Review: Alien: Covenant
14th June 2017 Sorry Spoilers Ahead. I believe that people have maybe one or two passions. For some it is music, for others it is politics. But for me, it is film. I like to watch films and I like… Continue Reading
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Review: Wonder Woman
7th June 2017 Wonder Woman, the newest instalment in the divisive DC Cinematic Universe, is a well meaning yet shallow and fairly underwhelming adventure plagued by some major issues. Telling the origin story of Diana Prince, daughter of Queen Hippolyta… Continue Reading
Review: Their Finest
4th May 2017 Their Finest manages to be the definition of the word fine. Performances, dialogue, story, direction, editing – it’s all fine. But only just fine. It’s okay: distinctly average in its presentation and execution. The film’s enjoyable yet… Continue Reading
Review: Free Fire
9th April 2017 Free Fire is a welcome return to form for Brighton-based filmmaker Ben Wheatley following last year’s somewhat divisive High Rise. Yet while marking a seeming return to form in terms of quality of filmmaking, Free Fire proves… Continue Reading
Review: Moonlight
12th March 2017 I can’t really think of the words to begin a review for Moonlight. That’s not some hyperbolic fevered attempt to get you to go see it, more of an admission of defeat on my part when it… Continue Reading
Review: Split
8th March 2017 Night Shyamalan was once compared to Hitchcock after the release of his breakthrough film The Sixth Sense (1999). A character driven thriller starring Bruce Willis which was filled with suspense and of course, the now famous Shyamalan… Continue Reading
Review: Fences
2nd March 2017 Fences is very much a straight adaptation of the play of the same name and when I say straight adaptation I mean it’s genuinely like watching a well-shot recording of a live performance. Star and director Denzel… Continue Reading
Review: Lego Batman
23rd February 2017 I’m going to say right off the bat (no pun intend- whatever man, you get the joke) that I didn’t actually like the original Lego Movie (2014) that much when it first premiered. Its use of pop-culture… Continue Reading