In the original Secret Life... Max (now voiced by Patton Oswalt following Louis C. K.’s fall from grace) was stressed out by the arrival of a new dog in the house. Here his owner gets married and has a child who he constantly worries about. The plot feels a little like three separate tv shows … Continue reading The Secret Life Of Pets 2

Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a struggling musician until a freak accident occurs. When the entire world’s electricity blacks out for twelve seconds he is hit by a bus and becomes the only person in the world to remember The Beatles. Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ dream team collaboration is a high concept feel good … Continue reading Yesterday

Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) has been a successful late night talk show host for decades, but complacency and falling ratings mean she may be about to lose her show. Can new diversity hire Molly (Mindy Kaling) generate the urgency needed to save the show? I genuinely wanted to love Late Night. It features some outstanding … Continue reading Late Night

Tori (Elizabeth Banks) and Kyle Breyer (David Denman) live in Brightburn, Kansas and are struggling to conceive. When one night a meteor shower delivers them a gift, a baby boy who they take in as their own. Brightburn takes its core idea from the question “what if Superman was inherently evil”? Anyone who has read … Continue reading Brightburn

Five years on from the events of Godzilla the shady Monarch organisation have established Titan research sites throughout the globe keeping the monsters dormant. But when eco terrorist Jonah Alan (Charles Dance) captures a device to set them free perhaps the only place to turn is the greatest Titan of them all. King of the … Continue reading Godzilla: King of the Monsters

When Maggie (Diane Silver) and her mother Erica (Juliette Lewis) return to the town where her mum grew up Maggie is quick to make friends. One day when seeking a passing adult to buy her new group of friends alcohol they begin a friendship with Sue Ann, or Ma (Octavia Spencer). But Sue Ann used … Continue reading Ma

Aladdin (Mena Massoud) and his monkey Abu are scrounging to survive as thieves on the streets of Agrabah. When evil Vizier Jafar (Marwen Kenzari) forces Aladdin to try to retrieve a lamp for him they are sent on an epic adventure involving genies, wishes and what it means to truly be yourself. Disney’s remakes of … Continue reading Aladdin (2019)

The X-Men (and women as one character points out to Xavier) are sent on a mission to save a space shuttle that has been damaged by a cosmic anomaly. During the mission Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) is exposed to the anomaly and appears to consume its power, but can she control it? It seems quite … Continue reading X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Frank Fisher’s (Nick Offerman) record store in Brooklyn is failing after 17 years. His daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons) is soon to be heading to California for college. But they still have the summer to do what they love the most, make music together. Hearts Beat Loud received a very small release in 2018 and has … Continue reading Hearts Beat Loud

High Life is an extraordinary science fiction film. It is disorienting, difficult to watch and lacking any clear narrative. But it’s also thought provoking and dazzling. Opening on a dilapidated spaceship we find Monte (Robert Pattinson) conducting repair works to the outside of the ship whilst talking to his infant daughter Willow (Scarlett Lindsey) over … Continue reading High Life