An unusual and quirky biopic of Doug Kenney (Will Forte) who was the founder of National Lampoon and the creative mind behind Animal House and Caddyshack.  At the very opening of the movie an older Doug Kenney tells us that we won’t know who he is and for my part he was absolutely correct. For … Continue reading A Stupid And Futile Gesture

Chicago, 1927. On a hot summers day Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and her band have a recording session and talented horn player Levee (Chadwick Boseman) has his eyes on his own stardom as well as Rainey’s girlfriend.  Denzel Washington has been tasked with bringing playwright August Wilson’s “Century Cycle” to film and this is the … Continue reading Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Kilkenny, 1650. Robyn (Honor Kneafsey) and her father Bill Goodfellowe (Sean Bean) arrive from England charged with destroying the last remaining wolf pack terrorising the city. But when Robyn befriends Mebh (Eva Whittaker), a young wild girl from the woods everything changes. Wolfwalkers is a perfect animated feature. It should appeal to all ages, features … Continue reading Wolfwalkers

1984, Washington D.C. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) is working at the Smithsonian museum and leading a quiet life with the occasional outing as Wonder Woman. However when Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) steals a seemingly innocuous artefact from her colleague Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) the entire world is at risk.  2017’s Wonder Woman was a breath … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984

Tom Dolan (Liam Neeson) is the honest thief of the title. When he meets Annie (Kate Walsh) he decides to give up his old ways and turn himself in. Unfortunately corrupt FBI agents Nivens (Jai Courtney) and Hall (Anthony Ramos) have other ideas for the money Tom wants to return. Liam Neeson’s action career renaissance … Continue reading Honest Thief

The final part of the Godfather trilogy is treated to a new cut by director Francis Ford Coppola. Drastically altering the opening and closing of the film and rebalancing the focus to make this a true epilogue to the first two films. Coppola introduces the film by stating that a coda is a concluding passage … Continue reading Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: “The Death of Michael Corleone”

When a young boy (Jahzir Bruno) is orphaned he is sent to go and live with his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) and together they encounter a coven of witches led by the evil Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway).  Roald Dahl’s beloved 1983 novel is treated to its second film adaptation and whilst there are some relatively … Continue reading The Witches (2020)

Ava (Jessica Chastain) is an assassin working for a shadowy business. However when her latest job goes wrong she is forced to fight for her life. It is very obvious what is trying to be achieved with this new action thriller. Over the last few years we have seen Liam Neeson turn into an action … Continue reading Ava

It is 1940 and Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) has been sequestered to a ranch in the Mojave desert by Orson Welles (Tom Burke) for the purpose of writing the script to his debut film. As he writes the screenplay for arguably the greatest film ever made Mank recalls the moments in his life that … Continue reading Mank

Chris (Mel Gibson) is starting to lose faith in humanity as he finds less and less people deserving of the gifts he delivers at Christmas time. Billy (Chance Hurstfield) is a neglected twelve year old whose reaction to receiving a lump of coal from Santa is to hire a hitman (Walton Goggins) to kill the … Continue reading Fatman