Saving Private Ryan is the definitive World War 2 movie. It covers one of the most horrific but influential moments in the history of the conflict, in a real, bloody and stark way, while also making a movie which tells a … Continue reading Spielberg on WW2 – Saving Private Ryan (1998) Review
The movie releases within the Marvel Cinematic Universe are no longer sequels or origin stories – they are chapters. More than ever, each movie seems to interlink and connect with the others almost seamlessly and effortlessly, with the studio having created … Continue reading Captain America: Civil War (2016) Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! It would have been very tempting to stop making Alan Partridge for TV after the … Continue reading Mid-Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (Season 2) TV Review
Going Clear is a scary documentary. Not in the traditional sense, it isn’t in any way a horror, but in the spotlight it places on the ever-growing religion of Scientology. It is scary because the documentary seems to have the truth … Continue reading Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Review
Sometimes all you need from a film is to be entertained. A movie doesn’t always have to be uproariously funny, thrilling and dramatic or even scary. To have your interest peaked for ninety minutes is all some movies need to do … Continue reading Eddie the Eagle (2016) Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! It is difficult to review a show when the series is delivering the same high … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers (Season 4) TV Review
Nostalgia often plasters over some of the glaring errors in “classic” movies, especially animated ones. That is definitely the case for The Last Unicorn. Ask many people who watched the film as a child and they will recount a magical tale … Continue reading The Last Unicorn (1982) Review
Watership Down feels like a missed opportunity. It sits in the middle of a children’s animated film and a gritty drama – about rabbits. It has some very mature themes, tackles adult ideas and has some real violence and peril, with … Continue reading Watership Down (1978) Review
A remake should only ever be made if it improves upon the original. Just cashing-in on the success and popularity of a past story isn’t enough and is also the reason why many remakes fail. Luckily, The Jungle Book seems to … Continue reading The Jungle Book (2016) Review
Age has not been kind to The Wicker Man. What may have been disturbing, shocking and creepy back in the seventies just seems to be strange today. It is difficult to get behind a movie where “the outsider” is just met … Continue reading The Wicker Man (1973) Review
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