Dora the Explorer hits the big screen and quite frankly, it’s great! Opening with a young Dora (Madelyn Miranda) and Diego’s (Malachi Barton) adventures before showing us Diego leaving for the big city we then fast forward ten years to a Dora (Isabela Moner) who may be an expert Jungle explorer but who doesn’t know … Continue reading Dora And The Lost City Of Gold
When four teenagers find a story book in a haunted house they find the stories are more powerful than they could imagine. Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark is a clever way to tell an anthology horror story. Based on a book published in 1981 by Alvin Schwartz and keeping very faithful to the … Continue reading Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) have just moved into middle school as they enter the sixth grade (that is the final year of primary school for us in the UK) and they are desperate to maintain their street cred and get to their first ever kissing party. Cue gross … Continue reading Good Boys
Hollywood, 1969. Fading television actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are making a living whilst rising star Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) moves in next door. The ninth film by Quentin Tarantino blends real life people and events with the fictional. Tate was only 26 years old and 8 … Continue reading Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Film director and writer Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) has reached a point in his career where his physical ailments prevent him from working. Back pain, migraines, asthma, anxiety and depression are just a few of the afflictions that prevent him from being able to shoot films. Unable to do that he is unable to write … Continue reading Pain and Glory
Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) are called in to save the world when super villain Brixton (Idris Elba) tries to steal a virus from M.I.6 Agent Hattie (Vanessa Kirby). Hobbs and Shaw is the first spin off for the huge money spinning Fast & Furious franchise and the ninth film overall. … Continue reading Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
Across nearly two decades Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) battled to bring their version of electricity to America. The current war of the title being that of Direct Current supply championed by Edison and Alternating Current supply championed by Westinghouse. The film also features Nikola Tesla’s (Nicholas Hoult) involvement in these … Continue reading The Current War
With a hurricane moving towards Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) goes in search of her father Dave (Barry Pepper) at their old home. Finding him in the crawlspace of the house they are trapped by deadly alligators as the flood waters come in. Crawl is the sort of high concept creature feature that will have horror … Continue reading Crawl
It is the summer of 1969 and struggling singer-songwriters and best friends Lorian (Willow Shields) and Meryl (Meg DeLacy) are floundering playing gigs for poorly attended birthday parties. When they stumble upon a poster for the Woodstock music festival they start planning fundraising ideas and a road trip that will take them to their dreams. … Continue reading Woodstock or Bust
An almost exact remake of the 1994 animated classic featuring ground breaking special effects and a stellar voice cast. The story is inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet where Scar, jealous of his brothers rule, conspires to kill the king and oust his son. It is becoming difficult to review Disney’s “live action” remakes without repeating myself. … Continue reading The Lion King (2019)
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