Sisters Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt) are on holiday in Mexico when they decide to go on a daring dive in a cage to see sharks. When catastrophe strikes they find themselves 47 metres down at the bottom of the ocean, running out of air and fighting for survival. This film owes a … Continue reading 47 Metres Down

Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) returns for the third installment in the franchise with him now the old-timer threatened by a new rookie on the Piston Cup circuit, Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer). In his quest to find the speed he needs he revisits the life of his old mentor Doc Hudson (Paul Newman) accompanied by his … Continue reading Cars 3

Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) is a struggling stand up comic who meets Emily (Zoe Kazan) at one of his gigs. Romance blossoms but Kumail's Pakistani heritage and a sudden illness threaten to break them apart. Kumail's family want him to marry a Pakistani girl and constantly arrange awkward appointments at family meals for him to meet … Continue reading The Big Sick

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is a masterpiece from a master film maker. As with Nolan's other films as much as possible is kept under wraps until release date, something rare in a world filled with trailers for trailers when entire plots can be gleaned from the teasers leading up to the release of a film. But … Continue reading Dunkirk

Three years into the American Civil War and young Amy (Oona Lawrence) comes across a wounded Yankee soldier (Colin Farrell) whilst picking mushrooms. Taking pity on the enemy soldier she takes him back to her all girl school where sexual tension rises amongst the residents. Owner, Miss Martha (Nicole Kidman) veers between wanting to turn … Continue reading The Beguiled

Following Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes the trilogy concludes with War. Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ape tribe are being hunted by soldiers and a devastating attack on their camp leads to a personal quest by Caesar to end the war. Whilst titled "War" it is much more of a personal … Continue reading War for the Planet of the Apes

Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler star in a high concept comedy about parents who decide to open an illegal casino in their friends home to pay for their daughters college tuition fees. Let's get this out of the way quickly, this is an awful film with very little positive to talk about. The opening set … Continue reading The House

Gru and his minions return for a really enjoyable romp through Illumination Entertainment's world of super villains where the trump card is a truly brilliant new nemesis for Gru. The plot should be wince inducing, but seems to work well in this strange world of villains. Gru (Steve Carrell) has a long-lost twin brother Dru … Continue reading Despicable Me 3

For the third time in 15 years we have a new Spider-Man and this time he is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU from here). Thanks to an agreement between Sony and Marvel, Spidey is finally allowed to live in the same world as the Avengers, but only on the proviso that Marc Webb's films … Continue reading Spider-Man: Homecoming

Okja is my first review on this site for a film that I did not see at the cinema and that on its own gives me incredibly mixed feelings about the health of the Cinema. The film, financed by Netflix has received a limited cinema release the same day as it became available on the … Continue reading Okja