A strong collaboration between Nintendo and Illumination Studios; the film is a lot of fun! The “Super Mario Brothers” are a two-brother team of plumbers in Brooklyn, hoping to take the plumbing world by storm with their skills. But when they are sucked into another dimension, they have a lot more to deal with than…
Review: Dungeons & Dragons – Honor Among Thieves
A fantasy romp not seen in a long time. Constantly entertaining. Two thieves, Edgin and Holga, go on a quest to reunite Edgin with his family after a long time incarcerated. However, their world is turned upside down as a sinister plot threatens the population of The Sword Coast. Written and directed by John Francis…
Review: John Wick – Chapter 4
Despite the franchise rapidly running out of road, this entry was a solid effort! After being betrayed by those closest to him, John Wick has recuperated and is out on the warpath to bring down every member of The High Table in hopes of earning his freedom. But those he targets have everyone gunning for…
Review: Rye Lane
An entertaining little British comedy. Set in London, the film follows Yas and Dom who, after an awkward but fateful meeting in unisex toilets, go on a soul-searching wander through town, trying to reconcile their histories with ex lovers. Feature film debut by director Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane features small screen actors David Jonsson and…
Review: 65
A science fiction short story of good calibre! A space ship pilot crash lands on a hostile, primal world. It isn’t long before he finds himself in a race against time to escape. Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the minds behind A Quiet Place, 65 sees Mills (played by Adam Driver)…
Review: Cocaine Bear
That sure was a bear on cocaine! A drug cartel’s supply of cocaine is ejected out of a plane only to scatter across the American Georgian forests, only for a black bear to go on an addiction rampage. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Cocaine Bear is… well, it is what the title implies. Probably up there…
Review: Broker
A road trip movie that is also a sombre experience about what family means to different people. When a mother drops her unwanted baby at a baby box in Korea, two men take the baby to sell it on to loving parents. But when the mother returns, the three agree to find suitable parents together….
Banter: An Ode to Cinema?
We had a run of movies-about-movies lately: Damien Chazelle’s heady Babylon, Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, and Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light. Of course, these aren’t the first and they won’t be the last pieces of celluloid (metaphorical or otherwise) to address the nature of film itself. The Artist, Son of Rambow, Ed Wood, Hail, Caesar!,…
Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp – Quantumania
Well, that was stupid. Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, is living life since the end of the Infinity War. But his peaceful post-hero life is going to end when his daughter creates a transmitter to the quantum realm, a realm Hank Pym’s wife fears more than anything else. Before you can say “where is Michael Peña?”…
Review: The Whale
Intense, claustrophobic, and very moving. Maybe not for everyone, though. Charlie teaches online courses to improve people’s essay and academic writing skills, yet he is housebound do to years of an eating disorder causing him to gain near-fatal amounts of weight. While others around him help or hinder his emotions, is this Charlie’s last week?…