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’s difficult to mix two distinct genres successfully without one of the styles … Continue reading Mayday (Season 1) TV Review
The tv series The Following actually ruined my enjoyment of The Raven. Or at least, it helped highlight the flaws in what could have been a very good horror/thriller. There is a lot of leverage in a story in which … Continue reading The Raven (2012) Review
The best way to transfer a sitcom or sketch comedy character from television to the movies is to change nothing. The best examples of tv characters starring in decent movies is when the film serves as an extended version of … Continue reading Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) Review
As a movie fan, I have a confession, I am ignorant and quite snobby towards foreign language films. Unless it’s a movie that has caused enough hype to catch my attention or has an English language remake, I won’t usually bother with … Continue reading Let the Right One In (2008) Review
I love the idea of using a unique format, device or method to help best tell the story of a movie. Some have been so successful that they have become a whole genre of their own. The Blair Witch Project … Continue reading The Artist (2011) Review
Christopher Nolan introduced both huge positives but also massive negatives to the superhero movie genre. His take on Batman is pretty much the perfect version of that character. He steeps it in the darkness and realism it needs and because of that he created the … Continue reading The Wolverine (2013) 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’s not often I’ll say this but The Following would probably have made … Continue reading The Following (Season 1) TV Review
I always give tv shows two episodes. I’ve explained my reasons in detail here but to put it succinctly, I think that all shows need one episode to establish its premise, characters and the direction it wishes to take and … Continue reading Why I stopped watching Continuum
The World’s End represents what happens when small-time creators get ideas beyond their reach. That sounds really harsh and Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are a lot more than “small-time” but considering where they came from and the early … Continue reading The World’s End (2013) 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
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