Most animated sequels struggle to find the spark of the original. Most of the time the original story is so insular that it is difficult to justify a sequel and even more difficult to put a coherent, logical story in place. … Continue reading Pixar Month: Toy Story 2 (1999) Review
This month we review a selection of movies from Empire’s 100 Greatest Movies list. Today is Number 70: The Lion King. From the moment that The Lion King starts, with an African-inspired song and the animals all responding to the … Continue reading 100 Greatest Movies Month: The Lion King (1994) Review
There is nothing in The Shape of Water that you haven’t seen a hundred times before. Disney have made Beauty and the Beast twice and as you watch this film, you soon realise that director Guillermo Del Toro has done so as well. This wouldn’t necessarily have to be a negative thing if it wasn’t so familiar, predictable and ultimately pedestrian. Not that The Shape of Water doesn’t have any redeeming features. It is very well made and as with all Del Toro productions, the design of the environments that his characters occupy are full of dark, dim and (as a … Continue reading The Shape of Water (2017) Review
A movie about a girl who befriends a giant pig and then goes on a world-wide search to bring him home when he is “pig-napped: it is easy to imagine Okja as a childish, Disney-inspired movie but you would be … Continue reading Okja (2017) Review
After all these years you still can’t fault Pixar for originality. At a time when every animation seems to have some anthropomorphic animals or is a sequel (although Pixar suffer from this too), they introduce a movie featuring a young boy … Continue reading Best of 2017: Coco (2017) Review
For many, Beauty and the Beast is Disney’s ultimate masterpiece. Holding accolades such as Oscar recognition before a best animated picture category, it has been heralded as the pinnacle of feature length animation. To many, a remake would be considered … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast (2017) Review
In the never-ending and ever-expanding debate regarding which Disney film is the greatest of all time (my vote is Aladdin incidentally), Beauty and the Beast stands in strong contention. It is difficult to overlook the Oscar recognition and the fact that … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast (1991) Review
(This review was originally published on November 5th 2012) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Re-View The reason that the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels fail to impress is because the original Pirates film should never … Continue reading Then and Now Month: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Review
3 of the Best vs 3 of the Worst is exactly what it sounds like – 3 of the best examples of either an actor, film series, genre, etc. versus 3 of the worst. It’s also an opportunity for you … Continue reading Dreams and Nightmares Month: 3 of the Best vs 3 of the Worst Movie Dream Sequences
Every year I do a list of Must -See movies for the year ahead. I published 2017’s list earlier but thought it was worth reflecting on the year that had past by looking at my most anticipated films for 2016. Did I … Continue reading A look back at my Must-See Movies of 2016
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