The Christmas Chronicles is Netflix big push for this years Christmas movie crown, something that we see less of at cinema these days, certainly of the live action variety. Subscribers will have found it difficult not to have seen it in their email, notifications and menu screens. Produced by Hollywood veteran Chris Columbus, director of … Continue reading The Christmas Chronicles
The latest iteration of Robin Hood is a monumentally bad film. I know I don’t normally start my reviews like this, but I feel it is only fair that I suitably lower your expectations in order to give you the best chance at any enjoyment from it. The film starts with a voiceover that explains … Continue reading Robin Hood (2018)
Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) returns in her 3rd guise and 5th film in an action thriller taking in computer hacking, a long lost past and the righting of wrongs. Salander was such a good character that the death of her author didn't stop her publishers finding another novelist to write more stories. This then is … Continue reading The Girl in the Spider’s Web
The second instalment in the promised five films in the Fantastic Beasts franchise is upon us. Set approximately 6 months after the end of the last film this one starts with the escape of Grindelwald before heading to Paris. Personally I found the opening Fantastic Beasts film a breath of fresh air. It featured accomplished … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
A Biopic following the band Queen from their inception through to their performance at the 1985 Live Aid gig at Wembley Stadium. I strongly believe that this film could be used in an interesting study of confirmation bias. This is where someone searches for and recalls information that supports their preexisting opinions on something. And … Continue reading Bohemian Rhapsody
In an almost perpetually raining 1970's Berlin, American dancer Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) arrives to audition for a dance troupe. After immediately impressing Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton) she quickly finds herself dancing the lead role in the ritualistic piece called Volk (German for people). Could the delusions that missing dancer Patricia (Chloe Grace Moretz) told … Continue reading Suspiria (2018)
When people’s computer and phone records are hacked in the suburb of Salem the town develops a mob mentality and turns its focus on four friends who must survive the results of the hack and the ire of the town. I’ll start by blurting out the fact that I left this preview screening thinking this … Continue reading Assassination Nation
When four men are killed in a heist gone wrong their wives take on their next job. All of this whilst a political race for Alderman is taking place in the Chicago ward the crime took place. Steve McQueen’s first feature since the Best Picture winning 12 Years a Slave has been advertised as a … Continue reading Widows
It’s D-Day and planes are dropping US soldiers near a French village that holds a communication tower critical to the Allied attack. When anti air guns decimate the planes only four soldiers remain to carry out the demolition job. Starting out as a “men on a mission” movie, Overlord takes a twist into horror around … Continue reading Overlord
40 years since the original Halloween and Michael Myers is back. As far as timelines go this film asks you to ignore the 9 sequels/remakes between the original and now and assume this is a direct sequel to the 1978 film. Myers has spent the preceding 40 years in a mental institution and Laurie Strode … Continue reading Halloween (2018)
