Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) returns to save the Banks children who are now fully grown and are in a spot of bother. Michael Banks (Ben Wishaw) has grown to be a little like his father and financial difficulties threaten him losing the house that he lives in with his children. Whilst he and his sister … Continue reading Mary Poppins Returns

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s stories this is not the child friendly version of the Jungle Book that Disney has now brought to us in both animated and live action form. Rated 12 by Netflix this features animals with sharp teeth, scars and a generally weathered appearance and absolutely no singing or dancing. The story itself … Continue reading Mowgli

Migo (Channing Tatum) is a yeti who lives with his tribe at the top of a mountain above the clouds. The tribe lives by rules written in stone that are interpreted by the tribes elder known as the StoneKeeper (Common) and it is not considered appropriate to question him. When Migo comes across a mythical … Continue reading Smallfoot

The genius detective Sherlock Holmes (Will Ferrell) and his sidekick Dr. Watson (John C. Reilly) have 4 days to solve a murder or the Queen of England will be assassinated. Brought to us from the writer/director of Get Hard (Etan Cohen) this is at best very uneven improvised comedy and at worst utterly dire. Anyone … Continue reading Holmes and Watson

One thousand years from now following a devastating war cities will be mobile. Sitting on huge caterpillar tracks the larger cities will prey on the small. Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving) is developing a secret project within the predator city of London to solve their energy crisis whilst a young woman named Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) … Continue reading Mortal Engines

Six years on from the original (the film even references this fact) Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) are best of friends following the same daily routine. That is until the arcade cabinet housing Sugar Rush breaks and the duo set out through the newly installed WiFi for a solution. The original Wreck-It … Continue reading Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2

When an unexplained phenomenon spreads across the planet all of those that see it are driven to suicide. Told from the perspective of Malorie (Sandra Bullock) the story cuts back and forth between the opening days of the crisis to five years later, where Malorie accompanied by two five year old children must make a … Continue reading Bird Box

Roma is a semi autobiographical tale from Alfonso Cuarón, the director of Children of Men and Gravity. It tells the story of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), who is a maid for a middle class family in the Roma district of Mexico City. Set across approximately one year in the early 1970’s its focus is on the … Continue reading Roma

At the tail end of their careers Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) go on a tour of the UK. Broke and needing the money they play to half empty theatres before some hard promotional graft improves their audiences. When their wives arrive, played by Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda some … Continue reading Stan and Ollie