M. Night Shyamalan is back. What could be the twist this time…? A father takes his daughter to a concert of her favourite singer/songwriter. But a heavy police presence is the first sign that the concert is a trap to catch a dangerous killer. Straight off the bat, I am a little uncertain how to…
Review: Alien – Romulus
New tricks elevate Alien: Romulus. But there’s an evil lurking inside of it. A group of young friends, in seeing their bleak futures working in a mining colony until they die, seek escape. But when escape leads them to an abandoned research station, they discover something horrific. It is safe to say that the Alien…
Review: Borderlands
All the progress made for the video game adaptation… undone. Lilith, a bounty hunter, returns to her home planet of Pandora in search of a business CEO’s daughter who has been kidnapped. Little does she know, this girl’s fate is entwined with opening a legendary vault, containing unparalleled power. Borderlands was a hit video game…
Banter: So I tried 4DX cinema
Film has changed a lot over the years, and one of the most current and advanced formats is 4DX. I rejected the format on principle. Why on earth would anyone want to watch a static image of a movie while their chair was shaking and stuff is blown in their face? It simply made no…
Review: Deadpool & Wolverine
It is a lot of fun. But for everything going on, it rings surprisingly hollow. Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, finds his entire reality at risk of obliteration. In a desperate attempt to save those he cares about, he finds a Wolverine from another reality. But can this team-up work at all? The meta narrative is…
Review: Longlegs
A horror movie with retro stylings that, while flawed, stands above its peers. FBI agent Lee Harker joins a cold case following a string of murdered families. The families seemingly killed themselves without provocation or cause. Can Harker discover the truth behind the murders? Longlegs is one of those small horror movies that gets a…
Review: Twisters
For a sequel no one asked for, it’s alright. Kate has an uncanny sense of weather prediction, but after disaster strikes she quits “tornado chasing”. But years later an old friend brings her back, hoping to tame the tornado. Twister was a 1996 film by Jan De Bont, who had come hot off the press…
Review: Kinds of Kindness
It makes Poor Things look positively mainstream. Comprised of three separate stories, Kinds of Kindness follows unorthodox characters in unorthodox relationships. Director Yorgos Lanthimos returns once again, with stars Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, since Poor Things earlier this year. Once again, audiences are greeted with another surrealist experience. Perhaps not as unintentionally divisive, but…
Review: The Bikeriders
Solidly performed dramatic piece of 1950s American culture. While a photographer finds himself riding with an American biker club, he interviews Kathy, a young woman also swept up into the club. She finds herself involved with Benny, a man who wants nothing more than to ride with the club.But when the club expands with more…
Review: Inside Out 2
Disney’s had a slew of mistakes lately, but this is not one of them. The emotions within Riley are having a blast since the last time we saw them. But when a big warning light labelled “puberty” appears on their control console… things are about to get crowded. 2015’s Inside Out was a very strong…