As you watch the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy, you’ll get the impression that writer and director James Gunn wanted this movie to be about family. That is because it isn’t subtly hinted at but thrown into your face at … Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Review
A Monster Calls seems to be a movie that would work very well as a novel but lose some of it’s impact on the way to the big screen. In same cases, this seems to be the issue but in a … Continue reading A Monster Calls (2016) Review
M Night Shyamalan has a talent for bringing a different type of performance from well-known, sometimes arguably type-cast stars. The Sixth Sense gave a different side to Bruce Willis while Unbreakable reminded people that Samuel L Jackson could actually act. In … Continue reading Signs (2002) Review
There is a solid argument for Unbreakable being the best superhero origin movie. It manages to create a believable superhero in the “real world” without falling prey to any of the usual, paint-by-numbers clichés that plague even the masters like Marvel. … Continue reading Unbreakable (2000) Review
Split is a movie you don’t see coming. It is a high concept film which if handled badly could have been camp and trashy. Here it is handled with seriousness and the movie plays out as a tense horror and one … Continue reading Split (2016) Review
It is strange for a film called Ghost to not be scary. This isn’t Poltergeist and isn’t trying to terrify. Instead this is a supernatural romance story and one which relies heavily on it’s two leads and luckily for this movie, … Continue reading Ghost (1990) Review
Justice League is a movie that will want you craving more as the credits roll. This would usually be a positive, and to some extent it is, but it is also because Justice League feels like the first act of a … Continue reading Justice League (2017) Review
The Last Jedi makes it clear how much nostalgia can cover over “the cracks.” The Force Awakens was a great movie. Very exciting, thrilling and welcome return to a franchise that was in desperate need of some quality. While watching The … Continue reading Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Review
You could always trust Amy Schumer to write a romantic comedy which bucked the trend and offered something different. Amy Schumer was never going to write a comedy where the female character was dependent on the lead male character to “sort … Continue reading Trainwreck (2015) Review
Before Vin Diesel seemingly cornered the market on fast cars and Family, another film mixed these two concepts to good effect, in fact some may even argue better than the earlier Fast and Furious movies. Nicholas Cage would steal cars, get … Continue reading Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) Review
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