People are hating on this movie for the wrong reasons. In the distant future, when cybernetics are advancing to the point that humanity is becoming a fleeting concept, The Major is one of the best agents of a cyber-crime investigative unit known as Section Nine. But she questions her origins, and how she has no…
Review: Free Fire
Ninety minutes of hilarity as a dozen gun traders shoot and maim the hell out of each other. Boston, 1978, two gangs meet in an abandoned warehouse to trade money for firearms. But this trade between America and Ireland goes awry as a fight breaks out and uninvited guests arrive, and what was meant to…
Remake Rumble Review: Beauty and the Beast
I do like Disney films, but when I say “before this review that I’d only seen Beauty and the Beast once before”, I know it will shock many readers! This movie is the darling of a lot of people I know. However, even though I’d only seen it once, I did remember the moment! I…
Review: Get Out
A racially charged, uncomfortable and satirical psychological thriller. Get Out was a unique experience. Chris and Rose are four months into their relationship and seeing as it is serious, Rose takes him to visit her parents who live in the countryside. Chris is immediately hesitant, and what at first seems to be nothing more than…
Review: Kong – Skull Island (2D)
This reboot of King Kong’s mythology is a springboard for the monster-verse and… it is competent but nothing to write home about. An expedition in the early 1970s to the fabled Skull Island, spotted by satellite technology, goes awry when the expedition is headed by a man looking for revenge on a colossal monster living…
Remake Rumble Review: King Kong (1933, 1976, 2005)
Did you know they made three major King Kong movies? I sure didn’t! With the release of Kong: Skull Island this week I wanted to revisit one of the oldest monsters in movie history and show myself a couple of films I’d never seen before in the process! Rumble in the jungle: let three titans clash!…
Review: Logan
A comic book movie like no other: like someone took a glossy sports car, ripped the chrome and colours from it and riddled the engine block with bullet holes. It was great. In the year 2029, Logan aka Wolverine of the X-Men, finds himself living a reclusive life as a chauffeur, ageing rapidly, guilt ridden…
Review: Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures is as delightful as it is important. Heartwarming and vital. Based off the true story of three women who challenged all of the social norms in the early 1960s by becoming vital to the success of America’s first manned space flight by NASA. This is the sort of “Girl Power” I can get…
Review: A Cure for Wellness
A Cure for Wellness should be a film for me; surreal, Gothic imagery, sinister mystery, beautiful camerawork and plenty of 18 rated material. But… something didn’t quite work for me. A career-driven businessman involved with the stock market, upon receiving a promotion, must travel to Switzerland and track down his old CEO so a merger could be…
Review: Moonlight
This film incredibly tackles multiple issues without sledgehammering any of them. The story follows the life of Chiron, a quiet, young black man living in Miami, as he struggles to find his place in the world. Moonlight has been nominated for eight Academy Awards (results of which are in two days, as of this review)…