This post was originally posted on July 28th 2013 The best sequels follow characters rather than events. That is why superhero sequels are very easy and successful while sequels to films like The Hangover will always struggle. The Hangover was … Continue reading Pixar Month: Monsters University (2013) Review (A Re-Post)
(This is a re-post of the original review I wrote on 22nd July 2013) The key to Pixar’s success isn’t the animation, the voices or even the comedy – it’s the original storytelling. The best of Pixar has the most … Continue reading Pixar Month: Monsters Inc (2001) Review (A Re-Post)
There is something old-fashioned and fun about Kong: Skull Island. From the outset it knows what it is supposed to be: entertaining. It never takes itself too seriously, has some great characters and best of all, some really cool action, … Continue reading Kong: Skull Island (2017) Review
Future Stars takes a look at the actors, actresses or directors who are at the beginning of their career and ready to leap into super-stardom. They could have a few movies under their belt, be a TV actor trying to … Continue reading Future Stars: John Gallagher Jr
It is difficult to review a movie like 10 Cloverfield Lane because the film should be seen with no prior knowledge. It is a movie that any description will either spoil for you or give you the complete incorrect impression of … Continue reading 10 Clovefield Lane (2016) Review
Red State is like no other film that Kevin Smith has made so far. If anything, it actually feels more like the kind of film that Kevin Smith should be making; raw, gritty, slyly funny and with an underlying message. … Continue reading Red State (2011) Review
Flight is an example of how well you can tell a familiar story if you have a great cast, good performances and an amazing set-piece, action sequence. Flight doesn’t actually offer anything new or say anything surprising about addiction that hasn’t … Continue reading Flight (2012) Review
The best sequels follow characters rather than events. That is why superhero sequels are very easy and successful while sequels to films like The Hangover will always struggle. The Hangover was a novel events driven story. It had funny, likable … Continue reading Monsters University (2013) Review
I would probably have enjoyed this film more if it wasn’t considered a “classic.” I’ve got a real problem with films considered classics because nine times out of ten, I don’t get it. Last year I watched Easy Rider. This is in a lot of top 50, sometimes top 10, greatest films lists but I watched it utterly bored and confused. This probably means I’m not intelligent enough to get Easy Rider and its subtle comments on “drug taking, corporate America, riding a bike no-handed and not getting a hair cut” but sometimes it feels like people call a film … Continue reading The Big Lebowski (1998) Review
