Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a classic 90s blockbuster. It has great action, perfectly timed humour, doesn’t take itself too seriously and feels the right amount of epic, even with a great pop song as part of the marketing. … Continue reading Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Review
Robin Hood is in need of a big screen reboot. When people think of the movie version of the English legend, they either think back to a swashbuckling Errol Flynn or Kevin Costner playing the role far too seriously. This … Continue reading Robin Hood (2018) Review
It is very telling that halfway through the Half-Blood Prince, there is a scene which was added to the film but not in the book, to give the movie some actual action in it’s second act. This is because there doesn’t … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Review
You could argue that there is a lot less focus on story in the fourth Harry Potter movie and much more focus on action. It is a movie of set-pieces and spectacle rather than advancing any of the larger mythology forward … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2004) Review
The third movie in the Harry Potter series finds the franchise with a firm grasp of identity and confidence to start changing things. Chamber of Secrets began to get darker and shed some of the more childish elements but Prisoner of … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Review
It would have been easy for the Harry Potter movies to be content with repeating some of the better moments of the first movie and not developing the story too much but even with their first sequel, the movie feels … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Review
From the moment the movie begins you can sense the “magic” of the world of Harry Potter. It is a credit to JK Rowling that she is able to create such an imaginative place and then for director Chris Columbus to … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) Review
With as many stars and stories that are packed into Love Actually, there is always going to be an element of “hit-and-miss” with some of the tales. Fortunately, a lot of what Love Actually offers works very well. There is some … Continue reading Love Actually (2003) Review
The second movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise couldn’t feel more different to it’s predecessor. The first was a focused, intelligent spy thriller with a plot that kept you guessing and action scenes that worked for the story and … Continue reading Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Review
Living the events of the past through the eyes of another individual, especially a life that spans many key, historical events, is a great way to present a movie differently. Forrest Gump did it very well, covering the Vietnam War, the … Continue reading The Butler (2013) Review
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