In 1972, Colonel Jason Rhodes' (Gene Hackman) son is declared missing in action in Vietnam, but Rhodes refuses to give up the search. Ten years later he assembles a team of ex-soldiers to rescue his son from a prisoner of war camp. Uncommon Valour piqued my interest when I was searching for a film to … Continue reading Uncommon Valour
Retired Special Forces Colonel John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is forced to go on a one-man mission to save his daughter when she is kidnapped by a former, disgraced member of his team. Commando is a quintessential 1980s action movie and is refreshingly straightforward. Running at a lean ninety minutes, it gets straight to the point. … Continue reading Commando
Matt (Matt Johnson) and Jay (Jay McCarrol) have dreamed of playing a show at The Rivoli their entire lives, and their latest hare-brained scheme to do so results in them accidentally travelling back in time. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a comedy where your enjoyment will depend almost entirely on how much … Continue reading Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Peter Parker (Tom Holland), forgotten by everyone he loves, has thrown himself headlong into life as a full-time friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. As the pressures of living without a support system begin to tell on him, a new unseen threat that can seemingly possess anyone to do their bidding comes to the fore. Spider-Man: Brand New … Continue reading Spider-Man: Brand New Day
‘Bear’ Bailey (Michael Johnston) is hopelessly in love with his co-worker Nikki (Inde Navarrette) but struggles to muster the courage to express his feelings to her. When shopping for a present, he discovers a novelty item called a “One Wish Willow” that grants a single wish to its bearer. He wishes for Nikki to love … Continue reading Obsession
The Minions find themselves in 1920s Hollywood, where they decide the best way to make a monster movie is to unleash some real ones. Can they save the world while making the greatest monster movie Hollywood has ever seen? Minions and Monsters, the seventh film in the Despicable Me / Minions franchise, manages to breathe … Continue reading Minions & Monsters
After the Trojan War, Odysseus (Matt Damon) faces a perilous journey home to Ithaca, where his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) are desperately holding off suitors to his throne. Christopher Nolan is known for epic scale and scope in his movies, so perhaps he is best equipped of all people to … Continue reading The Odyssey
Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) finds himself pulled back into the CIA to assist his mentor James Greer (Wendell Pierce) in resolving a ghost from the past that threatens to destabilise Greer's position as Assistant Director of the CIA. With the plot split primarily between Dubai and London, Jack joins forces with MI6 agent Emma Marlow … Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Johnny Knoxville and his ragtag band join forces one final time to deliver the last instalment of the Jackass franchise. It would be easy to write off a Jackass film as nothing more than a series of puerile practical jokes, but the reality is that it has always been about friendship, finding your tribe and, … Continue reading Jackass: Best and Last
Whilst suffering cold feet over her impending marriage, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) discovers that her brother Sherlock (Henry Cavill) has been kidnapped, setting her on her most dangerous case yet. With the action relocated from London to Malta, the latest Enola Holmes mystery focuses on the ills caused by colonialism and what it means … Continue reading Enola Holmes 3
