Sacha Baron Cohen works best with no script and very little structure. His best work by far is Borat and Bruno. Both had very little script (although there was an overall story and direction) and relied on “everyday people’s” reactions and perceptions … Continue reading The Dictator (2012) Review
Because I review a whole tv series rather than individual episodes, there is a chance of spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, stop reading now! Ghosts will always be the scariest thing on television. I’d rather … Continue reading Lightfields (Season 1) TV Review
A movie’s popularity and success is never enough to justify a sequel. You need a story, flexible and adaptable characters and enough material to keep an audience entertained for at least ninety minutes. The problem with the film industry … Continue reading Despicable Me 2 (2013) Review
Any film, particularly comedies and even more so with animated comedies, relies on a certain element of luck. You can have the greatest script, fantastic cast and amazing director but if the chemistry doesn’t fit or the audience don’t quite “get … Continue reading Despicable Me (2010) Review
If you are going to make the brave move of trying to take a successful tv show and put it on the big screen, you have to go bigger and better than anything we have seen on the show already. … Continue reading The X-Files Movie (1998) Review
Being both a movies fan and a comic book/superhero fan can be both positive and negative. The positive side is that whenever I see a very clever superhero film, with in-jokes, reference to the wider comic universe, other characters or … Continue reading Man of Steel (2013) Review
Because I review a whole tv series rather than individual episodes, there is a chance of spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, stop reading now! Season 5 of any tv series is usually the true test … Continue reading The X-Files (Season 5) TV Review
Some films have such a thin plot and fragile elements that they rely on the curse of “stupid decisions.” These are the decisions that characters make that have you shouting at the screen, infuriated that they would go up the … Continue reading The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) Review
It’s difficult reviewing a movie that was such a huge and influential part of my childhood without just gushing about it and writing a shining review which doesn’t really do the movie justice or reflect its true quality. I watched Ghostbusters … Continue reading Ghostbusters 2 (1989) Review
Because I review a whole tv series rather than individual episodes, there is a chance of spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, stop reading now! Some TV shows deliver great episodes without hype, flash or following, … Continue reading Southland (Season 4) TV Review
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