Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) and Brad (Will Ferrell) return as co-dads and this time its Christmas and their dads are joining in the fun. Kurt (Mel Gibson) is Dusty’s alpha male father and Don (John Lithgow) is Brad’s sensitive dad. Almost as if the producers of Bad Moms and Daddy’s Home got together to discuss ideas … Continue reading Daddy’s Home 2

Only the Brave is a macho and overwrought story based on the real events of a fire fighting team in Arizona aspiring to achieve hotshot status and tackle forest fires. Hamstrung by two major issues the film is a turgid slog from start to finish. Firstly, it fails to explain what a hotshot crew is … Continue reading Only the Brave

Based on a best-selling novel, but not a true story, Wonder is the sort of life affirming tale to leave you with a warm heart and tears in the eye. Auggie was born with a “craniofacial difference” and has to face school for the first time. We get to see the impact and trials of … Continue reading Wonder

Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) is en route to London on the Orient Express when one of the passengers is murdered. Derailed in the snow and waiting to be dug out Poirot must solve the crime. Branagh's Orient Express is as glorious to look at as his fabulous mustache. The film looks pristine … Continue reading Murder on the Orient Express

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) takes his team of commandos into the jungle on a rescue mission and find themselves hunted by an alien. Predator has to be the pinnacle of the 1980's action movie. It is perfectly streamlined, humorous, macho and features one of the greatest creatures designed for a film. The opening scenes are exceptional … Continue reading Predator

Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) gets the job as winter caretaker at the Overlook Hotel and settles in there with his wife Wendy (Shelly Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd) for the season. Whilst snowed in Jack plans to write but the Hotel has other ideas. Based on Stephen King's book, this is firmly a Stanley … Continue reading The Shining

Suburbicon is a perfect town where there is no crime and everyone is happy. That is until the African-American Myers family move in and upset the residents who are all for integration, just not here. This outrage of indecency though is a distraction to the crimes being committed across the road in the home of … Continue reading Suburbicon

The bad moms return for a sequel and this time it is Christmas and their own mothers are complicating proceedings. Bad Moms was a very funny film that occasionally threw up relatable events in the world of parenting. The focus was on the competitiveness of some parents towards others and the relationship with schools that … Continue reading A Bad Moms Christmas

Hela the Goddess of Death has conquered Asgard and banished Thor to a planet where he is forced to fight in gladiatorial battle against his work colleague The Hulk. Can he save his people? Ragnarok is a big change of pace for Thor, going full comedy thanks to its director Taika Waititi. What this means … Continue reading Thor: Ragnarok

In the near future the world has been beset by catastrophic weather events and scientists in many countries have come together to create a net of satellites that encompass the world and control the weather. But what if someone were to hack into those satellites and use them as a weapon and create a Geostorm? … Continue reading Geostorm