, this series followed a new…