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! Black Mirror has an uncanny ability to force you into thinking about the way you … Continue reading Black Mirror (Season 2) TV Review
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 original stories, creating whole worlds that most people couldn’t come close to imagining. They … Continue reading Monsters Inc. (2001) Review
“Based on a True Story” or “Inspired by Real Events” usually means a movie has taken huge liberties with the facts and truth surrounding an event a film has been inspired by. I can think of a few examples where … Continue reading The Imposter (2012) Review
Because I review a whole tv series rather than individual episodes, there is a chance of spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, stop reading now! “All flash and very little substance” is becoming the best way … Continue reading Doctor Who (Season 7 Part 2) Review
Sacha Baron Cohen works best with no script and very little structure. His best work by far is Borat and Bruno. Both had very little script (although there was an overall story and direction) and relied on “everyday people’s” reactions and perceptions … Continue reading The Dictator (2012) Review
Because I review a whole tv series rather than individual episodes, there is a chance of spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, stop reading now! Ghosts will always be the scariest thing on television. I’d rather … Continue reading Lightfields (Season 1) TV Review
A movie’s popularity and success is never enough to justify a sequel. You need a story, flexible and adaptable characters and enough material to keep an audience entertained for at least ninety minutes. The problem with the film industry … Continue reading Despicable Me 2 (2013) Review
Any film, particularly comedies and even more so with animated comedies, relies on a certain element of luck. You can have the greatest script, fantastic cast and amazing director but if the chemistry doesn’t fit or the audience don’t quite “get … Continue reading Despicable Me (2010) Review
If you are going to make the brave move of trying to take a successful tv show and put it on the big screen, you have to go bigger and better than anything we have seen on the show already. … Continue reading The X-Files Movie (1998) Review
Being both a movies fan and a comic book/superhero fan can be both positive and negative. The positive side is that whenever I see a very clever superhero film, with in-jokes, reference to the wider comic universe, other characters or … Continue reading Man of Steel (2013) Review
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