Last year the television shows that I watched were so insanely good that I created a Top 20 list and had 5 special mentions. This year, with the exception of my favourite 3 shows I am not sure anything would jostle last year's top 10 for position. Which is a shame. Or perhaps I watched … Continue reading 2023 – Year In Review – Television
Last year I went on record with what films I was most looking forward to seeing this year. It turned out to be a very popular article and I did quite well at predicting my preferences in my end of year lists. You can see quite how well on New Year's Eve when I post … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2024
Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) is an actress whose latest film is based on a true story. Her subject, Gracie (Julianne Moore) has agreed to let her come and interview her and her husband Joe (Charles Melton) about the content of the story in order for her to get a greater understanding of how to portray her. … Continue reading May December
A meteor crash lands in Adventure City giving the Paw Patrol superpowers turning them into The Mighty Pups. For their second feature length movie the focus is on Skye (McKenna Grace) learning to deal with her fears of being the runt of the litter. And of course that small does not necessarily mean useless. The … Continue reading PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
In 1959, at the age of fourteen, Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) is introduced to a then twenty-four year old Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi). From teenage fan, through obsessive teen romance, live in girlfriend, wife and mother Priscilla tells the story of her fourteen year romantic life with the King of Rock and Roll. Pulling no … Continue reading Priscilla
Leo (Adam Sandler) the lizard and Squirtle (Bill Burr) the turtle have been school pets in the same 5th grade class for decades. When 74-year-old Leo hears that lizards only live for 75 years he decides he has to escape to live out his dream of visiting the Everglades. Luckily for him a new substitute … Continue reading Leo
The life of Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) from his breakthrough in 1943 through to the late 1980’s. Aside from Bernstein’s musical career and homosexual love affairs the film's main focus is on his relationship and deep love for his wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). Maestro is the type of film that pushes the many buttons … Continue reading Maestro
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… only kidding. Rebel Moon was originally conceived as Zack Snyder’s Star Wars story but fate decided otherwise and it is now his attempt at creating a science fiction fantasy epic birthing a new universe in which many stories can be told. Kora (Sofia Boutella) is … Continue reading Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child Of Fire
As D’Artagnan (Francois Civil) tries to rescue his new love Constance (Lyna Khoudri) he finds himself in the midst of a prison break where he forms an uneasy alliance with the mysterious Milady (Eva Green). Meanwhile France seems to be slipping inexorably towards Civil War due to the machinations of an unseen conspirator. Opening directly … Continue reading The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023)
In the final moments of World War II a cowardly kamikaze pilot by the name of Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) pretends his plane is malfunctioning in order to land on a small island where repairs can be completed. Unfortunately for Koichi though a giant reptilian sea creature that the locals call Godzilla lays waste to … Continue reading Godzilla Minus One
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