Disgraced former Secret Service Agent Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett) is given a shot at redemption when a Government Agency finds themselves desperately in need of a highly skilled agent in a location where they are suddenly bereft of them. If Lucas can board a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco, locate a criminal known only … Continue reading Fight or Flight
It is May 2020, the height of the Covid Pandemic and in the small town of Eddington, New Mexico a feud between the town’s Mayor and Sheriff threatens to destabilise the entire town and its citizens' way of life. I will start my review by simply stating that Eddington is a superb movie. One that … Continue reading Eddington
The Thursday Murder Club is a group of four pensioners who live at Cooper’s Chase Retirement home that get together in their spare time to solve cold cases. But when the owner of Cooper’s Chase is struck down at his home they have a real life case to solve. The Thursday Murder Club is based … Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club
The Bad Guys have turned over a new leaf, but everyone else is struggling to believe their intentions are pure, which means they are rather struggling with the idea of gainful employment. The answer is of course to help track down the criminal scourge currently causing a fuss in the city, but this will bring … Continue reading The Bad Guys 2
The UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) are forced to work together when they survive an assassination attempt by an unknown adversary. But these Heads of State despise each other and bicker and argue through their odd couple action heroics. Heads of State really epitomises the "straight to streaming" action … Continue reading Heads of State
Detective Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) has to prevent evil tech billionaire Richard Cane (Danny Huston) from recovering the P.L.O.T. Device computer chip that will help him reset the world to his vision. Along the way he will be offered assistance by the beautiful Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson) and colleague Ed Hocken Jr. (Paul Walter … Continue reading The Naked Gun
Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) must foil an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II who is on a state visit to Los Angeles. The biggest hitch is that he is the most incompetent officer on the force. The Naked Gun began life as a TV series named "Police Squad" in 1982 that was cancelled after … Continue reading The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) comes out of retirement to try and win enough money to send his daughter Vienna (Sunny Sandler) to a prestigious ballet school. A lot has happened to Happy since we saw him twenty-nine years ago in the original Happy Gilmore movie. Success on the golf course, five children, the tragic death … Continue reading Happy Gilmore 2
On Earth 828 The Fantastic Four are celebrating their fourth anniversary of being protectors of their world as they prepare to welcome a new addition to their cosmic powered family and face their greatest adversary yet: Galactus the Devourer of Worlds. It is a huge relief to be able to say The Fantastic Four: First … Continue reading The Fantastic Four: First Steps
As public opinion of Superman (David Corenswet) turns negative following an international incident, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) sees it as an opportunity to destroy him. The latest iteration of Superman eschews an origin story and places us in a world where “meta-humans” are the norm. It opens with a write up that establishes that Superman … Continue reading Superman
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